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This past weekend was a much anticipated weekend for me. It was the G.I. Jive ! The Greenville Lindy Hoppers worked their butts off and put together a fabulous weekend of swing dancing right here at home! This was rather exciting for me as I no longer travel to dance--something most dancers do. It was fun to dress up for this vintage themed weekend. Friday night @ the UpCountry History Museum When someone asked me what I was dressed up as on Friday night, I would tell them that I was the "wildly talented but admittedly lesser-known Asian Andrews Sister." LOL. Saturday afternoon @ Furman University amphitheater (dancing w/ Woo) Saturday afternoon. Ugh. It was SO hot! Dancing outside mid-day was just absolutely insane. But it was so much fun and so worth it. And luckily I had this oh-so-cute dress that my momma made! Saturday night, I was going to wear a cute forties-ish dress, but I ended up going with wide-leg yoga pants (great for dancing!) and a tee. There w

Capturing Creativity is an Etsy shop where you can buy handmade cards, albums, and kits with which to make your own cute crafts! I like it because I'm a scrapbooker and some of this stuff would look so cute in my scrapbooks! Colorful Dream Journal or Notepad ($8) Boxed Set of 12 Handmade Cards ($36) The boxed set of cards come with 12 different cards. The ones shown are just examples. Your boxed set will be full of surprises! But, seeing at how cute the cards at Capturing Creativity , I bet they're all good surprises! Girl Themed Creativity Kit ($10) LOVE the creativity kits! They come with various kinds of paper and all sorts of embellishments. You can use them for scrapbooking, card making or whatever you want! And at $10.00 it's quite a steal--have you been to Michael's lately? Family Scrapbook Album ($18) This mini album is gorgeous. I love the colors! Hoo-Ray Owl Card ($4) Owls! So cute! Hope you enjoyed your Saturday morning eye-candy. B

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I've been wanting to go for walks in our neighborhood since we moved here. I'd love to be able to just pop out the front do and go on a little walk. Mike and I talked about it and decided that I would probably be able to do that once we got a dog. The hesitancy to go on a solo walk is due to the neighborhood in which I live. It's that kind of neighborhood. While we love it here, we're not about to take unnecessary risks, either. Well, a few days after we got Bella, Mike and I went for a walk together. And, oh boy, you don't realize how vicious neighbor dogs are when you're in your car. When you walk past them with your little 20lb doggie on a leash...you notice. There are four pit-mixes that live across the street from us. And a dog or two that live behind us. (We're on the tip of a wedge-shaped piece of property.) Our neighbor dogs, despite their breeding, don't seem to pose any immediate threat. They seem to be very friendly with anyone who t

Okay, let's be honest. I am a TOTAL sucker for cute fabric. And there is cute fabric all over today's featured shop, Vegancraftastic. Out on a Limb -- Bird Pin ($2) I love birds. You guys know that? I love birds. I love how I can hear many birds outside my living room window. I especially love finches. I also really love illustrated birds in whimsical colors. Like this pink. How cute is this? You can also get matching bags such as this zippered pouch. How cute! Bird Watcher Zippered Pouch ($10) Giraffe Gardens Drawstring Bag ($15) And this drawstring bag? It is so much cute!. The print of this fabric is so fun and fabulous! Sleepy Hedgehog Pin ($2) *Squeeeee* I love hedgehogs. So super cute. If you are reading this, and you are overwhelmed with a desire to purchase this pin for me...please do not hold back. Ugh, so cute. There are all sorts of pins. I picked a few cute ones, but there's everything from birds and hedgehogs to robots and gnomes. Gamer

I'm pretty sure that if Mike and I ever got to go on Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy (on a good night) we would totally clean house.

So, we Kueches have been thinking about getting a dog for a while now. I have been doing my fair share of browsing on the humane society (HS) website, craigslist, etc, looking for available dogs. We also went to the HS a few days ago to meet some of their dogs. It wasn't that successful of a trip, but we were planning on going a few times to try and figure out what kind of dog we would like. When we left for the HS today, Mike looked at me and said, "Now keep this in mind. We are not coming home with a dog today." We just wanted to look again, but did not want to rush into anything. One dog turned out to be quite the jumper. Seriously! We walked up to her cage with a leash and she was jumping at least three feet in the air--maybe more. She was running and pulling us all over the place. She was good, but a little too hyper for us. Next, we walked an adorable little terrier that looked just likemy parents' dog, Hootie . She was so dang cute and sweet and well-beha

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[ source ] I'm in the middle of a great evening. I haven't been able to make anything really yummy for my hubby lately. Thing's have just been a little busy around here. So, tonight, I wanted to make him something yummy and I whipped up some chicken kiev (baked at 375 ° for 30m, Missy!) It was, of course, delish. As I was setting the table, Mike went over to the wine cooler and decided to pop open a bottle of merlot. And then he said to me, "It's a little dark in here," (which it wasn't) "maybe you could light some candles?" Good food? Wine? Candles? I was totally swooning. I had this goofy little grin on my face, because, well, I love good time spend with my husband. The chicken kiev was great. I used less chicken than the recipe called for, so the chicken was really buttery and lemony--but not too much! Delicious. :) After dinner, we sat out on the front porch. We sat for a while chatting and finishing our wine. We talked about

taken at my parents' place