When we were 15...

When we were 15, we were crazy. We were freshmen in High School. We had the world at our feet. The best thing of all was that we found each other in the mix of all the craziness.

I remember the first time I saw Holland. He looked pretty similar to the photo above. But he had on a white button up shirt. He remembers us first meeting at lunch, but I remember it being in front of our High School. Holland was and still is handsome. I thought that for sure the first time I saw him, but so did many other girls. Girls would flock to Holland. We had cement tables and benches on the outside part of our cafeteria and when I would walk to lunch (I am not kidding this is what I saw pretty much everyday) I would see Holland sitting on the table part of the bench and at least 8-10 girls surrounding him. This kinda drew my attention away from him. Yea, he was still cute but we could be friends. I never wanted to be that "girl" drooling over a guy with a pack of other girls.

Holland was on the swim team and as an "initiation for fish" and to cut time off your swim, the freshmen would shave their heads. One day in December I remember making that walk into the cafeteria and Holland was all alone.... and bald. Sitting on his concrete stoop without his flock of females. I remember pointing and laughing, but then we sat together with some friends and ate lunch.

In the beginning of the year we formed mutual friends between us, I even dated a guy that Holland went to Middle School with. However that only lasted like 3 months because that is typical when you are in High School. I found out later that Holland liked me when I was with his friend, and once I was single and I started to like Holland he wasn't interested anymore.  By the time March rolled around, I was crushing on Holland waaaaay too much. I couldn't handle myself. I did all the typical things a 14 (ALMOST 15) year old would do. I would beg my friends to call him at his house(WE HAD NO CELL PHONES PEOPLE). I would have them ask if he felt the same way and PLEASE SIT WITH ME AT LUNCH. SO much for not being "That girl" right?

Right before spring break I just told myself I needed to confront him. I was going to Florida for Cheerleading Nationals and on Friday after lunch I took a deep breath and walked up to him after he got a soda from the coke machine. I remember his face.... I caught him off guard. I said " Hey, I just want you to know that I like you..... I want to know if you feel the same..." and then my heart did this

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He looked totally shocked and he told me that he liked me as a friend, and that since I dated his friend that he knew from middle school, he didn't know if he could ever be my boyfriend. I was sad..... but I moved on. I went to Disney World came back from Spring Break and again.... did what every 15 year old would(or at least should do ;))  ..... I ignored him. No more sitting together at lunch with friends, no friend phone calls, ANYTHING. And you know what people, it worked like a charm. Weeks later he was calling me just to "chat". He came to my birthday dinner at Macaroni grill and I made SURE to look super cute for that dinner.

We were falling for each other. All of our friends knew it, we knew it... it was just the question of WHEN WAS HE GOING TO ASK ME TO BE HIS GIRLFRIEND?!" Looking back now I guess it only took him about 3-4 weeks but at the time it felt like months. On April 13, 2002, I asked him to come to one of my cheer competitions at Fiesta Texas. We hung out there all day, and then some people went to hang out at my friend Jessica's house. we were all jumping on the trampoline and then laying down looking up at the stars. *No this isn't the moment he asked me, but I am getting to it. *  Daylight savings time has just occurred I think the week or so before this. Hollands parents were extremely strict with Hollands curfew. I don't know what they did to him when he was late but OH MY GOODNESS, Holland was always asking people the time so he wouldn't be late. Freshman year he had to be home by 10, every year after that his curfew grew an hour later(p.s. I am to totally doing this with my future kids)

 While we were laying on the trampoline Holland jumped up and said "OH SHIT!" I AM LATE! We thought it was only 9:40 but it was already 10:40! I called my mom to come pick us up and told her to hurry because Holland might get killed for already being SO late! We ran upstairs to Jessicas room to get our stuff and right there in front of her bunk bed struggling to catch his breath probably from fear and from running up the stairs so quickly, Holland asked me to be his girlfriend. I literally screamed and hugged him and said yes then booked it back down the stairs to run outside to tell my friends! On the way outside I tripped and broke my big toe on a cement stair but I was so excited I barely felt the pain. Holland made it home and he was still alive the next morning .Thank you Jayne and Mr.Whit for not killing him :).

I could write dozens of more posts on all the funny times we had when we were younger. I definitely want to use this blog to remember all the fun things we do and I really want to put all the past memories on here as well.  I will leave off with this.  When I was 15, I had NO idea Holland and I would be where we are now. We started off our relationship by celebrating every single month because again, thats about how long relationships lated in High School. On our one month anniversary, Holland brought me a dozen red roses to school, for 3 months he gave me a James Avery ring with a butterfly engraved on it. By the time we reached one year we were so excited to hit such a milestone! Yesterday we celebrated that same milestone, but for the 11th time. It still hasn't gotten old, it has just gotten better.  I know how cliche this sounds, but I am really excited for all the new memories we are going to make together. Here is to 11 years babe! Cheers :)

If you want to see some more old school photos, you can watch the video I made for our Ten Year anniversary last year!

Ten Years Video!

11th Anniversary

Holland and I celebrated our 11 year anniversary this weekend! We started off by going to Real Ale's 17th Anniversary party in Blanco. The event had around 1,000 people and it was dog friendly. THANK GOODNESS Hannah did not give us hell and was actually decent. She was going around sniffing everyone and making friends with other wiener dogs. Bleu was the social butterfly like he always is and was literally smiling the whole time. 

After the anniversary party we set off towards the lake house in Sunrise Beach, one of my favorite places in the world! I fell asleep in the car and woke up to Holland veering off onto the shoulder saying "WAKE UP! WE"RE TAKING PICTURES IN THE BLUEBONNETS!" The roads going up to the lake house were FILLED with bluebonnets. It is the best time of year in Texas. 

I had THE BEST shirt for our impromptu photo shoot :) Thanks Chris Mahler.

While I was going through pictures for this post I was laughing so hard out loud at how funny Holland was.

FACEBOOK PROFILE PIC!!

 Okay so my sister and Holland both told me that rattle snakes nest in bluebonnets. I did not have time to research this before our photo shoot and Holland wanted me to lay on my belly. He kept saying "JUST DO IT and GO FOR IT!!"I was hesitant but eventually got over it.

 Today we were REALLY lazy and laid in bed watching tv for what seemed like forever. Even and Hannah and Bleu were asleep and lazy with us. We don't have cable and we overdosed our selves on hoarders, say yes to the dress, extreme couponing and some drug enforcement agency show where they look for submarines. We came to the conclusion that extreme couponing is a form of hoarding. Seriously, you need 500 rolls of paper towels? You need all that formula? Oh and you don't have a baby? Makes total sense.... haha.

Once we got going we hung out at the deck and Hannah and Bleu sunbathed and swam. We went on a boat ride and ate lunch at the marina as well.

We had a fabulous weekend away. This weekend really felt like summer was here.  8 more weeks and we will officially be there!

MAYBE...

I really try to be a positive person. I like to think that I am the kind of person who sees the glass as half full vs half empty.... Even in the most difficult times, I try to see what the lesson is. However, I had a hard time with this tonight.

Holland and I have gone to this Vegan restaurant multiple times and I have fallen in love with their peanut butter smoothie. It is like my go to thing on tough days at work and a quick fix on a sweet tooth. I never feel that bad drinking one because its all organic, agave sweetener and such to make me feel like I am kinda being healthy.  After dinner I told Holland "LETS GO!!

While Holland waited in the truck I hopped up the steps to the familiar sweet haven of this restaurant and was ready to place my order! Just to give you a feel of the place it is very small. They had about 3-4 tables of couples for dinner and two servers.  I have been here MULITIPLE times just to order a smoothie.

The lady asked me if I was placing an order to go and I said well not for food, just a smoothie! (literally with a smile on my face).  She said okay, here is the menu, tell the guy behind the counter what you want when you are ready. I did not even have to look at the menu, I already knew what I wanted! Then she came back and said "oh, you know... let me check with the chef to SEE if we can even do that". In my head I knew it would be done because it had been done before. THe guy then asks for my order and I say what I want. THIS LADY comes back and says " I'm sorry, we only have one chef tonight so we aren't going to be able to make your smoothie......"

My face literally went from a smile to something like this

I found this on Pinterest but totally think this girl is a pretty good representation of our future child.... 

She said she was sorry and that she recommended Thunder Cloud Subs for their smoothies.......

I walked back out to the truck where Holland was waiting and he said " Oh, they didn't have the stuff to make it?" With that same look on my face I said "NO! THEY HAVE THE STUFF TO MAKE IT BUT CAAAAANT BECAUSE THERES ONLY ONE CHEF!"

As we drove back home I started to kinda clam down and started my MAYBE positive thinking.

I do this when I get frustrated at silly stuff like when a car cuts me off and speeds away on the highway. I say well: MAYBE their wife is in labor and they are trying to get to the hospital.

So I told Holland " MAYBE the chef was overwhelmed and didn't feel like she could cook all the food and take the 5 minutes to make the smoothie and she wanted to please the OTHER customers..."

I took a deep breath and told Holland I wasn't being positive enough.... he agreed and said he loved how I was trying to be positive but it still came off a little( What's the word that rhymes with witchy? you get the picture)

 The I said okay let me try again...

"Maybe the chef didn't usually make the smoothies and felt completely overwhelmed on taking on a task that she had never done before while making the food".

Holland agreed that that could have been true.

In the end, I did not get my smoothie....... but MAYBE its because Holland can make me a better one at  home instead. :)

Mama said my shoes could take me ANYWHERE!

 You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their shoes..... where they goin'..... where they been........ -Forrest Gump

Well I have been having issues with my left foot. It has been going on for the past three months and after seeing two podiatrists and having my chiropractor readjust it two times I went and bought some NEW SHOES!!! - Per request from my dr. I saw her when I was 7 or 8 years old when I fractured my right foot so it was funny to see her reaction today when she saw me today.

She examined me and told me I have some plantar fascia tendonitus blabidiblah. My diagnosis had way too many syllables to remember and I was just glad she knew what it was!  I got wrapped up in this fancy pink bandage to take pressure off my tendon and a letter for work stating that I need to be excused for wearing tennis shoes to school for the next 6 months.  I looove me some shoes other than tennis that is for sure. We will see how this goes!

The foot wrap- have to keep it like this for 3 days! I think my big toe looks funny all pulled down. 

Hannah loves her momma's stinky "broken" foot.

I havent gotten a new pair of shoes in over three years! We will see where these take me. Hopefully away from having to see doctors for my foot- what a way to make you feel old!

Thanks mama for the early Christmas present :).  

Twilight!!

I am saddened (with the rest of the world) that the Twilight Saga is now over!!! For the past 5 years, I have dreamed about Twilight, always waiting anxiously for the next movie to come out!

 I was a sophomore in college when I heard about the books.  Once I got a hold of the first book and flew through it, it did not take much time for me to read the other three.  LUCKILY, all the books were released when I discovered them so I did not have to wait for a book release! I read all the books before the first movie came out.  I went to the first midnight showing with three of my best friends, Allison, Jessica and Deanne.  We made it like we had a date with Edward. We were all so excited to meet Edward as he came to life on screen from everything we had read from the books. I CANNOT express how awesome it is to fall in love with a book and then watch it come alive in front of you.  Yes, the Twilight movies have gotten mixed reviews, mainly people saying how ridiculous they are and how terrible the acting is. To me, it did not matter. I WAS IN LOVE WITH IT!! I saw the first movie seven times..... yes 7 times in the movie theaters.  I was living in College Station and the movie tickets were $4.00 and I was obsessed. The obsession grew over the years and if you really know me, you know how much I love this series! 

After the first movie was released, my friend Allison made me a new profile picture for my Facebook. I put it up in celebration of the second movie coming out!! Even though Edward is hardly in it I was still pumped!!

My cousin got me a life-sized Edward for Christmas and he stayed with me and scared me all the time!! Hannah did not like him, I agreed with her that the real Edward would be better!

My friends and I would stumble upon the most hilarious Twilight Spoofs and we would laugh so hard together. This by far is my favorite. Funny Twilight Spoof 

This twilight spoof started the jokes of the vampire teeth with fingers.  Also phrases like "Get on my back! We're going for a VAMPIRE RIDE!"

This was at the Eclipse Midnight showing.  My mom and I got there 6 hours before the movie started!!

Spring 2010 Spring Break in Canada looking for Edward

For my 22nd Birthday my mom got me Twilight plates for the cake!! :)

For the last movie, I felt the same excitement to go see it. Since I am a real adult now I did not go tot he Midnight showing but went to see it Friday evening after work.  My friend Sarah pick me up so we could go wait in line to get a good seat! Holland and Jon met us later.  Sarah and I ordered the most AWESOME VAMPIRE MOVIE DRINK EVER!! They brought my drink when I got up to go use the rr and when I got back there was blood, I mean sangria all over the table.  Luckily they brought me another one no charge.

My by far favorite moment of the last movie was the very last scene when Bella moved her shield so that Edward can finally read her mind. I was balling like a baby. Literally, tears streaming down my face.  Holland told me to get a hold of myself and I tried but it was like a time warp watching all the old scenes of them together. It finally hit me that this was over.

 My friend Jon was hilarious with his comments at the end of the movie. If you have seen it- you know at the end when the credits roll and they were showing every single actor/actress that had been in the films? People in our theatre were clapping and Jon was like "um, is this graduation or something? Then we were standing outside the theatre Jon said there was a specific line Bella said that was just sooo Cheesy. I knew EXACTLY what line.

Me: the part where she says no one can every love anyone the way that I love you?!"
Jon: Yea, I lost it at that point.
 Me: MEEE TOOO. Well I lost it in a different way....


I loved the books, I loved the movies. I just LOVED it all.

p.s. The soundtrack is AWESOME.  Got mine at Target for 10 dollars! go get yours!

Hollands First Posting to the BLOG!

A year ago today WE MOVED IN TOGETHER!!!!! I really cannot believe it has been a year since we packed up all our boxes and grabbed our crazy pups and put everything under the same roof.

Although we had troubles with the house we are renting this past year(Like BIG troubles: Gas leaks, trees falling, doors not locking, termites etc.), it really is a special place.   Even though this is not our forever home, I feel stress drip off my shoulders when I walk through the door and see Hannah and Bleu wagging their tails and grinning with their pearly whites at me.  However, it never feels totally like home until Holland walks through the door and we plop on the couch or hover in the kitchen while cooking dinner and chatting back and forth about our day.

 I wanted for both of us to answer some open questions about our first year of living together.

Amanda

* What is your favorite thing about living with Holland?
I love the simple things like cooking together, working together towards a common goal.  I feel like we really became a team this year, doing many things on our own. We work together to take care of the pups and get things done around the house and its nice just always being together.
*Funniest moment over the past year?
In December we were getting ready for our Holiday party and I forced Holland to help me rake the leaves in the front yard. He was so against it and just wanted to go inside the house and relax but it needed to be done before we had visitors! Therefore....in the complete darkness, I raked leaves and he held the bag open.  I was using the rake to gather the leaves with the dust pan and totally whacked Holland right in the face with the end of the rake.  It was so dark so I couldn't see his reaction and thank goodness he couldn't see mine because I was laughing. It happened another time like five minutes later. Then we stopped raking leaves :)
* Pet Peeves? 
SOCKS!! SOCKS EVERYWHERE!!! Seriously, they just peel off his feet when he gets home while he sits on the couch. I find myself always picking them up and putting them in the hamper. I try to leave them there and it just drives me bonkers!! BONKERS I TELL YOU. He is like Mogli from Jungle Book who never has shoes or socks on. Also, they are sometimes crunchy because his feet get so soaked from beer at work. So yes it makes doing laundry fun because i have to unfold them since they come off and stay in a ball like shape until wash time.
*Favorite house project?
Definitely the garden. I was hesitant because we had to put some money into it but I absolutely love watching it grow and change everyday.  It also is awesome to just go outside and get herbs and veggies for meals.
* Favorite tv show to watch together?
There are definitely a good amount of shows we watch together and there are shows that we watch separately. I had nightmares after watching Breaking Bad so Holland is on his own with that one and he has tried but failed to sit through another episode of Teen Mom with me. Right now with our shows it is probably a tie between Vampire Diaries and Next Food Network Star.  I LOVE that Holland is obsessed with a show about vampires. We make all the noises of OOOO and OH NOOOOOO at the same time when we watch it. Then we discuss what is going to happen next and oh my gosh why did they do that!? We are on the beginning of season 2 so no spoilers please!
*Least favorite "chore" to do?
We have no garbage disposal so we have a strainer that catches all the loveliness that is still in our plates and bowls and UGH, I hate cleaning that out. I always make Holland do it for me.

Holland

* What is your favorite thing about living with Amanda?

I really did not know this till last weekend when amanda left me and went to Chicago. I came home last friday opened the door and it was a dark and empty house. The dogs did not even get up off the couch to say hi to me. They just lifted their head acknowledged that I was home and went back to day dreaming. I do love coming home and amanda is there to talk about my day and share the stories from her day. It just seems like a full and happy house when she is there.   

*Funniest moment over the past year?

If you did not know Amanda is a teacher who works so hard and is always up and getting ready for work by 6 AM. Lucky for her, she gets a break from the lovely, very obedient five year olds twice a year. It was the first week in her summer vacation and she would call me around lunch and let me know that she was just waking up. She could tell I was a little bit jealous because I was at the time slinging 165lbs kegs in the 100 degree weather at 10am. One day I forgot my wallet and had to stop back by the house before I went out on delivery. I walk into the room and she is hiding under the sheets and peeking her head out looking at me like she was ashamed. I just stared to laugh and all I could hear her say is "I was going to get up.."

* Pet Peeves? 

Organization. I do try but I feel like it is hopeless. I knew moving into the house that Amanda is very organized  and has a place for everything. She is great and lets me try to find a place for my stuff. With that said,  I will put one of my nic nacs where I feel appropriate and will go back to get it and it is no were to be found. After searching for a while I will ask her where it could possible be, she will then provide to tell me where she put it. When I mumble and walk away with a perturbed look on my face she politely tells me that she gave me weeks to find a place for it and she was just trying to help put it somewhere I could find it. WELL, It was somewhere I could find it because I put it there. 

*Favorite house project?

 Moving into our house a year ago I had grand ideas of projects that I could do in the two huge garages we have in the backyard. With a little more the hectic work schedule almost nothing has been accomplished, except for our garden. Which consists of two 4' by 8' raised beds. Tomatoes, cucumbers,  peppers, cantaloupes, okra, and many herbs were planted last spring and we have been enjoying eating all the wonderful veggies. Now we just need to get out there an get it ready for the fall.  

* Favorite tv show to watch together?

We have been watching a lot of TV shows together, but watching a comedic show is a great way for both of us to relax after a hard day. Modern family, Wilfred are up in the rankings but New Girl is my favorite to watch with Amanda. We each get to pick out the characters we like the best and who we are most like. I would say I am most like nick and amanda and smitty's personalities are very similar, especially the CDO. " you will have to ask amanda what that means." ** CDO is like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be :)-Amanda

*Least favorite "chore" to do?

Well, it is the one chore that absolutely does not need to be done everyday, and i get yelled at if i don't do it. Thats right "Making the Bed". I get wanting to make it all nice and neat when the sheets come fresh out of the dryer but the rest of the time i just don't understand. I get up in the morning leave the house and don't go back into the room until i go back to sleep. Who sees it? ** I do....... -Amanda

I know it is silly but I went to Central Market and got a bottle of wine and some other goodies to celebrate. I also made some easy ratatouille! See link below. Praise the sun for Pinterest. Seriously.... I cannot remember my life before it.

Easy Ratatouille

 Everyone says the first year of living together can be HELL.  I think it was a Hell of a good time :)

TXTING

Do any of y'all remember how life was before all the technology and applications we had on our phone? I went through High School without Facebook(thank GOD!) and I did have a cell phone which would be considered Fred Flinstone style these days but I did not start texting and taking pictures with my camera phone until college. Holland went through ALL of High School without a cell phone and I really believe the only reason he finally got one was because he moved away to another city for school. He probably would still be without one if he had his choice.  

Now days, I feel naked without my cell phone. If I lose it I panic and search all the tables and counter tops for where I left it. I use it as my alarm, I use it for my calendar to schedule EVERYTHING in my life and I of course now use it to text.  I am not a huge texter. My sister is really the goddess of texting. However,  if I am somewhere where I have a quick question or I want to send a funny picture I never hesitate to send a message. 

Holland and I went to dinner at this pizzeria place called Dough recently and If you have not been there you must go but take something to do with you because the wait is usually 45 minutes to an hour and they do not take reservations! Holland had eaten here a few times before because he delivers Ranger Creek here and he would always tell me just how delicious everything is. Even though it was a long wait, it was worth it.  The actual dining part did not take as long and Holland enjoyed a glass of red wine with his pizza.  There was a symbol etched on his glass and I stared at it and then gasped!!!!!

 I said "OH MY GOOOOD!!, Its the symbol from REVENGE!" 

**If you do not watch revenge you better get on it because you are missing out BIG TIME**

Holland(who does watch revenge) looked at me like he totally did not understand. I then noticed the same symbol on the box with our leftover pizza in it. I said "AHHH there it is again!" REVENGEEEE! Then.....I realized that it was supposed to resemble "Dough"-Hence the name of the restaurant.... Holland just laughed at me and I said NO it is totally an infinity sign. When our waitress came by she kindly asked if there was anything else she could get us and so I excitedly asked her 

"Doesn't this symbol totally remind you of the TV show Revenge?!" She looked at me like I had been released out of an asylum and needed to be put back in.  I then just continued to ramble on and on about how it is the most amazing show and how I watched the entire season in 4 days(THATS RIGHT TWENTY TWO 45 minute Episodes in 4 days! ( I had a pinched nerve in my back)

Holland laughed at me and maybe he was a little embarrassed. I mean he does see these people every week when he delivers and now he may be known as the beer guy with the crazy girlfriend obsessed with some TV show.

 To get the reaction I had been waiting for I texted one of my best friends, Allison Baggerly. 

Of Course it it what I think of!!! THANK YOU for the reaction I was waiting for!

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Holland and I always try to go to non chain restaurants. We like to support the businesses that are small and just getting started. Usually they have the best food in town anyways.  A place called Bird Bakery opened up down the street from us a few months ago and I JUST told Holland how I wanted to go there and I cannot believe we have never been and then yesterday I get this Text from him....

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I know all of you go through the lovely application of auto correct on your phones.  I have seen some hilarious and very embarrassing ones before so this one is not as bad. Usually you can figure out what the person really wanted to say and sometimes it is just totally non- decodable. Whenever my phone autocorrects or mistypes a word, Holland just plays along with it....

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 After I went to go view a house for sale downtown with Hollands parents, we went to eat at a restaurant and saw our friend Dan and his running group go by.  We came to the conclusion that he was running like a dandy. Please view video for explanation HERE:

How do you run? I would love to run like the T1000.  But I think I am a slow version of the Geezer!

Happy Wednesday! 

You're Welcome,

So if you know me even slightly, you know that I am slightly CDO. That is like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be!

I am always trying to find ways to make things more organized, easier to find, easier to get the job done. 

My mom has finally come to terms with my CDO and lets be honest, I get a portion of it from her. She always finds me awesome tupperware that folds up or baskets to organize anything in the house and so on. Her latest find were some key covers. It was even more amazing because they were owls!! I heart owls. I think because I can relate to them for having big eyes. 

So I was so pumped and ready to attach all six of them to my key ring then I decided that it may be a little over board. SO I shared the love with Holland. I put the mint green one on his house key and I put the hot pink one on mine. Wow..... is all I have to say. Now I don't have to look for the lowes stamp embedded in the key, but rather just look for my cute hot pink owl. 

Holland, however has not discovered the magic.......

He came home the other day and opened the door and I was so excited and with a big smile on my face asked him " Wasn't it SO easy to find your key and open the front door today!? He gave me a bored stare and a look like " are you kidding me?" and replied "NO". 

My heart shattered into a bunch of pieces because he was not APPRECIATING his awesome mint owl like he should be. 

So today when I heard that he was home thanks to the announcements of hows and barks from Bleu and Hannah at the window, I RAN to the front door before he got there and you know what I did..... that's right.... I LOCKED IT FORCING HIM TO SEE HOW AWESOME MINT GREEN OWL IS AND HOW IT TAKES HIM SO MUCH LESS TIME TO FIND HIS HOUSE KEY AND GET IN. 

I asked him again": WASNT IT SOOOO EASY TO FIND YOUR KEY AND GET IN THE HOUSE?"

Holland: " I like how you locked the front door right as I got here"

I explained that I was merely trying to make him realize what an awesome favor I did for him by putting this on his key. He still does not see how easy I have made his life.   I think I might put the rest of the owl clan all over his keys so he is forced to love on them. 

I on the other hand HIGHLY recommend this key accessory. It is not only cute, but it is EFFICIENT.