Meet Alex!
Meet my new buddy… “Alex”
Alex is a 1 year old Shih Tzu that I recently rescued from Ron’s Rescued Rascals. As I understand it, he was running stray and just about to get hit by a car when a nice woman picked him up.
Let me tell you, he is the sweetest little dog… we bonded immediately.
Here’s how it happened… I was stumbling last week (stumbleupon.com) when I stumbled into petfinder.com
2 minutes later… I was looking at his ad – it read:
“Hi I was running stray and was about to get hit. This nice lady picked me up and fed me and put some meat back on my bones. She then called the rescue to help me find a home. My owners aren’t looking for me. But I am a sweetheart.
I am about 1 year old and still have some baby teeth, very playful, and love everyone. I snuggle at your feet at night near the couch and love to play with other dogs. I am crate trained, not sure if i am house broken, my foster mom is evaluating that. but If I am not, I am old enough to learn real quick with some tasty treats and some one on one attention.”
I melted.
I knew this was my new puppy. He is adorable. Within a couple days, Alex has learned how to go outside to potty, sit, shake hands, do the “high 5” and walk with me. I’ve learned how patience, consistence and a bag of treats will get you anywhere with this puppy :-)
So… Saturday, Alex had his first visit to the doggie spa. Judging from his appearance when I got him, I would say this was his first visit ever! :-)
Check out his before and after pics:
Wow… what a difference! Truth be told, I like him better with the long coat but I had to get rid of that matted, stinky, yucky mess. We’ll grow it back :-)
Here we are the day I picked him up
Check this out… just a few kibbles later, he is shaking hands!
Yeah!!!! Alex!!!!
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wii Bowling Party
If you haven’t wii bowled… you are missing a great time. This has to be the best game ever. Have a few friends over, open a few beers and bowl in your living room ;-)
Here’s Mark (my business partner) showing us some skills…
What a blast..
High Protein Cafe Mocha
Ok… I love coffee and chocolate. That’s no secret.
I made a pretty good concoction using my favorite whey protein and a big cup of Starbucks Breakfast Blend.
Here’s what I did:
- 2 scoops Optimum Nutrition Chocolate Whey
- 12oz Starbucks Breakfast Blend coffee
- 4 TBSP Hazelnut Fat Free Coffee Mate
Put one scoop of protein in a coffee cup. Now, pour enough coffee to cover the protein. Stir briskly until protein is absorbed and then fill the cup about half way. (be sure there are no lumps)
Place the second scoop of protein into the cup and repeat. Put a little Coffee Mate in to give it that nice creamy flavor.
If you really want to party.. put a nice scoop of Cool Whip Free on the top!!
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My new shopping buddies
So… I was at World Market the other day and picked up these two crazy party animals (look at them…don’t they look like they are having a great time?)
The little one is actually a wooden wind chime – I am putting him in my bar/cafe. The other… well… I have fun plans for him… :-)
3 Inches of Ice
Ahhh… the coveted snow thrower with the phone booth attachment. Yeah, I look ridiculous using it but it beats shoveling and it really beats getting covered with snow.
My driveway was a sheet of ice this morning due to the snow and freezing rain we had yesterday.
I certainly want to thank the interim UPS driver who backed the big loaded truck into the drive yesterday afternoon. The 3 inches of compressed ice was a real treat to scrape off.
This guy was dumbfounded when I confronted him about it. I couldn’t believe he had that truck in the driveway and he couldn’t figure out why it was such a big deal.
Asshole.
I’ll tell you this… his supervisor understood immediately. Got it on the very first try :-)
