Our Bubbas

This is Casey Jones, Bubbas, our first born, and one of the loves of our lives. Can you tell he was in desperate need of a haircut ...

I said it was desperate!

So I borrowed my parents shears and went to town!

Do you see those little spots? Yeah they were all covered by the long, unruly hair!

I even gave him a bath!!

Pretty Bubbas!!

And because he was so good during the hour long clipping he got a special treat.

Yes, we love our dogs and we're proud of it!

Valentine's Day (a little late)

Well this post is long over due BUT it's about our wonderful Valentine's Day so it must be posted!! This year was wonderful! We've decided that Valentine's Day is not just about out love but the love of our friends and family as well. To celebrate the day of love we traveled up the hill to enjoy some delicious wine in the company of most of our closest friends.


We started the morning out with a quick exchange of gifts (upstairs on the carpet).





I received a beautiful charm bracelet from Brighton. I've been wanting to start my own charm bracelet and Geoff remembered!




My first charm is a heart (for Valentine's Day) with a ruby center (my birthstone) with a Peace and Love separator. It's lovely and I wear it almost every day!!

And I got Geoff a Wii game . . . I know it's kind of boring but he really wanted it!!

We then met everyone at my parents and headed up the hill to Apple Hill!


Our first stop was Boeger ...

First taste of the day!

Next stop was Fenton (at least I think it was) ...

Next stop was Madrona ...

Madrona got the "thumbs up" from Matt!

love was in the air!

my love

And last (but not least!!) was Jodar ...

The gang

And after all the wine we headed into Placerville for lunch. We had some time ti kill before our reservation so we headed to one of the coolest bars I have ever been in. The bar was built in a mine!! Awesome!

We ended our day dining on pasta and pizza. It was perfect.

99 Things

I saw this on fb and I thought it was neat. How many of these 99 things have you done? My accomplished tasks are in bold.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (it was a near yearly vacation spot when I was little)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (does scrapbooking/making collages count?)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (shhhhh don't tell!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (well I didn’t teach myself but I did have to learn Spanish)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (though I didn’t last very long!)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (BOTH!!)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (so fun!)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (MK Designs is in full effect!)
58. Taken a martial arts class (and got my brown belt!)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (such a sweet husband)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (blood only)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar (tried and hated it!)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (my eye socket)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

40 out of 99 is not bad but it's not great either. And there's much more on this list that I hope to accomplish soon!

Spreading the Word

So every new entrepreneur needs a business card, am I right? Well when I was thinking about creating a business card, I was having a hard time figuring out how to make a business card, well, less businessy and more artsy. After all, I want to get my quirky, unique and personal design style across on a 2 x 3.5 little card and that's not a very big canvas. Then I thought about a mullet - yep that horrific hairstyle from the 80's - and that ever-so-popular phrase "It's business in the front and a party in the back!" and that is how my business card design came about. Yep, it's weird, I know but it worked!!

So without further ado . . . Here's my "party in the back" design:

And here's my first "business in the front" design:

And my second "business in the front" design:

Which "business in the front" design do you like better?

McCaulie Kane Designs is moving on up!!

It's official ... I just completed my first initial design and got the thumbs up from a real honest-to-goodness customer (no relation to me!!). I created a shabby chic tea party bridal shower invitation and she wants at whopping 46!! Yahoo! Mama's gonna get some new shoes! :)

Below is the initial design (blurred out for customer privacy) with accompanying registry card.

Commercial

I love this commercial! It's so sweet.

Weekend Love

This past weekend was pretty darn good . . . it would have been perfect but there was a dark cloud that I will not mention. It started off with me getting the house prepared for one of my favorite friends visit and this included arranging our new kitchen table centerpiece . . .

Then on Friday, while the boys were at the Kings game, Melissa and I dined at Crush 29 (yummy!!) and finally saw The Lovely Bones. Since we both loved the books the movie was a perfect fit for us.

On Saturday Lisa (my San Fran Favorite) arrived and we ate our fill of Pad Thai and saw Rent -- me for the first time and her for the billionth (it's her favorite musical) and let me tell you IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Like Lis, I will now see it every chance I get!!

The weekend ended on a wonderful note of family, friends and football as Geoff and I headed to my parents to watch Super Bowl XLIV. We played commercial bingo (I won twice) and the score grid game (don't know the name) and ate tons of yummy food.

It was a nice weekend, very nice indeed!