Kodi's 8th Birthday

Today was Kodi's 8th birthday and Murray's 6th. For those of you who didn't know, Mom had been told Murray's birthday was sometime in July so she made it Kodi's birthday so she wouldn't forget. I can't believe Kodi's 8 already! I swear I just got him!!! We've been really lucky so far, for such a big dog he's had no major problems. He has a thyroid issue but I forgot to refill his prescription over a month ago and he seems to be doing fine, and he had a touch of arthritis in his hips this past winter but it only seemed to bother him on really cold days.

Of course, since I thought 8 seemed like a big birthday, we had a mini-celebration of a trip to the dog park and doggie cake :-)

Kodi's licking his chops already!

I finally figured out I should cut it in half so they didn't have to break it themselves.

Kodi's half didn't last long!

Murray looks like he thinks he's in trouble! No Murray, that is not the beer bread from the counter...this is ok for you to eat!

Replacing old with the new

I'm finally starting to put all of our old stuff away and break out all the new, wonderful items we received from the wedding! We have a lot of stuff that's obviously been used, but it's in pretty good shape. I was going to post it on Craig's List or take it to Goodwill, but thought I'd see if anyone needed anything first!

placesetting for 4 of Pottery Barn white dishes...4 mugs, 4 dinner plates, 4 salad plates and 4 bowls.
I think 4 sets of silverware, maybe more
Offwhite bath towels and hand towels, 4 or 6
cotton ball holder, q-tip holder and extra toilet paper holder
toaster oven
2 blenders
hand mixer
crockpot
some kitchen towels
set of steak knives and kitchen knives in a block, missing a steak knife
a vacuum...it works well, but sometimes it will stop and you have to let it cool off for a bit
3 shelf bookshelf in light wood
silver utensil holder
silver cocktail shaker

We'll probably have more, but that's all I've gotten through now!