Weekly winners Tutu

So this week since my camera's batteries died I am making my theme a TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE! Go visit the other wonderful weekly winners participants over at Sarcastic Mom's blog!

We transport this week back to a wonderfully sunny day in may at University village in seattle when Kenzie was about 15 months old.


"OH! MY! YODA!"



"Um, can i get down now?!"



"hey! look over there!"



"SMILE!"



Lookit! our shoes!



"Not too sure about this mom!"


"Oh! I guess its not THAT bad!"


Oh and just because i am having way too much fun with photos:

A dog's life

Hey everybody, Lilly here! After my human's silly entry last week some of you suggested that I should drop by and do a guest entry(yeah i read comments thats right!). So I helped the little human make a giant mess so that I could come to you live from my couch!

Around the house I am the boss, I may be little but that doesn't mean I'm not tough. Though don't try and make me go outside(mom's always trying to do that what do I look like a malmute?!) its C O L D out there and I might freeze. Going out in the summer is okay though because someone might come and play frisbee with me or fill our wading pool with the kickin' slide.

I'm one of 3 dogs in the house- Eeyore is the youngest of us, and Jack is the newest, me? I'm just the ole lady round this place. Mom has 7 cats all of which are hilarious. they try to pretend they hate us dogs but when mom isn't looking I like to cuddle with them especially darryl he's a nut. Out in the yard we have some crazy chickens that think they are cats- seriously dont they know cat food contains chicken?! who wander around making wierd noises. Then there are the two odd balls in the ducks- Quackers and Slowpoke, there used to be a third duck but that idjit Eeyore decided she fancied her a meal of duck and ate Cheese Whiz(I feel sorry for the ducks who names their ducks quakers and cheese whiz?)

I love the little human that runs around here, she's pretty awesome. She likes to chill in her high chair and share all of her food with me cause I'm her buddy. Sometimes she sits on me and chills out but mostly she uses me for boxer bustin' practice. I think that little human's gonna grow up to be a rodeo clown! She is K-RAZY! I like it when the little human gets to go to the fast food resturants cause she always smuggles me some fries home I love me some contraband french fries. See mom thinks that I am overweight and need to slim down a little so I shouldn't be getting any french fries anymore- I just wish she'd realize that fluffy is the new thin!

I love it when in the spring mom's other girls have their little tiny babies(mom raises goats) and they come live in the house. Those little things are adorable and I like licking them! They smell kind of funny at first but they sure do taste yummy!

Well I gotta go the little human and I have a long day tommorow! Oh I almost forgot HELLO! to THE MEXICAN! How are you?! I really feel for ya! man I hate baths too!

I can't wait!

So last fall as I was browsing through the new shows for the lineup I came across one that caught my attention. It was called "The Baby Borrowers". Basically the premise is that they have several young couples and they give them first an infant, than a toddler, tween, than a teen and finally a senior citizen. Meanwhile at least 1 of the 2 people has to have a job outside the 'home' while they do this.

As many of you know I was(and still am) a young parent. I had Kenzie when I was 18. Life has not been a basket of roses by any means. I have become increasingly curious about hollywood's portrayl of young/single parenthood. They seem to go with the 'roses and lilies' approach. You know the one where everything turns out peachy in the end? I hope that this new show on NBC will open the eyes of young people to how hard it is to be a parent. I wouldn't give mackenzie up for the world BUT I'd sure love to help someone from ending up where I am at today.

I have attached below a trailer from NBC's site watch it and let me know what you think. Will you watch it? Would you let them borrow your kid(s)? Think it'll do well?

Wordless Wednesday

Keep an eye out on Friday(2/1) for a SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER! OH! and GO *points right* and take my poll!

My goal for 2009

So after seeing all the Convention reports over on the ADB forum I have made my resloute promise to myself that next year I WILL go to a con. I'm not sure which one but I know it will have to be somewhat local or somewhere I know other people so that I can have someone to split a room with. Sorry for the short post tonight I have a gagillion pages of pre-visit stuff to fill out for my endocrinologist appointment, and plus my shoulder and arm are killing me from physical therapy today.

Snow days, and books

Why is it that when we are kids, we look forward to snow days with such excitment that when we have them it is too much for us? At what age is it that snow days become the bane of our existance- a day to be reviled as we have others to entertain and none of our precious 'kidless time'? Is it when you graduate from high school? when you are in college? when you have school age children? What about none of the above?

Today our school district(and many others) had a snow day. Now granted I could see the point down south where they got several inches of snow. Up here though our grand total was under 2 inches of snow. The roads had some compact snow but weren't really all that icy nothing that chaining the buses and putting them on snow routes and a 2 hour delay wouldn't of been able to handle. Honestly I think I resented the snow today more than I ever have. See when there is no school it means that my whole family ends up staying home. That SUCKS!

Now don't get me wrong I love seeing the joy in kenzie's eyes when she saw the snow falling lazily out of the sky; but I just cannot stand spending weekdays with the family!
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This week was marked by another trip to the library to pick up some more reading material. So today I finally got to sit down and read the last book(i still have one more but its the most current book) of the Temperance Brennan series. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love that series. Its suspenseful but not overly so, it has plot twists that you don't see coming, and a cast of characters that you're guaranteed to find someone you identify with. I finished all 40 chapters in less than 4 hours tonight. I cannot wait to get my hands on the first book of the series- Deja Dead.

Shelter Sundays

This week shelter sundays is back. It was a interesting week all around today. See I had to take Jack our big boxer in to get the big snip snip done. I got to stay with him, let me tell you, it is a completely different experience to be there when your pet gets it done vs someone elses. I am very intruiged by the process as I want to be a vet someday. I am really lucky that Dr. N is so wonderful with me.

Today's pet of the week is Taz.

Taz is a white and grey cat who has been at NOAH for a while. He is a real sweetheart. I love him to death. He has the sweetest eyes that get you(those puss in boots eyes). Today I was walking by the colony and I slowed down because I saw something moving at the door it was Taz sitting there his paws on the window wiping it with sad eyes. He is a very unique cat who needs someone special to love him.

Weekly Winners 1/26

Its that time of week again! Weekly winners! You can find more participants over at the wonderfully funny Lotus' blog! Have I mentioned she was nominated for the 2008 bloggie awards? No?! Well she(and Fussy) were nominated for best new blog! Go vote, vote vote!

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Our living room on a typical day:


Jack was worried I was going to take his chair


When I came back I found this:


When I took my Laptop away she looked like this:




Have I mentioned how much I LOVE taking shots of our boxers?

THE Scrapbook

So as some of you readers know a few months back I volunteered to help with the "A Dog's Breakfast" Doctor's Without Borders' guestbook project. Until earlier this week it had really just been a figment floating around in space that my co-partner and I kept trading emails about. This week it became a reality. Wednesday night I returned from my wrap up meeting for the the CLE to find a package in the mail containing all the wonderful entries from the guestbook.

I promptly set it aside for the night after pulling out the scrapbook:

I decided that it would be my 'nap time project' meaning I could ONLY work on it during nap time. I do this so that A) I have a time in which to do things and B) prevents me from sitting and spending all day on something that I shouldn't.

So yesterday and today I put the scrapbook/guestbook together here are the pages. I apologize for picture quality I spaced taking pics till after it was put together and didn't want to take it apart. Though I must say a BIG "thank you" to who ever mailed me the baby stuff, as there were some Baz related messages. Oh and the fact I ran out of wedding stuff after a while.
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Cover:

Front page (fills in the cutout of the cover):

The 'hand in hand' page:

The 'proposal' page:

The "our Wedding" page:

The "Dresses" page:

The "cutting the cake" page:

The "Blushing Bride" page:

The "Handsome Groom" Page:
(oh shut up i dont know why i picked the pink paper)

The "worth the wait" & "Tuxedo" page:

The "wedding flowers" page:

The "man's best friend" page:
(the mans best friend thing is made out of metal)

The "puppy dog tails" & "no barking" page:

The "promise" page:

The "Precious Details" & "Kiss" page:

the "our Wedding" page:

The "unity" page:

This is about where I ran out of wedding stuff...and so I TRIED to group all the 'baz' messages into a couple pages.

The "stork" page:

The "bottle" page:

The "definitions" page:

the "its a boy" page:

the 'last' page:

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On each page I put the entries not really grouped any special way(other than the 'baz' ones) it was basically however I pulled them out of the pile.

Page: Entries:
Hand in hand 6
The Proposal 6
Our Wedding 6
Dresses 8
Cut The Cake 6
Blushing Bride 8
Handsome Groom 3
Worth the Wait/Tux 9
Wedding Flowers 5
Man's Best Friend 6
Doggy tails/No Barking 3
Promise 3
Precious Details 4
Our Wedding/Stars 4
Unity 5
Stork 4
Bottle 4
Definitions 4
It's A Boy 5
Last page 4

TOTAL: 99

Gosh, I feel like a stalker

So I am back to feeling like a bit of a blog stalker lately.

I cannot get enough of Sarcastic Mom's blog. I find myself checking back at her blog every chance I get, just in case she has posted something new. I always find myself in stitches reading her posts- you should run right over and meet her twins Kevin and Leroy! They are distant relatives of my yet unnamed fat rolls(I don't want to encourage them by naming them).


I have also become obsessed a serious follower of Mrs. Fussypants. She always makes me giggle too. I LOVE her "Fussy Fights The Frump" series I need to actually start reading back issues after my fashion disaster recently(the one in which i discovered i'm wearing maternity clothes).

I have been a long time follower of Dawn. She is a full time mom to six kids. I am in awe of her! She is amazingly funny and will have a book coming out this summer!

Oh did I happen to mention that Lotus(sarcastic mom) and Fussy are up for bloggies? No I didn't? Oh! well then! Fussy and Lotus are both up for best new blog of the year! Go vote for them!
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OH! I almost forgot to mention that I have now made my blog a DOFOLLOW blog! So comment away oh, wonderful readers!

Wordless Wednesday

This is what happened when I left my laptop sitting on the couch while I grabbed a soda:

the BIG announcement.....

now i am sure that ya'll are expecting something a little different right? like i'm running off to join the circus, or just won the lotto and will be paying you to read my blog from now on. Or maybe some of you(you know who you are) are wondering if i'm going to announce that i'll be hearing the pitter patter of more little feet.

No, No, and most definantly NO(unless there has been some immaculate conception going on that i'm not aware of).





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my BIG announcement is:

*drum roll*

I AM SERIOUS ABOUT LOSING THIS STUPID WEIGHT

*ducks flying fruit*
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This is why:

what i found today:

What i See when i look down....

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a few months ago:

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2 weeks after having kenzie:

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38 weeks pregnant:

anyone think that maybe i need new pants?