Good afternoon kiddos!
Is this Monday flying by for anyone else?
I churned out a freelance article this morning and am trying to get a decent amount of work done before Sadie’s vet appointment late this afternoon.
I know we were just there, but Sadie has to go back for a follow-up appointment following her Lyme disease vaccination. (For those who asked, it’s not a common vaccination, but our vet thought it would be a good idea since we take Sadie hiking a lot and have to pick ticks off of her after every single hike.)
We may have to stop by Dairy Queen to get me a Blizzard Sadie a pup cup on the way home if she’s well behaved. Our local Dairy Queen is the queen (ha!) of pup cups. The minute they see Sadie’s head pop up from the back seat, they start getting a “pup cup” (a little cup of vanilla soft serve) ready for her which she absolutely adores.
I love it when restaurants or stores are dog friendly. When we lived in Orlando, Ryan and I loved that many of the restaurants (specifically those on Park Avenue in Winter Park) were incredibly dog friendly. They leave water bowls outside for overheated dogs walking by or offer dogs treats if you sit down to eat at their restaurant.
The only problem is that Sadie isn’t much of a dog biscuit-lover, and biscuits, like Milkbones, seem to be the default dog treats. Sadie prefers her dog treats to have meat in them and typically takes the biscuit and then spits it out in front of the biscuit-giver.
I told you she’s a princess.
Lunch
Lunch today was rather random, but fortunately it worked!
I started with a base of Pacific Natural Foods Thai sweet potato soup.
I added steamed broccoli and leftover chicken breast and roasted sweet potato to the soup to beef it up a bit.
The soup itself was delicious but a little spicy for my taste. Thankfully the addition of the chicken and extra vegetables helped tone it down a bit.
Now I need something nice and cool because I’m feeling overheated. Hot soup in the middle of summer in Florida is risky business!
July Book Club
With nearly 46 percent of the votes, the winning book for the July PBF Book Club is…
Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
This book is due at my local library July 13 and I have dibs on it next! Can’t wait to get reading!
As a reminder, we’ll be discussing the book on August 1.
Happy reading!
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I need to see if I can get a hold of a copy at my local library. I could buy it on my Nook but it is a whoppin’ $12.99 on there and I like to purchase the ones that are under $10!
I went to a Food Truck Park on Friday and it was very pet friendly. They even had doggy cupcakes for purchase. Too cute! I wonder if all DQ’s have pup cups? I know my Ozzy boy would go crazy over one!!
My goodness Sadie is gorgeous!! Good luck with the vet!
Julie if you add a little ginger and lemon juice (to most thai dishes) it will tone down the “heat” – ginger is a “cooling” spice. It has saved my butt several times when I’ve just about botched a recipe.
I just saw the sweetest old vizsla while I was on vacation with my boyfriend. I even said “Hey that looks like Sadie!!” Love her!
I’m looking forward to reading Wild and hope it measures up to the rave reviews! It’s not a book that I would typically choose to read so I like how this book club is helping me read “outside my box.” Can’t wait to discuss it in August!
I’m excited to participate in the book club 🙂 I may have even convinced my husband to read the book, too.
I went to put Wild on hold at my library and I’m 24th in line! For last month’s book I’m 2nd in line still! Ugh! I guess I will have to buy Wild because it sounds great!
I am new to your blog and absolutely love it! As a vet student, I love that you write about Sadie. It seems like she is your “baby, ” just like my yellow lab is my “baby.” I totally want to start my own blog…maybe about my adventures with my dog and vet school. 🙂 Great work!!