a new addition.

Sorry for the silence around here, but we've been busy.  Mostly with work and not fun house stuff, but we have some new projects to share soon.  For now, check out the newest addition to our family:

Meet Hamilton Bonaparte aka Hambone.  He's an 8 week old australian shepherd that we picked up yesterday.  We definitely have our hands full with him!

weekend adventures.

We decided to take advantage of the awesome weather this weekend and hit the road.  Sunday morning we headed up to the White Mountains to get breakfast at one of our favorite places.  After that, we meandered our way down the state, enjoying the scenery.  

We passed a few great looking thrift/antique stores that we can't wait to head back to sometime soon.

daylight savings.

I've never had problems with daylight savings.  I always remember when it is and I never end up an hour late or early getting somewhere.

And then there was this weekend.

First, I knew I shouldn't stay up late the night before.  But then there were cupcakes to bake and cupcake recipes gone wrong.  Then the cupcakes had to cool, and I got sucked into watching old episodes of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix.  Then it was midnight and I knew it was time to go to bed, but when I got there, I was all like "yeah, I should read for a while".

Second, I relied too much on electronics.

I woke up feeling great the next morning.  I looked at my cell phone and it was like 6:25, and I was impressed with myself.  I basically woke myself up at 5:25 because I knew I had to get stuff done.  So to congratulate myself, I went back to sleep.  I woke back up around 7:45 and started my slow and lazy process of waking up (which mostly involves cuddling with the puppy a lot).

I went downstairs around 8:15 and started pulling out ingredients for frosting.  Then I looked at the kitchen clock.  It said 9:15 - Rich was already up and had changed it.  Then I looked at the other kitchen clock, which we had never changed last daylight savings time and we were so ready for it to be correct again.  It also said 9:15.  Then, I panic.  I made Rich google "what time is it" (yes, I'm crazy), only to find out that it was, in fact, 9:15.  My phone never updated itself.  Seriously.

Now, I like to think I'm not completely attached to my phone and could easily survive without it.  But I realized that I rely on it completely to get me up in the morning and provide me with the correct time.  And now I can never trust it again.

I'm on the hunt for a clock.