Ode to Peri

My dog is insane. She's a Jack Russell. I'm not sure what possessed my boyfriend to choose this breed when he decided to get me a puppy for my birthday, but he did.
I imagine it's hard to take pictures of puppies, anyway, but the ridiculous hyperactivity of this dang dog makes it almost impossible. This is what happens:
Sigh.

fall, and hearting it

So it's not quite fall yet, but it's close. Fall and spring are my favorite seasons. I just love the transition weather. The time in fall when it's getting cool enough to sit outside and not sweat to death (oh, South Georgia), and the time in spring when it's just starting to get warm enough to wear flip flops. This weather makes me happy.

I decided to join Janel's new journal class, I heart Fall.

I'm really excited about it. I, um, still have a few pages left to finish from the last class. I got the puppy and kind of lost my steam for journaling. I am hoping this class kick-starts it again. I definitely had fun shopping for fall papers and designing the cover. I absolutely love it.

And the first page:

With the covers open:

Love it, and can't wait to start the class!

And just for fun, here's a picture of Peri from this afternoon.

She's adorably insane.

Uh, yeah...

I'm still around. I guess not being able to upload pictures prevented me from posting at all, ever. Here's my comeback:

Friday Fill-Ins.

1. Laughter is big in my life right now, with a new puppy.

2. Hi I would are the three words that started off the last email I sent.

3. What I'm most looking forward to today is coming home and relaxing.

4. Peri, my new puppy puts a smile on my face.

5. Where in the world can I find my dream job?

6. My boyfriend knew just what I needed!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing, maybe doing some party planning, tomorrow my plans include nothing special and Sunday, I want to do more of nothing!

So, my new puppy! I will try to upload a picture right now..

Holy cow it worked. It screwed with the font, but I'm not going to attempt to fix that right now. Anyway! My birthday was Wednesday, and last Saturday my boyfriend surprised me with a new puppy for my birthday.

This is pretty amazing, because my boyfriend pretty much said he was never getting a dog. And if by some miracle he did get a dog, it would be a Lab. I don't know, it's a country boy thing.

But instead he got a Jack Russell. The most hyper dog there is, apparently, because everyone in the world has let us know that fact since Saturday. But I don't care, because look at that face!! And my boyfriend picked her out all by himself! And left to "hit golf balls" and instead came home with a puppy! I was so surprised and happy.

Her name is Peri, short for peridot, which is my birthstone.

Life in our house has been a little crazy since last Saturday, obviously. Uh, puppies? They're hard work. They're like human babies. They wake up in the night to go to the bathroom, and they cry when you put them in their crate for the night (we laid in bed that first night listening to "our baby" cry, and it was so sad to me).

It's been funny, though, to see how the boy interacts with the puppy. I feel like it's a tiny glimpse into what he'll be like as a dad, and I love it. It makes me look forward to having babies one day with even more excitement.

Now that I know I can upload pictures again, I'll come back and update with all of the journal pages I've done (the class is almost over!). Soon.