after

kind of hard to believe this is the same kitchen as the before picture. we are so happy with the end result. come over and check it out and i'll cook you dinner!

worlds ugliest dog contest

boxers with underbites of the world unite! last week was your week!


June 26, 2009 (Petaluma, CA) – As the crowd chanted “Pabst, Pabst,” the celebrity judges deliberated between the so-named boxer-mix shelter dog and Rascal, a former world champion Chinese Crested to determine who would be the 2009 World’s Ugliest Dog Champion tonight at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. First timer Miles Egstad from Citrus Heights, California was stunned at Pabst’s win. “ I don’t think he’s that ugly!” he said of his boxer mix whose under bite was his most compelling physical feature. His sweet personality made him an audience favorite.

The Chinese Crested breed has dominated the contest for more than seven years and in this year’s contest represented more than 50% of the 2009 entries in the pedigree class. But Pabst, who was given his name because he had a “ bitter beer face”, according to his owner quickly won the crowd and the judges soon followed. Egstad, 25, first saw the contest on television and his friends urged him to enter his dog.

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before

our kitchen renovations begin tomorrow! i can't believe it. this is a picture of what the kitchen looked like when i bought the house. and sadly, it hasn't been much improved since then. other than a good scrubbing and painting everything white to give the illusion of clean. supposedly the project will take about 2 weeks. fingers crossed that's the case.
tomorrow also marks my first day NOT as an urban outfitters employee and my first day as owner/operator of LeanGreenClean. ahhhh! new beginnings all over the place.

best face ever

found this old picture of lola the first time she went swimming in west virgina. i love her face in this shot.

business casual

kate tagged me in the fun game of always/never. rules of the game : list five always-and-forever and five not-so-favorite fashion-related items, add any image(s) you’d like, then tag three other people to do the same. here we go:

always:
giant grey scarf
jean shorts
black leather boots
white t shirt
zip up sweatshirt

never:
sweat pants in public
turtlenecks
"business casual"
socks + sandals
"ironic" over-sized glasses

now i am tagging lois, marni, and haley

got some time on my hands

chief projectionist

my sister in law deborah shared this with me. it's hilarious and disgusting and passive aggressive. what do you think it takes to become the chief of the projectionists?