Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ugly babies
Friday, August 6, 2010
Long time no post.
There is so much more to say and so many more things to tell but this is a good start since I haven't updated in so long. I will upload some recent pics of myself, G, Charlie and our trips and will upload them soon!
On a side note: Have you seen this commercial? I love it - makes me happy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg
Friday, May 7, 2010
Red Bud and Palmettoooooooo
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Unintentional Hiatus...
She married Chris, who is the absolute perfect guy for her. I have never seen her happier and I know that they love each other so much and are a perfect match. Here are a couple of pics of her beautiful, outdoor Spring wedding in Austin at Mercury Hall! Please take note of her hair, makeup and bouquet. I'll give you a clue who did them...me. I'm thinking about opening an all-inclusive wedding salon/planning business. Actually I'm not because I don't want to work on weekends.
April 24-25th:
G and I decided to make a last minute trip out to Palmetto State Park to camp for one night with Court, Justin, Monica, Tim and the dogs. It was last minute because I had actually gone into work the morning of the 24th for my meeting and didnt' decide until about one that afternoon that I really wanted head out there. So we did, and it was relaxing and wonderful. Spring in Austin is SO nice, I just wish it would last more than a month! Pictures of Palmetto will come in the next post....
April 25:
Saw this broadway play with G and his fam:
It was honestly one of the best musicals I've seen in a long time. It was upbeat, current and had great songs...I would highly recommend it if it comes to a city near you!
Last Weekend! I had my last meeting of Spring 2010 in Fort Worth last weekend. It was for the derm group that I manage and at the end the girl that I manage said, "Well Laura, how do you think it went." And honestly, I said, "Better than I ever expected!" It made me so happy. The members were actually really nice to me, have learned my name since our last meeting and thanked me for the job that I do. The board meeting, which always makes me nervous, went great. I was well prepared and actually had a good time at the meeting. Don't get me wrong, I'm soooo glad I don't meet with them again until October...but I don't think I'll ever dread one of their meetings again!
I do however have to go to a meeting next week in Chicago Monday-Wednesday. I was nominated by my boss to attend a "New Executives of Medicine" meeting. It'll be a short trip and I get to stay at the InterContinental right on Michigan Avenue so it should be nice! Maybe I'll try to find some time to hop down to ol Michigan and do some shopping. :)
Charlie has been GREAT lately. Yesterday was Charlie's 8 month birthday and I had off because of the meeting so I decided to sleep in, then take him to Red Bud Dog park. I've been wanting to go there forever and just haven't been able to find the time with how busy G and I have been. So we went around 1pm and it was awesome. We found parking right away (the last spot) in the tiny lot they have there. I can see how it would be a problem on the weekends! Anyways, we got there and went down the walking trail for a ways. Then we found this secluded spot right on the water. I took Charlie off of the leash and he ran right in the water and swam around. He kept looking at me like, "What are you still doing up there on land??" So I took off my flip flops and waded out to my knees in the lake with him. He had a blast swimming around, then running back to the shore and doing sprints, them coming back into the water. It was nice hanging out with him for the day and wearing him out.
Of course right in the middle of GLEE Charlie had to take a dump so he sat right in front of the TV stand and cried and cried. So I took him out to the dog hill at our complex so he could run around and then dump real quick. Little did I know this outing would turn into a 5-dog play date! It ended up being awesome. Charlie and 4 girlfriends of his ran around the hill chasing each other, fighting over sticks and having a really good time. Charlie got so tired by the end of it that he laid down in the middle of the hill and growled whenever a dog would come up to him. Apparently he didn't have a long enough nap time yesterday and was the end of his rope with playtime.
Tonight we have our trick class! We signed Charlie up a couple of weeks ago for a trick class through PetsMart. This is his 3rd training class and I think he really likes it. It is so much fun for G, Charlie and me to go to each week. It gets us out of the house and also gets Charlie out and around other dogs all while learning some awesome tricks!
Anyways. I'll try to be better about updating the blog now that I'll have more free time. I'll also post some pics of Palmetto State Park and also some pics from Red Bud in my next post!
PS. Charlie is up to 38 lbs now! He's a big, growing boy...makes me sad :)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Charlie Charlie Bang Bang!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sunglasses Update!
Head down to your nearest Marshall's ASAP - seriously. They have CUTE tops, shoes, sunglasses and purses for super cheap...I don't know why this was only the 2nd time I'd ever been in one. Anyways, I know you've all been worried about my horrible fashion faux pas so I thought you'd enjoy that update!
TICK tock on the clock...
These pictures are from good ol' google images, but I thought I'd give you an idea of where we went. So we decided to go off the beaten path while hiking because we're pretty hardcore and we went through this field area that had REALLY tall grass and a tiny, narrow trail going through it. There were some bluebonnets here and there too which I'm loving right now in Austin! Anyways, this is where I KNOW Charlie got his Lone Star Tick - see the above picture. So, Saturday we had gone hiking. Sunday nigth around 7pm I got a text from Courtney letting me know that she had just pulled a TICK off of her HEAD. At first I wanted to puke, and then I proceeded to start feelign every inch of my head as I sat in the living room. Thank GOD I didn't find anything on me. However, Garett remembered that he'd felt a weird little bump on Charlie in the car the evening before and thought it had just been a scab. Sick. We all know where this story is going - turns out that "scab" was a nasty tick that was sucking the blood out of my sweet Charlie :( Living in Texas and being outside all the time, I have actually never seen a tick so it disgusted me....I quickly googled how to get a tick off and read that you're not supposed to use vaseline or a hot match or needle anymore. Instead you're supposed to get a good pair of tweezers, grab the tick down by the skin so that you get as close to it's head/pinchers as possible and pull it out in the same motion and direction that it attached itself to the dog/person/whatever you're pulling it out of. This tick was wiggling it's little back legs as I latched onto it with the tweezers. I got a good grip and pulled really hard and it popped out of Charlie and continued to wiggle while I held it in the tweezer grip...SICK. Since it was still alive and I'd never experienced a tick before and I was standing there imagining me loosening my grip and having the damn thing fly or sprint at me and start sucking my blood I did the most reasonable thing I could think of and grabbed a lighter and killed it with the flame while still holding it with my favorite pair or tweezers....
Horrible experience but I'm so glad we got it off of Charlie as early as we did. Point is, we had booked a campsite to go back to McKinney in May because the sites were secluded and beautiful...but I quickly called Inks Lake and changed our reservation for there :) That and Lexie (Court's dog) was super sick after hiking and we think it was water-related.
The End!