Mindless Weekend Edition

Truley

I started breathing heavily as if this was a pic of Jason Statham, shirtless, and... well, nevermind the rest.  But in the end he'd feed me some of that bread with Kentucky blackberry jam!!!!!!

Mouth watering....literally!

LOL, if it was Jason Statham I would not be interested in the bread or jam!

Let me know if you want the recipe for the bread, it really is very simple.

Dawn, that bread looks good enough to eat. LOL  If it weren't so warm here, I might bake some myself.  I can't come back to this thread without getting drool on the keyboard.

Beautiful day here and I've spent most of it indoors cleaning. Grr.  Time to get outside and enjoy the day. 

I just have to share this with you guys.  My little brother just got engaged!!!!!!!!!  It was perfect.  I was in on it.

My bro and his GF (who I've referred to here as SIL, because that's how I've always thought of her, even though she's technically his GF) came down this weekend to visit. 

So my brother and I planned it all out.

Today we went to the Georgia Aquarium, which they've been to before and loved.  The first time they came, we took a cool picture of them in front of a waterfall at an exhibit entrance.  When we got to the waterfall, I said, let me take a picture of you guys.  Took the picture.  Then I said, "This one didn't come out well, let me take another one."  That's when he pulled out the ring and got down on one knee.  She had NO idea, and was totally surprised. 

The best part is that I was able to get a picture of the proposal!

There were all these people watching, clapping, and congratulating them.  It was awesome.  One lady even yelled out, "OMG, he's proposing!!!"  It was absolutely perfect.  I am so happy!!

Heather - Congratulations to your brother and soon to be SIL. That sounds like a great proposal and the picture tells it all.

I'm an admitted carb freak too and could almost smell the fresh baked bread all the way here in California.

Jule - I hope Abbie is doing okay and continues to improve. I gave Sassy milk thistle for awhile and I just gave her one adult sized pill per day but there's probably a more scientific calculation for it than that.

We took my SD, her husband and his sister out for a really nice lunch today. It was to celebrate SD's birthday and then we had them all come back here so I could show the sister how to take care of the dogs while were gone. I think she'll handle it fine and having to listen to me babble about the silliest things was probably the worst of it for her.

I cleaned like a crazy woman all morning and so all we have to do tomorrow is pack and finish up a few things around the house. It was a bear of a week and then with the busy morning, I just now feel like I'm finally on vacation - Yahoo!!

I LOVE the proposal picture!  That is just awesome. 

Now, on to that bread. . .I could eat an entire loaf of that without too much trouble!

DH is working tonight so I'm going to do one of my favorite things, stay home and hang out with Willow. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Lori

 Congrats on the soon-to-be-SIL! Awesome picture. I'm weird, in that I'm super low-key for my hypothetical wedding plans (except a horse-drawn carriage would be awesome!), not a typically romantic person in general, but when the time comes I *really* want a romantic proposal. I've told BF this several times.

I've been taking the day "off" since BF's mom is out of town so I'm off of nursing duty. I had planned to catch up on a lot of work, but I've used the day to totally veg instead. And I am soooooo enjoying it.

We had a weird thing happen to us today - some people came to the door and said they were from "Direct Energy" and were sent to "make sure we're not paying too much for our electricity." They then requested a copy of our last electric bills. Super sketchy, IMO. I googled them and it seems to be a barely-legal scam. I sent an inquiry to our electric company about whether or not this is legit. Is this even legal, do you know? They've come to our house twice now... I worry, because there are a LOT of elderly people in our apartment complex.

Sending lots of good, healthy vibes to Abbie. Is she doing any better?

I just realized that tomorrow is my and BF's 6-year dating anniversary!!! We decided to postpone celebrations because he has a huge exam for work on Wednesday. But maybe I'll make him a special dinner or something anyway.

 Wanted to say thank you to everyone that wished me a Happy Birthday.

Daisyprincess, Happy Belated Birthday.  Hope you had a great day. 

Courtney, happy dating anniversary!!  Hope you have a great day. 

Lori

Gave Abner (my male Persian) a lion cut. He averages about one per year. He's a lazy sort and doesn't groom all of himself, so he ends up with mats in unfortunate places (like the middle of his back or his armpits) . If he were a dog I would pick out the mats, but he hates any pulling on his hair and cats have very thin skin. So, he ends up getting a trim.  He's mostly done, but was throwing a fit so I gave him a break before he was completely done. So he looks a bit haggard right now.  I think it is amusing that the cat who doesnt care about being dressed up, posed for pics and carted around will throw a fit over a little clipping. He's also lost about half his girth in fur alone. Poor nekkid smoosh

 I love that you caught the proposal on film - that rocks!

I'd like that bread recipe if the offer to share still stands...

Must....have....bread....  Dawn, I would love the recipe!

What a great proposal!!!!

Barbara, I was in your "neck of the woods" today.  A friend & I drove down to PetFest in Old Town Spring to evaluate a dog, & to do a little shopping.  Since Bev is supposed to be getting lease walks only, I decided to treat him & let him come along.  He was, as always, an absolute goober.  I swear that if he were human, he would be heavily involved in politics....he's a baby kisser.   Today, he realized that strollers=baby=one happy dobe boy.  Every time that a stroller would get close to him, he would stare longingly at it.  If the stroller got too close, & I was actually looking at something instead of telling him to leave it, he would shoot in for a kiss.  By the end of the day, my silly boy had kissed so many babies that it was unreal. 

We ate at one of the restaurants on the square.  THe food was ok, but the beer was great.  I refuse to share food with the dogs, but Bev loves beer to much to deny him, so I let him the last drink out of each of my bottles.  I had quite a few bottles....

Anywhooo, Bevo got a new pair of pajamas from the dobe rescue as well as some new neck candy.  I picked up vest harnesses for Shoe & Schatzi from the doxie rescue booth.  Chyna & Brutus got shirts from boxer rescue, & Brinxx & Angel got collars & leashes from the shelter where Angel came from. 

I am probably glad that I was drinking, rather heavily, at the time of my spending spree.  Liquor softens the blow a bit.

I did meet three morons while I was there.  Moron #1 came over to us to tell me that his uncle used to have dobes, & that he hated the breed.  I told him that we were even because I hated stupid people, & he was, obviously, stupid.  After that, he didn't want to talk to me any more.  Not sure why...  Moron #2 came at the restaurant.  We were eating in the outdoor seating area, & apparently, she thought that it was a good idea to let her lhasa wander around off leash to pee on the table & chair legs.  I asked her nicely, at first, to leash her dog.  When she didn't & it came back towards our table again, I yelled that my dog hated fuzzy dogs, & that he would eat hers if she didn't get it away from us.  My comment might have been more believable had Bev not been getting his butt kicked by a shih tzu from the table behind us at the time.  At any rate, she leashed her dog after that.  Moron #3 came in the form of parents who had a toddler.  Bev is great with kids, but I don't allow kids to give him treats.  He gets psychotically focused on treats, & sometimes he gets a little grabby when treats are involved.  These people were walking around with treats letting the kid give them to dogs.  They didn't even ask before they tried to let the kid give Bev a treat.  I realized that he was too focused on something & looked around just in time to see the kid's hand coming towards Bev.  I caught his hand, & stopped him before he got close enough for Bev to make a grab for it.  Then I reamed the parents for being "felony f-ing stupid."  I don't let my big kids hand strange dogs treats, wtf would you let a toddler do that?  Some days, people worry me.....