Bless Your Heart

Food Hang-ups

One of my girlfriends pointed out that I had some weird food rules. Who knew?

–> I prefer acrylic glasses to glasses made from actual glass for drinking.

–> I don’t like the look of white milk in a glass. It’s all clingy on the sides of it and just grosses me out.

–> I prefer opaque casserole dishes to clear ones. I don’t want to see the underbelly of your casserole.

–> I can’t eat anything more than 2 days past the good until date.

–> I can’t eat leftovers that are more than 2 days old.

–> I would rather use a straw to drink with than not.

–> I don’t mind drinking or eating after anyone, or sharing my food or drinks with people.

–> I prefer mints over gum. No disposal issues to deal with.

–> I will try anything once.

–> I do not like cold pizza, or any cold leftovers.

–> I love ice water so much in the summer that I’ve found myself saying “Mm. That’s good water”, just like my grandfather does. Something that I thought was so weird as a kid.

–> I don’t understand bread with nothing on it. It’s gotta have some sort of topping.

–> I could eat coconut or cheese on just about anything.

Ain’t that the truth!

From Go-Quiz.com

Good thing we kept it low key for this holiday weekend. Bunch of movies and dinners with family, playing with my nephew and naps. Man I love naps. Why can’t we be like other countries and have siestas?

Mr. & Miss Independent

Ike & Kea would like to wish you all a very happy Independence Day!

Strollin

Man, am I predictable or what? Carrie is right- my mystery pet item is the Pet Stroller SUV! The good news is that D. Boulder turned it back in to UPS and UPS called me yesterday to let me know they had it at the office. They were all very sweet about it and let me come pick it up last night even though I couldn’t get there until 8pm. In fact, Alisha from UPS told me she was glad I wasn’t coming until late because there were some drivers starting work at 4pm and they were dying to see the stroller for dogs! Apparently every driver that came through that office stopped short and exclaimed somthing along the lines of “What the hell is that?” and “Who buys a stroller for their dog??”. Alisha told me over the phone that I shouldn’t worry though because she defended my purchase all day because she figures I must have some old, sick, beloved dog that just wants to get out of the house a little bit. Yeah. Heh. Except I have 2 perfectly healthy puppies who just run out of breath easily due to their short snouts and prefer to ride instead of walk since they are spoiled beyond reason. Once we get it put together I’ll take some pics of the pugs on their maiden voyage. I know it may seem like a silly purchase, but this will be the perfect travel accessory for our trips to Key West and Wilmington this year!

Here’s a recent shot of Ike & Kea. Such happy little pugs. 

~In planning our Key West trip, I’ve come to find out that Key West may just be the most dog friendly place ever. I have over 3 pages of hotels & b&bs that allow dogs, tons of shops, and even restaurants where your dog can eat with you on the patio! So pleased about this! They even have doggie water bars along the streets!

~What % of your life do you share on your blog? I saw this on Lisa’s blog. I’d be surprised if anyone out there answers more than 75%. I’d say I share about 35-40%. There’s just too much going on. I’d be typing all day. Plus I can’t talk about my job or I could get fired and lose my professional licenses. And my job is a big part of my life. I mean, I spend 40 hours a week there so it would have to be. So I mainly just journal our day to day adventures.

~Speaking of daily adventures. I’ve been robbed! Someone out there signed for my UPS package from Jake’s Dog House. I don’t want to tell you what’s inside yet, I’m waiting until I can post a pic of my pugs with it. But let’s just say it’s a specialized item that only an avid pet lover would want. And it wasn’t cheap. And we need this for our trips!! Anyway, it’s a popular item so Jake’s only has 1 left in the entire company. They are shipping it today. But why would some jerk steal my package. It’s obvious it’s not his. Return it! Bring it to my house! We live in a small town, Jon wants to just go find the guy and get it back. So D. Boulder – signer of my package- you better not put that on Ebay! We’ll hunt you down! My pugs need their accessories!

Make a New Plan Stan

I’m a planner. I’m a list making, web surfing, flow charting, researching planner. I have little packets of info, lists on everything, white boards, chalk boards, my Clie, you name it and it’s involved in the process. I love it. I think I may like planning almost as much as doing.

What I’m planning now:

*July trip to Wilmington with the pugs

*August trip to Ikea

*Retro Skating Party for my birthday (hopefully, this is WAY up in the air due to a lack of decent roller skating facilities in my town.)

*Labor Day weekend trip to the Mountain House

*Birthday Pawty for pugs in late September.

*October trip to St. Augustine to be in my friend Holly’s wedding. Then we’re spending a few days in Key West and visiting relatives in central Florida. We’re taking the pugs with us on this trip too if the Wilmington trip goes well!

*Family Reunion for Thanksgiving

*Jon’s birthday and Christmas

*Mom’s 50th birthday party in January

Hooboy. Lots to do. Lots of shopping for supplies. Lots of decorating. Maybe I should make a career out of event planning!

Wax On, Wax Off

Yesterday I went for my very first leg wax. Oy. It took 3 hours (she also threw in a bikini wax and we did a lot of chatting). It hurt a little (some places, a lot), but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. And now I’m so slick I feel like I should be skinny dipping or something!

I’ve been skating around the house, practicing for braving the outdoors or a skating rink, and I’m getting better. I’ve only fallen once with these new skates.

We ordered Chinese take out for dinner last night and when I called the order in I spoke with the same girl we always talk to. At the end of the order she usually says “Your name please?” and I tell her and spell it. But this time she said “This is for Last Name right?”. OMG- she knows my voice! We are there way too much. So we drive over and I walk in and she calls out “Hey Last Name!”. I’ve got to start cooking more. I feel like Norm at Cheers.

I done alright for a girl

Yeah, cause I got a brand new pair of roller skates, and they came with a brand new key. They are soooo cute. They were waiting on my porch last night. I got them here for pretty cheap! They arrived really quickly too. I ordered them Monday, didn’t pay for fancy shipping, and got them on Wednesday! So if you want cute skates definitely go there. And they are really quite comfortable. They fit just like a sneaker. Oh, and note the cute purple glitter wheels! I also ordered some purple pompoms to go with them and lime green fat retro laces. Oh yeah, I’m big pimpin! Ha! I skated around the house a bit last night much to the annoyance of the pugs who couldn’t figure out how I could move so quickly all of the sudden!

Back on Track

Lots going on…Where to begin…Well, since I haven’t updated in a while I’ll just pick up where I left off.

Thursday

I got my hair cut and my eyebrows waxed in the morning, had lunch with Jon, then went for bloodwork in the afternoon. I learned some shocking things at the salon. The lady that cuts my hair is only 2 years older than me and I could have sworn she was at least 45. Children must suck the youth out of your face. Then my eyebrow girl is 2 years older than me and she looks not a day over 24. But she has 2 kids too. So now I have no answers. My hair lady also told me she knows a lawyer who can get me a baby in 5 weeks. That seems a little illegal/scary, so we’ll do a LOT of research before going forward with that one.

Friday

Long day at work. Got home and found that Jon had bought us a king sized bed. Yay! We’ve always wanted one. We don’t have a bed frame though- so Jon’s going to build one. My in-laws needed a full size bed for their guest room so we gave them ours, then moved our queen size bed into our guest room and set up our king in the master. Everyone wins. We won bonus though. My in-laws gave us a futon they don’t need anymore (in perfect condition) that we put in the bay window alcove in our bedroom, and a refridgerator they aren’t using anymore since they remodeled their living room. So we put the fridge in the garage. This works great since we entertain a lot and buy in bulk from Sam’s. We’ll never run out of ice now. And it will make it so much easier come holiday cooking time.

Saturday

I worked during the day, then we shopped for Jon’s dad for father’s day. He’s a judge, so very conservative. We bought him a nice understated striped shirt, some dark solid colored shorts, and then, to mix it up a bit- a pair of cargo shorts and a Sponge Bob Square Pants shirt that reads “Guess what’s in my pants!”. So funny.

Sunday

We went to brunch with my in-laws, then to see The Terminal (soooo cute). Then we shopped around a little then came home and grilled out. Good day. FIL liked all his presents and even wore the Sponge Bob shirt for a while. We had to explain who SB is and they still didn’t know until I sang the song. Thank goodness for the pineapple under the sea!

Sharing is Caring

So I thought I’d share a new find with you. While shoe shopping recently I noticed a Burt’s Bees display of tinted lip balm. The salesgirl gushed about it and I’m all about a good lip balm so I bought one. It’s teeny so it fits right in your pocket. The color is good and it tingles when you put it on. It’s the perfect compromise between lip gloss and lip stick. I can’t stand a gunky lip stick, but some glosses just don’t have staying power. This doesn’t shine like a gloss, but if you aren’t in a position to reapply, this lip shimmer will stick around for a good while.

Speaking of sharing and caring and cosmetics…the other day was cocktail day with my ladies. This time it was at let’s call her Shirley’s house. Shirley is a professional make up artist and also runs a major cosmetics counter at a large department store. She shared with us that she actually met a woman who named her child Clinique. Please people, just because it sounds pretty doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. I know we have weird pet names, but that’s where we stop. I mean, Cicada and Febreeze sound nice, but not for people.