Drama day!!! But first we’ll start with food…
For breakfast: PB & Banana Oatmeal, inspired by Kath’s oats. Made with 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze, 1/2 cup water, 1 really overripe banana, vanilla and cinnamon. Topped with some raw granola, unsweetened coconut and PEANUT BUTTER:
For lunch I met my mom at Subway and had a boring turkey sub. No pics, because it was…uh, boring.
I attended a firm cocktail party with Bri tonight and we had a few hors d’oeuvres there- lots of fun, but I was still munchy afterwards, as is the norm after a couple glasses of wine. I would have taken pics, but I’m pretty sure that Brian would have died of embarassment if I’d whipped out the pink camera. Anyway, we stopped at Central Market (God bless them) and picked up sushi. So here is dinner:
Onwards to the drama. I’ve mentioned how Chloe HATES having her nails trimmed. We’ve tried taking her to the groomer, only to pick her up three hours later and have them tell us that they cannot trim her nails. She doesn’t bite or anything, but she wiggles and screams like a demon baby and makes it pretty much impossible to cut her talons. It sucks.
Well last night we decided to just go ahead and cut them ourselves. Brian held her down on our bed and I trimmed. It was awful. I tried to feed her treats in between nails to reinforce that the trimming is not a bad thing, but she was having none of it. We got through one foot and Brian asks, “Do you smell that?”
“No… smell what? OH. MY. GOD. What is that???”
Yeah, she totally pooped on the bed. While Brian was holding her. The nail process stressed her out THAT MUCH. So we let her outside to finish her business, then finished up the other three paws. When we put her down, she was totally favoring one back foot and limping. I cried, she got to sleep in our bed, and this morning she was still limping. So I took her to the vet… and $100 later we know that nothing is out of joint, no tendons were torn, and to keep an eye on her. Oh, and we got the equivalent of baby asprin to give her every 12 hours.
Whatever, she’s totally worth it. Do you think our future children will let us do this?:
I think not.
PS- I got tagged again, this time by my friend Sammie at Running with a Recipe! I’ve run out of fun facts about myself, so I’m letting Brian take this one. (I’m also out of blogs to tag, so you’ll just have to be satisfied with info about ME!ME!ME!)… and now here’s Brian:
I am a big pop culture person, so this is Heather, the pop culture version:
1. Heather is obsessed with crap reality television. Among the most popular are Denise Richards: It’s Complicated, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and soon to be added Pam: Girl on the Loose. I think if you watch more than one show with a name featuring a colon (the grammar tool, not the small intestine), then you have a problem.
2. Heather has many boyfriends. Normally this would be a problem for a married woman, but these men are so diverse and unobtainable, it doesn’t get me worked up. For example, her boyfriends include Jason Terry, James McAvoy, Jon Stewart, and Rhett Miller.
3. Heather loves music. She’s always discovering new great bands (see the Weepies, I Love Math, and Brandtson). She’s even an accomplished singer. There’s a great bootleg version of her signing “Wind Beneath My Wings” floating around out there.
4. For movies, Heather loves comedies - the dumber the better. Among her favories are Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Dumb and Dumber, and Billy Madison. She tries to pass herself off as a cultured art film lover, but really she’s a sucker for a good fart joke.
5. Heather reads more than any person I have ever known. In the course of time it takes me to get through 1 book, she will easily cruise through a dozen (or more). She likes to alternate the subject matter of her books: food book, chick lit, food book, chick lit, food book, chick lit, cook book, chick lit.
6. I know more about celebrity gossip than any woman in my office. I often find myself correcting my coworkers. “No, Jennifer Aniston is with John Mayer now.” “Their names are Knox and Vivienne.” I owe this “skill” to my darling wife. I am confident that Perez Hilton gets more time with my wife on a daily basis than I do.
In the end, though, she is truly the most amazing person I have ever known and feel very lucky to share all these things with her. I hope her blog gives you even a taste of what a special woman she is.
Isn’t it fun every time you go to the vet, and you end up spending that much money? Sometimes, I think it’s all a scam. But, the little one looks adorable in that giraffe get-up! Thump was a lobster for Halloween, and was not thrilled about it.
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Aw, your hubby is soooo sweet!
Awww, thanks Brian! I went to bed while he was typing this so I’m just now reading it. Although, for the record- I have never watched the Pam Anderson show. Yet.
WOOO Team Aniston.
giraffe chloe?? holy crap-cutest thing ever.
thanks for the tag!!! i’m working on it…slowly…
Oh my….THIS was hysterical! Have a great weekend.
OK, I love the Weepies, love Dumb & Dumber and fart jokes, love baking and dogs, and I seriously think we could be friends.
It is so time to start training Chloe on the dremel! Heather, it will be so worth it if you start now and go slow - really slow. I will personally give you lessons - no charge! :~)
5$ foot long?
Love Brian’s facts. Mark could have written them about me (minus #3 - can’t sing AT ALL).
- Heather
Chaucergirl- we should totally hang out… we could bake cookies and watch Dumb and Dumber with our dogs
Cindy- I might take you up on that, seriously. Have you seen that infomercial for the Pedi Paws? I’m debating buying it.
Heather- Ohhhh, I am the worst singer EVER. My dad recorded me singing Wind Beneath My Wings when I was in 2nd grade in an effort to convince me NOT to sing it for our school talent show. It worked. The only people to hear me sing since are 1. Brian, and 2. Chloe.
Buy it! I’ve heard from a number of “serious” dog people that the Pedi Paws really works. Order it tonight and we’ll plan a training session. For the first couple of weeks you will jwant to just get her used to it (don’t turn it on!) by barely touching her with it. You can touch any area of her foot - doesn’t even need to be the toenail. Then the praise and the treats and the glory hallelujah’s will follow with every tiny touch. Make it fun, make it stress free - patience, patience, patience! Okay, I’m giving you way too much info. We’ll talk but this will be a good start. I repeat, do not turn it on! Patience, patience, patience!
Love Chloe’s costume. I showed it to the boyfriend, and he cracked up. If only we had a pooch….
And judging by Brian’s 6 facts about you, I’d say we are pretty alike and have similar relationships with our husband/boyfriend. There’s something about Brian’s “voice” here that reminds me of Bill. For example, “I think if you watch more than one show with a name featuring a colon (the grammar tool, not the small intestine), then you have a problem.” Haha…
p.s. Perez is the best!
I can just imagine the 2 of you together cracking jokes - you guys are a riot!! What a sweet husband!
Trimming a dogs nails is the worst - but I swear my son cries bloody murder every time I try to cut his toenails. You would think I was chopping off the toe. Chloe’s costume is awesome! She has the sweetest eyes, no wonder you couldn’t disown her after pooping on your bed. She is totally preparing you for being a mommy, kiddies do all that stuff - ALL THE TIME!!
hi heather! i just started reading your blog and this was a great first entry to read! LOL. my dog james is the SAME way with his nails, but at least he doesnt poop. it requires one person sitting on his stomach and holding down his face, while the other person actually does the clipping… its intense.
I have a closet full of dog outfits and costumes, No giraffe though. That is so cute! So sorry to hear about Chloe’s anxiety with nail trimming. I just saw a commercial for a gentle method, I think it was called Pedi Paws Nail Trimmer. I can’t endorse it though…Good luck with all that.