Happy Halloween Weekend!

Note to self: When a strange man in cover-alls and a hard hat comes walking into your room,

waking you up...do not panic.

It's just probably Halloween and your husband is dressed as a Chilean miner.

Mr. Toby and I had a rude awakening experience this morning.

Charlie in full miner garb burst into the bedroom with his hard-hat LED light blazing.

First of all, I was blinded by the florescent light and

couldn't really tell the man before me was my one and only.

Second of all, Toby was completely freaked out and of course started barking

because he didn't recognize Charlie either.

Thirdly, It's a darn good thing I got up at 5 to let Toby outside and took a trip to the potty myself

because I surly would have messed myself.

...sigh...

But he did look very handsome/scary with dirt smeared all over his face

and his rock climbing harness.

Home away from Home

Ah, yes.  We spend alot of time in our old college town.

We eat good food...

Hear concerts...

Hang out with family...

Make new friends...

Sing fun songs and dance the night away! 

Charlie and I have been to over 10 concerts this past year.

We're lucky to listen to such nice peoples' music and get to meet them!

 Cheers for musical weekends!

Maiden Festival Voyage

Here ye, Here ye, all ye merry people!!

Let it be know the Lloyd clan descended on the famed

Ren Fest for the first time this eve.

We amused ourselves with food

and wizardry?

Yes, Yes, the husband and I caught the tail end of the

Renaissance Festival this Sunday.

Things got a little foxy.

I even got "a salted" and "batteried"

This chap poured salt in my hand an then chased it with a D battery.

Get it...'Assalt and Battery"

My face sums up the experience.

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"

~ French Man from Monty Python: The Search For The Holy Grail

We tried to recreate a Monty Python look but it didn't quite work out.

Husband snapped this to show the viking like individual

in the background.

The people watching alone made this a fun trip

and maybe we can get more into costume on our next visit.

Hazzah!

Toby's Throne

I have had the joy of spending the past couple of days with my fur baby,

Mr. Tobis.

In honor of his visit I moved the ottoman from our chair

over in front of the window so he can look out into the courtyard while I work at my desk.

He likes to perch and sniff indignantly at all the little

critters that fly and scamper around, taunting him from outside.

His personality is hilarious and he's pretty smart if i do say so myself.
He knows now if I have my running shoes on we're going out for the long haul
and usually he won't "step paw" out of the door when I don that foot gear.

It got to the point where I'd have to put on flip flop to take him on a short walk.
That maltipoo is somethin' else!

The Week of 3 Fridays

Friday #1
Oh yes, friends.

Charlie and I had a full week of outings and concerting.

We must be in our 20s or something...

Our Wednesday night was spiced up with a concert

at House of Blues to see Mat Hires.

The drama of the night entailed us forgetting the tickets at home

and only realizing this fact after having already arrived in downtown Houston.

Already nursing a headache among other things

I didn't want to leave home once we had

retrieved the tickets.

But I am so glad I let Charlie talk me into going because the show was superb

and the Mat Hires group might be staying at Charlie's parent's rental

property when they play C.S. on Sunday.

How cool is that!

His suspenders were pretty darn hilarious too.

Friday #2

Last night we ventured to HOB again in hopes of getting

tickets to see Five for Fighting.

We didn't end up getting tickets so that freed up out evening

to tryin something else new which ended up being a trip to The Shakespeare Pub.

It wasn't what I had expected so after a quick game of darts we skidaddled out of there

to get a yummy dinner of tacos.

Friday #3

And here I am at the end of the week and I am doggone tired.

I can't wait for a quiet weekend and maybe an invention or two.

actually this looks pretty nice too!

image via weheartit

Happy 43 Years!

My lovely parents celebrated

43 years of togetherness yesterday.

I feel so blessed to have them in my life

and wish them many more moons together!

Get your balloon on!

This is the sight that greeted me this morning

at the office!

Everyone could write notes and give their co-workers balloons

as a fund raiser for The American Heart Association.

How fun is that!

It's been such a happy day seeing everyone's desks

adorned with colorful, helium goodness!