Puggle tricks

In honor of Oliver's 2nd birthday I wanted to show you his tricks.

 

Isn't he the cutest!

 and in case you can't hear the command that makes him sit on his back legs it is "meerkat". Jimmy volunteered at the Dallas zoo a few summers ago and he loved the meerkats so we taught him that. this is what he is imitating. 

list of fours

True to form I have procrastinated this post for a long time. The lovely ladies who asked me to share my list of fours are Amy from A Daring Little Life and Lindsay from Scenic Glory. You must visit their adorable blogs. They are both super fabulous, talented women and should definitely be on your daily read list!

Here is my list, but be warned, I'm not good with answering questions without hours of thought, which I don't have right now so these are lacking detail. 

four shows I watch:

1. Modern Family. It is the funniest show on television. ever. Wednesdays are by far the best day of the week because of this show and my number 2.
2. Cougartown. As a die hard Friends fan I love Courtney Cox in this show. I usually have a glass of wine while I watch it, because if you watch it you know it is the center of the show 
3. Criminal Minds.This is one of my favorite shows but I can't watch it alone, or I get super paranoid and think every noise I hear is a serial killer trying to break in. and I am going to become Mrs. Spencer Reid. I think I love him so much because he is super brainy, like Jimmy.
4. Everything on food network. I love to cook, and love eating even more. So usually food network is always on. 

four things I am passionate about:

1. transitioning from my last question.. I am passionate about eating. I would rather not go into detail but lets just say my scale wishes I wasn't so passionate about this one.
2. Oliver. sometimes I think that I'm not going to be able to have kids because of how much I love Oliver. If I love a dog this much when I have a kid I think my heart might literally explode.
3. My family, Jimmy and his family, my roommates and my friends. I am surrounded by really great people who I love a lot. 
4. long showers. my best and deepest thoughts and ideas come to me while I shower. and there is no better stress reliever than singing your heart out in the shower. There is something about the acoustics in the bathroom that make me sound like I should be an American Idol.

four phrases I say a lot:

1. "bomb.com" used to describe something awesome.
2. "hola" it's how I answer the phone and greet people. But I always feel so awkward when I say it in the presence of a spanish speaking person, because its like one of the 3 spanish words I know.
3. "whatev" I don't believe in speaking in abbrevies. but this one I can't help but say a lot. 
4. "love you" you can't say it enough.

four things I've learned from the past:

1. worrying only makes the situation worse. 
2. kindness goes a lot further than choosing to be rude.
3. you never really know a person until you live with them.
4. your parents really do know whats best.

four places I'd like to go:

1. Australia
2. Italy
3. Alaska
4. Ireland

four things I did yesterday:

1. went to class. only two more weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (pardon the obnoxious amount of exclamation marks but they are beyond necessary)
2. cleaned the house for our Christmas party. my back is killing me but the house, excluding my room, is spotless. 
3. went to work. I help at the cutest little shop called jim.n.i in downtown Bryan. I wore new boots that weren't broken in and standing for 5 hours might have broken my toe. or something.
4. went to dinner with friends. they were nice enough to wait for me to go to dinner, but I didn't get out of work till 11 and the only place open was Denny's. lets just say my stomach is not happy about it.

four things I am looking forward to:

1. our 2nd annual tacky sweater Christmas party tonight!! We have a white elephant gift exchange that gets pretty crazy 
2. graduation. I was not made for school, I am so ready to be done. 
3. my wedding. I am a typical girl and have been thinking about it since I was like 5 and watch all of the wedding shows. (there are no real wedding plans, just little girl dreaming)
4. having my own house. I can't wait to decorate and create my own style in my own place!

four things I love about winter:

1. boots. I love buying, wearing and seeing boots. tall, short, black, brown, heels, flats, uggs, riding, hooker. boots boots boots I love them all.
2. snow. although in Texas there is a lack of it I love snow. 
3. Holiday decorations. I love seeing scarecrows and pumpkins and hay and then lights, snowmen and Santas. so festive and always puts me in a good mood.
4. snuggling. I love getting under a warm blanket when the weather is cold. and Oliver and Jimmy are the best guys for the job!

So there you have it, my list of fours. Here are some other awesome ladies who are fantastic bloggers. Can't wait to read your lists.

1. Brooke at shopgirl (this is my roommate who is getting back into blogging after her summer in NY and I keep telling her how awesome the blogging community is, so show her some love)
2. e.day at daily e.day 
3. Brooke at bright wishes 
4. Kelcy at when there is love there is life

What's on Jessica's phone

I linked up with Jessica at The Lowe Family News to share my phone pictures of the week.

This is our little baby tree. (its actually an outdoor tree) It's tall and skinny like I wish I was. It fails in comparison to my mom's magnificent tree at home but its a perfect fit for my little college family. The tree skirt used to be on the tree when I was younger. cute huh?

Jimmy and I put up lights.. aren't they festive!? We had to plug them into my room through the window because the stupid house doesn't have an outdoor socket. so lame

This is Oli and I relaxing at home during the long weekend, and yes it is warm enough for shorts, sick I know.

Daddy-O giving Oliver leftover turkey. He probably gained 10 pounds from all of the table scraps. he. was. in. heaven.

This my friends is Oliver's place to lay. I make my bed and get my pillows
just right and turn my back for one second only to find this. This isn't from this week because my room looks like a tornado hit it and my bed hasn't been made since.. longer then I care to say, but it's so cute I had to share!

Snuggle a Puggle

I haven't blogged much about the love of my life, Oliver. I literally have the smartest, cutest, best smelling, most friendly, most snuggly dog in the entire world. ever. I wanted and begged and cried for a dog for 20 years, every time I threw a penny in a fountain or blew an eyelash I wished for a puppy. and Oliver was worth the wait, he is the BEST!! that's why I had a PANIC ATTACK when he got off his leash last night and ran off. I was taking the trash to the curb and decided to take Oliver with me but he isn't the best with "come" so he has to be on a leash. If we are at the lake, where I know no cars can run him over he can be off leash, he runs off and explores but always finds us. Well we have him in a new Halloween collar, that apparently wasn't tight enough because as soon as we got outside the retractable leash slapped back to me collar and all. And of course it took Oliver less than a second to realize he was free. He RAN down the street, which leads to the highway. The second I saw the leash in my hand and him turn away from me I burst into tears. I ran into the house calling his name because sometimes if you sound like you're doing something exciting he comes running after you but nope, not tonight. I grabbed my phone and called Jimmy sobbing that I lost Oliver. When I got back to the yard he was peeing on our next door neighbors tree almost exactly where I had left him, he just looked at my like "whats all the commotion" and walked back to the house with me. Needless to say like the drama queen I am, I blew the situation way out of proportion. but that didn't stop me from crying for the next 20 minutes. I almost LOST him! Oliver, the best dog in the world, gone. I couldn't stop thinking about never seeing him again. All I know is that someone better come up with the technology to keep him alive forever, or clone him. Everyone needs their own Oliver, there's no better feeling than to snuggle a puggle.

Procrastination

A common trait that I share with most of my peers it the special gift of procrastination. Give me anything and I will shock you with the length of time I can put it off. I've tried doing things in a timely manner, but its just so boring. Easier? yes. Exciting? no way. there is nothing like the rush you get when you're racing the clock to finish on time. yeah right

This is my latest excuse for procrastinating..

Its a miracle I get anything done.