September 3, 2010
We’re in Ohio!

10 hours in a car with three boys. 2 to go.

We’re in Ohio!

10 hours in a car with three boys. 2 to go.

September 2, 2010
September 1, 2010

Daily Chris: jealous of a dog, edition

  • Chris: So how's your dog?
  • Me: Good...? I don't get him until Tuesday...
  • Chris: So, are you going to get me a present? Like how a mom gets a new big brother a present when he gets a new brother or sister?
  • Me: Are you for real? Am I your mom? Are you my child?
  • Chris: Well sort of, you watch over me. And you used to give me attention :(
  • Me: You are the only 24-year old human I know that feels threatened by a 9 lb dachshund.
Two days until we head to the Big House for Uconn vs. Michigan on Saturday.
WOOO! GO HUSKIES!

Two days until we head to the Big House for Uconn vs. Michigan on Saturday.

WOOO! GO HUSKIES!

August 31, 2010

Lessons Learned

SO. As ya’ll know, I’ve been looking for a doggy for awhile now and had 99% settled on a Cavalier King Charles. I did extensive (like REALLY extensive) research on the breed, and even with significant health issues, I was sure that it was the right decision for me.

Then I started looking into breeders, since it is nearly impossible to rescue a Cavalier, and I learned that they typically cost around $2,500.

Seriously.

After many more months, I found Batman’s breeder and was thrilled- she came from a genuine personal recommendation and her dogs seemed healthy in terms of pedigree. I won’t get into details, because in the end she was fair and refunded my deposit, but once I started digging for answers for a few key questions my experience took a turn for the worst. Let’s just say there is a reason for everything. It just didn’t feel right. So no more batman. I’m sad, but I feel confident I made the right choice. So many thanks to The Initials for all his help!

So, now for the good news! After watching every. single. episode. of Last Chance Highway on Animal Planet, and really thinking about what The Initials and Sooz have said since day one, I decided to rescue. And then, in the exact way that everyone says things are supposed to happen, the best opportunity in the WORLD fell in my lap. I’m fostering THIS GUY:

He’s a 9 lb. long hair daschund that was pulled from a high kill shelter- if he hadn’t been pulled he would have been put down, due to no fault of his own other then being owned by someone that didn’t care for him and left him to wander around and get captured by animal control. He has a GREAT temperament, is house and crate trained, is 4 years old, and ready for a second chance at life.

And funny enough, he’s coming directly from Shelly, the star of Last Chance Highway. I am SO excited to foster him! And if I fall in love, I am 100% committed to being his furever home. Win win.

Lesson of the day: trust your gut.

August 30, 2010
First Christmas gift of the season purchased today.
I swear I’m not rushing the season, I just get really overwhelmed if I don’t start in say, July or August. I like to buy gifts that I really think the recipient will enjoy- I find that last minute shopping tends to end in what I call “the buying of stuff.” Random junk you buy to have something to wrap instead of a gift you saw and thought “THAT reminds me of so-and-so!”
Don’t worry… I don’t wrap until December!

First Christmas gift of the season purchased today.

I swear I’m not rushing the season, I just get really overwhelmed if I don’t start in say, July or August. I like to buy gifts that I really think the recipient will enjoy- I find that last minute shopping tends to end in what I call “the buying of stuff.” Random junk you buy to have something to wrap instead of a gift you saw and thought “THAT reminds me of so-and-so!”

Don’t worry… I don’t wrap until December!

pièce de résistance

pièce de résistance

It was Sundae Sunday at the Hall house yesterday. Ice cream connoisseur Christopher Hall whipped up treats for all of us.
*Also, yes that is the Teen Mom Special US Weekly on the counter.

It was Sundae Sunday at the Hall house yesterday. Ice cream connoisseur Christopher Hall whipped up treats for all of us.

*Also, yes that is the Teen Mom Special US Weekly on the counter.

I had two cups of coffee for breakfast today. Sorry, coworkers.

I had two cups of coffee for breakfast today. Sorry, coworkers.

August 27, 2010