Marley gets a buzz cut

I realize that summer is some time off but Marley was looking a bit ragged so he went for a hair cut today.

Before:



After:




What do you think? We think he looks pretty cool!

An award!

I got this amazing award from Tracy over at her blog called Pink Purl. It seems I have to include a few weird and random facts about myself. This may take some consideration, because though I am sure there are many, I tend to think of myself as normal! Oh how wrong we can be about ourselves.

1. I have always been aware of my dreams and they are almost always a bit insane. For years of my life, I had dreams of spiders chasing me which I think stems from my father torturing me as a child. Thanks Dad.

2. I can not speak well. My mouth can never articulate what my brain is thinking. It makes me feel like an idiot.

3. Due to the above, public speaking terrorizes me.

4. I love tea and my current obsession is Chai tea which my daughter 'discovered' with a friend. Imagine my surprise when she called and asked if I had Chai tea! But of course. So now we share a cup once and a while.

5. I fancy myself a world traveler but have never been over seas. My farthest trip is to Florida and as far out west as Chicago. Not very adventurous. We do plan to go to Alaska this summer though. But this leads me to my next fact.

6. I spent a summer of my youth following the Grateful Dead. The best time of my life, truly. Shame I can't remember to much. :)

7. I am trying to come up with weird but its not happening. I will get back to this last fact.

So there you have it. Thanks Tracy for sending me this award and for writing an inspiring blog for the world to read.

New Year's Day in New York City

Wow.... things have been so busy for the year just beginning. I sure hope this isn't a sign of how the year progresses. Don't get me wrong, I like being busy, just not to busy that I can't do all the things I love to do.

I went to NY after all the New Years Eve hype was over. We stayed at The Hudson Hotel which I must admit was pretty cool. Very retro and comfortable. The room was pretty tiny and from what I hear that is common in NYC but I must have gotten lucky in the past because this room was the tiniest by far.

Here is the view looking to the left and in front of the room window.


Same view in the morning.


This is the front view looking down, we were on the 17th floor.



Here is the room, taken from the bed. Behind that curtain is the shower and yes, you could actually open up 2 curtains and watch your roomie shower.

Check out this funky lamp.

So besides the cool hotel, we ate some good Meditterain food at Taboons and the next day we shopped for the dog. I got that pretty snazzy t-shirt for him up there. After that, off to get acupuncture which was fabulous as always then we got out of there before all the commuting traffic. Plus we were anxious to get back to Marley who was getting spoiled and played out at the dog sitters house. He actually slept most the next day, that is how tired he was. I think Marley will be going back for play time on a regular bases.

My pooch is the coolest

Wouldn't you agree?

By the way, shout out to the place I found this awesome t-shirt.

COCO AND TOTO located at 444 West 51 Street, NY, NY