beagles, beagles, and more beagles!

i volunteered for BREW again today! - i transported two beagles - picking them up from a giant panel van filled with crated rescues in centreville to the main BREW vet office in purcellville.

this was miss piggy, a non-stop-on-the-go beagle (clearly, this was the most in-focus picture i got!) that gave my hand leash-burn from trying to keep her from running amok, but very loving and happy! :

this was jewels, a little one that was so sweet and quiet and a bit timid:

and this little troublemaker is all ours!!!!!!

Pepper Benson
10 weeks old

Likes: chewing things, snuggling, food, going up stairs

Dislikes: going down stairs, closed doors, empty food bowls

GET HYPED

COUNTDOWN CLOCK

Foo Fighters. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Florence + the Machine. Eagles. Ani DiFranco. Glen Hansard. Esperanza Spalding. My Morning Jacket. Better Than Ezra. Zac Brown Band. Bonnie Raitt. Ne-Yo. Bonerama.

a perfectly acceptable form of currency

me:  move back down here, you can teach me [yoga] and i'll pay you in hugs :-)

  Rosa:  hahahah

hugs don't pay the bills!

 me:  they pay the bills in your heart

things i want to do in 2012

*go to jazzfest
*go camping more than once
*read all of the song of ice and fire books in time for the second season of game of thrones to start
*save money
*do yoga more regularly
*get stronger. literally and figuratively.
*learn something new
*get as many people on board (pun absolutely intended) with the Guess Who Halloween costumes as possible
*give clothes away
*love

that's all i got for now, but i think it's a good list.

Halloween 2012

Get ready for it.

this n' that

*i finally watched Bridesmaids. my girl crush on kristin wiig is now off the charts.

*i went on a date that lasted 37 minutes. it effectively ended when he put his hand on my neck and i shouted "IT'S A FIRST DATE, CHIEF". (I told Frank Benson this and he gave me the thumbs up and then laughed for like half an hour)

*my friend listed this tumblr on her gchat status and changed my life: http://animalstalkinginallcaps.tumblr.com/

*i finally did some volunteer work with BREW (the beagle rescue outfit that we got Mr. P from) - I picked up two little angels from Centreville (that were coming from Charlottesville, in a panel van that was filled front to back, top to bottom with crated dogs) and took them to the main BREW vet office in Purcellville.

it was essentially the best two hours of my life.

*i made my first ebay bid ever. EVER. in the year 2011.

*i get to take business trips!

columbus, oh (oct 6-7, also seeing Vince and then popping up to see Mer, Geoff and Maddie in Shaker Heights for a few hours!)
cleveland, oh
boston, ma (oct 12-14)
long beach, ca
montclair, nj
happy valley,pa
ann arbor, mi

i feel like a real adult!

i can't even handle how funny this is.