life keeps happening

there have been some crazy goings-on around the doyle household lately, which somewhat explains the absence of blogging lately.

while i've been working some INSANE hours (IN. SANE.), doing some fun traveling on the weekends, running around for appointments and prepping some visitors, we also came home from vegas last weekend to a dog with an eye infection and a crazy huge cut on his leg. we took him to the 24 hour vet hospital and he had to undergo anesthesia and came out with three sutures. we got his stitches out over the weekend and unfortunately he wasn't ready yet...and it popped back open! we had to take him back in for 8 staples in his leg and now he's wearing a cone for two weeks. poor guy. cover your eyes if you get queasy, it's kinda gross...

in the realm of good news, the garden has also been growing like crazy. the weather here in austin has been unbelievable, and the roses and vegetables are loving it. nick's green thumb is awesome and we've been enjoying tons of fresh veggies all week. it's amazing how much better stuff tastes when it comes straight out of your backyard.

meeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrryyyyyy chriiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaas!

merry christmas, peeps! nick and i are off to spend the holidays (and my dad's birthday!) with family and i couldn't be more excited. i'm even a tiny bit excited to have some cold weather, believe it or not. although the 82 degree temp the other day was awesome, i really miss the prospect of a snowy christmas and a big coat and mittens while packing the car full of santa's surprises.

i'll be taking a little blog hiatus to enjoy time with my loved ones (you're loved, too, just in a different way), getting some much-needed r&r, and working on some big DIY projects (blog posts to come). wishing you the merriest of christmases and here's to a very happy 2011. i'm looking forward to what the new year will bring.

see you in january, loves. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

ps. don't worry, it might look like emilio is unhappy in his elf hat, he's really ok. he even fell asleep in it until the bell on top rang him awake.

the worms has separation anxiety

our doggie emilio (also lovingly referred to as ewormio, worms, and the worms due to a bout with worms when we first got him) has been a part of our family since december 2nd. we adopted him from the austin humane society and he's the most loving and smart dog ever. we thought we hit the jackpot when we got him home and he was already house trained and well-behaved.

BUT.

it turns out he's crazy.

over the past few weeks, he's been working himself into a state of panic whenever nick and i leave the apartment. i think he thinks we're abandoning him! and now he's escalated his anxiety to pooping all over himself and our apartment when we leave. it's so sad that we will now have to crate him when we leave but we just can't deal with scraping poop off every imaginable surface when we get home.

we've tried all sorts of tips from the interwebs (practice leaving but come right back, exercise him to death, ignore him, give him treats, etc.) but nothing seems to be working. i think our next step might be meds.

anyone go through separation anxiety with their dog before?