Rainy With a Chance of Sniffles...

As I sit here slightly sniffley with a rambunctious puppy bounding on & off the bed with a tennis ball for me to throw whilst The Green Zone plays on t.v. I feel the need to blog because I am so dang bored! I hate being bed bound! And being sick pretty much keeps you there.

It's only been a day and a half & I am SO antsy! I love being lazy & sleeping in and spending a day in bed when I CHOOSE to but this, this sucks! I did get a brief reprieve this afternoon when I went for my weekly nail appointment with my friend Natalie & her mom's salon Golden Nail Salon ($40 mani/pedi!) and then went to Free City Super Shop on Highland-it's a super cute little shop with an amazingly friendly staff. It's all vegan which I love but the prices are a bit much (as in $218 for a pair of sweatpants). I did however find something in my price range-KIND KREME Ice Cream!!! SOOO tasty & vegan! I bought honey strawberry, super food, & chocolate salted caramel. Plus I got chocolate almond milk which is DELICIOUS! :) All in all a nice little hour and a half outta bed.

But then straight back. Colonel & I have been bums lying around all day only to break for lunch and dinner & potty breaks. Been pretty lame. The dayquil, nyquil, and vitamins don't seem to be doing much either. Not does tea and soup. I think colds have become super colds, all arch villain like. I imagine them comic book style looking like green goobers in purple & black costumes with a black mask. Evil bacterial bastards. But seriously, why the heck can I not fight off colds very well anymore? It is kicking my butt! And it makes me feel just so darn exhausted! I am so sleepy all the time and Colonel "the heater" Mustard doesn't help being all warm and cuddly!

I am off to read loads of blogs & snuggle with this exuberant pup of mine-he's just too darn cute!!

Take care friends & beware the evil Super Cold floating about! ;)

OH FRIENDS!

It's been too too long! I am so sorry I was away for such a spell!

So here's what's been up-I died, just kidding, obviously. I have been just so, so, SO crazy busy! Now get ready for some crazy stream of conscious my peeps!

December was crazy due to our car being hit & totaled. Joe was coming to pick me up from work and a woman in an SUV decide to turn left in front of on-coming traffic & crushed my poor little SPF (my '04 silver ford focus zts-Sean Patrick Focus). His engine was too crushed to fixed & he had to be scrapped. Luckily no one was hurt in the accident (just my poor lil car!) so I am grateful for that.

Then the holidays-a mixed bag. It was AMAZING to see everyone & spend time with my honey's & my fams & friends it is more than a little stressful to be made to feel like we are supposed to travel the state to see all them. Now most times I am more than happy to do this but it is difficult for us seeing as we don't live in Michigan anymore. We live 3000 miles away! That means we have no home base there, no car, no easy way of traveling about. And when our loved ones make us feel bad about asking them to come visit us wherever we are (usually at one of our folks' house) it does irk me a bit. We flew 6 hours to be in the same state as all of them but are then made to feel bad when we ask that they drive an hour or so to see us if we can't get to them easily. It was a bit frustrating a couple of times on the trip. But, again, still worth it to see all those we love and miss so much (I just wish they would come out here to see us once too!). Also Colonel flew beautifully!! He was medicated but he behaved so well (he loved his peanut butter encased meds) and all the airline workers/passengers loved him! I am so glad he fit under the seat & could fly with us on the plane and not in cargo-cargo is scary!

Then after the holidays we had more car drama as it turned out the lady who hit our car didn't have insurance & tried to fraudulently use another woman's. So then we were dealing with all of that & trying to find a new car for uber cheap. We worked it all out with our insurance & are going to take this woman to court to get our deductible covered & the expenses we incurred. And we found a new little car! A 2005 ford focus, she's blue, & her name is Rosalita Focus. She'll never fill the hole from losing my lil' SPF but she's a good ol' gal! :)

Then Joe & I had our 5 year anniversary last weekend! We've made it five year people! I am so proud of us & our relationship. I do not know many folks my age who have been with the same person this long. It just feels like an amazing accomplishment and we have had our ups and downs but we keep choosing each other every day. I love that. Friday we kept it low key & just hung out at home, Saturday (our actual anniversary) I had appointments from 11-1:30 & Joe had sexual harassment training for the university til about 3 so we were gonna go to dinner later but had nothing too special planned...or so Joe thought! I went to Trashy Lingerie after my appointments and found a sexy something, made a friend in the sales gal, went home & cleaned up, lit candles, poured wine, put on my special something & waited for Joe. He loved it! We went to dinner at Shin Korean BBQ for dinner-they had DELICIOUS vegan options! We had a blast! Then we went to Best Buy & I hit the bargain bin mother load-The Sandlot, Dirt Rotten Scoundrels, & Robin Hood Men in Tights for $15!! AWESOME! Then we went The Pleasure Chest and had some fun laughing at 70s porn & the hilarious items in the shop & picked up a fun board game for ourselves. Then Sunday we went outlet shopping & to Disneyland. Man do we love the magical kingdom! We packed a picnic & rode some fun rides, I got my face painted, we took some amazing pictures, and I got some Tinkerbell ear with my name on them! It was a blast. Monday Joe made me vegan sushi for dinner & we watched The Sandlot-perfect Valentine's Day.

I've got some headshots coming up soon so I am busy planning outfits & hair & make-up. I am getting a keratin treatment done so we will see how lustrous that makes my hair for these photos-I'm slightly nervous but excited. I am literally a trim kinda gal (occasional highlights if my sister is bored-she's a hair dresser) so this is kind of a bigger thing for me but my friend Dionna recommended this treatment & hair dresser & her hair is fab so I'm excited! I hope these pictures are as amazing as I hope they will be-the photographer is a friend of one of my dearest friends & he is AMAZING! They should be pretty great! I'll post pics when I have them.

Now I'm sick & recovering from a pretty hardcore cupping session on my back (I am super bruised!). This cold is kicking my butt! I've been super exhausted & congested & runny nose-ish. Not awesome. Hopefully it'll clear up and I'll be right as rain soon enough!

Hope you all are well!! I've missed you all but been keeping up on reading all your blogs just haven't had time to write myself! Take care my pals!!

xoxox

IT'S BEEN SO LONG!

Oh friends! I took a break, sorry for not being here to say hello. Loads was going on (still is too!) but I missed you!

So quick rundown:

-we went to a Vegan beer fest that was SO much fun and full of tasty food & beer, pretty good music, portions of the proceeds went to ARME, and we had amazing company!
-lady is still in jail for identity theft-glad for that!
-Friendsgiving was AMAZING!!! Lizz and Sherm came to visit, we had a blast!
-my birthday tradition at Disneyland was AMAZING!!! Joe and I bought annual passes and had the most exquisite time. It was magical!
-Joe and my birthday party had an 80s Character Meet & Greet theme which turned out to be fantastic! Joe went as Marty McFly & I went as Jem (as in Jem & the Holograms). It was a blast!!
-Colonel Mustard is doing well and is taking on well to his more in-depth training. We love the little noodle!
-Joe and I have reinstated our Saturday Date Nights and we are falling in love all over again. Such magic :D
-I am going to be taking some new headshots and we're going to get some family shots done-maybe with a Clue theme...
-Joe and I are going to Disneyland again on Sunday!!! Silly I know but Joe and I have found our new fave place-ha!!
-We found an amazing drive-in movie theatre near town thanks to Kari & her hubs, we had a blast seeing a double feature for $8!
-Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows was a date night and we had super fun time, I liked the movie overall and was really surprised where they ended it. I just felt less for the characters, the books when Mad Eye dies I sobbed-movie I had nothin'...
-I have gotten to see so many of my dearest friends this past few months and it has been so refreshing for my soul-they are all the people who just fill me up and remind me how grateful I am for the wonderful people in my life. So much love for them!!!
-We are flying back to MI for the holidays with Colonel Mustard and I am slightly nervous and excited. I'm nervous that he wont do well with the flight but I'm excited for him to see snow and meet all of Joe and my families! Any flight advice for us, he'll be flying under the seats so I'm grateful for that but again, nervous.

And that has been pretty much been the haps, chaps! Hope you are all well, I will try to more on top of my blog-just been busy with all the craziness of life lately. but I'm glad to be back! :D

xoxox



P.S. PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drizzly with a Change of Soy Nuggets & Hashbrowns...

So basically blogger hates me and every time I try to upload photos it sucks and wont let me-BOO! So I think I need to switch this over to wordpress or something. Blogger-get it together!

Completely unrelated items: I went to an amazingly 80s-tastic party Friday. I forgot how much fun costume-y parties are. It has been awhile. It just felt nice to be out with friends, looking silly, being silly, and having fun! Just fills up your soul.

I get to see my bestie Ben in San Diego this next week. I love him. He literally is the re-charge button to my spirit. Just makes me feel so happy. We always make each other laugh and have an amazing time. It's just a little something to look forward to. I also get to see my long-time friend Kathy next week too hopefully in my little San Diego adventure. I love her. And coming off how fun her wedding week was it will just be delightful to continue the festivities. Hooray!

My car's engine died again. This time not the battery but something to do with the coolant/water pump mechanisms and I had to get towed from the Valley to WeHo. Thank goodness AAA gives me 100 free miles of towing. My poor little SPF (Sean Patrick Focus)! I love my little car and it breaks my heart when he is sick. :( He is my first and only car and I am very attached to him!! I hope that it is easily (and cheaply) fixable.

Wednesday my dear friend Heather and I are going to a Halloween Costume Party/Quinceañera and I am SO stoked. It's for Heather's friend who turned 35 and went to a traditional Quinceañera and fell in love with the whole celebration and is paying homage. Heather is going to be Catwoman and I am going to be Poison Ivy. We're working out the details on what we want to wear but I was thinking of maybe doing a deconstructed Ivy with green tights, a man's green button up, green shoes, messy hair with Ivy all through it, a prop cigarette and whiskey. I think it would be funny. Like she's been at it too long and doesn't care anymore. But it would also be fun to wear the traditional unitard and tights, green boots and gloves too. We'll see...

Colonel Mustard is sleeping curled up on the couch between the pillows and it is so cute it is distracting me. I have to go cuddle him as soon as humanly possible. Sweet little pup! Overwhelmed by the cuteness.

Hope all is well with you. I'm off to sleep and snuggle this pup. I'm still getting over my cold so sleep is needed. Take care all!! :D

Mixed Weather Reviews but Mostly Sunny

Hello Friends!

So I was absent for a bit. For the identity theft incident, a trip back to Michigan and my home town, and now because I'm sick! So busy!

SO here is a quick run-down on the progress of everything...

1) Identity theft: the culprit is in LA County jail (thank goodness) and is being held on high High HIGH bail so I and everyone else are safe. I just have to keep monitoring my credit, etc. and stay on top of everything since the laws are set up so the victim must do the work to save their own credit/future. And since my credit/future are important to me I am staying on it!

2) Trip to Michigan-it started off not so great. The car died and I had to call everyone I could think of for a ride to make my flight. But the charity walk I did for Walk Now for Autism Speaks was amazing and our team raised over $2500!!!

3) My home town was for the most part great. My lovely friend got married-she was gorgeous, the ceremony and reception were amazing, it was pretty perfect! We threw a pretty kick-ass bachelorette party for her too! My family was great-it was nice t spend some quality time together and really talk. There was a minor drama with my sister's crazy ex but that was avoided for the most part, he was just being his immature self and my sister smartly removed herself from the situation.

4) I woke up my last morning in Michigan with a slight sore throat (I thought due to the lack of sleep I got all week from wedding extravaganza and cocktailing like I don't usually do) and then by the end of the first of two plane rides I was in full blown cold mode. Then I got a fever. What can I say? October seems to be my sick month, last year's Halloween was spent in bed sick-at least this year it came early so hopefully I can still dress up and have fun with Joe and our puppy!

So that is my brief run down. Enjoy some photos from my Michigan adventure!


So blogger wont let me upload photos...I shall do it tomorrow, hopefully it'll be better by then. :)

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