busygirl

just playin' some halo.

 

sunbathing beauty.

This dog will sleep ANYWHERE.

Sigh...always sacrificing comfort for a good suntan.

give a dog a bone.

As every pet owner does, I laid down some ground rules when we got Ricki - he can't sleep in the bed, can't go on the furniture, can't eat people food...and as expected, not one of those stuck.  Except the people food rule, unless of course my brother, Adam's dad or anyone unable to withstand his puppy-dog eyes is within three feet of him.

Some of my friends will feed their pets anything, seriously.  And just as an FYI, if you're a dog owner - BIG no-nos include grapes, blueberries and chocolate.  We're really careful about what we give him...mostly cheese, carrots (did you say carrots!?!?!?  ::enter beggin' strips commercial here and replace with carrot sticks::) or every once in a while a piece of meat.

But Adam made soup last weekend and I couldn't resist.  Ricki has never had a real bone - he doesn't even chew on rawhide (he's not the SMARTEST dog, he'd probably choke on it).  So we dug one out of the pot and placed it in a bowl to see what he'd do.

He looked at it for about a minute.

Tried to pick it up (enter in loud chorus of 'NO!' as my dreams of a clean carpet went whizzling through my head)

 
And then finally figured out that the good stuff is in the middle :)

 

you capture: shapes

Day in and day out I stare at this thing.

It's familiar.  The 'squares' fit my fingers perfectly.  I love the soothing typitty sound the 'squares' make when I touch them.  Rarely do I miss a 'square' and usually it's because I had become utterly distracted by the lovely 'circle' on my desk (my ever-coveted coffee mug).  The 'squares' don't stick, don't correct me, don't miss a beat.

And so, I spend hours upon hours with this 'rectangle', full of its tiny, perfect, little 'squares'.

What did you capture?  Head over to Beth's to see more!

wordless wednesday: grandpa's silly kitty.

snowbunnies.

Another fun day of snowboarding, but man does my tailbone hurt!

Adam and I both spend a decent amount of time on the beginners hill trying to learn some new moves.  And although successful, I spent a good amount of time laying on my back, covered in snow spray while the six-year-olds whipped around me.

Sighh...I'll never be as good as those six-year-olds.  Future olympians.  I expect to be in their gold medal thank you speeches for being an obstacle in the middle of the mountain while they were training as kids.  You see that snow-covered lump?  That was me.

you capture: (puppy) kisses

I casually mentioned to Adam that this week's assignment was 'kisses' and was left coughing in the dust of his wake as he fled from the room.  Hmph.  Apparently Ricki was going to have to be my costar again this week.

So last night I sat him down and said 'Ricki, give me a kiss.'  And he turned his butt at me and walked away.  Apparently 'give me a kiss' is in the same realm as 'sit', 'lay', 'heel'...aka all those things we attempted to teach him that he refuses to learn.

Fortunately his curiosity with the camera never fails.  Upon bringing out the camera he immediately ran over to sniff and snot all over it.  Here's some quick shots where I attempted to capture him giving the camera a 'kiss' (I use this term loosely):

Yes, I know they're all blurry.  He wasn't being a very cooperative costar last night.  Sighhh...I hope all your captures are much better than mine this week.

wordless wednesday: taking adorable to the next level.

My future nephew at a little over a month old.

working hard from the homefront.

It is STILL snowing.  And our street is nowhere near the top of the 'to be plowed' list so we're pretty much stuck at home.

I did at least grab my laptop at the last second before leaving work yesterday - you just never know.  Good thing - now I won't be behind at work.  AND I get to work in my pjs.  And as expected, I did have a little help from a small, furry friend.

Someone's pretty happy that I'm home today.

you capture: work

This week's assignment was to capture 'work.'  Well, working in Finance isn't all too glamorous, I mean really, even my desk looks boring...

Snooze.

So I decided that one of my co-stars would be the topic of this week's you capture.  I mean, we all know that he spends about 84% of his time scatching some shut-eye, but there are a few times that he does have to 'work'.  I managed to snap this shot this morning of him working hard to get his Pedigree dental stick (btw if you have a dog, these things are amazing!  They've done wonders to keep the few teeth he has left clean).

Hey, it's hard work looking this cute.

For more you capture - head over to Beth's!