Guess who is back in my arms!?
Sadie girl!!!
Around 11 a.m. I left Ocala and drove the two hours to my parents’ house in St. Pete to see the pup!
She gave me quite the welcome. Whimpering, running around in circles and a sprinkle of pee were involved. Sadie only pees from excitement on very rare occasions or when she sees a small handful of people that she really loves, so I took her little squirt as a compliment. Or, you know, I missed her too much to care about a little doggie pee.
I’m now blogging with a 35 pound dog sprawled across my lap and everything feels right again. 
Lunch
Lunch today was really random. Whenever I come to my parents’ house I feel like I’m on sensory overload because of all the delicious food options, so I decided to go with my cravings and fix myself a snack plate of goodies.
My plate included pretzel crisps with almond butter for dipping, cilantro lime shrimp and a cup of fresh blueberries.
And then I ate about a million pecans that I picked out of a big jar of mixed nuts. Nut overload! (TWSS.)
I hope no one else in my family shares my affinity for pecans because they may have a little bit of a problem finding any in that jar if they go digging.
As I was sitting down to lunch at the kitchen counter, I saw a cute mini card that I assumed my mom gave to my sister or dad.
So sweet, right?
Well, when I flipped it over to read the message on the back, this was staring back at me:
What is that!?!?
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I LOVE pretzels and such a cute puppy!!!! 🙂
Eww! What a thing to think about!
Holy Moly! I just checked my site stats for fun to see if someone other than my mother had read my blog today and the line on the bar graph has sky rocketed. Thanks for the shout out!!!
And for those of you who clicked….keep reading. It makes me feel good to know someone other than my mom is reading what I have to say 🙂
Happy Wednesday and Thank you again!!!!
Julie, Thank you SO much for posting the link to the post about switching to WordPress! you’re a lifesaver! 🙂
I would love to have some of these pretzel chips right now!
I’ve been missing your posts about Sadie! I’m so glad you are reunited 🙂
BAAAHAhahahah that card is awesome!!!
Glad you’re back with your girl!!!!
Awww Sadie! She must have missed you so much!!! 🙂
hahahahha that stomach fun fact–EW!
hahaha looks like someone in your family has some explaining to do!
I love that card! And totally true- hydrochloric acid in the stomach is no joke! It kills bacteria that you ingest, but if it got on your skin it would burn you. True story.
Ha that card is too funny! So nice to see you’re back with your fur baby 🙂
And your love for pecans is to my love for almonds and cashews…always pick those babies out 😉
Dogs just know how to put a smile on your face!
and interesting card. so random haha!
wow that card took me for a loop 🙂 glad yer gal is back in your arms awww!
My dad always gets so mad at me for picking out all the good nuts. I got for pecans/walnuts first, then macadamias, then brazil, then cashews, then almonds and then peanuts. Totally not OCD or anything…
Your snack plate looks delicious! My parents’ house always has tons of tempting snacky foods too.
HAHAHHAHAHA I laughed out LOUD at that card. Slash Pretzels + pb = the best combination, ever.
I love snacky lunches, especially when peanut butter is involved!
that’s EXACTLY how i feel when i go to my parents! there is always so many good food options i eat everything!
are those shrimp from Costco? if they are the one’s im thinking of, they are so good! also, i love lunchs with a lot of small items. yours looks yummy
yes!!! i love it when my mom buys them. they’re SO good!
Aww 🙂 Good to see Sadie again!
That card is amazing! It is so hilarious that I laughed out loud at work and now everyone is staring at me. . . Yay for awkward!
haha I love random tidbits of info especially when it comes to health related stuff! This card just confirms that I need to start doing something for my stomach to produce more mucus….errr that word sounds so ugly haha.
I LOVE pretzel crisps…almost as much as I love subtle TWSS references!!
I’m the same way when I go to my dad’s. I never realized it, but apparently the first place I go is to the fridge, and the second is to the pantry. He just has so much food (and such better food!) than me!
Bahaha that’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time!
I am so glad you have Sadie back, I know how it feels…when Cooper is gone I get pretty lonely 🙁
Mucus?? That’s so gross! But what a hysterical card!!
Sadie is so precious… every time I read your blog it makes me want a puppy more and more. I’ve working on convincing my other half of this for months now! Maybe I’ll just start sending him pictures of Sadie and other adorable puppies randomly??
Bahahaha that is so disgusting!!!! What the heck?! And love your random lunch- I always feel that way when I return to my parents’ house too!
That sounds like a card I would write….
Now the internet knows how weird I am 😀
Wow, that is the most random thing ever!
I love going to relatives’ houses and seeing what kinds of goodies they have; snacky, snacky!
What??!!! That is so funny! I actually laughed out loud when I read the flip side.
I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now, but I’ve never commented. I love it!!! I’m glad you are back with Sadie. I too never can decide what to eat when I go home. It’s like I’m too excited and want everything. My parents always have tons of food. I always eat a ton when I go home. It’s two hr drive for me too. Althoug I eat a ton, it’s ok cause I want to enjoy being home sweet home. 🙂 Anyways, you are beautiful, so blessed, and have an awesome blog.
thank you so much for such a kind comment, vanessa! 🙂
OMG I could not stop laughing when I saw the back of the card!! What the heck is it from?!
Sadie is so cute! When my dog was a puppy he used to pee in excitment when we got home, but he doesn’t anymore. There are only a few select people that he does it for now and we call it his “happy tinkle!” :-p
YEAH!!!! Sadie is back! 🙂 Good to see her cute little puppy face again.
Yay, Sadie! Does she really only weigh 35 pounds? Haha, I’m sure that’s plenty for a dog who loves laps, but I totally thought she would be heavier based on pictures.
Random card!
Awww Sadie looks si cute in this pic, how can we resist?
What a weird card!
Sadie is so so sweet 🙂
You have a gut microbial community that you absolutely need. It has thousands of members and makes up 3-4lbs of your weight. Your community composition is determined by the age of 2 and is pretty much set for life (you can try and tweak it on a short term bases by adding things in your diet, etc. but those ‘new’ members will never shack up long term). It is critical in helping you stay healthy and keep things like cancer away and can even influence wether you are over or under weight!
Although mucus is a gross word…
Also, sorry if this comment grossed you out. I think it’s really interesting and it plays a huge role in your health.
I know being away from a pup is hard. I just had surgery and my pups were staying with my parents. I was going through serious withdrawal. So the day after surgery, my mom brought me one pup, then the next one came home two days later. And the third came home the same night as pup two. I just couldn’t be away from them anymore. Problem is they have to be walked, we have no yard. So I have been taking them one at a time. Kinda sucks but it gets the job done and I have them with me. Just love seeing pics of your baby girl (all 35 pounds of her). : )
I love that Sadie weighs 35 pounds. Jasper weighs about 60!