Ellie Bear

I am told many times by people with children…once you have kids, your dog will not be as important in your life as she is right now. I highly doubt that. Yes, I am aware that most people do not treat their pets as much like their children as I do, (weekly puppy daycare, homemade dog food, puppy birthday parties) but that is why I know she will always be a huge part of my life….babes or not.

I got Ellie around 9 months ago, and my life hasn’t been the same since. She might be just 4 lbs, but she she has taken over my bathroom…make that entire apartment, my wallet & my heart. Ellie has the ultimate little dog syndrome, thinks she’s big & therefore is under the impression that she has to be very loud all the time to let the world know just how big she is. My favorite part of the day is coming home, opening the bathroom door & hearing her ear piercing squeals of joy to see me.

I love that she tries to bury her treats under the blankets on the couch, jumps all the way to my waist when she sees the treat bag (or when she sees my mom), runs circles around the dining room table when she gets excited, has on occasion picked up every toy on the bathroom floor & organized them all in her puppy bed, sleeps directly under my chin in the morning so she can be right there when I wake up & makes me feel like the most important thing in the world.

Ellie…you are my little pupsicle, pupperoni, little bit, little love, little bear, and I’m so glad you came to live with me.

This is a video I made of her weekly Wednesday puppy day care excitement…

Puppy Play Day

There always has to be a 1st

I am a big people watcher...BIG. I'm the friend that doesn't realize you've stopped talking until 5 minutes later because I'm too engaged in what's happening with the people one table over. Well, I'm not usually that bad unless I'm by myself & then let the people watching begin!


So you can imagine my frustration in finding out there are no journals, no diaries...not even leftover notes on scrap paper from my mom's life before me. As much as I like to people watch & I'll never know what her life was like back then (I guess I can always ask her, but...blah. Memory fades, I want to hear the stories as they were happening!)
This is one of the many reasons I've decided to start a blog (or a blob as mom calls it). I want a record of my life for future babes (and babes' babes) to read. I also have been really lame when it comes to writing in a journal. I'm lucky if I write in it once a year & I figured since my laptop is usually attached to my....lap (yeah, I went there) maybe there's more of a chance I'll update this.


Let's see, to sum it up: I am 26, live in Austin & am currently single. Ah, the dreaded S word. The last of my single best friends ties the knot in approx. 4 months, so the days of being "Fun, single Aunt Kelly" are fast approaching. I don't mind being single, living alone has been great, but also fast approaching are the feelings of wanting to settle down & start having those babes. I guess that clock has started ticking....yikes!
So, there it is...my very 1st blog. Who knows how often this will be updated, could be every day, every week, month, or if the trend with the journal continues.....we'll just say "see you next year"!