almost december

it is almost december and officially time to begin basking in joy of the christmas season! yesterday we picked out our tree (named doug) at sullivans, which has become our tradition over the last three years , and got him all gussied up. the perfect day was topped off with some hot chocolate in a new (belated part of a wedding gift) "V" mug!

it is official...

they are friends!

shaggedy shag

...is actual name of the rug we purchased [finally] for our bedroom. slightly odd, but i'll take it...considering it is fun to say and oh-so-soft.

after positioning and re-positioning the rug, we have finally figured out how to optimize the room layout and the dimensions of the new rug.

milo seems very happy about this new purchase. as you can imagine, we made sure to stick around this time to mediate, in case the bedroom rug said something nasty to the poor innocent dog (as it turns out, shaggedy sag is nothing like that mean oriental living room rug).

you see, adding rugs to the house not only helps keep in heat and make us look like more pulled together homeowners, but it helps the little buddy on many aspects of life. for example, before life with rugs, milo couldn't chew bones -the little boogers would slip right away. he also couldn't take immediate naps in the middle of the room because it was too cold of a surface for his prissy self. needless to say, i'm not sure what this dog will do if our next house has carpet...

i always did love horses....

this past sunday night we were lucky enough to go to the infamous colts v patriots game with some of our friends. needless to say it was a night full of emotions (and good company!) and is something that i'm pretty sure brandt will credit his "lucky" jeans to for the years to come.

our friend megan is a wonderful photographer here in indy and documented the whole night on her blog - check it out to read up a little more on our crazy night and see some awesome photos.

for your immediate gratification, below is the one photo taken with my iPhone...does anyone know what is about to come? oh yes, yet another shameless plug for that new digital SLR for christmas....i mean, it is slightly embarrassing when you compare quality :)

if you are still thinking about "man-poo"...

...you aren't alone!

our weekend trip to evansville was full of some great blog talk. as it turns out, many people really enjoyed the man-poo post from a few months ago.

as it also turns out, many people now think of us/brandt during their daily shower regiment....in a not-so-weird-or-creepy-way. i enjoy the fact that we can challenge you, as loyal readers, to stop and think about your own actions and how they may or may not impact the flow of shampoo (or lack thereof) of your loved ones.

during what was truly the most unique dinner experience i have had in a long while (including discussions of steinmart deals, crazy coffee cocktails and out of control sandwich swapping) i took a few notes from conversations...again, all going back to the man-poo.

unidentified person #1: i mean, when you think body wash you think loofah...and that just doesn't really look good walking into the freshmen dorms....

unidentified person #2: you're right - i mean, they have loofah with bunnies on them, cats, lambs...it can come off a little wrong. i don't blame you

unidentified person #3: yeah, i used to use ivory soap until i heard it solves leg cramps if you put it under your pillow. so now i use bar soap for my leg cramps and liquid soap in the shower

personification...

...is something that brings me great joy in life!

take winston, for example. my mother-in-law gave him to me last halloween. she thought was just giving me a nice piece of seasonal decor....but within minutes, he had a formal name, became part of the family and brought many great moments of entertainment to all my apartment guests in '08.

this year, winston made his debut at the voight home. the little guy was so excited - he got to look out the window at all the cars driving by each day and shine his alternating colors to the world, bringing world peace and happiness to all, of course....

that was until the dog got bored. or winston said something nasty to milo.

don't be shelfish....

ok - lame title, but the awesome new shelves built by the mr. and mrs. this past weekend are posted below...and i do have to say we are pretty proud (note the spotlight feature was previously existing in the niche!)

to all you loyal blog followers out there:

uncle steve: do you wish you had made awesome shelves from scratch too?!
krista: i swear we arent a totally lame married couple and still do awesome, exciting things here in indiana - somehow they just don't ever make the blog...
jaci: maybe your baby wants some shelves?
brandt's coworkers: note that brandt watched the colts game during most of the post-installation activities (i painted, caulked and perfected these bad boys)
brandt's mom: brandt did a really great job making measurements and getting the glass and quarter-rounds cut
tiff and jenn: hi pretties!
hilary: do you still read this?
overhisers: do you think your fancy camera could capture them any better than the iPhone?!

halloween

$5 to the first one to guess who we were this year....

little buddy

little buddy is just the best friends. and because he is so animated, i have yet another photo storyline tale to share.

as some background to the eye patch, yet again we have faced another husband eye fiasco (the first being a case of pink eye at the end of the honeymoon). this time, the hubs spent a good 72 hours at home with his eye swollen shut after he managed to scratch the cornea of his right eye. and if you have seen the movie 'knocked up', this is where you laugh at his pink eye.... i know you are all aware of my great story-telling capabilities, so i will have to share the details of the midnight eye discovery and early morning blind-man doctor visit another time in person...

"hey, dad, you okay?"

"i love you, best friend. here is a kiss"
"okay, yeah, that's a good idea...let's just sleep"

a halloween tale

once upon a time in a cute little butler neighborhood, a newlywed couple spent a weekend spicing up their curb appeal to put them in the proper fall spirit.

they bought pumpkins and hay, and even offered a spot to a warty, green pimpled pumpkin on their porch to compliment their magnificent mums. aren't they just so cute?

and though she wasn't the prettiest addition, a pumpkin named lucy was born at a monthly wine club gathering with girlfriends (don't worry children, wine club is tame now so there is no danger in the whole knife/wine thing....)

but then, the evil, mean and hungry chipmunks snuck on the porch in the dead of night (or while the cute couple was at work) and began to eat lucy's face!

day by day, (by day by day) she is slowly disappearing....