Those Corwins » Those Puppers

When I have nothing to blog about, I blog about the dogs

Steph — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:19:20 +0000

subtitle: I spend more on the dogs than my husband
sub-subtitle: the post that Morgan will skip over because it talks about pets

I adore etsy to no end. I love the idea of supporting individuals instead of companies, and most often, the items on there are so adorable. Really it’s impossible not to find something you love and that’s exactly what you are looking for.

The other weekend I was looking for some replacement dog tags since Maisie had managed to lose hers. And I found these adorable tags from Urban Puppy. I fell in love, but knew we had a problem: Brodie is a boy. And no boy of mine was going to be walking around with a heart on his tag. He’s a man’s man. So I messaged the seller asking if she could do a more “boyish” tag for Brodie. And she did. And they are awesome:

Two custom dog tags from Urban Puppy

A picture of Maisie. Just because LOOK HOW CUTE!

And Brodie too!

This is only a small portion of the insane shopping I’ve been doing lately to cope with my angst over busy season. I’m thinking it’s time for some form of intervention, otherwise I might as well buy my own franchise of Pier 1, Bath and Body Works, and maybe even a Fry’s while I’m at it. But if anyone needs some Nectarine Mint hand soap, I think I have about three in our guest bathroom. Don’t judge. They smell like heaven.

It’s just a little paint.

Steph — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:30:59 +0000

Oh hello there readers. It’s only been a whole month without hearing from me. I hope this makes up for it! Now what in the world have I been up to? Well let’s start with a lot of working late, add in a week of bronchitis, and throw in a bathroom painting project just for fun. I’m lucky my husband hasn’t given up and left me for someone else who isn’t insane.

I think he’s forgiven me because the bathroom before was quite a dungeon. And now? Now it’s so pretty! Really. I think I want to live in it.

See for yourself!

Before. Let’s see.. ugly wood paneling, ancient rusty mirror threatening to fall and kill someone, 80′s shelf thing. Just not pretty.

Step One. Buy new HUGE mirror. Check out that price tag. Big Lots for $30! It was amazing. I almost cried. Okay not really. But deal of the century? Yes I believe so.

The Guest Bath.. Prettified from Steph Corwin on Vimeo.

The next room for painting is our living room. We have the routine down, so it should be pretty quick. If only I could stop being such an insane perfectionist. Really I think that doubles the amount of time it takes for us to paint. What room in your house are you itching to paint?

The last minute of this video may only be funny to me.

Steph — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:17:31 +0000

I love me some keyboard cat. It will without a doubt make me laugh. You can also add the last thirty seconds of “Do you wanna see my dance?” and Maisie with a cone on her head to that list. So I will use that as my excuse for the last minute of this video. Too bad you have to sit through four minutes of my chatting to get to that part. But I will tell you, there is one photo of the babies thrown into the video. So if nothing else, there’s your motivation to watch.

June 29, 2009 from Steph Corwin on Vimeo.

My child is old enough to legally drink

Steph — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:22:58 +0000

in dog years.. Today is Brodie’s birthday! The website I use to help me remember to give the dogs their monthly heartworm medicine sent me an email today letting me know that today was Brodie’s birthday.. Gosh how nice, but come on! What horrible mother wouldn’t know it was her dog’s birthday?!

Yeah that would be me.

So what a nice surprise, and I gave Brodie extra hugs today.

Just for you, a picture of puppy Brodie. I decided to transfer over all my old pictures from the mac to our laptop, and I got all nostalgic looking at his puppy pictures. Seriously he was so adorable with his huge nose and head compared to his tiny puppy body.

Gosh he was the cutest little puppy..

Hiking on a Saturday

Steph — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:28:02 +0000

Well I guess I’m back after an unintentional “blog-cation” I’ve taken this week, as work has gotten fairly busy. Let’s just say it’s consisted of my having stay later than I’ve ever had to stay at work ever. Even longer than busy season. But it’s all good because after the hard work comes some much needed relaxation.

This weekend Cale and I took the dogs for a walk in an attempt to exhaust them so that they would stop running all over the house chasing each other. It most definitely worked, since they have both been sleeping ever since we got back.

Hike in Pleasanton Regional Park from Steph Corwin on Vimeo.

My Daily Me from the hike and My handsome hubby

Brodie having fun on the walk

The beautiful view

Our shadow family

Cale with the puppers

I hope your weekends are all going well! I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at the area in which we live. Nothing too fancy, but you can’t get any better than being surrounded by nature.

EDIT: And in case anyone has been losing sleep waiting to see my bangs obviously those have still not happened. And no, not because Cale threatened me with a divorce. We couldn’t fit a hair appointment into our trip to Bakersfield and trying out a new stylist where we live to make such a big change to my hair just freaks me out. So we are waiting until the next trip to Bakersfield in about a month. Someday I am going to try the bangs, I swear!

Halloween

Steph — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:33:50 +0000

First and foremost, I’m home! After a long day of traveling yesterday, I got picked up at the San Jose airport by not only my husband, but my two puppies too! I got to brag on the way home about seeing Drew Remenda (SJ Sharks hockey fans will know this guy) at the baggage claim carousel. Maisie bombarded my face with wet puppy kisses. Really there was no stopping the onslaught of her tongue.

But I came home, read about people passing out Halloween candy, and came to realize that my dogs were a little sad about not getting to dress up for Halloween. Other blogger dogs got to dress up. And mine were just jealous.

Two neglected pups with no Halloween spirit

So I gave them their costumes. And they assumed the roles. Maisie is a ghost and Brodie is a black cat. Perfect right?

Neo felt left out so I just told him he was a candy corn.

And then I ate him. The end.

All is Well

Steph — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:15:32 +0000

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, last night went much better than the previous night. I developed a system for my purse that should be cat-proof, so long as I remember to use it. The puppies are glad to be back at home. So that’s all. Lame post, so I’ll throw in some pictures:

The new purse (that I swear is purple. the lighting in our house was not having any of that though), new scarf from shopping this weekend, and the new system. That is a wreath hanging hook. Perfect size for a purse.

Brodie. Cute. The end.

And Maisie. She’s pretty cute too.

Okay and Neo is cute too. How could I stay mad at that ball o’fluff?

Coming up soon: Pictures from the beach this weekend, a video blog especial, and maybe someday I’ll write that post about our honeymoon in France that I conveniently forgot about.

Boarded Up

Steph — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:56:46 +0000

Today is my little sister’s birthday! She is no longer a teenager. This weekend we are celebrating by going to the coast: visiting Hearst Castle for the first time, staying in Morro Bay, shopping in San Luis Obispo, and hanging out with family. I am very excited to get away for the weekend and to visit the beach. Besides our anniversary trip to Carmel, we have not visited the coast at all this summer. Just shameful!

And while we are gone enjoying our weekend away, our dogs are going to experience something new. We are boarding them this weekend at a nearby kennel. Hopefully they won’t miss us too much, and I’m looking forward to feeling peace of mind that they are being well taken care of.

I don’t think Brodie will be any more the wiser. He’s pretty carefree.

Maisie might be a little disgruntled when we get home.. She holds grudges. Typical woman

I hope you all have exciting weekends planned!