Friday evening, Kristin (aka the bride!) and all her bridesmaids convened at David's Bridal to pick out dresses.
We started with a vision of her two matron of honors in begonia/fuschia and her three bridesmaids in a lighter pink. I think Kristin originally was thinking a shorter dress too (but wouldn't swear to it). After trying on lots of gowns and having the salesperson deem us "the happiest bridesmaids all week", we'll be wearing these gowns on August 2nd:
via David's Bridal website
The bride and Sandy (the lucky girl who WON'T need it hemmed like some of us shorties!)
What do you think? If you're nice, I'll model it for you AFTER it arrives in May and I get my alterations done.
OK...I promise I'll have a post soon that isn't centered around my awesome, gorgeous, smart, cuddly babies!
But first....please consider voting for Paisley. As you all know, I'm one of Furever Dachshund Rescue's Foster Coordinators, their blogger and the one in charge of Happy Tails (ie. post adoption follow-up). PetFinder has just started a "Luckiest Pet" contest and I entered Paisley. The prize is $5,000 for the shelter/rescue of my choice (in this case FDR) and a $500 Petco gift card for Paisley.
Click on Paisley to go to her entry on Petfinder.com
Voting is daily through March 17th (or maybe it's the 18th...I need to double check!). Thanks in advance for supporting me as I support animal rescue. If you do vote - please let me know so Paisley and I can thank you individually!
An excerpt from my Furever Dachshund Rescue blog post:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
APOLLO, BEAN, BRADY, DUDLEY, LILLY BELLA, MAE, OLIVE, AND PAISLEY!!!!
A little over a year ago FDR took in Lulu and Angelo, a set of dachshunds in California. Like so many dachshunds that we rescue – they were fearful and living in conditions far beneath what they deserved. We quickly realized that we not only had two beautiful dachshunds that were in need of a new start, but Lulu was pregnant with an astonishing 8 PUPPIES!! You can see Lulu and Angelo’s “puppy shower” below.
Angelo found his furever home quickly with a California-based volunteer and Lulu made her way back east to deliver her babies.
On February 17th, under the watchful eye of our Chair, Laura and her two daughters – Lulu delivered all 8 gorgeous puppies! In rescue, we’re used to NOT knowing the full story. To rescue a pair; find out that the female is pregnant…and with such a large litter is really uncommon. To us, these babies are something to celebrate!
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Because I haven't asked the other moms if I can show off their babies on my blog - I'll refer you HERE for all the cuteness that is the other six puppies.
Paisley and Brady,
I knew I was ready to add another puppy to my pack...but NEVER envisioned that I'd be adding two at a time. Thank you both for all the joy, love, comedy and mischief that comes packed into your little (or in Brady's case, moose-like) bodies!
In your short lives you've cleaned up my tears, made me laugh hysterically, and forced me to do more laundry than I thought was humanly possible.
Thank you! I can't wait to see what the next year brings us.
Love,
Your momma
P.S. I'm sorry I celebrated your birthday by going to the Boston Wine Expo. You're getting plenty of treats and toys to make up for it.
I'm alive! Thanks to the sweet people who emailed and tweeted inquiring how I weathered "Nemo".
It was quite the adventure, I tell ya! Snow started coming down lightly Friday morning - which I took to mean as "let's go grocery shopping and try to locate the last D batteries known to man". I spent the afternoon taking pictures and taking heat and electricity for granted. You know where this is going, right?!
I lost power Friday evening as the snow started getting heavier. That meant no heat either, making my already drafty house cold very quickly! The pups and I bundled up with fleece and down blankets and hoped power would be back in the morning.
No such luck! Snow continued to fall and the temperature inside my home continued to drop. Saturday night I couldn't sleep I was so cold. Turns out that it was below zero out...and probably only 20-30 degrees in my house! My parents (who had power from Saturday morning on) showed up to help me dig out Sunday afternoon - BLESS them!!!! When I realized that power wasn't going to come back on that day, I rounded up the furkids and make the trek to their home.
By Monday back, most people had power back. NOT ME!!!!! I did get power back Monday evening about 7 o'clock or so. HURRAY!!!
And...if you read this far, you get rewarded with pictures.
Yes, I did...and still do have snow drifts taller than my windows.
Check out the awesome icicles!
Brady was a little cranky that he had less luck scaling the snowdrifts than Paisley did.
Blogging on an almost daily basis was ingrained in me for so long. Then I took a break...and it's hard to get back in the blogging groove. I didn't realize how hard it was to start again until I sat staring at a blank screen for over an hour last week.
Anywho...I have a few updates for you!
(Cue the bullet points)
Thanks to my awesome cousin and fabulous friend - I temped at their office during the holidays for a co-worker who had to be out for a few months. I was heartbroken when I was told two weeks ago that I wasn't needed anymore. But guess what?!
Today was my first day back in the office!!! It's only part time for now, but I'm thrilled! Cross your fingers that it turns into a full time gig. :-)
This week I'll also be following up another part time position. I still want to pursue nursing school, and this position will lead me in that direction.
THANK YOU for all the prayers about my dad the past few days!!! He's doing well and has been released from the hospital. For those of you not on Twitter: My parents have been in Hawaii for the month of January essentially. They made it to the last of their timeshare locations and went for a walk near Poipu. Dad tripped, fell into a metal door /doorjam and split his head open. Seriously - a 20cm or so split down to the skull that tore muscle. He had to have surgery to repair the damage.
I'm debating whether or not to retire Tuesdays At The Table. Fewer and fewer people were participating...and as much as I REALLY want to keep it going, I don't want to torture you all with recipes you won't use.
Being a Foster Coordinator, blogger and in charge of post-adoption follow up for Furever Dachshund Rescue has been busier than ever! I promise I won't litter my personal blog with plights for help...but if you ever feel the calling to volunteer at events, help transport dogs, foster or adopt - I'd be happy to talk to you about it. :-)
Speaking of adoption - my brother and his girlfriend adopted from FDR this weekend. She's one of eight puppies that was born to Molly the beagle (Yes, I know...we, as a doxie rescue do take other breeds occassionally!) and an unknown breed dad. Meet Leia!!!
I don't know how in the world I ended up taking such a long break from blogging! I guess I forgot to post a few days...and just fell out of the routine.
Sorry I went MIA on you! My Christmas and New Year were wonderful. And honestly...I needed a mini-break from blogging.
I'm back, refreshed and ready to conquer a new year. :-)
And for listening to my blathering you get rewarded with a cute puppy!
During September - 10% of your purchase will go to Little Paws Dachshund Rescue! Purchase and be entered to be the mystery hostess and get all the fun rewards. :-)
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