Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, is trying to kill me.
OK, not really, but that’s the only way I can justify the photo assignment she’s having this week.
P-Dubs has a photo assignment every now and then, which allows her fans and blog-followers showcase their “best of” photos. Then she picks finalists and gives out sweet prizes. [...]

Project 365 Week 2 was a success! I’m pretty proud of myself with the photos I’ve taken! I know they’re still kind of amateur, but I think that’s OK. I’m in no way a professional. I’m simply inspired by the things around me and love to see how I can make them stand out. Photography [...]

Anyone who lives in Michigan, knows how cold it can get here. It seems like the winter season goes on for longer than any other season we have here. It starts to get cold in November/December but doesn’t really snow until around Christmas. We get slammed with some kind of snow accumulation in January and [...]

I know I’ve said it a countless number of times just how much I love my dog. I treat him like a kid. No joke. Whenever he gets sick or makes a weird noise, I tend to freak out and think something is severely wrong with them. One of my friends even told me, “Never [...]

Today Gryff met his second cousin, Luda. REB”s cousin is the proud, new owner of an English bulldog and he is the cutest little thing ever! He’s only about 5 months old, but he already weighs more than Gryff. I was so glad I was able to see the two of them play together before [...]

They grow up so fast, don’t they? I can still remember March 19, 2009 like it was yesterday. He had endured a 10+ hour trip from Texas to be with us. He looked so scared and was the tiniest little bean I had ever seen. And now, one year later, he’s the most handsome, regal, [...]

Jowls. It’s such a weird and funny word. He basically passed out since coming home from doggy day camp.
**snore**
It should be noted that I was basically squeezed into one corner of the couch and his long frame took up the rest of the couch.
The snow keeps his paws pink and clean. There would be gross [...]

My sister brought her cat, Cleocatra (aka Cleo) when she and my brother-in-law came to stay with REB and me over the weekend. She kind of had to be quarantined to the guest room. This was mostly so she wouldn’t get stressed out by Gryff, or that Gryff would come want to play with her, [...]

When we got Gryff last March, the Michigan weather Gods weren’t quite done dumping more snow on us. If you live in Michigan, you know that it won’t snow until December-ish, and it will last until the first or second week of April. It’s something we get used to and something I complain about constantly [...]

Welcome to notaleaf[dot]com.
I officially own this domain now! Ilovemonkeys[dot]com is no more. One of my friends was so incredibly nice to host my site for me and also buy me this as my birthday gift! I was pretty stoked – thanks Kat!! (^_^) The blog is the same, but I’ll try and update it more [...]