Trained to Disobey the Rules....

Big sorry for being gone lately.  After six weeks of summer camp a.k.a. dog training, I stole Chloe home and getting back on some sort of routine has been a bit difficult. No more peacefully sleeping in until 9am. That's not how Chloe rolls...especially when there are kitties to chase around the house at the butt crack of dawn.

So how did Chloe do at doggie training? Well here...I have a picture to demonstrate...

Sleeping on the shops check out counter is strictly forbidden in the doggie training world. Something to do with putting her in a superior position or some BS like that. Whatever...she's happy, she's quiet, and she sleeps up there....

So I think it's pretty safe to say that six weeks of dog training was not overly successful in breaking me of my bad habits....oh well.

Who could say no to that face?!

Corporate America Drop-Out

I grew up with a father that put on a suit and tie every day and went to work in Corporate America. Naturally, I just assumed, for one reason or another that I would end up spending my days in an office building, running reports, meeting, and having lunch in a cafeteria. You know...somewhere that looks like this...

Instead, I ended up here...

I recently read this quote that fits me, and what I've made of that assumption, perfectly.

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." 

Douglas Adams

Wine, Wine, and more Wine.

I can honestly say that I have very few memories of my parents drinking alcohol when I was a child. Certainly never my mother, and I can only remember my dad drinking the occasional beer at a basketball game or a vodka and tonic when he was grilling or mowing the lawn....which looking back now seems like  two occasions when I would be least likely to drink...when I was playing with fire or when I was playing with things that could cut my fingers off...but to each his own...

Since I've reached adulthood though...they've more than made up for those 18-21 years of abstaining.

For example....I'm at my parents house for dinner tonight. I look over across the kitchen and my dad is standing in his wine nook....the one that has the wine fridge that keeps all 99 bottles of his precious red wine at a consistent 60 degrees...to see him talking on the phone and opening a bottle of wine with one of these:

It's an automatic wine bottle opener. If the combo of a 99 bottle wine fridge and an automatic wine bottle opener doesn't scream out of control wine-o then I really don't know what does...

Stuffed Sausage a la Shanky

Since Chloe hasn't been home, my "special" cat Shanky has taken to sleeping in Chloe's bed....which is fine, since Chloe didn't like this bed all that much anyway....

The only real problem is the bed is made for an animal a quarter of her size....so it's a bit of a tight squeeze...

She's not fat. She's just big boned.

Hey Soul Sister....

I received a lovely email from a good friend the other day that said something along the lines of....girl, you gotta go blog....I need something to keep me entertained. I really am glad that at least someone is entertained by me as much as I am, but truth be told, nothing blog-worthy happened to me this week. As proof...here is a picture of how I spent my 4th of July weekend (or at least a part of it)...

Cleaning windows and washing spider webs off the house in South Carolina....in bright pink flip flops. 

Thrilling.

And no...the title of this blog post has absolutely nothing to do with the actual post. I couldn't think of anything clever to describe my weekend full of free child labor (ok...weekend is an exaggeration...) but I can't get Train's "Hey Soul Sister" out of my head...so there you have it...enjoy!

Happy Fourth of July!!

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Pursue happiness today...even if it's at the bottom of a margarita glass! Happiness comes in all shapes and sizes!!

On a side note...there is now a 4th of July baby in my family. Am I the only one who thinks that is the coolest thing EVER?? Congrats to my cousin Jimmy and his wife Tammy on the birth of Emily Grace!

Fashion Friday - Shoes mimic Art

Oh. My. God. How beautiful are these shoes from ModCloth? Aptly named "The Amadeus heel" if they weren't so impractical to my lifestyle these days and they weren't $120, they would totally be on their way to my closet as we speak....