November 2011
1 post
2 months have passed...
let’s do this:
bam! these raptor claws got engaged!!!!
america got older!
friends got married in philly!
more friends got married in captiva!!!
summer came and went already and now its november. the weather is beautiful and the pups are frisky. halloween weekend went fast. but wait! there’s pictures of that!!!
July 2011
1 post
growth.
it was weird to pull into the driveway after our trip and see how much has grown in the yard since we’ve been gone.
and for some reason, from this trip, i was not really ready to come home. i wanted more. we did a lot but i wasn’t ready to stop doing stuff, and seeing friends, and walking around big cities and eating and drinking and seeing the foundation that our country was made...
June 2011
8 posts
system over-load.
sorry for the over-load. but i just had to do it. and once i started i couldn’t stop. or figure out how to post it another day. so there we go. making up for lost time
May 2011
1 post
let her cry...
life has been busy which is not to say that i havent been documenting it, but just that i havent been documenting it on here.
love is all around me. and its good.
people are planning weddings. and having babies. and planning for the futures. and spending time and sharing flowers and secrets and building and growing and making room. and our hearts are filling up so much that you didn’t...
March 2011
1 post
bang-a-rang peter...
i wont even remark and how long its been…oops i just did.
dang…things have been good. someone asked me today if i have a mantra that i wake up and live by. a great question but kind of hard to answer on the spot. but then i asked myself, how long should the answer take really? so i went with my gut.
i have been asking myself lately, does this make me happy? a question i found that i...
February 2011
1 post
w4i
me, a woman seeking inspiration.
you, a life that has begun to slow down again.
i am currently dying for some inspiration. i am longing for ideas that satisfy me. i am hoping for goals that make me go above and beyond. i am seeking balance between the calm and the noise.
i’m doing it again, and time is going by so fast and it scares me some.
January 2011
5 posts
inspiration
i just looked at one of my most inspiring friends blogs, www.birdlimephoto.blogspot.com, and saw her new years post.
it reminded me that a year ago this time, i too started this blog in hopes to have something to look back on. i have slacked for the last couple of months due to holiday activities, but all in all, i can say that i am happy to have kept this up for as long as i have. i didn’t...
November 2010
1 post
cash talks...
i am not in love with estate sales, but i am in like with them, and i’ll tell you why:
you can find some good stuff that someone once loved so much that they were only parted from it in death. what is sad about that statement is that now the departed’s beloved items are being sold by their children or siblings or parents or even worse a company that didn’t even know them. items...
October 2010
4 posts
pretty.
so i found my senior year prom dress in the closet at my parents house tonight. i put it on and surprisingly it fits. its a little more snug than 9 years ago, but i can get it on. i remember LOVING this dress.
of all the dances of my 4 years of high school, i never once had the same dress as any one else. and would you know it that the one year i buy a fancy dress from a store on park ave. that i...
mcpukerson
well this weekend was interesting. that’s all i’ll say about that.
but i think i ended it on a great note. spent the day with my bud, napped with my pups, gardened and did some yoga with my mom, went on a walk to the market with a friend, ran into some friends at the market, jumped in on a baby parade, stopped to watch a high school baseball practice, and walked home.
the weather...
it was a graveyard smash!
‘here lies jacob, he was macho.
but he couldn’t handle that one last nacho’
‘RIP- oscar had some gnarly breath, ‘twas almost like the smell of death’
‘here lies bailey, she loved cher. she died in a dream cutting meatloaf’s hair’
‘here lies butterbean, like no other. she was annoyed to death by oscar her brother’
HAPPY...
start seeing red!
there is something about walking around target on sunday alone that is strangely calming, but also makes me antsy. (well, maybe the antsy-ness this sunday was from having a wee bit of a hangover and therefore was my anxiety)
i know i am not the only one. i have friends that do the same thing. some, every sunday with their bag of popcorn. another one, i busted in the parking lot this sunday and he...
September 2010
1 post
its been a while so i'll make it quick.
( i just wrote a whole post and im not quite sure where it went…..so i will try again.but now it wont be as fun because i just said everything off the cuff and now it will feel forced…dangit)
so i was trying to explain where i have been the last couple of months. and then i said well i was looking through my phone to see if i had proof of what i had been doing and well, there...
July 2010
1 post
we're gonna paint the town retro avocado and...
puppies be sleeeeeeeping!! im almost on my way too but not until i finish this blog:
so anyways, we are down to 3 more BIG projects and then we will be in the new house!! can you hardly stand it?!
my buds’ kind, sweet parents were gracious enough to come into town on the holiday weekend to help us paint the rest of the rooms of the house. by time i got off work on saturday and got to the...
June 2010
4 posts
nachos bell grande minus the meat...
sometimes when i am out in public by myself, i can’t help but look at the people around me and get an overwhelming feeling of sadness.
i know that i am sitting alone at taco bell eating my burrito, but when i see the business man across from me eating his taco alone, or the lady on the other side of the restaraunt intensely reading her romance novel, i can’t help but want to hug...
remember winnie, remember...
picture stills of when we laughed so hard,
and i dont remember why.
but you looked so happy and we were happy.
at least we captured the moment so whether we remember why we laughed or not, we can look at the pictures and make up stories that will make us smile again.
on our way home...
we are almost there….
moving towards a common goal to get this house finished!!!! things are looking up and we are getting there. pops and jacob have been hard at work!!! i have been putting my time in as well but like a wise friend said, “usually, you either have money or time” and right now, i’m stretching myself thin to give both. however i am happy to report that the...
OMG!!!!! we're baaaaaaack!!!
oh my goodness!!!! puppy shot!!!!
looks like someone forgot how to be a lady since we’ve been gone!!!!
oh my goodness, i am forever sorry that i have been away. i know it has been months and you have probably forgotten all about us, but we are back and with many a story to tell!!! sometimes, you have to go back to the old ways to help yourself make up the new ways….
in most...
April 2010
1 post
two dogs, one stick
we were sitting outside today as we have been doing lately in the nice weather while i eat my lunch, and oscar brought this stick over to butterbean. then they both started to chew on opposite ends of the stick. i thought it was the cutest and most unselfish thing i have seen oscar do. haha, besides giving out tons of free kisses.
the pups are doing good. oscar is done with bed rest and free...
March 2010
11 posts
you've got to have friends
both pups are napping right now. i am trying out today, not taking a nap and let’s see how the day goes. we went for round 3 of acupuncture and even dr. d says she is so impressed with oscars improvements!!! hip hip hooray!!!!
i am so inspired by my friends. since i’m not that good at the internet, i usually look at the same blogs all the time and all of those blogs happen to be my...
recovery ain't easy....
but it’s working!!!!!!!!!! sorry for the lapse in bloggie updates, but we have been sooo busy getting better that i just haven’t had time to write. oscar is doing sooo much better, and we have butterbean on a new routine with diet and medicine that hopefully she won’t have any more itchy scratchys either. we just got back from the acupuncturist and i don’t know if it is...
pins and needles
so yesterdays oscar and i visited the acupuncturist. she didnt do any crazy spells over him or anything but was actually quite informative. she massaged and poked the little wiener and he did a great job.
she informed me that instead of 7 vertebrae, he has 8. just to add to the list of other back problems that he has… apparently his little back has been going through some pain for a while,...
patience + tears = big payoff? here's hoping...
so today oscar and i went to the vet’s for a check-up. it has been 2 weeks since we have been on bed rest heading into our 3rd week. so far, so good. we have both shed some tears, and while he is being patient in his crate-boundness and i in my care for him, the road has been a rough one. and unfortunately, i predict it will only get worse as he gets better and wants to enjoy this beautiful...
my bologna has a first name....
well friends its time to get real.
ill just get right to the point:
the night before i left for my trip, our newest addition to the family, oscar the wiener, was having trouble walking on his hind legs. i thought maybe he had just had the best day ever and played too much and was worn out. i tried to not get too emotional and maybe sleeping it off would help some. when we woke up the next...
the end is near...scratch that, the end is here.
ok so even though i am home now, i should finish the story of my road trip. gather round boy and girl, and we’ll pick up where we left off, surviving the grand canyon…
so we survived the grand canyon helicopter ride. from tusayan, arizona we took off for san francisco, california. this was another loooooong drive. about 13 hours to guess…..so with pops behind the wheel we...
we had a grand time
alrighty friend, now where did i leave us off? we got through flagstaff right? beautiful city. i could definitely go back there with a bud of mine and spend some time wandering and exploring. which brings me to our next destination: THE GRAND CANYON
Day 4: Flagstaff, Az.- Tusayan, Az.
so we picked up dad at the teeny tiny flagstaff airport, had lunch at the black bean cafe (another...
everything's bigger in texas, including my...
Day 3: Amarillo, Tx.-Flagstaff, Az
so we woke up in amarillo. we felt refreshed and happy to only have a 9 hour drive ahead of us. after hitting up the local wal-mart, i know…but we had to and they were the only ones open… we headed for the infamous BIG TEXAN. home of the 72oz steak dinner, where if you eat it in an hour, you get it for FREE!!!
seeing as how i wasnt totally up to...
somanythingstosay
hello faithful follower. i feel like there is something out there that does not want me to blog this adventure but just for you, i shall overcome and make this work! so now where was i?
Day 2: Memphis, Tn.-Amarillo, Tx.
the weather matched the day that we were going to have before us. gloomy and cold. but we weren’t going to let that get in the way of seeing graceland. because well, when...
on the way
im coming with blog posts and pictures….but right now i must hop on a helicopter to check out the grand canyon….pardon me!
off we ride into the wild blue yonder!!
so we left. my seester has left orlando ladies and gentlemen. the ride was good. it took forever it seemed to get out of florida….damn you the longest state (besides california which we will be driving through too…..eek!) the drive wasnt bad, but i’m not one to talk because i probably drove for about an hour and a half only.
i think i briefly touched on how i am not that...
February 2010
4 posts
i could be famous, write a book and sell it as a...
the dogs were nervous for the big shoot, and to be frank(andbeans), i was too. once a month at full sail, the digital photography class does photo shoots for whomever wants to get their picture taken. the pups and i were among some children taking family portraits, a guy and his guitar, and so on. so we roll up barks a blazing!! hello full sail!! butterbean and oscar are here!!!!! for about an...
finding silence in the silence...
something about listening to jazz in the morning with the sun coming in the window and being surrounded by sleeping pups and a bud makes your day start out pretty bad ass.
we have a special guest in our midst and are telling the universe that we want him to stay, indefinately and forever. say hello to the wiener himself, OSCAR!
ill give you a hint, he’s the short one in front. and we...
wide eyed and chewed up tail...
my alarm went off at 5:15. i felt like when i turned the light on i could see butterbeans eyes adjusting just as much as mine. um, mom, what are we doing up this early?
monkey, you should know by now that if we are up before the sun it is because we have a special treat in store for us for that morning!!! it will make the rest of your day and really make you love your life.
we have gone a couple...
chomping at the bit...
so the monkey has been having quite the allergy attack. she gnawed on her tail to the skin….its not pretty and has made me quite sad. but we have her on anitbiotics and she got an allergy shot that will hopefully help cure whats ailing us. i attempted to bandage her wound with a sock and some masking tape, just so she would keep away from it, but that looked silly and kinda pathetic so now...
January 2010
8 posts
speaking in tongues.
butterbean loves my yellow chair. when i lived in my old apartment she was not allowed on my green chair because i loved it so. so now she does not go on the green chair, but has made the yellow chair (with a pull-out twin bed, I KNOW!!!) her favorite place to lick and lay. i noticed the wear and tear on it the other day and i fear that it is too late to convince her that she is not allowed on yet...
she's back!
the tail is back in full force!!! yay!!!!!
take me to my happy place.
butterbean has “cold tail”
i guess it is common in labs after they go swimming or are very active. apparently she casually went for a dip in the lake by my parents house and maybe over-exerted her wagging accessory. so what this means for butterbean is that she can’t wag her tail!!!!!
imagine being a dog and not being able to wag your tail!!!
so the poor monkey had us all a...
brrrr its cold in here...it must be something in...
the rain brought the cold which has made butterbean frisky but also itchy. i try to let her out to play and all she wants to do is sit in the dirt and scratch and bite. i have given her olive oil, eggs, changed her diet but i think its just the change in weather and theres nothing i can really do about that…. sorry monkey.
so the rain brought the cold which has turned our little sunshine...
