Fletch truly is some pup!
Love, us.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
from the rice cache.
So not really from the cache...this was only yesterday but too silly not to share!
Fletch truly is some pup!
Love, us.
Fletch truly is some pup!
Love, us.
busy, busy week!
So Rick was out of town the whole week. I thought I would get used to it but I haven't one bit! I am so glad I have Fletch to hang out with!
This weekend we worked on my dad's birthday present (it was on the 19th but he and my mom were in Key West all week).
Since my parents did all those crazy renovations on their house (I think it has been about 4 years now) my Dad has talked about wanting a post with signs and milage pointing to all his favorite places. Well, finally we made one!
Colors mixed, base down.
Free-hand painted by the talented rices. I have to say I was quite impressed with our skills.
My handy-man husband.
Our friend Matt came over to help us!
Rick teaching Matt how to use power tools!
The finished product that we will be putting in the yard soon!
As for this week... Although Rick is going to be gone once again... I do have an exciting week!
Tuesday: tickets to see Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy (Thanks StyleWeekly - I won them!) with Careyann (Rick's youngest sister)
Wednesday: donating my hair to Locks of Love for the 2nd time! Goodbye long hair!!
Thursday: My birthday!! Dinner with my folks and I get my top secret birthday surprise!!
Friday: Have the day off from school... don't know what I will do but I know it will be fun!
So sad that Rick won't be around for my exciting birthday week. But I am sure I will still have a great time.
His birthday is coming up on May 11th.. he will be out of town for that too! :(
As for the month of May, we have lots to look forward to!
May 9: The Rice Birthday Bash (cookout for our birthdays)
May 11: Rick's birthday; my brother comes to town for a weekish
May 16: Crawfish Boil and my grandparents will be in town from Maryland
May 30: Our friend from pdx will be in town for about 2 weeks
I hope this finds everybody happy healthy and staying cool in this hot weather!
Love,
your about-to-turn-a-year-older richmond rices.
This weekend we worked on my dad's birthday present (it was on the 19th but he and my mom were in Key West all week).
Since my parents did all those crazy renovations on their house (I think it has been about 4 years now) my Dad has talked about wanting a post with signs and milage pointing to all his favorite places. Well, finally we made one!
Colors mixed, base down.
Free-hand painted by the talented rices. I have to say I was quite impressed with our skills.
My handy-man husband.
Our friend Matt came over to help us!
Rick teaching Matt how to use power tools!
The finished product that we will be putting in the yard soon!
As for this week... Although Rick is going to be gone once again... I do have an exciting week!
Tuesday: tickets to see Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy (Thanks StyleWeekly - I won them!) with Careyann (Rick's youngest sister)
Wednesday: donating my hair to Locks of Love for the 2nd time! Goodbye long hair!!
Thursday: My birthday!! Dinner with my folks and I get my top secret birthday surprise!!
Friday: Have the day off from school... don't know what I will do but I know it will be fun!
So sad that Rick won't be around for my exciting birthday week. But I am sure I will still have a great time.
His birthday is coming up on May 11th.. he will be out of town for that too! :(
As for the month of May, we have lots to look forward to!
May 9: The Rice Birthday Bash (cookout for our birthdays)
May 11: Rick's birthday; my brother comes to town for a weekish
May 16: Crawfish Boil and my grandparents will be in town from Maryland
May 30: Our friend from pdx will be in town for about 2 weeks
I hope this finds everybody happy healthy and staying cool in this hot weather!
Love,
your about-to-turn-a-year-older richmond rices.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
fletch is getting big!
So the first week without Rick wasn't nearly as bad as expected. He was only gone until Thursday! Which was definitely a pleasant surprise. The bad thing was that Fletch started to get used to the schedule we had so it sort of threw things off last weekend. I think it was going through a "protect my house" kind of mentality and did not appreciate Rick leaving his "scent" all over the place.
This week Rick didn't have to go out of town. The place where his work was, was close enough that they didn't have to stay at a hotel. I think this has helped Fletch having both of us around. But Rick does leave on Monday morning for 4 days so we will see how that goes!
Don't know if I mentioned it before...
We learned about Life Cycles a few weeks ago. This included egg-baby chick-hen/rooster, egg-tadpole-frog, seed-plant and egg-caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly. Well, part of our preschool program is to have live butterfly eggs! So over the last few weeks our caterpillars hatched, ate and ate and ate until they formed their chrysalids and over last weekend they emerged into butterflies! All 10 of them! On Tuesday, we released them because quite honestly I am not interested in explaining death to my 3/4 year olds!
Say "BUTTERFLY"
Opening our habitat...
Absolutely one of the coolest moments, my kids were in awe!
That speck about the trees is one of our butterflies!
On a different note...
We had our first vet visit today! Fletch has gained 7 pounds since we got him. I was a little concerned that he wasn't eating enough, but apparently that was unnecessary. I guess the Iams bag says to give him too much food!
After the vet, Fletch and I went with my friend, Meredith and her dog Maddy to Barker Field. It was Fletch's first time and boy did he have fun!
He was very nervous, as it is very overwhelming to see all those dogs for the first time. But he got comfortable and even play fought with a few dogs. He was so worn out he fell asleep in the car on the ride home and is now taking a nap on his favorite blanket!
Fletch playing in his favorite place, the leaves!
Sleepy puppy! He looks so old in this picture! :(
"Stop taking pictures of me!"
Down for the count!
Well, that is all in our extremely exciting rice world. Hope this finds you all happy, healthy and enjoying the sunshine!
Love,
your lazy-saturday richmond rices.
This week Rick didn't have to go out of town. The place where his work was, was close enough that they didn't have to stay at a hotel. I think this has helped Fletch having both of us around. But Rick does leave on Monday morning for 4 days so we will see how that goes!
Don't know if I mentioned it before...
We learned about Life Cycles a few weeks ago. This included egg-baby chick-hen/rooster, egg-tadpole-frog, seed-plant and egg-caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly. Well, part of our preschool program is to have live butterfly eggs! So over the last few weeks our caterpillars hatched, ate and ate and ate until they formed their chrysalids and over last weekend they emerged into butterflies! All 10 of them! On Tuesday, we released them because quite honestly I am not interested in explaining death to my 3/4 year olds!
Say "BUTTERFLY"
Opening our habitat...
Absolutely one of the coolest moments, my kids were in awe!
That speck about the trees is one of our butterflies!
On a different note...
We had our first vet visit today! Fletch has gained 7 pounds since we got him. I was a little concerned that he wasn't eating enough, but apparently that was unnecessary. I guess the Iams bag says to give him too much food!
After the vet, Fletch and I went with my friend, Meredith and her dog Maddy to Barker Field. It was Fletch's first time and boy did he have fun!
He was very nervous, as it is very overwhelming to see all those dogs for the first time. But he got comfortable and even play fought with a few dogs. He was so worn out he fell asleep in the car on the ride home and is now taking a nap on his favorite blanket!
Fletch playing in his favorite place, the leaves!
Sleepy puppy! He looks so old in this picture! :(
"Stop taking pictures of me!"
Down for the count!
Well, that is all in our extremely exciting rice world. Hope this finds you all happy, healthy and enjoying the sunshine!
Love,
your lazy-saturday richmond rices.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
a rice life minus rick :(
Where do I begin? It seems we are back to an exciting life since it has only been 10 days since the last post and I have much to report...
So, Fletch is doing fabulously! He was potty-trained soo much faster than we ever expected. That is not to say he hasn't had any in-house accidents, but they are not only far and few between but also it is usually because Rick and I aren't paying attention to his signals.
As previously posted, he liked his crate... but since he realized "crate" means he will be by himself he despises it! With some treats, he is going into his crate better, but when you say the word... it is like a bat out of hell!
He hates the hardwood floors, he actually pulled a blanket off the couch so he wouldn't have to lay on the floor (this was before Rick decided he could be a couch dog!) Now he is a couch dog so he sleeps with a pillow, or Rick's leg usually.
On a different note...
As I am sure you know, VCU lost in the first round of the NCAA. Bummer. Especially since it was only by 1 point. What can you do? We still had a good time out with some friends... on a school night!
We got to babysit Delaney on Friday! Her and Fletch fell in love. Well, let me rephrase that... Delaney fell in love and Fletch is still a scardey cat... but he definitely warmed up to her. We got to hang out with my sister and Delaney most of the weekend which was very nice. We hung out at my folks house on Saturday and watched some of the LSU game (they lost in the 2nd round of the NCAA).
Then, we went to a place called Commercial Taphouse for Nate's Going Away Party. Nate was a groomsman in our wedding and a very close friend of Rick's. He is moving to Austin, Texas the beginning of April. We are both very sad, but this seems like the best thing for him! And his party was super fun!
The Erins at Nate's Party
As for this week... well, it leaves me very sad!
This week started the first of MANY weeks that Rick is going to be out of town. He left early Monday morning and won't be back until late Friday evening. This week and next week Blackstone and continuously until the job they have there is completed. Then, on to different cities around Virginia...well, so far. Who knows?!?! But at least we will have the weekends! I have never looked forward to the weekends like I am now!
So at first, Fletch seemed like bad timing... a week before Rick left for out of town work (which I hear will take us well into Summer) but really it is perfect timing. Having Fletch around when I get off work has been something to focus on instead of my empty dinner table! Plus, Fletch eats his dinner while I eat mine so it works out great! (Yes, Rick did go grocery shopping for me and plan out meals as well! I know I am spoiled!)
So wish Fletch and I luck with the next few months without the man of our household! The plus is that the money is really great, which we could definitely use. Plus we hear this is THE time to buy a house if you are going to soooo the extra money definitely can't hurt! We will see where this [pipe] dream takes us!
Hope this finds you all happy, healthy and fullfilled.
Love,
your 1/3-absent-richmond-rices.
Ps. School is so GREAT! Here is a random picture from last week... I taught my kids the bunny hop during Signs of Spring week. I hope these kids remember this one day! The only memory I have of the bunny hop is from my Aunt Peggy and Uncle Will's Wedding Reception!! I don't know how long ago that was but I was pretty young and I remember having the BEST time with my family! (An added bonus, is my favorite bulletin board and the most beautiful.. if I do say so myself.. that I have ever made! Some of the birds are even singing. :] )
So, Fletch is doing fabulously! He was potty-trained soo much faster than we ever expected. That is not to say he hasn't had any in-house accidents, but they are not only far and few between but also it is usually because Rick and I aren't paying attention to his signals.
As previously posted, he liked his crate... but since he realized "crate" means he will be by himself he despises it! With some treats, he is going into his crate better, but when you say the word... it is like a bat out of hell!
He hates the hardwood floors, he actually pulled a blanket off the couch so he wouldn't have to lay on the floor (this was before Rick decided he could be a couch dog!) Now he is a couch dog so he sleeps with a pillow, or Rick's leg usually.
On a different note...
As I am sure you know, VCU lost in the first round of the NCAA. Bummer. Especially since it was only by 1 point. What can you do? We still had a good time out with some friends... on a school night!
We got to babysit Delaney on Friday! Her and Fletch fell in love. Well, let me rephrase that... Delaney fell in love and Fletch is still a scardey cat... but he definitely warmed up to her. We got to hang out with my sister and Delaney most of the weekend which was very nice. We hung out at my folks house on Saturday and watched some of the LSU game (they lost in the 2nd round of the NCAA).
Then, we went to a place called Commercial Taphouse for Nate's Going Away Party. Nate was a groomsman in our wedding and a very close friend of Rick's. He is moving to Austin, Texas the beginning of April. We are both very sad, but this seems like the best thing for him! And his party was super fun!
The Erins at Nate's Party
As for this week... well, it leaves me very sad!
This week started the first of MANY weeks that Rick is going to be out of town. He left early Monday morning and won't be back until late Friday evening. This week and next week Blackstone and continuously until the job they have there is completed. Then, on to different cities around Virginia...well, so far. Who knows?!?! But at least we will have the weekends! I have never looked forward to the weekends like I am now!
So at first, Fletch seemed like bad timing... a week before Rick left for out of town work (which I hear will take us well into Summer) but really it is perfect timing. Having Fletch around when I get off work has been something to focus on instead of my empty dinner table! Plus, Fletch eats his dinner while I eat mine so it works out great! (Yes, Rick did go grocery shopping for me and plan out meals as well! I know I am spoiled!)
So wish Fletch and I luck with the next few months without the man of our household! The plus is that the money is really great, which we could definitely use. Plus we hear this is THE time to buy a house if you are going to soooo the extra money definitely can't hurt! We will see where this [pipe] dream takes us!
Hope this finds you all happy, healthy and fullfilled.
Love,
your 1/3-absent-richmond-rices.
Ps. School is so GREAT! Here is a random picture from last week... I taught my kids the bunny hop during Signs of Spring week. I hope these kids remember this one day! The only memory I have of the bunny hop is from my Aunt Peggy and Uncle Will's Wedding Reception!! I don't know how long ago that was but I was pretty young and I remember having the BEST time with my family! (An added bonus, is my favorite bulletin board and the most beautiful.. if I do say so myself.. that I have ever made! Some of the birds are even singing. :] )
Saturday, March 14, 2009
2-week update.
We have been so busy!
Elizzabeth, my fabulous cousin came to visit us for a weekend which was fabulous! We hit Mulligan's (the bar I used to work at) for some Karaoke on Friday, which both Rick and Elizzabeth had a great time participating in. I hosted a Vino&Bubbly girls night at my house and Elizzabeth was kind enough to help me get ready for that!
We spent all of Saturday running errands and surprisingly had a great time! Elizzabeth was especially a HUGE help at the grocery store as going their is a little bit out of my comfort zone. We went out for a bit after Vino&Bubbly with a mutual friend of Elizzabeth and my brother Bryan, which also was a lot of fun. Sunday, my folks were kind enough to take us out to eat to get some yummy BBQ!
It was just an overall GREAT weekend! And I cannot wait for another visit!
Me, Elizzabeth and my good friend Erin.
Then, this past weekend was the CAA Tournament. My folks got us a hotel at the brand new Hilton downtown near the Coliseum for the weekend. It was a wonderful mini-vacation even though we were in town. Sunday evening, it felt as if we had really been away. It helped that VCU played so well and went on to win the CAA Championship on Monday night!
Rick and I outside Croaker Spot for lunch after a VCU win on Saturday afternoon.
Rick and I after a VCU win in the Championship Game on Monday night.
As for this week, we laid low. We focused a lot of our energy into trying to find the perfect puppy to add to our mini-rice family and yesterday evening got an email that we were approved for adoption!
We drove to Huddleston, Virgina (near Lynchburg) to meet a boxer-mix puppy and we fell in love! He is almost 4 months old and an absolute ball of energy! We LOVE him!
Meet Fletcher "Fletch" Shelton Rice...
This is on our ride home from Huddleston. He slept most of the way... talk about easy-peasy.
Already has a favorite toy AND loves his crate!
Fletch has found his favorite spot in our house outside of his crate. It is the space between the wall and the butcher block where all the cable wires hang out... weird I know but he leaves all the wires alone so we can't really complain!
We can't wait for everyone to meet our new addition!
We hope this finds everybody happy, healthy and staying dry!
Love,
your happy-to-finally-be-dog-owners richmond rices.
Elizzabeth, my fabulous cousin came to visit us for a weekend which was fabulous! We hit Mulligan's (the bar I used to work at) for some Karaoke on Friday, which both Rick and Elizzabeth had a great time participating in. I hosted a Vino&Bubbly girls night at my house and Elizzabeth was kind enough to help me get ready for that!
We spent all of Saturday running errands and surprisingly had a great time! Elizzabeth was especially a HUGE help at the grocery store as going their is a little bit out of my comfort zone. We went out for a bit after Vino&Bubbly with a mutual friend of Elizzabeth and my brother Bryan, which also was a lot of fun. Sunday, my folks were kind enough to take us out to eat to get some yummy BBQ!
It was just an overall GREAT weekend! And I cannot wait for another visit!
Me, Elizzabeth and my good friend Erin.
Then, this past weekend was the CAA Tournament. My folks got us a hotel at the brand new Hilton downtown near the Coliseum for the weekend. It was a wonderful mini-vacation even though we were in town. Sunday evening, it felt as if we had really been away. It helped that VCU played so well and went on to win the CAA Championship on Monday night!
Rick and I outside Croaker Spot for lunch after a VCU win on Saturday afternoon.
Rick and I after a VCU win in the Championship Game on Monday night.
As for this week, we laid low. We focused a lot of our energy into trying to find the perfect puppy to add to our mini-rice family and yesterday evening got an email that we were approved for adoption!
We drove to Huddleston, Virgina (near Lynchburg) to meet a boxer-mix puppy and we fell in love! He is almost 4 months old and an absolute ball of energy! We LOVE him!
Meet Fletcher "Fletch" Shelton Rice...
This is on our ride home from Huddleston. He slept most of the way... talk about easy-peasy.
Already has a favorite toy AND loves his crate!
Fletch has found his favorite spot in our house outside of his crate. It is the space between the wall and the butcher block where all the cable wires hang out... weird I know but he leaves all the wires alone so we can't really complain!
We can't wait for everyone to meet our new addition!
We hope this finds everybody happy, healthy and staying dry!
Love,
your happy-to-finally-be-dog-owners richmond rices.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
baking day!
My friend Shannon passed along a starter cup of amish friendship bread about 10 days ago and today was my baking day!
The recipe calls for instant pudding powder in the flavor your choice and says you can add nuts or chocolate chips. Well I used banana pudding and added chocolate chips. Aside from forgetting to grease the pan (the edges are now burnt) it is quite delicious! More like a dessert cake than a bread.
I am so pleased with my baking ability, I plan to go get some yeast and make my own pizza dough for dinner tonight. We will see how that goes!
Hope this find everyone happy, healthy and warm!
Love,
your baking-crazed richmond rices.
The recipe calls for instant pudding powder in the flavor your choice and says you can add nuts or chocolate chips. Well I used banana pudding and added chocolate chips. Aside from forgetting to grease the pan (the edges are now burnt) it is quite delicious! More like a dessert cake than a bread.
I am so pleased with my baking ability, I plan to go get some yeast and make my own pizza dough for dinner tonight. We will see how that goes!
Hope this find everyone happy, healthy and warm!
Love,
your baking-crazed richmond rices.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
debbie downer :(
I apologize for being brief but there isn't a whole lot to say...
Rick's Aunt Janet passed away on Friday early evening. She has been sick for quite awhile but seemed to be getting better. It was quite a shock. Rick and I are both doing as best as can be expected.
The funeral will be Tuesday, February 24 and the burial will be sometime the following week as there is a lot of paperwork to be filed.
Janet and Dan have the most amazing love. The first time I met them was for Don's (Rick's Best Man) homecoming party. On our way home from their house I told Rick that I wanted him and I to have the love they have... it is truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
She will be missed dearly by everyone who has ever met her.
On a happier note, I got my stitches out today and my face is looking very good considering.
I hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and loved.
Love,
your debbie-downer richmond rices.
Rick's Aunt Janet passed away on Friday early evening. She has been sick for quite awhile but seemed to be getting better. It was quite a shock. Rick and I are both doing as best as can be expected.
The funeral will be Tuesday, February 24 and the burial will be sometime the following week as there is a lot of paperwork to be filed.
Janet and Dan have the most amazing love. The first time I met them was for Don's (Rick's Best Man) homecoming party. On our way home from their house I told Rick that I wanted him and I to have the love they have... it is truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
She will be missed dearly by everyone who has ever met her.
On a happier note, I got my stitches out today and my face is looking very good considering.
I hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and loved.
Love,
your debbie-downer richmond rices.
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