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I’m not 92% more rested…

December 10, 2014 by Susan 15 Comments

Ah, this weather. Is it me or should rain in the winter just not exist? I’m a huge fan of all seasons. I really enjoy winter. However, unlike mittens and gingerbread lara bars, rain holds no valuable place during this season. I say this, living in Virginia, the state where everything shuts down when we get a mere quarter inch of snow.

It is cold and dreary outside. Snow would make everything better. It would make everything shut down. It would make the world calm for a couple of minutes. It would make my puppy very, very joyous. {Because right now, she thinks leaves are beyond awesome… and I’d much prefer her eating snowballs to leaves.}

I don’t know about you, but I cannot believe that Christmas is about two weeks away. I sit here listening to jingle bells {actually it’s just Olivia Benson playing with the cat’s toys} staring at my boxes of decorations strewn about my house. Guys, I need a kick in the butt. I need to be a good lifestyle blogger and do the whole “Holiday House Tour” thing. I need to wash my hair, drink more wine and stop cleaning 8 paws, plus 8×1,000,000 puppy paw prints, courtesy of this wet, muddy December. Any other dogmoms out there concur?

2 cats & chloe: border collies in leaves

The thing is, I just don’t feel good. I am struggling through my carb withdrawals. Seriously STRUGGLIN’. I’ve done numerous Whole30s but never have I experienced withdrawals like these. {I am recovering after my #7DaysOfGluten.} My endoscopy was yesterday, and while “the sleep” during the procedure wasn’t that great {in my opinion, I was too drugged} I spent about 92% of yesterday passed out. If only I felt 92% more rested, I’d consider it a win. But I’m still exhausted and fighting the urge to tear open the box of Swiss Cake Rolls that are smiling at me on my coffee table.

Lucky for me, today was my day: the day when the stars aligned, when there is a touch of pirate-like fog on the streets paired with an annoying mist, and when I spent 92% of my yesterday sleeping. Magical things happened. And when I say magical, I mean magical as in you-can-wear-whatever-you-want-and-not-a-soul-can-judge-you kind of magical.

Actually, they can judge you. They probably sneering at me when they saw me coming from a mile away. It may be dark outside, but those fluorescent lights in Target do not hide a darn thing. Turns out, it is very obvious that I haven’t washed or brushed my hair in several days. My yoga pants do not quite meet my pink polka dot rain boots, showing an unshaven couple inches of calves. Lord knows what shirts I have on underneath my old fleece hoodie… based on the t-shirt material hanging out the back of my jacket, I’d guess a hot pink layer, a white sequins top and possibly a jersey knit, blue material?! My coat is partially zipped. I’m rocking a winter beanie with two thirds of my hair shoved up in there. Then I’ve top things off with my makeup-less face and crooked glasses. {To be fair, I grabbed the glasses prior to walking out the door, so when I made that quick glance into the mirror, my refection looked seamless and a just wee bit blurry.}

There’s really no point to this blogpost. Snaps for those of you who have paused the Victoria Secret Fashion Show to read about my unfashionable ways. No, I do not have any pictures of today’s #ootd. But while I was typing this post, these shenanigans were went down:

— Cheers y’all —

Happy National Cat Day!

October 29, 2014 by Susan 24 Comments

In honor of October 29th being National Cat Day, I figured the title characters of 2 cats and chloe deserved a little photo presence here on the blog. I woke Rockie up in the midst of his afternoon nap for a quick photo session. And since Spitty is no longer living with us {per her choice} I thought it would be fun to reflect back on their sweet brother and sister baby pictures.

National Cat Day: Flashback Baby Pictures

National Cat Day: Rockie’s I-Should-Be-Napping Photo Sesh

National Cat Day

Happy National Cat Day from Rockie and Spitty! xxoo

Signs of Summer…

July 5, 2013 by Susan 3 Comments

I hope you all had a lovely Fourth of July! I also hope that you are as lucky as I am and that you will be enjoying a Four-ish Day Weekend! The sun has finally come out and I am finally enjoying my vacation on the river without the help of the Lifetime Movie Network.

I want to keep this short and sweet, as I have more of a lather-up-in-tanning-lotion-priority than I do a be-a-blogging-rockstar priority. Sorry friends. I love you, but sunshine on my shoulder really does make me quite happy.

So here’s some images from yesterday’s celebrations.

American Flag and the Pirate Flag… Pretty much sums us up!

Floating, Laughing, Drinking. Happiness.

My sister and mom.

It’s all fun and games until someone falls into the river…

My mom’s dog, Lacey. Too cool for school.

Yes, my bike has streamers. Pink ones.

Brown Dog’s Bathtime.

Someone had enough to drink…

Fireworks across the river.

Hello from Newport News!

May 23, 2013 by Susan 1 Comment

In the past week I have had three more times when people have said something like “You’re such a good story teller” (I hope they don’t think I’m a liar…) or “When are you going to start blogging again?”…

Believe it or not, I love writing. It’s the actual sitting down at the computer that I don’t like. I mean, I sit at my computer to do work for a good part of the day. So by the time it’s dark and Big Bang Theory re-runs are on, that last thing I want to do is sit with my gloriously pretty Mac. No offense Mac, you know we have a lovely love/hate relationship. My love than hate. For sure.

That being said, it’s 11:25am. I figure if I want to do this, maybe I should write before I don’t feel like writing later. Oh, and it’s supposed to start storming this afternoon and this girl takes all precautions when it comes to lightning. Yes, I canceled my gym training session today and yes, my computers will be shut off prior to that first bolt of lightning. {In case you’re new here, I’ve been struck. And no, I don’t mean by cupids arrow.}

In other news…

It’s official: I have moved to Newport News, Virginia. Yesterday was the first day in a couple of weeks when not one tear was shed from my big, almost-zooey-deschanel-size, blue/green eyes. The emotions are still all over the place but hey, one day without tears is a good start!

Things are coming along I suppose. My townhouse is still a hot mess. I need to get back over there to pick up the remains of my stuff and vacuum up such a large amount of pet fur you’d assume it was a real life animal. Quite frankly, I need to get my stuff out of there as soon as possible. It’s like the bandaid is just hanging by a few, painful arm hairs. Arm hairs that make you cry. A lot.

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I found that little nugget of truth (above) on pinterest yesterday. ~~I love pinterest.~~ I am obsessed with pinterest. {you can follow me here.} So I decided to use it as a bit of inspiration… I have started a list of all the good I am finding in this house /slash/ move. I must look past the fact that the house hates me: my key only works half the time, the yard has more weeds than a college freshman, I’m an hour from my family and the fact that it hasn’t stopped raining since I got here. Positive thoughts are on the way! I’ll do my best to share my list with you tomorrow! Promise!

In the mean time, one last update for you:

The pets. They are adjusting. Spitty is the most adventurous of all the furbabies. She has explored most of the house at this point and has almost accepted it as her home. She’s even vommed in three of the rooms. She’s on a roll. Chloe, who was familiar with the house, has been a bit nervous and has become even more of a velcro dog. She is thrilled to see Mr Michael more often. Rockie (and myself) are adjusting at the same pace…. only, while he is hiding under furniture trembling, I am unpacking boxes. He wanders around the house crying (as do I) and has yet to get a good nights sleep (guilty as charged). We need to adjust to the new noises, creeks, and the toilet flush that sounds like a space ship taking off.

We will get there though. I’m hopeful.

Bummed Out Fur Babies

October 22, 2012 by Susan 2 Comments

I’m home from work again this Monday. The Fur Babies look THRILLED about it don’t they? Pretty sure they had a crazy party planned for while I was out… Sorry guys!