and the winner is …

Aug 16, 2011 | chocolate moose images | 1 comment

Last night, after a very long weekend I dumped out oodles of folded paper (some in 1/2 and some in 1/4 depending on the entry technique) from my large blue mason jar onto my foot stool in the living room to gauge what I was dealing with. 32 people dropped their name...

iowa summer

Aug 9, 2011 | stray stories | 2 comments

  not much to say … just back from our weekend in the country at our ‘vacation home’ 🙂 it was lovely! happy monday to all!

off and away!

Aug 5, 2011 | chocolate moose images, dogs

… yet again. Summer really makes me wonder why I even pay rent. Apparently it’s just a place to store a bunch of crap and a play place for my cats. My dad’s house could do that! 🙂 But really, I do love traveling. A lot! And this weekend we are off to I-OWA for another...

august 1st

Aug 2, 2011 | chocolate moose images, dogs | 1 comment

… that’s just crazy! I was just saying the other day that I’ve felt a lot less busy this summer than I did last summer but I still can’t believe that it’s August. Wow. In a month I’ll be talking about Labor day!! Not cool man, not cool. But actually, along those...

baby kittens … again

Jul 24, 2011 | cats, chocolate moose images

can’t get enough of these little ones! and I’m pretty positive in a few weeks I will get to see them again. shhh don’t tell the girls.      oh these little guys are so precious. it’s amazing how little they can be! ears the size of finger nails. eyes...

moa … not the mall but the dog

Jul 21, 2011 | chocolate moose images, dogs | 4 comments

Last weekend we had the amazing fortune to spend a long night {and breakfast} with Mur’s great friend from high school, a friend of mine from my Survivor days 🙂 and his amazing wife who I can’t wait to spend more time with! And guess what? They have an adorable dog!...

big news…

Jul 20, 2011 | stray stories, weddings | 5 comments

so I’m not a big person to gush and share too many personal details with many people but this seems like something I should probably share … this is my beautiful new ring. a lot of people might say this is a long time coming. and really, family would definitely say...

basket-o-kittens

Jul 17, 2011 | cats, chocolate moose images | 4 comments

  I lucked out a week or so ago and got to play with a litter of 6 of the fuzziest, orangest, cutest kittens ever. It was amazing! They were a little skeptical at first about being out of the safety of their kennel and being out in the wild, but the warmed up to...

olivia and lilah!!

Jul 15, 2011 | chocolate moose images, dogs

After a lot of weather and schedule trouble, Olivia and I finally were able to get together this week. And whoa, it was amazing! 🙂 Lilah is a Pit Bull/Lab Mix with possibly something else thrown in for good measure. Basically, she is a gorgeous (large) girl who turned...