Adam and Amy's family were headed to Mexico for 9 days so I agreed to watch Lola (their 18 month old Bulldog) and house sit while they were gone. I needed to be home for the weekend (church responsibilities don't you know) so Amy dropped Lola off to Lori at work (since she works close to them) and Lori brought her over to us on Friday (6/27).
She gave Landon lots of love and entertained us for awhile, especially as she tried to find Junie (the cat).
Junie has got some made tree climbing skills and spent the majority of the weekend in the garage or up in trees with Lola down below.
By the end of the weekend they were able to be much closer to each other, but every time Lola tried to play Junie would get nervous and make a run for it.
It was adorable and a little sad.
On Tuesday morning Lola and I picked up Michelle for a girls' getaway of sorts.
Our first stop was take-out from Rusted Sun.
I got Pepperoni on my half and Michelle got some sort of bbq, pepper, bacon concoction.
Lola was happy to be home, but missed her peeps (she always looks depressed to me) and chose to lounge on the tracks of the sliding doors. What the?!
Michelle and I are kindred spirits and therefore chose reading and napping for our afternoon activity (yes, it's an activity). She camped out on the super comfy couch in the great room.
I chose the stylish gray couch (which isn't quite as comfy) in the living room. Both rooms had fantastic ceiling fans and lots of natural light.
This was the view from where I lounged.
After reading and napping for a few hours we grabbed a couple beverages and reconvened in the yellow chairs for more reading.
Both of us finished the books we'd brought with us and got to start new books (which we ended up finishing the next day).
Lola was at our feet doing dramatic sighs which cracked us up.
We could not believe how sunny it was so late, but their house faces West and gets gorgeous light and sunsets.
Photos really don't do the sunsets justice.
Lola loves the deck because it gives her a clear view of her friend Junebug (a 3 month old Bulldog) who lives across the street.
I love this shot Michelle took (she's so stealthy).
We stayed up way too late (1:00am) watching Failure to Launch and Letters to Juliette.
This is how Lola and I slept! She dominated the bed so I slept horizontally across the bottom.
The next morning we ate toast and read our books on the front deck (it's shaded in the morning and is the perfect place to read).
After our leisurely morning we both went back to bed because we had stayed up too late and not slept well. We ended up getting ready at 4:00pm! It was such a weird time warp.
We hadn't really eaten anything since breakfast (which was toast) so we decided to head up to Ruth's Diner for dinner.
It was hot, but we had a shady table out back under the trees so it was delightful and the food was really good.
I love a shady spot and would have enjoyed the twinkly lights above had it been dark enough for them...another time perhaps.
Sadly it was time for Michelle to head back home, so we loaded Lola up in the car (she puts her front paws in and then waits to be lifted up) and went to the Frontrunner station.
Michelle took Frontrunner home.
20 minutes after Michelle left, Whitney arrived and the girls' getaway continued though in a different way.
