House improvements

So the hubs and I have lived here for a little over 8 months now and have done a little remodeling. I figured I would post some before and after pictures of our work!

This was our backyard before and after. We took out 13 trees, about 8 inches of dirt/roots, and added an extended patio.

This was our fireplace before, it went all the way to the ceiling. Below is our living room after, still waiting for the Hubs to build me a mantel though!This is our front yard the day we moved in, and then our front yard for Christmas time.

Notice our newest Christmas decoration, the hunting Snowman? He was a must have!

On a side note, I am home sick today but one thing that makes it better is having the fire going and hearing the crackling of the burning wood.

Pizza muffins

Tonight the hubs is working late so I was on my own for dinner. I decided I would make one of my all time favorites pizza muffins. First I put biscuits into a greased cupcake pan.

Then I add in whatever toppings I want. Tonight it's pineapple, pepperoni, and red peppers.

Then add in whatever pizza sauce you prefer, I used Boboli.

Cook the muffins for about 5 minutes longer than what the biscuit recipe calls for and POOF! Pizza muffins!

I will be enjoying these with my Dixie tonight, doesn't she look comfy?

Doggy Pills

So since my last post alot has happened with our Jewls. I hated keeping her in a crate, especially a small one since she chewed through the door on her large one and we had to start putting her in a smaller one. So I tried to leave her loose in our guest room. First few days everything was great! There was still alot of drool by the door, so I figured she spent most of her time there but no damage, until day 4. I noticed the blinds were a little chewed up, but it wasn't a big deal and we were getting rid of them anyways. Then on day 5 the blinds were demolished. Day 6 was the worst.... She ripped up about 5 sq ft of carpet from the door! So that room is completely shut off from the world until we replace the carpet. We had to go extreme with our dog and make her an outside dog. The only option we had was to buy a large 10x10x6 dog pin. So Michael went out and paid alot of money for a pin and we put Jewl's dog crate without a door in there and toys and water and thought that this was a pretty nice set up for her. So we left her alone one day and a couple of hours later we got a call from our neighbor that apparently Jewls had chewed through the chain link fence! We knew something was seriously wrong so we called the vet and they said that Jewls had SEVERE SEPARATION ANXIETY! So now she is on Xanax, and seems to be doing ok. We are able to leave her loose in the house and so far she hasn't done any damage!