2 things then I fall into bed.
1) This is Maddie (and here and here they took the listing down so I updated the links), she’s a beautiful girl and on friday she’s my new special little gal. I can’t tell you how excited I am. I had initially passed her over on the petfinder site as she is all the way in Iowa, but the more I looked at her the more I fell in love with her. I’m a sucker for a hard luck case. Figured I’d drive down there and get her! Well, I went through the approval process, spent the day emailing the lady who runs the shelter and discovered that she will be in St Paul with the dogs from the shelter for an adoption event. She’s bringing the dog to me! Here’s the keenest part: I had decided to get a dog, I decided if I got a dog I would name her Madeline and call her Maddie for short. Cool? Cool!
2) I don’t care, hiking boots and walking shoes should come in pink. What’s wrong with pink? Well, besides the fact that no one takes you seriously? I found some kiwi green walkign shoes, cool, but not the same. Oh well.
There you have it, my peeps! The world is getting calmer, my ‘family’ will be getting bigger by one puppy, things are good. Good.
Filthy paradise
Where did my spontaneity go? Where did the whole jump-in-the-car-wake-up-in-another-state go?
I need to get rid of my calendar, stop scheduling things and start finding myself with free time.
I miss Kansas city, the Badlands, Chicago, Denver, Nashville and Memphis. What’s the point of having a dog and a car if I’m not using them?
Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you.
OH!!! How could I forget
CUPCAKE!!!!!
Cup
CAKE!
Sigh.
We went to Cupcake for lunch on Friday (finally). The cutest coffee shop/deli/bakery ever in the tradition of French Meadow but without the attitude. They focus on the bakery stuff, while also serving up delicious food. The thing is, the food is great, the coffee is great but the cupcakes…oh the cupcakes! Sigh, cupcakes.
They had about a dozen different cupcakes in decadent, different, insulin destroying flavors. Mocha, black bottom, Betty Crocker, malted milk, apricot rum, red velvet, caramel, buttermilk chocolate, blueberry lemon, carrot cake, and on and on in both regular and mini sizes. After lunch (which was surprisingly good considering they focus on pastry) and my birthday mocha cupcake from Jen Z (the payroll chica, not the ex) I went and bought 6 more cupcakes to bring home to share with the boy. I let him have the caramel all to himself, he says it was too sweet (which is why, ironically, I didn’t want it), I LOVED the red velvet (if I ever get married, I’ve decided I want a red velvet wedding cake), the black bottom was decadently wonderful, another mocha (YUM). There’s half a buttermilk chocolate and a whole malted milk waiting for me! Sigh. Yum.
It should be noted that I limited my purchase to 6 cupcakes and avoided the lemon bars, the banana chocolate chip scones, the key lime tarts, the chocolate macaroons, the creme brulee…
Anyone who comes to visit me is getting lunch at Cupcake. No lie. This is your excuse to come to Minnesota now.
Man, it may not be healthy, but it sure is happy.
Let’s go scare us some suckers
my weekend…
sames as always! dog park, chilling at the coffee shop in the sun with the boy and the dog, grocery shopping, laundry, eating watermelon on the lawn, blah blah blah.
Went over to John and James’ (the twins!) for dinner and games last night. I love going there, authentic chinese food, playing cards all night.
Anyway, all chillin, nothing exciting, still love my vacuum (sick, yeah). Today was probably not the best day to make a pork roast, but i had it and I wanted it. Yum.
I’m tired, I’m off to bed.
bebebebebombom
Ah, Bill, why you hurt me so good?
Bill’s Garden, the valhalla of cheap chinese food! They serve all the fakey americanized dishes, sweat and sour pork, buddha delight, beef and broccoli, but the difference is that everything is make fresh and everything is surprisingly tasty and good. The cashew chicken was so amazingly good and stuffed full of barely cooked veggies that I ended up plowing through the whole thing (well, except for what I scooped out for lunch today). The salt tried to kill me though.
SIGH! There’s a basset/beagle (a bagel!) mix available for adoption! All neutered, up on shots, one year old, potty trained! And today is his BIRTHDAY!!!
Sorry to cut this short, but I gots me a dog to look at1