Stormy with a Chance of BAD...

Sorry for the lack of blogging. Originally it was due to work and planning my dear friend's bachelorette party this next week. Those are pretty good and positive reasons. Now it's just bad. I am a victim of identity theft.

All I can say is I feel disgusted. This was not some random faceless person. This was someone I trusted. Someone I thought was a friend. Someone who was helping me with my health issues. I feel utterly violated. This person was arrested, thank goodness. But I have called every federal, state, local agency that has anything to do with me, this person, my information, my life, my money. It's been horrible.

I'm not saying I'll never trust anyone ever again. This person is obviously a sociopath. Who would do this and keep up a relationship, only a crazy person. I'm just feeling so much more guarded and like I need to go crazy recluse for awhile.

So my friends. BE CAREFUL!! Also I will be in Michigan for my Walk Now for Autism Speaks on Sunday-donate if you can. And then my dear friend's wedding extravaganza. Hope this next week goes better than this one has. And hope all your weeks are amazing.

My highlight is helping rescue a hound-dog with my dear friends Kari and her Hubs. They are transporting him towards his new home. I am just glad we could play a small part by being his halfway house for the night. I'll post pics when I can.

Thanks for your understanding in all my time away. Hope nothing but good things for y'all. :)

Blustery with a Chance of Back Pain...

Friends I am sorry for the lack of blogging. It has been 12+ hour days for myself and the Colonel. We are working hard. It was our first week full time at my newer job and then we had to head of to the old job I'm leaving to continue training my replacement. Let's just say I don't know how they're going to do without me, but hopefully it will go well.

So it had been a most busy week leaving me quite exhausted. But leaving Colonel ready for mischief. And OH BOY did he get into some! Monday there was fighting with my office mate's dog Einstein. Tuesday he ran away while I was out of the office into 4 lanes of busy traffic, luckily for him (and me!) my office mate stopped all 4 lanes and saved him. When I got back from my hour long errand and asked how he did she started crying and told me the whole thing. Poor her and (even though he was being a stinker) poor Colonel Mustard!! That was a rough day. The rest of the week it there were plenty of little fights with Einstein, Colonel just doesn't realize how much bigger he is to 7lb. Einstein, and loads of trying to eat things out of the office recycling bin.

I think I just need to keep working with him on socialization. And not playing rough. Oh and not running away into 4 lanes of traffic. Joe and I just keep working with him. He's a smart pup, he just needs more training. And now he's hit the 8 month old mark and is rabies free! Yay! And his poop is clear of all bacteria and his cough is all gone. He seems to be doing pretty great now that he has found his forever home. And he hit is ideal weight group. He is at 24.7lbs. What a big lil guy huh?!

Tomorrow we are going to Strut Your Mutt with our friends from My Life With Dogs. Kari is bringing Baily and we are bringing the Colonel. Hopefully he does well around all those other pups! I'll keep you posted! Also check out Kari's blog about the Pedigree amazing donation plan. Here's the deal:

For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide. It’s simple: Write a post, help a dog.

Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop, to help raise awareness for the “Write a post, help a dog” effort.

Once you post, let Life With Dogs know so your can be part of the final tally!

So jump on board people! Colonel Mustard is having a playdate with Baily right now, they're so cute. And having so much fun! Yay!




Did y'all just watch the Michigan State game against Notre Dame-my Spartans just whooped some but with the gutsiest play of overtime history ever!! That'll be in highlight reels all week! Go green! Go white!!

Now I'm off to rest my ailing back (working all the long hours are taking its toll on me hardcore) and snuggle with my honeys while we watch The Journey starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner (one of my all time fave movies ever). What a great night! :D

Have a great night, I'm off. TTFN as Tigger would say. :D

Windy with a Chance of Whimsy...

Friends it has been such a relaxing day today that I am waxing nostalgic with a pinch of whimsy. The day started with sleeping in, Colonel Mustard playing with Baily, a mani/pedi with Kari (Baily's mama), then left-overs for lunch, Vh1 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, cuddling with my pup...I dunno it just feels kinda old school to me. Hanging with friends, my dog, in my jeans and black beater, it's just been great.

This week was kind of crazy with training my replacement at my one job that I am leaving, starting to transition to my other job full-time, it's just been a busy week. So it's been amazing to just chill this weekend. I've watched a tone of films/movies and just hung with Colonel, Joe, and Kari. Watched MSU and OSU play football, remembered in my own way those fallen in NYC and those I know and love who were/are affected by it, and have caught up (barely) on sleep. Did get into a tift with Joe about cleaning up the apartment but when it comes to cleaning who hasn't had a little argument about cleaning up the house? But now the apartment is in prime condition-can't complain about that! :D



Movies I watched this weekend were:
1) Stolen Summer: Bonnie Hunt, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollack in a story about a Chicago Irish Catholic family's 5 child of 8 befriending the son of a rabbi who has leukemia(adorable, funny, and heart warming-loved it).
2) Standing Still: Mena Suvari, Amy Adams, Colin Hanks, James Van Der Beek in a movie about college friends grown up (lack-luster and lacking-found it boring and cliche).
3) The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day: Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connelly, Norman Reedus: follow-up Troy Duffy flick to the cult classic favorite (loved seeing the boys back and the backstory behind "Da's" character but it was so disappointing compared to the first...so sad about that *Sigh*.
4) St. Martin's Lane: film starring Vivien Leigh, Charles Laughton, and Rex Harrison about street performers in London and one rises to be a star (loved it-Charles and Vivien were amazing and a young Rex Harrison was adorable!).
5) Old Dogs: Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, John Travolta in a Disney "feel-good flick" with tons of cameos from other recognizable actors (just bad-even the "feel-good" parts make you want to yawn or puke-don't recommend it).
6) Bright Road: starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte about a teacher who helps a problem child become a good student (not well written and unfortunately doesn't showcase these stars at their best).
7) Howard's End: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jemma Redgrave star in this film about mistakes, love, forgiveness, and family (LOVE this film, such a superb cast based on the book it is very well done and acted).

I feel like there was one more but I don't remember which shows you what I thought about it, haha! So as you can see been lotsa chillaxing around the ol' casa del Alejandra y Jose. Hope you had a relaxing weekend too-you all deserve it!!

Now I just have to beg again that if you have some spare change please donate it to the amazing cause Walk Now for Autism Speaks that I am participating in. 100% of your donation goes to finding a cure for autism. Follow this link and please donate what you can: DONATE HERE! Remember to: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead My heartfelt thanks to those who donate and support! xoxox

Here is the Colonel helping me write this entry:



We're off to continue watching 100 Artists that makes me remember being young and my love of music and then to watch an old school movie that makes me feel like a kid again. Maybe eat some spaghetti with juice and look for fairies and mermaids ;)

Cloudy with a Chance of Under Socialization!

Colonel is still having problems with other pups and I am starting to be the over-panicky pup-parent I knew I might be. I am just worried about this. I think that perhaps training classes with other dogs might be a good thing to get him on track. Maybe that will help him (and me) learn the behaviors we need to set him up for success. I am doing my best to curb the humping, hair on end, over aggressive play, defensive meetings but I might be a little overwhelmed...so anyone know of amazing classes in the LA that I can get my boy and myself enrolled in? Let me know!

Thanks y'all! Much love to you! Don't forget to donate what you can to my Walk for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that all proceeds go to finding a cure for what 1 in every 110 babies is diagnosed with. Please give if you can. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! :D

Partly Sunny with a Chance of

Well friends I hope your Labor Day has been amazing, ours was filled with Joe reading Harry Potter (he promised me he'd read it if I read the Robert Jordan series he loves), me watching tons of movies off the DVR, and the Colonel doing lots of the following:



We also bought him a special little something for his collar:




Then it was back to work for me today while the boys continued with their weekend routine. All in all it wasn't too shabby. Hope yours were all just lovely!

Now I am just re-vamping my webpage for my Walk for Autism coming up October 3rd. I am so excited to be doing something so amazing, especially since it means so much to my family-our team is after my cousin Jake (my Pop's cousin's son's son to get technical). We're called Jake's Friends and I am at 39% toward my goal of $500 (that's $195)! I'm pretty excited but could use more help so if any of you folks would like to help in this amazing cause I am going to put my personal web page's link at the bottom. Every little bit helps so if you can skip your regular latte or soda or whatever I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. If you can't maybe you can find a walk near you to participate/volunteer in! :D

Also I'm starting to help plan my friend's bachelorette party coming up in October. I am so excited for her, she is just beaming and she deserves the best for her wedding. So hopefully this will go off without a hitch. I'm trying to work out some fun surprises and my bf Ben is her Man of Honor so I think between the two of us it will be the best bachelorette party ever. :) Let me know if you all have any ideas, we're going to the apple cider mill and orchard for the day and then we're trying to think of some creative things that are fun for her!

Good luck heading back to work tomorrow y'all and hope the week is great for you!

Here's my link to donate to Walk for Autism Speaks, every bit helps and thank you in advance!

Sunny with a Chance of More Photos!!

More Colonel Mustard!

















Trip to San Francisco: