Aunt Sarah is Babysitting...

...she's like a drill sergeant! My parents took the hairless human to AZ to see Grandma & Grandpa. This is what I'm dealing with.

I was finally getting a good night's sleep because "the truth is" that new baby wakes up all through the night!! Then Aunt Sarah came crashing through the door yelling my name, making me get up from my super soft blanket on my human's couch and made me go on a long walk! What is she crazy?!? Does she really think I want a morning run? Before breakfast even? Geez, I'm not training for an agility training competition! At least my big cousin came along with me. He moves so fast! His legs are a lot longer and he could even jump into a river without drowning. I look up to that big yellow dummy! I was so annoyed with Aunt Sarah for ruining my sleeping in schedule that I pooped as far away as I could from her. That way she had to walk across the snowy field in her bright pink spring shoes. Serves her right for making me workout!! (Insert my evil laugh here) Then just to be a stubborn ass when we came back from our run I went and laid under your car so she couldn't make me come back in the house. Now I'm basking in the sun working on my tan. Hopefully the sun will give me more wrinkles because the chicks dig my wrinkles!

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-Tank Out

Random Fridays

Holy balls...Tank and I are way behind on our posts. It's been a little crazy in our neck of the woods! But...it's Friday and the sun is shining! Awesome!

The adoption roller coaster has been "WHOA" crazy! We signed on for this, so we're not complaining...but, WOW. We actually got a call last week to come pick up a baby. What? Say, what?! Yes...full on PANIC mode. Then twenty minutes later there was a "sorry..." call. No worries, we'll get there. But we immediately realized that our household wasn't totally ready. Now that we've had time to prepare - there are diapers, wipes, formula, clean baby clothes, etc. And, no shit...I'm driving around with a car seat in my rig. Yep, I look like a creeper.

Mabel (our boutique) is another story...holy schnikes! We're in the process of BIG things that we can't publicly announce yet, but it's so exciting that I want to pee myself. And in the same breath, freak the hell out. At any rate...I'll spill the beans soon enough. Just wait and see. On a another note, check out a cute new Curvy Girl arrival! :)

 

And...on the Rosacea front - I had a TON of allergy testing done this week. The GREAT news is that I'm not allergic to any foods or my dog! The rotten news is that I'm allergic to EVERYTHING, including:

•  All of my existing shampoos and conditioners
• All of my face washes
• All of my face and body moisturizers
• My toothpaste, deodorant, etc.
• Everything I clean the house with
• All of the glues I use for crafting and jewelry
• And...some of the fabrics I use for crafting/sewing

Bahaha...I know, right. Silly! SO...here's to wishing me good luck on purging all of these things and/or taking precautions when using. And here's a CHEERS to my rosacea flare-ups dying down. Heehee.

 

Okay...I'm off to finish some work and whatnot. Have a FANTASTIC weekend! xo

Rosacea and the City?

Actress Cynthia Nixon, aka Miranda from Sex and the City has rosacea too! And she's using her celebrity status to spread the word - awesome! Yes, this may be a small newsworthy item - but I really appreciate the sentiment! Even if you're suffering from very mild symptoms, your dermatologist can help. Visit rosaceafacts.com and take the quiz!

Happy non-red faced day to you! xo

Random Tuesdays

It's only 3:45, I'm sitting at my desk wishing I was at home with a frosty glass of wine in my hand and I get a text from Mom.

Our Mom aka "mother figure"* is not old, but sometimes she likes to blame certain things on being old. I won't state the most obvious ones, because she reads this blog. But...she texted me a question regarding an event. I asked why. She claimed that she didn't know because she couldn't hear the phone conversation and she "thinks her hearing is going". I had to point out the obvious...that maybe her cell phone from 1982 needs to be replaced? Huh, Mom? Should we get you an "etch a sketch" phone?

*Mother Figure reference is from Uncle Buck...Tia, the snotty teenager sister talking to her siblings. We always tease Mom with the reference. You can watch it here.

Waiting For You...Portfolio Photos

I have...had a dilemma. We need to provide photos for our adoption portfolio and I am always behind the camera. Lately I've really been behind the camera because I'm not enjoying this extra tire I've been carrying around my belly. I can blame that on injuries, fertility treatments, and such..but mostly I've been lazy. Boo, right! It's easy to make those excuses in the winter in Alaska, but really that's no excuse.

So, you can imagine my distress when we need to provide four, yes FOUR pages of photos for our portfolio. The first three pages were easy...sports photos, photos of Tank, photos of us when I was __# lighter, etc...but I figured we should probably have some more current photos. My sweet sister stopped by to snap some and did a wonderful job.

Here's how I avoided my "fat face" showing up in the photos...

 

Here's a close-up of the Ketchikan sneakers - aka X-Tra Tuffs. Aren't they just adorable?

 

 

This is one of my faves...Tank was such a good sport and struck some poses for the camera. :)

 

 

A little bit o' the "fat face".

 

 

 

And one last photo that makes me smile even though you can't see Bub's handsome face.

 

 

Okay, wish us luck! xo

National Kidney Month

Are you an organ donor? If your beliefs allow it, you should be. Organ donation is an amazing gift. In fact, we've seen it work. Our little sister donated a kidney to our dad last year. We like to tease her about her one kidney and call her "our Father's Keeper" - it's all fun and games until someone loses a kidney. Yikes. Here are the kidney donor and recipients circa 1982. So cute!

March is National Kidney Month and you never know when you're gift will save a life. Fast facts (from organdonor.gov):

• 117,299 people are waiting for an organ
• 18 people will die each day waiting for an organ
• 1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives

Becoming a registered organ donor is easy. You can visit organdonor.gov and register. Easy peasy!

I'm a Donkey On the Edge

Sorry, that's one of my favorite lines from Shrek. I'm not really a donkey on the edge...well, maybe? A jack-ass on the edge?! Mostly, I'm just a jack-ass...and I'm so in love with my ridiculous dog that I started a blog for him. Yep, you read that correctly...Tank has his own blog. I think he even complains about me on the "family" page. :) If you're bored and need some entertainment - check it out: http://alaskatank.blogspot.com/.

And if your dog wants to write a guest post about Tank's incessant butt sniffing (Aunt Sarah), just let me know! :)

Happy Hump Day!