First the iPhone, now the iPad

It's a done deal, folks. This family owns an iPad.




The dogs could care less.

New Year, Overdue Post, and Many Changes

Hello few and dedicated readers! I have been absent from blogspot for quite some time now. I suppose that's what happens when life gets crazy and you prioritize your time and effort to other, seemingly more important, things.

First off, it seems that I'll be needing to change the name of this blog. We have a new addition to our shiba family! Yoshi Bear, born 16 November 2009 (just 50 days after Kitsune). It's been a rough transition having two 2 year-old, male shibas together, but I think we've benefited in the long run. I'll post pictures shortly!

We've also MOVED to the great Washington Heights. That's right, the pups are living in the Dominican territory of NYC and loving it. I think they're picking up Spanish quicker than I am.

Daddy Brian moved to a far off land called Flo-Rida, though, and Yoshi Bear and Nene Goose are not too thrilled. I can't say I am, either, but that's the joint military spouse life for ya. They're getting some good ol' Mama time. We love to snug on the bed and keep each other warm. That's what happens when we go all German and keep the windows open despite winter temperatures outside. We should probably get a down comforter. If only they didn't cost $$$

Quick side note from the dogs and their new digs. I've been cooking for myself lately... and successfully! Last night I made an AWESOME Cayenne Pepper-Rubbed Chicken with Avocado Salsa dish.



Clears the sinuses for sure. I think I had the whole apartment coughing from an overload of cayenne in the air. Whatever, it's cold. Suck it up.

Tonight, prepare your minds for Pumpkin Cheddar Mac & Cheese.



Sounds amazing in all its high calorie glory. It's cool, I'm kicking up the P90X with Kerrianne on Thursday so.. you know, I do what I like.

The dogs whine for my food, but they don't get it. They wouldn't appreciate the taste anyway. I don't think they even chew. Food? What? It goes in my belly. That's their thoughts when I present anything other than their Nature's Choice dry lamb meal and rice kibble. Hey, sounds good to me.

Well, pictures will come when I'm not at work (shh) and can access my home computer files. Stay tuned!

Fashion Frenzy

I'm obsessed with pants from Zara. Actually, I'm obsessed with almost everything from Zara.

Like these, and also these:

I'm also on a high-waisted kick and subsequently want to destroy every single pair of my low-rise A&F jeans. Except I won't, because those jeans are the only ones that fit my body right.

While I started procrastinating from my pile of homework with online window shopping, I also came across this:

Kitsune finds this pug to be quite dapper.

Thanks for putting up with my antics

Brian and Kitsune tend to put up with me. Brian lets me be lazy on the couch and indulge in Degrassi marathons. He even willingly brings me snacks. What a keeper.

Kitsune, on the other hand, just puts up with my nudginess and over affection. The other day we tangoed and he didn't even put up a fight. He even let's me use him as a pillow. What? He's fluffy.

But at the end of the day, they can only put up with so much of my antics before going completely crazy.


Kitsune is obviously the first to crack here... But Brian isn't far behind:


Actually, I just thought these photos were too adorable for words.

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3am blog by phone

I don't always like to use my computer. And often times, I have a photo on my iPhone and I don't feel like hooking it up to my computer to post it quickly on my blog. So I got an app to let me blog more frequently and through a different medium.

I just had to announce that to the world.

Kitsune says "What's up? I'm King of the Hill, bitches."



Edit: I initially used the location option, but the gps is way too accurate and specific for my comfort. Sorry folks, I'm just on boring ol' Long Island, anyway.


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On The Road, Again

Kitsune and I are taking advantage of my school's winter break and spending all hours of the day together. We are spending the next two weeks visiting our family in Pennsylvania and Virginia. All of this free time gives us the opportunity to rekindle our bond and do things we didn't have as much time for before. That means, more walks, more exercise, productive days of preparation for things to come, and the prospect of self-actualizing activities. Which brings me to the momentary dilemma of my night.

It's past 10 pm, my family is asleep since they still have work and school in the morning, and I'm in the guest room with Kitsune, a TV with no cable, an X-box (with X-box Kinect), my computer, and a library of my dad's used books (death to Kindle and all computerized tablet-books!). Since I'm on an unfortunately abnormal sleep schedule (which I need to seriously fix), I wanted to occupy my time before falling asleep myself. I am currently obsessed with Netflix and its Watch Instantly capability, and it's been suggesting quite a few new shows/movies, so that was my first thought when I knew I had time to myself. But then, I remembered the books I read. So, I had a choice to make: stimulate my intellect through literature, or numb my mind with countless episodes of "Witty Office Sitcoms," the latter of which is probably semi-self-deprecating.

I'm sure the obvious choice to the self-actualizer would be to read, you know, exercise the mind, broaden the lexicon, open up new perspectives and imagination-- all that great stuff. But I've been increasingly lazy lately, and sometimes not having to think for long extended periods of time can be relaxing, especially when I know my brain is going to be in deep overload in a matter of weeks. (This is probably more reason WHY I should read, not watch TV). It is a New Year, though, and my goal of reading more books this year than last failed miserably... so I think it looks like I'm reaching for the dusty and tattered paperback of The Fountainhead... or The Book Thief (which was given to me to read merely 5 minutes before starting this post...). Oh, decisions. I guess my ambivalence is also persuading me to prevent getting any dumber than the hours of TV via Netflix has already made me. See, I said 'I guess'! That does not sound like a very strong, active sentence to me.

Yeah, reading's calling me. Just had to vent the inner conflict I was having via weblog. Maybe I'll comment on the books, after, but probably not. I am no critic.

P.S. Is it bad that the slow internet connection added to my decision? Don't judge. I will have you know that mid-blogging, the pilot episode of Better Off Ted started and I forcefully clicked pause. Again, don't judge (you know, for the Better Off Ted thing... unless you heard it's good? I need real-human recommendations!).

Kitsune is enjoying the snow, BTW. Except for the whole ice-stuck-in-pads thing, poor boy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dog?

I decided to do (almost) everything my dog did today. So I slept.