mutts

adopt a dog.
there are thousands of dogs at shelters killed everyday.
i love all of our friend's purebred dogs, but there are dogs that are just as sweet, loving and fun in every shelter in every city.
find a purebred at a local shelter, or a rescue group if you feel you need a specific breed.

interpretation please

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My dreams usually involve things like elephants swimming in lava or flying cars... but last night there were clones!

Summary: I "ordered" too many Jacksons and they weren't actual clones but i guess all just identical people that looked like him? Anyway, they arrived on these buses so a few of his friends and I lined them all up to test and see who the "real" Jackson was. We started playing a song he wrote to see if he could play it and he did but got a few parts wrong so we started doing another test- but then someone "evil" was showing up at the house so everyone had to go hide! Later on a fake Jackson showed up and tried to pretend he was the real one... apparently i was trying to find the real Jackson back by tasting some bean soup i had cooked him in?! Was i a witch??

This dream also involved: donuts, bagels, evil fashion designers, my brother, and giant lawn mowers.

Clearly, i have an irrational fear of clones!

so entertaining :)

Progress

All our progress is an unfolding like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. It is vain to hurry it. By trusting it to the end, it shall ripen into truth and you shall know why you believe. -Emerson

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today

this time around

jackson and I have been trying our best to recall what we did last year for our 3rd anniversary....to no avail. sad, but true. (poor-graduate students don't go out to fancy dinners, can you tell??)
i'm sure whatever it was, we had fun :)

(this year, we had sushi, the largest piece of chocolate cake in birmingham, and laughed. official celebration via the beach to follow this summer.)
ATTN: jackson is now a "real" engineer. for real. he will now be wearing his hard-hat at all times. so proud of him.

the back porch redo is almost complete, and dining and lounging outside is now much more fun. we still have the classic butterfly chair which needs a new cover. so 70's- i love those!


i have been pure barre-ing lately, and it has been amazing. basically, a mix of pilates, yoga and ballet but way more ass-kicking! wish i could afford the classes- so i do the DVD's in my living room with lola and mia. my work-out club.

lately:
nearly finished with another semester (with a 4.0 to boot)
working diligently on lola's training- (for anyone who thinks we let her get away with everything- we don't- and we want her to have proper manners)
praying, hard for the best opportunities for my engineer
planning a ladies vacation!!!
going blonde-ish a la manana!
ordered this after hearing so much uproar over it's amazing powers. should have done so sooner!

Family Wagon

Big weekend! For the last 6 months Jackson and I have just been waiting for one of our vehicles to die. It happened. RIP Donna the Mazda. We already knew what we were going to replace her with :)




2009 Subaru Forester
Can't wait to plan our first road trip and camping weekend! It fits all of us: Moi, Jackson, Lola and Mia.

Suzani

I came home from an uneventful trip to my favorite thrift shop and saw a burlap sack laying by the door. I was so confused and kicked it around trying to read the address (um, wrong house?) but suddenly realized what it was! I have never seen a package wrapped so primitively!

Our mailman thinks we are strange.

sewn and sealed


the other side




it's HUGE. apparently i didn't pay attention to the measurements.
for now, it stinks and is airing out on the sleeping porch until i can employ (convince) Jackson to hang it for moi ;)