Instagram Life

I’m still addicted to Instagram. I usually jump on a bandwagon and then jump back off right away because I’m bored.  But that darling Instagram.  It’s my favorite form of social media.

I love Instagram because I find that I take more pictures of our everyday life. For those of you not on the Instagram, let’s check out what we’ve been up to the past couple of weeks. 

I went down to 32 hours at work this week.  Ike and I totally enjoyed yesterday off. Well, I cleaned while he did this.

Downtown Davenport was looking mighty pretty earlier this week.  Just don’t look across the street to the bus station.  Definitely not Davenport’s prettiest.

We spent last week-end with the family painting my little brother’s kitchen.  Here’s a sneak peak.  Big reveal next week.

Nate enjoyed my brother’s outdoor living space.

The skies on the way to brother’s house were intense.

Ike is the subject of most of my Instagram posts. Because he’s cute.

Here he is wanting to go for a run.

Here he is snuggling with his uncle.

Here he is on a windy walk.

Man, I love Instagram.

You can follow me under the username decorandthedog.

Big plans for the week-end? Fun stuff? Projects? Crafts?  We actually have very few plans.  This is one of our only week-ends this summer with no commitments. I wonder how we’ll squander it…

Ike Goes Shopping at Mr. Chewy

I promise this isn’t one of those posts where we pretend like Ike writes the entire blog post.  I don’t want to offend anyone that writes an entire blog based off of what they think their pet is saying.  But I’m here to help.  It’s weird.

Having said that…

Awhile back, the fine folks over at Mr. Chewy wanted to know if Ike wanted a promotion code to shop around their site and review it.  Ike made me hit reply faster than he can pounce on a fly. 

Ike and I got on-line and started searching around the Mr. Chewy site.  Nate and I usually purchase Ike’s food/treats at a local big box pet store.  Shopping on-line for dog food was a first for us! Luckily I had help from my furry assistant.

We were both impressed with their selection of dog products.

Ike was a little overwhelmed at first.  How would he ever decide what to purchase?

We decided to search for Ike’s favorites. We easily found them!  We found his Royal Canin dog food.  This is the food the breeder had him eating and we never switched.  Royal Canin is pricey but it is about $4 cheaper on Mr. Chewy than it is at our usual big box pet store.  Bonus!  Ike also wanted some of his favorite treats (Newman's Own Organic PB and Milk-Bones).  The dog loves treats!

We were over the $49 price point so we qualified for free shipping. 

The packaged arrived a couple of days later.  Ike was quite excited about the package’s arrival.

“Chelle, my Mr. Chewy order arrived.  Chelle, chelle. Mr. Chewy order.  Can we open it?”

“Hey guys, it’s treat time!!”

High five for Mr. Chewy!

Ike and I will definitely be shopping at Mr. Chewy again!  Their selection is wonderful.  The website is easy to use.  The pricing is great! Free shipping never hurts! 

Mr. Chewy also has a great referral program.  Use my referral code – SCHE7931 - and you will receive 10% off of your first order.  For each code used, Mr. Chewy will donate $10 to one of their three partner charities (North Shore Animal League, Best Friends Animal Society, and Bideawee).  I am only compensated with the knowledge that Ike and I are helping out other animals with this little blog of ours….which is much more rewarding than any kind of referral cash!

Head on over to Mr. Chewy and see what Ike and I are raving about.  You can also follow Mr. Chewy on facebook and twitter!

Do you shop for your pets on-line? Who’s impressed with that awesome referral program?  What’s your favorite dog trick?  We need to teach Ike some new ones!

***Ike and I were compensated with a promotion code for product but no additional payment.  All opinions are 100% our own.  The dog’s face doesn’t lie.  We love promoting great companies that love pets!***

Flag Bunting

Nate, Ike and I spent our long week-end helping my little brother paint his kitchen cabinets.  Well, Ike didn’t paint.  He was on guard dog duty.

Even though we weren’t home, I was pretty excited to display our new flag bunting for Memorial Day.

I’m not really a fan of the word “bunting” but this flag bunting is just too charming.  I can’t stop drooling over it.  I almost put my car in the ditch each time I drive by.  I’m a good driver.

I purchased it from Amazon (here).  I love Amazon’s two day shipping. I decide I want a flag bunting three days before we are to leave for a long week-end.  Two days later I have my pretty little flag bunting to hang.  Nate was pretty excited about hanging it.  He was.  Seriously.

The view from the inside is fun too.  Ike noticed it from the upstairs landing at 5:30 the morning after we hung it.  He proceeded to bark at it.  He doesn’t mess around with guard dog duty.  Or messing the rug up duty.  (Yes, I still have a berry Christmas wreath up.  Classy.)

Did you display the ol’ stars and stripes this week-end?  Is your dog as observant as the Ike man?  Any lingering winter decorations around your parts?