Learning about our Ninja Shoe

We've had our little Ninja Shoe for about 10 days now and he is turning out to be the sweetest little creature.  He and Mocha play non-stop.  Mocha even brings Shoe toys to wrestle over!  I'll put some videos on YouTube as soon as I can figure out what the email is for the account.... /sigh

The two puppies run around and wrestle like crazy till they can't go anymore.  Then, our home looks something like this:

Anyway, Mocha is 1 year old and about 12 lbs.  Shoe is 4 months old and 9 lbs!  He's going to be gigantic.  Right now they're both sitting by the window watching people come in and out the building.

Shoe has so many endearing qualities.  For one, his little tail wags constantly.  Another is the little white streak he has on his chin.  But I think my favorite is the cuddling.  He just loves to be petted.

Yesterday he was snoring on my lap:

In other news, I've been getting ready for my first craft fair next weekend.  It's in St. Louis at the Lindbergh High School.  I hope w/all my heart that it goes well.  

Here are some of the collars I'm working on:

I think since it's been so warm I'll have more luck w/collars than sweaters, but you never know!

I've also updated the Facebook page for Inspired by Mocha.  People can buy straight through FB!  I didn't know you could do that lol.  For someone in their mid-20's, I'm pretty slow with technology and social media.  Here's our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspired-By-Mocha/310813565609053

And one final update:  We are officially moving from Kirksville, MO to Cuyahoga Falls, OH on May 30 & 31!  Soooo excited!  And then getting married June 9th!  Double Excited! :) 

New new new!

So, this past week has been full of changes for us!  First, we got a Prius!  Super excited, it's a really nice car and worked out well for us financially.

Second, I got Mocha a bed to sleep on and we took away the crate.  He hated that crate, even though we trained him in it and he used to sleep in it and be in it all day.  Hate is too kind a word.  He loathed that crate, or at least being locked up in it.

It's taken a little bit of work to keep Mocha from chewing on, digging in, and humping his new bed, but he seems to really enjoy it.  This is a photo of him I just took.  He's listening to some Brahms very intently :)

We are also getting a new addition to our family!  Well, here's a picture :)

He's such a precious little thing.  A 4 month old Shih-Poo, just like Mocha.  We're going to call him Shoe.  We took Mocha to meet him and they hit it off right away.  Super sweet little guy doesn't nip at all and wasn't yappy either.  We get to pick him up on Tuesday and I'm pretty sure Shoe and Mocha are going to be besties.  Or at least I super hope they will!  Here's a photo of Mocha next to Shoe:

As you can see, Shoe is black with a pretty white stripe down his chest.  He also has little white tufts at the tips of his paws.  I can't even handle how cute they are together.  We think Shoe will get pretty big.  He's 4 months old and almost as big as Mocha already, who's 1 year old.

SUPER EXCITED!!! :)

1 month later!

Apparently, I update once a month ;)  Better than never, I suppose.

I've been trying to exercise more (or at all) recently.  What I'd really love to do is to run, but I quickly discovered that I can hardly walk.  I've got this old knee injury that just won't quit, so I've been doing some weight lifting to try and strengthen the muscles around my knee to keep it more stable.  So maybe in a few weeks I can go for a long walk? :-/

Unfortunately, I am not a morning person.  Ever.  At all.  So, if I work from 8:30-5:30, I definitely won't be getting up at 6am to exercise.  Ever.  And of course I don't want to go right after work.  Who would?  Sure, let's stand for 8 hours and then go for a run.  Uh, no thanks.  So, it's definitely been a challenge.

In better news, we're about ready to send out the wedding invitations!  The registries are set, the hotel is booked, and we're ready to go!  Let's get married! woooo

This is what we're doing for our favors

http://www.etsy.com/listing/34165319/favor-cake-and-centerpiece-personalized is the link since I can't remember how to make the picture itself into a link...

To see more of our wedding, or my ideas of it, I have some cool things pinned on Pinterest:

http://pinterest.com/lulorial/wedding-stuff/

Now, off to do the dishes!  Ah, my life is so glamorous!

2012!

So, the holidays came and went and I'm just as bad at keeping up with blogging as I was with having a diary.  Which is to say, terrible.  Obviously :)

Anyway,  I've learned to sew, sort of, and made some cute little bandanas that I hope someone will want their dog wearing around Valentine's day.

I'm also working on another polka dot sweater.  Here's a photo as seen from my vantage point

I had a moment tonight, when I was knitting, where I couldn't find Mocha anywhere.  I look up from my knitting and away from my Star Trek and he's nowhere to be found.  Well, eventually, I found him:

There's a white sheet draped over this chair and he was sleeping underneath it with some of his toys and my socks.  Funniest thing I'd seen all day.  He's just the cutest :)

Here I am again

Hello all.  Been really busy the past couple weeks.  Started up my own website w/the handmade dog sweaters and collars which was fun and frustrating at the same time.  SEO keywords make my brain hurt.

inspiredbymocha.mysupadupa.com

I think it looks pretty cool ;)  Need to post it permanently to the blog somewhere somehow someday.

We discovered that Mocha is growing a dew claw.  It's pointy lol:

My grandpa LOVED to play with Mocha while we were at my dad's house.  He would literally play with him for hours with a different toy in each hand.  I thought it was hysterical.  It did wear Mocha out though.  This is what we call "Pancake Puppy"

This is Mocha living it up w/my grandparents.  They LOVED him, I'm telling ya.  And he didn't mind the attention one bit.  I wonder what they would think if they knew I had a picture of them on the internet. (My grandparents do not now nor will they ever have internet)

This is a picture of Nathan's parents, his sister and her husband and us w/Mocha at their house last week :)

Ok, that's it! Goodnight! :)

We're all doing well.  Went to Chicago twice, now I'm all wore out.  It's almost an 8 hour drive one way!  We're going back for Christmas.  This will be my first Christmas away from home :(  But I'll be with Nathan and Mocha so it'll be ok :)

Almost Thanksgiving!

hello again!

We're on a road trip!  We drove last weekend from Kirksville Missouri to Arcade NY.  It was a long ASS drive.  Seriously.  Google map it ;)

We got to stop in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, where we'll be moving in June and look at some houses.  It's such a nice area, we're really looking forward to moving there.

Also been having a good time on Etsy.  I got a custom order for two sweaters with snowflakes on them.  I've been working feverishly knit knit knit!

And finally, before I go, one more picture of Mocha :)

This is the newest sweater I posted today.  As you can see, he had a hair cut this past week.  We wanted a trim and they gave him a shave.  I was soooo angry.  If they do it one more time, we're never going back...

Wooo!

Woot, a new post!  Can I just say that this is the last full week I have to work?  And it's going to be awesome :)  Then I get to go home to WNY which will also be awesome and see many people I haven't seen in a very long time.

I finished 2 new items for my etsy shop.  Trying out some new, quicker ideas b/c I'd like to do a craft show in the spring and I would need a LOT more stuff to make it worth while.

This one is a sweater.  Mocha looks so good in it

I'm going to call this next one "festive." I would never have Mocha wear it but I'm sure someone out there wants Christmas colors.

Plus, we sold our Christmas tree sweater this weekend.  Averaging one sale a week is pretty good, I think :)  Totally inspired (by mocha...) hehe