Sunday, February 21, 2010

Breakfast :)

Today, I have started my day off right! Along with Jims family, Jim, and Big Mike, we just had a lovely brunch at Life and let me tell you, it was delicious! After a hot chocolate, I started my meal off with 2 scrambled eggs, 2 links of sausage, 2 slices of toast, and home fries. Washed that down with 2 more scrambled eggs, 2 slices of scrumptious bacon, and 3 pancakes! Then, the waitress goes to take Amanda's plate but there was still bacon and pancake and home fries left! So obvs, Mike, Jim, and I finished that off! It was pretty amazing! I'm still in bk for one more day and I couldn't be happier!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

OH NO!

Crap... I'm missing class this Friday. Sadness... 











On the bright side!

Monday, February 15, 2010

COOL DUCK!!!

So this DUCK inspired this little boy who was born prematurely and had a stroke, to walk! JUST WATCH! 


Long Days Require Snuggle Buddies!

 Ok so I just absolutely LOVE my dog and I've decided to blog about her! I feel like I don't give her enough internet time ;)



You can obviously tell it was kind of a haphazard day by the hair do, but this is me and my best buddy! I love having her with me at night when Jim isn't around! She will snuggle with me right before I fall asleep and then scootch to the bottom corner of the bed to sleep. She is the absolute BEST! I know I've said it before somewhere else on the internet, but she really is the greatest! She snuggles, and sleeps in for as long as I do. She's very low key, unless you want to play, then she'll totally get into it with you! She loves tug of war and catch! She's a pretty great retriever, even though she's an american cocker spaniel!  She's a pretty obedient dog too! ESPECIALLY when there's food involved!


his was her when I first got her in June of 07! She was 3 years old already, which I liked because I don't really know if I would have the patience for a puppy haha! I had seen her online and I KNEW I had to have her! She was just so lovable and her story totally tugged at my heart strings. She had been abused by her previous owners and was only used for puppies. She wasn't fed on a regular basis and when she was fed, it was people food. I know dogs seem to love it, but most of it isn't good for them! She was almost bald when I got her due to a skin disease she had, which was being treated when I saw her. The woman at the Humane Society told me that the guy that dropped her off pretty much was a jerk. She would ask him questions about why Melly looked the way she did, and he would answer with "I don't know and I don't care." I was in absolute LOVE with her the minute I saw her in her cage. She looked like a little grandma! In doggy form!
The second picture is one of her now! A very happy, very fuzzy little lady!


I had to make sure she was good with cats, seeing as we had Tigger living with us. SHE LOVED TIGGER! She would try to hang with Tigger all the time, but Tigger really wasn't having it until about a week later and they came to be good buddies. Then we got Peanut and Zee.... Zee is a DOG HATER! But absolutely ADORABLE! She, Peanut, and Melly would all run around the apartment and keep each other busy during the day until either Amanda, Becki, or I got home.

The first one's Peanut... she was a little smaller when Amanda got her ;) And the second one in her "chill out" igloo, is Zee. They are pretty crazy but these two and Melly were pretty tight. When Melly moved out, she was definitely lonely for these guys because she isn't a dog, dog. She get's along fine with my other two pups but really doesn't enjoy dog company. Jim's dog Penny tries to play with Melly all the time and Melly gives her this look like "what the fuck are you doing? Please leave me alone... uhm, yea... "

 
She's also very dumb. Almost ditzy.... as she portrays very well in this picture with the look on that silly little face. But this is why I love her. She looooooooooooooooves car rides too!  We took Jim to the train station last night and she was a great companion! 



These are my other two ladies. An American Black Lab, Maxine and my fat Chocolate Lab, Calli! They are so wonderful and loving and just unconditional. We rescued both of them too. Max was 7 when we adopted her and Calli was 5. Max was severely beaten by her previous owners and had never been inside a house. Yet, when we brought her home, she was house trained and so incredibly obedient and SMART! She learned come, sit, stay, lay down all within a day. She really is a miraculous dog! When we got her, she was 25 pounds underweight and disgustingly dirty. Calli was just with another family, but they didn't have the time to love her so they had put her up for adoption. No sad story there!

I know I might be a crazy pet lady, but I'm ok with that. I feel like I am able to balance my life with my pets pretty well. I'm finally taking classes to be a Vet Assistant... which is a step in the right direction for me! I don't want to go and work for PETA or anything but I know that animals are going to be my career and I cannot wait!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Summer body needed. K Stew. I love you.

Thanks to Ang and Jessica I have been MOTIVATED to get to the gym! I think about it all the time and having that killer body! However... I have yet to make it to the gym... or outside to run... or to my floor for crunches. Last summer, I was in pretty killer shape! But this summer... it looks like my shape might be round HAHA! I always loved that joke and have always wanted to use it :) Moving on!

I don't care what PEOPLE say! I think Kristen Stewart is GORGEOUS! And I wouldn't mind having her BODY! I absolutely adore her awkwardness, her shy little antics. I am happily taken by a man mind you, but I have a serious lady crush on her. She is, by no means, classy in any way like some other actresses out there, but I can't help but just LOVE her to pieces.


 I know I'll never have those long legs but I'm hoping to join a gym in Norwich near work to get my ass in gear! I love when the said girls above mention the gym and how great they feel about making it there. I'm going to start putting in a mini-effort. Baby steps... baby steps.



Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Oh MY!

I've been majorly slacking on the blog updates! So here we go! Yes ... I've been eating haha I ran into Matt Banker the other day at work and he commented on my 8 bagels. It was really only 4. But they were delicious! Today ... Since I made it home though the snow, I treated myself to a pizza. I've been doing my best to save money and getting that pizza didn't help but it definitely boost my moral :)


My dad also made his famous home-made meat balls!!! Talk about DELISH!!! He got the recipe from my Grams and she was an AH-MAZING cook!!!! So I obvs indulged in those too. And topped off my night with a cup of Espresso Chip ice cream!!!
With a full belly and my doggy snuggle time, I'm officially ready for my weekend to begin!!! Tomorrow is a Waking Elliot show at the Pour House in Hartford! People should come! It'll be good music with good people!

I am going to try harder to stay on top of my blog game :)