Spring Cleaning for Lucy

It was time for our little pooch to get some pampering and boy did she need it. :)

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Quite an improvement even if her little bow is not straight. :)

Spring is Near

The weather over this past weekend was amazing and we took full advantage of it by being outside as much as possible. We kick started Saturday morning with a 9 mile bike ride ... that's right 9 MILES! Are we nuts...a little. :) But it really wasn't that bad. Our bikes have been stored at casa de Quartuccio since we moved down here and we decided to ride them to Centreville from Fairfax rather than shove them in a car. Now, keep in mind...Ed and I recently won the award for least active people in the Northern VA area. We quit the gym...literally. So 9 miles in 59 minutes was a HUGE feat for us. We even did another ride on Sunday morning. Time to get into shape! :) We were so proud of ourselves that we decided to celebrate at Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. Yum!

The weather on Sunday was just as nice so Ed decided to treat Lucy and take her to the dog park. Since I am a paranoid Mommy, I'm no longer allowed to go to the dog park (per my loving husband), so I decided to tackle the weeds that were taking over the flower bed in the front of the house. I never realized how strong weeds were! Their network of roots is crazy! It was tough work, but it inspired us to make the outside of our house pretty this Spring so we are now entering "Project: Landscape Design". A little background: I kill all living plants. If a plant or flower enters my house, it is like a death sentence. It's so bad that Ed's mom bought me a fake plant because she was sad to see all the unnecessary deaths. So that fact that we are going to attempt to create an enticing landscaped area in the front of the house is a little scary. But we are determined!! Found some great looking stuff at Home Depot, but decided to hold off and hit good old Merrifield Nursery in the coming weekends to get educated. We even started scouting the neighborhood for ideas.

Spring is near!!!!

Ta Da!

The time has come - we are officially grown ups!! No...we are not pregnant. But we are the happy recipients of new, big boy/girl bedroom furniture! Gone are the days of IKEA and Ed's furniture from when he was a kid. We are now the proud owners of some beautiful Bassett bedroom pieces and I have to say...I am in love. And our new West Elm bedding makes the room the kind of oasis that will be hard to leave each morning. :)

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As you can see, Lucy has made herself VERY comfortable in her new room. Time to go relax! :)