Attempting to be a Super Mom

Yesterday was a sad day in the Tiemann household. We lost our dear friend, furry family member, and canine companion, Maya. Years and years ago, we were looking for a dog. We knew we wanted a young dog, but not a puppy. We were hoping for a housebroken dog that would be good with children, as we had a one year old baby, but scary to potential intruders. After some research we learned that labs or shepherds were our best bet for all that we were wanting. We talked about it with a couple of people, and one of Shawn's friends put us in touch with someone in her family that was wanting to re-home their two or three year old lab. They said they had been too busy to give her the time she deserved, as they had older kids that were quite active in sports and such. We set up a time for them to bring her over and visit, so we could get to know her, and the family could get to know us. Instantly I knew, she was meant to be a part of our family. She was very large, but oh so gentle. She ...

In true Liz fashion, I'm late getting this post out. Better late than never though, so on with the post. Sydney made her entrance into the world seven years ago. In honor of my little Syd turning 7, I'm going to tell you a few things about her and then post pictures from the last 7 years of her life, including several from the last year. Her full name is Sydney Ann Tiemann. Sydney is a name that we all loved. My mom and Shawn's mom both recommended it, not knowing it was already on our list of loved names.  That's when we knew it had to be her name. Ann is Shawn's mom's and sister's middle name, as well as my mom's middle name. We thought she would be Danielle until about 2 months before she was born when we decided there was too many an sounds in Danielle Ann Tiemann. Her birthday is March 9, 2010 She loves doing cartwheels and handstands. She is my biggest helper. I always call her little momma, because she helps with housewor...

Good morning!!! This time change is kicking my behind this morning, but I'm not 100% sure that's the only reason I'm dragging. I may have stayed up super late watching The Aviator with Shawn, and today is such a cold gloomy day, I could just hibernate. Alright, enough complaining and on with the post. The weather::: Today is cold and rainy. I think the high today is 40 and it supposed to slowly warm up throughout the week. On my reading pile::: My Not so Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella. Last week I read Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella as well. I devoured it in 3 days. I'm going to break out her Shopaholic series soon as I've only read the first one, but have most of the collection. Movies or Shows I watched this weekend::: We watched Sing together as a family. It was cute. We've been doing family movie night on Friday or Saturday nights. I watched last week's Grey's Anatomy as well as last week's This Is Us, and all of the ep...