..now a mommy..

She arrived on Saturday the 10th, light brown and white, 5 years old, about 10 pounds, and is just the cutest thing!
She is a Shih Tzu. We found her at a local dog foundation and she is a former puppy mill dog. We all know how I feel about puppy mills (they break my heart and make me cry haha). When we arrived, she ran up to me and within seconds was in my lap chewing on my hand and then within minutes was falling asleep in my arms. So yep, she is a keeper. Jesse allowed me to pick out the dog I wanted and she was the one I wanted! We are excited to have another member to our family. We were a little nervous about housetraining her but she is pretty smart and only has had 2 accidents on the carpet! And both were Saturday when she arrived. She has caught on quick so we are excited for that. She is just a sweet thing and we love her to pieces. I have not begun searching for a job so I will be spending some time training her and helping her adjust to life in a home. She had never been on a leash, worn a collar, gone up/down stairs, been on carpet, etc. It’s sad..she doesn’t even like treats because she has never had them. I’ll keep you updated on her progress!!

P.S. I can't post a picture of her on here...won't let me, think it might be the internet connection. I will soon!

..toe incident..

We moved into our new apartment! We started on the 20th and finished only about 10 days later ;) haha Gotta love the sudden moves! Jesse told me on a Wednesday night that we should move in Saturday and therefore we had no time to pack. It wasn’t too bad but I hate moving. It makes me realize how much crap we have. We both have so many stupid textbooks, papers, organizers, pens, staplers, all that stuff we needed when we were living in the dorms or apartments. BUT now all that stuff is sitting in our new apartment with no need for it! I need to do some “winter cleaning”. We love our new apartment. It is in such a nice area. We are sort of out of LA County now and we have less crime (yes, the Santa killer was about 2 miles from our old apartment), cleaner, safer, etc. I don’t feel uncomfortable walking to the mailbox or even running to Albertson’s (which is right down the road, along with Starbucks!) We are working on getting internet so stay tuned for pictures of our new place J

So why is this labeled toe incident? Little backstory, for one of my bridal showers my mom got us these awesome kitchen shears. I use them to cut chicken, then take them a part and throw them in the dishwasher. Perfect! The only thing is that they seem to “fall apart” easily. Okay, I was putting drawer liner in and grabbed a kitchen towel. I did not realize that the shears were on top of it. Of course they go flying and come apart in the air. One of the shears falls on the ground and the other goes between my toes. “Oww! What the crap?!” Fear strikes my heart, I look down and the shear is by my foot. “Okay, didn’t stick in my foot but that definitely hit my toe, not good” I pull off my sock and count my toes “..3, 4, 5” Little bit of blood on #3, no biggie. I hobble to the bathroom and as I enter, the blood starts flowing. It’s like a CSI crime scene in the bathroom, I sit down on the ground and check my toe “too much blood, can’t see damage”. Well about 20 minutes later the blood has stopped and I can see the damage. The kitchen shear had gone through part of my toe. It was just a deep puncture wound and ended up with a sweet bruise and deep cut. It was like Chandler on FRIENDS, but at least my toe is still intact.