Great Danes & Kids

Monday, March 21, 2011

Well, its Monday again! Time really does fly. It is something I keep becoming more aware of.

He's like a person. Really.

This past weekend I got to hang out with my brother a whole lot, hang out with two cuddly and loving great danes, babysit, and relax.
So on Saturday I got to bring my brother with me to watch Danielle and Neal's pups, and they are usually the most laid back and friendly dogs I know. But I don't know if it was that when my brother was walking up to the door he surprised Brody, but he flipped. It was really funny, because by 'flipped' all I mean is that he started barking without cease, and well if you know these two, their bark is very intimidating. So my brother pretty much ended up sitting on the couch, without making any movement, and using his backpack as a sort of shield. It was hilarious! And then Brody realized my bro was no threat and moved on to eat his food. Ah I love dogs.

My 'viejito'

Speaking of, mine is coming this week, and I couldn't be more excited!!! I've missed my little baby so much, and I really hope he remembers me. There will be one reaaaaally spoiled dog in Tampa Bay this weekend!

So anyways, I also got to babysit Ben and Lucas, the two best behaved kids I know. Ben is the talker, he knows so many facts about trains and train engineering, seriously it made me wonder if I was so passionate at the age of 7... probably not. And Lucas, ah he's the sweetie. He just hangs out quietly, with the biggest smile on his face. They're both so smart and funny. We were supposed to watch "Up" which I was so excited about because I love that movie! But somehow while I was talking to their parents on their way out, the switched the movie and just kept giggling. I found later, the switcheroo was the reason behind it. We ended up watching "The Polar Express" and can I just admit, the only thing going through my mind while I watched was the fact that it was really really creepy.

Sunday night I got to hang out with Kels, Tiff, their friend Will, and Ryan and my bro. We played some Just Dance and had some laughs at the guys dancing, haha what a fun game!

And today, Monday, consisted of a pretty productive day. My parents came back and we got to have lunch together and catch up, and then the biggest and most exciting thing that happened was that I got to pick up my work permit, woo hoo! I have been waiting for this forever! Praise the Lord, I can't believe this day is here!

Creativity Today
I usually have a main calendar I write important things on, but it is the kind that each day is a little square so there's not a lot of room to write everything I need to do in a day - so I usually end up writing my daily to-do list on post-its that get lost and if I don't get to finish all my tasks, I easily forget the next day what I need to do to make for the day before.

The materials for my project. Again, all things I had at
home, so this project cost me $0

So I thought of this little design. I wanted a visual and noticeable reminder at home that served its purpose, but also that looked pretty - so my colors were based on the little piece of furniture I refurbished a few days ago. I wanted it to display yesterday's list (with the things I got to do crossed, and the ones I didn't still there), today's list so I had goals throughout the day, and tomorrow's goals, to which I could add what I didn't finish today. Does that make sense? I think the visual aid will help:

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for the future"

So there you have it. I realized that using a 2 by 4 wasn't the ideal material, because it makes it really heavy, so I will probably use something different next time!
But I'm pretty happy about it for it to be the first try!

'Til tomorrow!