Happy Birthday Eric

We went to Eric's 27th gothday last night. That is, his birthday party that was themed. You may have guessed that theme was goth. Here are Sara and I "Gothed out"









Here is me being totally brutal--using my inner darkness and metal powers...

The horror I summoned was truly dark and terrible, which you might be able to tell from my reaction.

Strange Happenings

So, yesterday we met a woman who was about 40-years old at the dog park . Why am I writing about her? Well, she used to live in Huntington New York, Long Island. If that wasn't strange enough, well she also went to Central College in Pella Iowa--Sara's alma Mater. Now she lives in Southern California--like us--with her dog. Small world!

One of us will be posting again soon to let people know about our possible holiday plans.

Nick

And now for something completely different...

So, our first 2 blogs were about our puppy. Now we're talking about food. Tonight's dinner was one of the most random, hodgepodge meals I have ever made. And it is one of maybe 3 times Nick has ever said...'remember this recipe...it's good.' So, here I will show you all how, sometimes, randomness ends up producing something great.

1. Nick wanted Mexican, so I made taco seasoned ground turkey.

2. I only had curry-flavored tortillas, so that's what I used.

3. I had no beans, so I used cooked carrots, potatoes, and onions.

4. I made a sauce of diced tomato, sliced cucumber, corn and black bean salsa, and sour cream.

5. I topped it all with some cheddar cheese and baked it.

Don't ask me how combining Indian (curry), Mexican (salsa and taco seasoning), and American (cooked potatoes, carrots, and onions) can combine to make one of Nick's favorite meals, but it did. Anyway, thought I'd share this weird happenstance with you.

I swear...this isn't a blog about our dog...

...it's just that we're both so in love and still kind of obsessed with him so it seems like it is. :-) Here is a pic I had to share. Teddy was asleep like this right before I took this shot, but he heard the camera beeping. This is one of the reasons we called him Teddy...he's so laid back he'll let you hold him however you want! It's pretty awesome.

In other news, we're going to a goth birthday party for Eric next weekend and we're pretty excited. Nick's going to wear eyeliner for the first time and I am going to wear leggings/tights for the first (and only) time. Should be fun! We'll post pics.

El Perrito Loco

So, Nick and I love our bestest friends' (Ashley and Aaron) blog because we feel it keeps us up-to-date on their lives. We live so far away and yet, although I miss them a ton, I at least feel like I'm still a part of their lives. Today I started thinking...I wonder if they feel the same way? I wonder if any of the people we love feel that way? We're so far away and, while we love it here, we really miss our loved ones. So, we're deciding to let go of our pride and originality and copy our friends. We're creating a blog. A copycat blog. We don't want that to be the name, but it will work for the time being until we come up with something better. I really hope this serves to help the people we love feel more connected to us in the same way that Ashley and Aaron's blog does.

So, for you non-Spanish speaking folk out there (that really includes us except for a few choice words that include the ones in this blog post title), our post is called 'the crazy puppy.' If you haven't heard yet, Nick and I are now caretakers for a little, 9-month old puppy in addition to our 2 adorable gerbils, Millie and JBJ. Theodore Edward Von Bearenstine (Ted E. Bear), or Teddy as we call him, came into our lives last Sunday. (For some reason Nick is dead set on adding 'Esquire' to the end of is name, but I hate it, so I'm only reporting that under duress.) He is so wonderful. We got him from a rescue in L.A. who picked him up at the shelter because he was set to be put down and they couldn't let that happen...thank goodness. He was a foreclosure dog and we are still trying to figure out how anyone could give him up. He is the biggest cuddler ever. He was absolutely filthy and stinky when we got him, but after a nice bath, which of course he hated, he was all fresh and clean and just smelling like puppy instead of a combination of puppy and urine. He got really sick from being in the shelter, but is finally starting to feel better after starting regimens of two different antibiotics as well as a extra-strong deworming med.


Well, I hope we can actually discpline ourselves enough to actually keep up doing this. This is a start!