I Turned My Dog into a Scarf...

For those of you who follow me on Instagram you have seen your fair share of animal scarf pics (mostly foxes, because I have made several now)

A couple of weeks ago a fellow Irish Wolfhound owner started following me on IG and suggested I make an Irish Wolfhound scarf too!  

What a Brilliant Idea right?!  

So I went out and got some awesome yarn and got busy and this is how it turned out:

My son took these pictures and snapped this one while I was repositioning...  I look too ridiculous in this pic not to share it.  lol.

25 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Run

By NO stretch of the imagination am I a professional runner.  

These are just some things I have learned in my time spent running that have helped me,

And I thought I would share with you!

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1.  Have the right gear. 

 as with anything, you need the proper tools to get a job done right.  in this case you will need some running shoes.  the proper footwear is

Wise Words Wednesday #2

I took this picture myself.  

These are my son, Tristan's hands holding a dirt clod.

you may recognize this picture from the visit to the park we took earlier this year where the boys were skipping these clods on the lake, 

If not you can check out all the pics here.

I wanted to emphasize the hands and how they were covered in dust, and so I chose this verse from Ecclesiastes.

If you like it then let me know in the comments section below and 

Feel free to share this, just hover over for pin it button

Thanks Y'all!

"I Am Eve" Blog Hop -- Co-hosting Again!

That's right, Here it comes again!

WELCOME TO

 "I Am Eve" Blog Hop and Hop Share!!

Every Wednesday - Sunday Midnight

Since GFC is gone please refollow Me and my Co-hosts through Bloglovin especially if your last visit you followed through GFC.

Thanks!

First Grab My Button

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AND

Follow your Host

Lisa @ God Make Me A Godly Woman

Via Bloglovin

Follow My Co-Hosts

Bethany @ The Sepia Puppy

Via Bloglovin 

Laney @ Night Owl Venting

Via Bloglovin

2.) Link up your entire blog not just one post

3.) visit 3 other blogs and leave a nice comment

4.) If you are hosting a blog hop as well link up in the second section labeled

"Blog Hopping"

5.) Share the hop with your social networks!

Back-and-Forth and Back-Talk

You may remember from this post that my husband got a new job.

Just as an update, he really loves it.  There is a bit of a learning curve, just because they are WAY more together than his last job and they do a lot of things differently, but it has been a very enjoyable challenge so far.  Plus the schedule there is amazing!  

3 day weekend EVERY OTHER WEEKEND!  

Whowhat!?

"Ya can't beat that with a stick" as we say down south.

Anyway, with the job being an hour and a half away he has been going there and staying while he is working, and then he drives home and stays here on his off days.

Then he turns around and goes back

This is all just temporary until we find our home there.

But Lord knows we are all having some growing pains.  

Progression of an Irish Wolfhound

While putting off my math homework today

I went through some pictures on the computer of my sweet baby Maggie

Well....  She was a baby here:

I fell in love with her from this pic, look at the little outline of a heart on her chest!

Not so much anymore.  It's hard to believe it was only a year ago that she was this tiny.  

Now she is a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool monster of a dog...

with the gentle heart of an angel.

(Sounds cheesy and hokey, I know

But it's so true)

I decided to throw together a quick little photo montage of the progression of our Sweet Magma to show you just how much a year has changed her....

Enjoy!

I Am Eve Bloghop -- I'm Cohosting!

Welcome Back to the "I Am Eve" Blog Hop!!

I am Cohosting again with the Lovely Lisa from 

"God, Make me a Godly Woman"

First Grab Lisa's Button:

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AND

Follow your Host

Lisa @ God Make Me A Godly Woman

And Co-Hosts:

Bethany @ The Sepia Puppy (That's Me!)

Laney @ Night Owl Venting

2.) Link up your entire blog not just one post

3.) visit 3 other blogs and leave a nice comment

4.) If you are hosting a blog hop as well link up in the second section labeled

"Blog Hopping"

5.) Share the hop with your friends so they can join in!

Wise Words Wednesday #1

I took this photo standing in my field  yard on a gorgeous evening last fall

And it made me think of heaven, 

so I paired it with this lovely scripture from 1 Corinthians.

Feel free to share it, and by just hovering over the picture a "Pin it" button will appear.  

If you like it, let me know in the comments section below!  

Thanks Y'all!

Why I think Bloglovin' is Bitchin'

As most all of you know

(And are more than likely SUPER sick of hearing about)

GFC and Google Reader are gonna be bye-bye soon

When I found this out a couple months ago, I was pretty miffed.

I worked my buns off acquiring new friends through GFC and I was proud of the number of readers I had gotten

Only to feel the crushing blow of Google's bad news.  

Blog Button Design Battle -- Season 2

Hello my Lovelies!  

Guess what?

I'm participating in the.....

Welcome to Round 2 of the Blog Button Design Battle: Season 2 with Peacoats & Plaid. Want to know who won Round 1? Drum roll please...

For the first time there was a tie: 2 winners! Congrats to both Ellie from Creative Geekery! Ellie's winning button design:

And Lisa from God, Make Me a Godly Woman! Lisa's winning design:

This week's participants include:



Bethany from The Sepia Puppy

Amanda from Living in Another Language

Hannah from Joyful Life

Yaya from Dream It, Darling

Jasmine from Sassy Brunette

Amanda from The Pretty Pinhead

Amber from Dressing Room Diaries

Kera from Nugget on a Budget

Sarah from Limited Space Organizing

Lindsey from Two Bobbins Later



Vote for your favorite and most eye-catching button by clicking on the thumbnail below. Make sure you're voting solely on eye appeal. You can only vote once, so make it count.

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Check back next week for Round 3. If you're interested in participating in Season 3 of the Blog Button Design Battle, make sure you subscribe to Peacoats & Plaid for updates.