Dog Sitting Day 2: Lots of Napping ...

7.17.2010

Dwight and I had an excellent day yesterday ... of which I'm sure you were wondering.

Despite the brutal heat, we both managed to stay cool. I went to the gym, the public library, and went to the beach. Dwight Lind lived the dreamy dog life as you'll see in some of the pictures. He didn't get to go swimming though because doggies aren't allowed on the beach between 9 am - 6pm. Sad face.

Enjoy the pictures!
Dwight taking in some golf action with the only other man in the house this weekend. MAN TIME!
Nap time for Dwight. Good thing he found my favorite chair ...
Playing hide and go seek under my bed.... he doesn't hide all that well.
Acting as the night watch guard during a little evening porch action.

"Lady, you are f-ing crazy if you think I'm going out in the rain to use the facilities... I'd rather cross my legs for 8 hours"
All tucked in for the night and ready for bed.... snoozy snoozy.

Peace out.
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Morning Traffic Jam

7.16.2010

I shot this video at the beach a few days ago - actually the same day that I wrote this post. It was an incredible morning at the beach and I was captivated by all of the hermit crabs running around. I had never seen so many in one place - and in so many varieties of shells. (I'm starting to sound very "nature lover").

Regardless, I took this little video with my blackberry:


and then... I discovered an even bigger "traffic jam" of hermit crabs. You'll notice that I inadvertently merged two videos together on my blackberry ... just goes to show how often I feel video is relevant.




peace out (like the tide)
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Congratulations to all of my blonde lady friends...

I got this in an email today from the Harvard Business Review - so it must be right if Harvard sent it.

Here is the link to the full article.
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A woman of many projects

I pride myself on being someone that can keep themselves busy. I rarely need to be entertained. I usually have a book, a Blackberry, a newspaper, something... to keep me occupied .... but at a certain point, I need a project.

The summer before I went to school two years ago was filled with small projects - in that I did "something new" every two weeks. It worked out great. I spent my summer not only collecting some "beach dust" as I like to call it, but also enjoying some new activities I might not have otherwise tried. A few examples: cutting the lawn, auditioning for a movie, going to a demolition derby ... you get the idea.

Another one of the projects I took on that summer was rebuilding the family grill - and after two years, it needed to be done again.
 Not only was the grill u-g-l-y ... but not all of the burners were igniting ... and as a result my precious burgers were not cooking evenly. Le sad. So I did the requisite research and bought the required parts from Amazon and supplies from Home Depot.

The total cost of the parts was about $115 - and then I spent like $10 on paint, brushes, and gloves... so I wouldn't look like a mechanic.

I took out all the old parts - and really scrubbed the interior and sanded down the interior of the lid. This baby sparkled like it was a wedding day. Getting out the old ignition tubes was the hardest because the wing nuts that were holding the side panel in ... were like... o-l-d. I needed some manly elbow grease to get those suckers out (I called my dad).

But in the end... it looks great. It certainly doesn't look like a 15 year old grill.

Here is a slide show of the process:



Peace out
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Dog Sitting Day 1: Dwight Lind visits Scituate

As I mentioned a few days ago, I have a male visitor staying with me this weekend. Even my conservative parents are letting him sleep in my room (oh have I not mentioned that I live with my parents again? well... I do.) My friend is such a gentleman. He never talks over me, always sits next to me on the couch, lets me decide our schedule for the day ....  and only requests that I take him outside to use the facilities and lick my legs after I shower.

Yes, its a dog :)

The incredibly handsome, talented, and sweet Dwight Lind is staying with me. We've had a lot of fun so far since Dave left him here yesterday afternoon. Last night we went swimming at the beach and then relaxed in front of the TV. I had wine and he had a dog bone. Perfect no?

Here are some of the lovely pics I've snapped since he's been my live-in boyfriend:
getting cozy on the rug in my room

napping on the couch after swimming at the beach - and snacking on a bone

a morning walk on the beach in the fog ... he was significantly less enthusiastic about the walk than I was ... whatever, I'm in charge.

Oh, you want more pictures of Dwight and I? Don't worry, he's staying with me until Monday ... so there are plenty of opportunities for the Big D and I to create some more memories.

peace out.
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Oh Hi South Korea!

7.15.2010

One of the amazing things about Google is that they love numbers and statistics more than I do. Its phenomenal - but don't ask me to split a check after a meal because I don't like to do that :)

Regardless.


One of the awesome things about hosting my blog on Google is that they give you stats in real time - as well as on Google Analytics.  Sometimes its neat to see some of the info, like where people are from, what posts are more popular ... etc ... etc.. etc. Note: I can't see specifically where people are from, just generally (i.e. Brighton - not Cleveland Circle).

I've always been interested in getting a reader - or at least a visitor - from each of the 50 states ... internationally is just a a plus! Well, the last few days we've had a reader from South Korea! Heyo! I don't think I know anyone in South Korea, but feel free to make yourself known my friend.


Here is a list of the other international visitors that I've had:

- Canada
- UK
- Philippines
- Bulgaria
- France
- South Korea
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Russia
- Brazil

Maybe if South Korea becomes a regular, I'll get myself some of these sweet "South Korea Shoes" that I found on Zazzle.

This picture comes up in a google search if you search "Hi South Korea" ... really. I used Zazzle to make my sister some sweet cat shoes for her birthday ... they are more cool than the Korea shoes ... and I'm not just saying that because I made them.
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Books that I've read so far this summer

7.14.2010

One of the things that I lvoe to do when I'm home is get books from the town library. Its crazy easy to reserve them online - and they send me emails when my books arrive and then when it looks like I might be late bringing them back.

insert intense appreciation here for small town embracing technology :)

My process is that I go on Amazon and look at books I'd like to buy... and then I reserve them online. I like to get some feedback from friends and family about what they've been reading as well .... but I appear to have more free time than most so ... I'm doing the most reading I think.

Regardless.

Here are the books that I've read so far this summer. I originally thought about putting a Shelfari bookshelf on my blog site but it seems a little fluky so I'm going to hold off on that for now.




























The best part about getting books for free from the library is that if you don't like them - you don't have to finish them (ahem... In a Sunburned County and Commited).

Maybe at the end of the summer I'll total up the amount I've saved by getting books from the library. To be fair, I'll need to factor in that I had to spend $5 on a new library card (I totally lost mine) and the 15 cents that I've accumulated thus far in late fees.

Do you have any good books that you'd like to suggest to me?


Peace out.
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Epic Beauty

7.13.2010

For the last few weeks, I've been waking up quite early and taking my morning coffee to the beach. I think it all started when I woke up one morning - probably at like 6:30 - and saw how pretty it was while I was driving to the gym. I thought to myself, if its this pretty at 6:30 and the sun has already risen... then sunrise must be even better. Answer: Correct-a-mundo

I have always loved looking at the beach and breathing in the beauty - but when you are alone on the beach at 5:45 AM ... its even better.

I've pretty much been going in my gym clothes and grabbing my coffee and perhaps my blackberry. Once or twice I grabbed a towel to sit on - but today I decided I would bring my big camera that I gave myself as a graduation present. Its a Nikon D3000 and takes excellent pictures - especially considering I don't really make it work that hard :). It pretty much photographs my garden, the beach, and Ireland ...

Regardless... today I figured I'd take some pictures at the beach ... so I got down there and then realized that .... I forgot my SD memory card for the camera. Fail. So I took this picture with my cellphone:

I feel so incredibly lucky that I get to drink in all this beauty each morning.

Its kinda funny because I think that since I didn't have my camera with me, I saw how truly pretty the beach was this morning. If I had my camera, I would have been looking for "good shots" rather than actually just soaking it all in. Here are a few more pictures that I took with my blackberry...



My friend Dave is coming down this week - tomorrow actually - so I took a video to show how gorgeous sunrise is. The quality isn't great for sure - its a blackberry - but its hard to ignore the sounds of the waves and how there isn't anyone else on the beach :)

Stay cool kids.
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