started reading candace bushnell's 4 blondes today and i got through part 1 out of the 4 parts. it's not what i expected and although it's not great it's not abysmal either. i think part 1 ended too abruptly. i just started part 2 so we'll see how the rest of the book goes. hopefully i can get my butt to the library tomorrow to return marley & ( Read more... )

so i've been planning to build conan a wooden dog house for the outside and seriously put steps into actually doing it over the weekend but ultimately decided to scrap the idea indefinitely... wood is freaking EXPENSIVE!!!  plus i've been told that i really shouldn't make the boxy square design i had in mind because it wouldn't have enough support ( Read more... )

much belated and sort of shameless but eh, it's my xanga so i'm gonna post it anyway :-P


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man my dog just beat me up :-(  well, it looks and feels that way anyway.  he hit my face with his head and he split my bottom lip open.

i know a lot of you may assume i'm just being hyperbolic and exaggerating with my conan challenges so how's about a few pics:


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yesterday was a very frustrating day. thank goodness it didn't rain because that would've made me even more frustrated. conan was actually good for the most part. i took him out for a walk around the block several times yesterday and with the exception of peeing in front of one of my neighbors' house, he walked like a good canine citizen. it ( Read more... )

i don't think there's any need for me to make an official confession or anything, we all know i'm a weather wimp :-P  it was so nice and warm this morning, even til about 4 in the afternoon, then BAM rain!  i guess the key copier guy can't bitch about how lousy the "drunken weathermen" are since they did get the weather report right this time, it's ( Read more... )

life with conan is continuous and evolving rollercoaster ride of emotions.  i woke up this morning to news of how he's been really bad for almost two hours running around outside breaking my mom's plant spray bottle and running away with one of her plants, breaking the pot in the process... this after being so good overnight and not peeing or ( Read more... )

in addition, big dog = lots of $$$$$$$$ (as in expenses).  but then again, some people would argue the bigger the dog the bigger the heart and therefore the more love they can give.  i got my doggie yesterday and he's WONDERFUL!  i <3 him a lot :-)  he's very sweet and a smart, energetic dog... but homeboy needs training!  both housebreaking and ( Read more... )

ginormopuppy is practically mine wheee!!!  the cvacf called our house yesterday around noon and had my dad gotten our butts there asap he'd be home with me right now... unfortunately my dad and i didn't get there til 15 minutes after they'd already closed.  in the words of the cvacf staff person who called us, "he passed (the safety test) with ( Read more... )

my daddy and i went to chula vista to visit my future doggie yesterday.  i said visit because the adoption process takes a long time when you're rescuing a dog, it's not as quick as the pound where you can take the dog the same day if he's already neutered.  we got to interact with blackie (name to be changed for sure) and it got me to thinking-- ( Read more... )