It’s Phoebe’s first birthday today!
We’re having a little family party for her tomorrow. I’ll be sure to post pictures afterward. *smile*
Somewhere Over the Rainbow…
This is one of my favorite songs. It’s so calming and it puts me in my happy. I could listen to it over and over. Enjoy.
No, you do NOT have the short haired version
I love taking Phoebe out with us. There aren’t many places that allow dogs around here but whenever we go somewhere like the pet store she comes along. Inevitably when she’s out with us she gets lots of attention. I’m always impressed when people know what kind of dog she is. Before we decided to get a dog and I did the research I didn’t know what a papillon looked like. However, too many times I have people who think they know what kind of dog she is.
“Aw! Look at the little chihuahua”
“I have the short haired version at home.”
*sigh*
Here’s a quick lesson in dog breeds:
Cute, but nothing at all like a papillon=
I mean seriously, how can you confuse this face
With this
???
I know people are just trying to be friendly so I’ll keep smiling and nodding. It’s just too much effort to explain that they don’t have a short haired version of my dog because there is no short haired version of a papillon. I won’t stop sighing though.
Unexpected consequence of too much snow
This winter Chicago has had it’s share of snow. In fact, I think we’ve had snow on the ground almost constantly since November or December. Thankfully the town we live in is really good about plowing the roads around where we live. If the roads aren’t completely clear by morning it’s usually been because it’s still snowing. Yesterday Joel and I left the house to find an unexpected consequence of all the snow plowing.
Apparently the speed bump just couldn’t cut it.
This is a little bit of a better angle. You can clearly see where the speed bump used to be by the darker area of pavement and that there’s still a small part of it left on the road.
And just in case you think this was intentional road work…
There are big chunks of speed bump in the snow bank on the side of the road.
Maybe I’m just easily amused but for some reason this really cracks me up.
Eating In: Day Seven
Today was our last day eating in and we didn’t do anything fancy. For dinner we made our vegetarian taco salad which is about the easiest thing on the planet. It’s a taco flavored, meat substitute that heats up on the stove. Add whatever salad fixings you like and it’s done. It’s one of my favorite meals actually.
It was an interesting week. I actually had a lot of fun trying out different recipes and I even feel healthier. Food at restaurants tends to be so fatty and greasy and I never feel like I eat enough fruits and veggies. Eating in I got to control exactly what went into my food and I made sure to incorporate healthier ingredients. Amazingly I didn’t have any major disasters either! Perhaps not quite as interesting for you readers but I feel good about it. It was a lot easier than I imagined it would be too. I didn’t spend hours in the kitchen every day because we were able to eat leftovers certain days. I still need to work on starting on dinner earlier since we tended to eat at around 8pm most nights. Things always seemed to take longer than I expected. I just have to learn to think about food before I’m hungry. All in all it was a great experience and I’m planning on continuing it for the most part. I feel much more productive and good about myself when I eat something that I worked hard on rather than just ordering in all the time.
My favorite quote of the week:
Joel- “Abigail, I love you more when you cook.”
Me – “Um, thanks… so do you love me less when I don’t?”
Joel – “Uh….”
Thanks Huffington Post for an interesting challenge and making my husband love me more in the process.
