Three dogs. On their the couch. Sometimes I have to remind myself that he who pays the mortgage controls the couch, though I don’t think these three care too much about the household division of power.
May 102013
May 10, 2013
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Apr 072013
April 7, 2013
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Oh Louie.
We did everything wrong when we took Louie into our home. We paid mega bucks for him from a cracked out women who was puppy-milling his parents and not taking care of his siblings {all of her dogs were later removed by the SPCA} but we loved him as soon as we saw him. We even loved his buck teeth.
Lou was thrown straight into the ring of fire – living with Ethan as a toddler – he never snapped, growled or bit him, though he did spend quite a lot of time hiding in the garden initially. He is a Special Edition Shi-Tzu x Australian Terrier in that he is huge, 11kg worth of small breed who is so pretty people stop us walking him all the time to ask about his breed. Lou is besties with his girl Molly, and loves stealing the toys from Dashy and Marley {see above with Marley’s Christmas present}.
Louie and the various mixed breeds like him make awesome indoor/outdoor pets as they don’t shed, not one smidgen, they also love their walks, hate water and like to wear sweaters. Win!
Jul 212012
July 21, 2012
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This is a post that I started the other night and never finished.
Feeling so sad that nothing can change your mood.
Having two sad things combine in your head into a giant mean-sad combo that takes over your being for a while. It makes you feel like your are suspended in and surrounded by the sad and you can’t see the end of it, only feel everything. I feel so sad for Denver. All I can think about is reform of liberal gun law, working it around in my head from every perspective, trying to figure out if it would or could ever change a country so in love with guns.
I also feel so sad for Ethan right now……
And that’s all I wrote.
The sadness has moved on into a numbing ball of stress, which I’m not sure I really enjoy any more than a numbing ball of sadness but work with what you’ve got right?
Can’t think, can’t write {that makes me sadder} so all I can offer is a picture of a Shi Tzu. My darling Louie guarding his breakfast.
Jul 082012
July 8, 2012
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You always come around too soon! Luckily we crammed lots of work into this weekend, our house is looking and feeling more and more awesome by the day!
Loving Friday night drinks. I headed out for a well deserved girls dinner at one of my fave spots, Hallertau, so close I could shake a stick at it! I was predictably boring and ordered calamari plus a huge bowl of cauliflower soup. Delish, and perfect for a cold Friday night.
I am in love with our house, our neighborhood and our street and getting to share it with my awesome Mum! Shared property ownership can definitely work – with the right house.
I am loving that I embraced my inner Westie this week and busted out the Ugg Boots in public! Yes I did. Tuesday was the day that Auckland decided to flood itself a little bit, also the day Ethan and I decided to go to the movies. Busiest day I have ever seen at the normally deserted local cinema. Ice Age 4 is awesome by the way! Regrowth is looking good peeps!
I am loving Dave and Ethan’s new ‘Thing’ – crystal growing or farming or whatever. I had a wild hair on Sunday morning and cleaned out the pantry and found a Crystal set that Ethan got for Christmas one year. The boys had a great time mixing up all of the potions. This white crystal grew in a matter of hours!
I am loving Dave and Louie. Together. Apologizing for not being better plumbers. When in fact Dave is learning as he goes and Louie has no thumbs.
Things I’m Loving is hosted by Meghan at MNM’s
I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something you can be thankful for..no matter how simple it is.
Jun 052012
June 5, 2012
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Louie has been beside himself with joy at moving in with Molly and Marley but the mystique of living with a female is driving Lou to distraction. This has not escaped the notice of our observant child.
Louie’s ‘hunting’ was so prolonged on Sunday his lipstick popped out and he couldn’t move! Ethan thought we were going to have to take Lou to the vet; how to tell him he wasn’t hurt just horny?
After some consideration E has decided that Louie and Molly must be married, because {OF COURSE!!!} they are doing that thing that ends with EX that married people do. Mmhmmm.
Oh god. Of all the things I thought four dogs in one house would bring it wasn’t sex education. DAMN SHI-TZUS!
May 232012
May 23, 2012
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This rather large spiky guy bravely traversed the driveway this afternoon, well out of sight of the four dog army and their two mates next door. They all knew he was there though and I’m pretty sure I heard Louie say “Let the wild rumpus begin!”. They barked like the hounds of hell in other words. {Look at his little feet!!}. I would so tickle them if I wasn’t sure I would catch ringworm.
