A Chiweenie photo shoot /birthday project

 I decided since my mom is turning 50 this year i would like to do something special for her birthday, not just dinner and cake (which of course we are doing) but something extra special and there's nothing my mom loves more then her dogs. Hugo Boss is our oldest guy right now hes 13-14 (he was a stray/shelter dog) He's a chiweenie, dachshund and chihuahua mix and for some reason impossibly hard to photograph. I had my immensely talented cousin come over and we had a little doogie (as hes called) photo shoot, there's a few with my Dog Falkor as well

2 of our dogs passed in '09 but we had a very special relationship with them, of course we have loved all of our dogs but the last 4 we have had , have somehow seemed to have worked themselves into our hearts just that little bit extra 

Mossimo (we got him as a puppy and lived to be 17) 

Giovanni (we got him from the shelter and he lived to be about 12) 

Falkor had his pictures done when he was a puppy, but he will be getting them redone on the weekend given how much he has grown in the last 3 years 

Falkor totally dwarfing Doogers and of course half of Marc lol 

My plan is to do something along the lines of this, oversized "gallery" prints   not sure if i'm going to do colour or black and white 

illness, surgery, tooth extraction, and a light at the end of the tunnel

soo, Ive been away for a while and that sucks cause i love writing, even if no ones reading it lol. I had serious health issues and needed an operation, luckily i live at home and had both my parents and my amazing boyfriend to look after me. Its taking me longer to get back to "normal" then the Drs thought it would but that doesn't really surprise me, i feel like it always takes my body longer to recover then the average person.  about a month after the operation i was still feeling pretty awful and able to eat next to nothing, so i will  be heading back to the dr to find out what still "wrong" with me and i had to go to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth pulled after a week and a half of pain, swelling and constant headaches, Thank goodness its out! Due to all my illnesses i had to put my plans for both my basement apartment renovations/reorganizations and starting up my online business on hold. Its been frustrating and more then once my frustration and general bad mood has been directed towards people who do NOT deserve it! Especially Marc, who of course takes it like a champ (for the record i do apologize) i think it has alot to do with what i'm eating or lack their of! The main staple at this point is easy mac (bllehh) which is extra bad when your used to eating salads, fruits, chicken and the like for your meals not i'm stuck with processed foods and cookies and its really doing a number on me and my moods. Hopefully my dr will have some answers for me wen i go next week. In other news in my life Marc is starting school beginning of September i'm soo proud and excited for him. we finally got a peak at his schedule, and it doesn't look to bad, given i'm not the one going to school but nothing before 830 in the morning or later then 630.I'd like to get up with him the mornings, make him a healthy breakfast and lunch and see him off (we'd both like to make some healthy changes in our diet) but it will be a wait and see, i don't want to be in the way while hes trying to get ready to go.
Its been an interesting month, but i think things are going to start getting better. Marc will get into the routine of school, i will get my health worked out and then get my butt in gear with my business dreams and getting my whole house in order. im choosing to think if it as The summer was rough but i'm looking forward to a great a fall!

Things I Love Fridays

More things that have made me smile this week

 ♥  This app for iphone called Cocoppa I used  to make my iphone 4s super girlie and cute ♥  

(there are plenty of non girlie and non cute options as well, it can be a bit tricky, but i did find two blog posts that helped me figure out how to navigate this app one is stylefake and the other is stephnora )

♥  These Catbeards i may need to do this with havok lol ♥

♥ This adorable bunny bunny trio necklace from modcloth, which totally kick in my love of bunnies♥

♥This vintage pepsi advertisement i found in an old magazine, and framed this week for my dads birthday♥

♥This Sailor Moon gif, i loved this show soo much! ♥

♥ I hope when i grow old i can be at least half as awesome as these old bittys are ♥

And one thing that made me unhappy this week?? that no matter what i did i could not fix this post, i have no idea why there are different fonts, different sizes and highlighting but for the life of me i could not make it normal - SIGH 

Honeybee give away amazingness

 

awesome give away from little chief honeybee

I actually absolutely adore her blog, i read it everyday and follow her on all the social media sites too lol
now if i could only be as diligent  as her and keep up with my own blog.
buuut now that my parents are back and things are more normal again i should be able to get back to posting yyayy

things i love friday - better late then never

This week was a rough one, medical appointment, shocking news, the dog ripping his way through my parents door - thank goodness for these things that brought a smile to my face this week

 ♥  This totally Delicious popcorn mix from costco ♥

 ♥  Photos of the gorgeous abandoned Farm  house   ♥

♥ cute sporty  red  panda  ♥

 ♥  sooo love Luna   ♥

 ♥ the baz luhrmann  sunscreen  song from the `90s   ♥ 

 ♥  The curious case of  benjamin button short story   ♥

 ♥  And when it all comes down to it, crappy week and all - i know this is true ♥

ohh my beautiful but huge pain in the patooty dog

Knowing i had to get up early monday morning, since i had a doctors appointment in a different city i put my dog to bed early and then headed to bed myself. i got up in the morning and started getting ready to go, and headed up the stairs to let him (Falkor) and his uncle doogie (my moms chiweenie lol) out of the room and much to my surprise he was sitting at the top of the stairs waiting for me, and im wondering how me manged to get the door open ... 

Falkor hadnt opened the door - he had made his own! 

i didnt have time that morning to investigate it thoroughly that morning but did so upon my return later that day 

 the back of the door... yeah safe to say we will be purchasing a new door in the very near future

i also took the opportunity to send this picture to the dog shaming website, now just to wait and see if he "featured" 

click here for shameful dogs lol

Things i love friday

Just a few things that made me happy over the last week, sometimes you see that special something and it just puts a smile on your face

♥  This City and Colour lyrics print of my favorite C and C song ♥ 

♥  This David Bowie kitty ♥ 

♥ This Tattoo - makes me wanna get back to learning to knit ♥

♥ I cant be the only one who adores this man ♥

 ♥  Love this  Dress to pieces  ♥

♥  This beautiful  Work Space wish mine looked this pretty  ♥

♥ Oh My Gosh this  Kitty ♥

♥   And these simple five rules ♥