Crazy Dog Lady Has a Christmas Photo Shoot

Even though I'm just a single crazy dog lady, I still enjoy sending out a Christmas card and I take it very seriously...  By seriously I mean I seriously hope to capture a cliche picture of myself with my two dogs and send it out with a big ol' smile.  Last year, for example, we all wore Santa attire and it was glorious.  Next year I'm thinking we'll need to sport matching ugly sweaters, but we've got time to prepare for that...  However, this year we dressed our best and had a photo shoot with two of my dear friends (the pictures seen here were taken by the lovely Julie Mohl).  Whiskey Jack wore a necktie, Gertie Sue her pretty pink tutu, and I (being the less stylish of the three) sported a sweater dress. 

 

 All puffed up.  The dogs, that is.

 Fluffing Gertie's ginormous tutu.

 

She is such a ham for the camera!  I love it.

  

Whiskey could totally care less.  He'd much rather be running all over the place!

 

Gert' is a solid 40 pounds, so I really had to lean to balance out her girlish figure...

  

We even took some photos of me sans the dogs, 

which was a bit unnerving because I'd rather take pics than be in them.  

However, they did get one "model" pose out of me before I felt super silly and awkward.

 Merry Christmas 2010

My All-Time Favorite Christmas Card

Christmas came and went in a blur, as it usually does for adults.  I had fun creating my parents 2010 Christmas Card, which features an incredibly attractive (hopefully you smell sarcasm there) picture of my brother, myself, and my sister-in-law on the Stratosphere's Big Shot ride.  This picture makes me laugh and laugh hard every...single...time.  Seriously, if you're ever depressed or upset or in need of a good belly chuckle pop on over here and take in this beauty... 
My brother, Nick, looks constipated and his lovely wife, Casey, looks like she has been drinking non-stop for three straight days.  Sandwiched between this beautiful couple is me with a gaping hole for a mouth.  I think a softball would fit in there with no problem!

I thought the Christmas card would be perfect with just this image and much funnier, but my momma disagreed and wanted "nice" pics of us all as well.  So I appeased her with the inside of the card...

 

So here's hoping that this card just made your day a little merrier and that you did indeed have a very Merry Christmas, as well as an incredibly Happy New Year!

Cheers!

I suggest...

I SUGGEST playing like a kid. Oh, but no video games! Go swinging. Slide down all kinds of slides. Play tag. Jump rope. Ride a bike, or better yet...a scooter! Go sledding. Turn empty boxes into glorious forts. Run around barefoot. The possibilities are endless and we, I'm talking about us big kids, do not have to be so darn serious... I recently read that toddlers laugh approximately 400 awesome times a day, but the average adult only manages a chuckle 15 times a day. That is so totally unacceptable. The world is wondrous and magical and hysterical. So what are you waiting for?! Get out there, have some fun, and laugh until you cry!  

The previous "I Suggest" is noted below and I still wholeheartedly suggest you do it!

I SUGGEST redefining freedom, which has been defined as "the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints". What about internally imposed restraints? Liberate yourself from yourself. Let go of all that holds you back, release your fears. Leap.

Quoted

New year.  New quote.  (Just a bit late.)

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver-

And the previous quote...

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." -Scott Adams-

Say what?!

Are you freaking kidding me?!  I haven't posted a blessed thing since July!  JULY?!  Holy Hector...  Where has the time gone?  Yeah, I better get on it...  Truth is, I really need to invest in an internet connection at home.  That might help.

Until then... I hope you are swell, that you enjoyed a magical holiday season, and that you have had a tremendous start to 2011!  And I'll leave you with a quote from my Good Earth tea bag "handle"...

"Our patience will achieve more than our force." -Edmund Burke-

Peace to you.  (Whoever you are...)