how is she so nice?

Driving around lately I've been seeing a lot of dogs in cars just looking around at people and smiling.  I wish so badly that I could take Bella on a trip somewhere in my car but she's just so large.

She's like, "oh I'm not large, I'm just big boned"

She really is too, she's so bony so when she climbs in your lap it's not a painless experience.  Jon asked me what would happen if I sat down on the floor and let her cuddle me, so I tried it while I was there and now I know the answer.  After stomping all over me because she couldn't decide if she wanted me to pet her head, her side, or her butt, she finally just sat down on me and proceeded to methodically push with her front paws against the rug so she was steadily pressing back in to me and crushing me.

Of course I tried to take pictures/video but it's really nothing but blurry fur.  I like taking pictures of her inside because you get some idea of how big she is but it's hard to see her unless I use the flash, which she always looks directly in to, making all the pictures look like this:

Haha that picture cracks me up.

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FINALLY!

I thought July would never end.  But it has, and I for one am happy to welcome August and its holiday free days.  I'm thankful for friends like Jon and Meghan who facilitate me running away from my problems and hiding until things cool down though.

I certainly have enjoyed waking up and walking to 9th St. for coffee and then sitting at meghan's table to write.  So much better than starbucks in every way possible.

It makes me anxious to find out if I get to call Ft. Lauderdale my home or not.  I can certainly get used to living alone.  Well not entirely alone, I have missed kitty while I've been here in NY.  It's just not the same waking up of your own volition.  I've come to enjoy the feeling of heavy little feet pressing in to my face as he stomps all over in the wee hours of the morning.

I'll just have to be happy with all the nice doggies in nyc while I'm away from my precious angel.  Like this guy:

I feel like having a dog that large in ny is just your way of saying that you have an apt big enough to be home to a dog that large.  I mean, that dog is HUGE!  It seems like the east village is overrun with great danes too.  It makes me wish I could walk Bella and make friends.

Instead I'll just enjoy people watching in the park and pretending that I live here for real for reals.

comfortable?

I went over to Kitty's yesterday to hang upside down for a bit, which meant I also spent some time with one of my favorite ladies.  I love how initially she can't decide if she wants me to pet her head or her butt so she just spins in circles and stomps all over my feet.  I need to remember not to wear open toed shoes when I come over next time.

Eventually she decides that she just wants to sit on me so she kind of backs herself up against me and sits, and I just have to deal with it.  We sit like this for a while until she gets bored and wanders away, releasing me to go hang upside down for a bit.

After my hang I let her outside to run around and say hi to all her nice squirrel friends.  That's actually the only way I was able to get this show dog quality photo of her:

She was locked in a battle of wits with a squirrel and nothing could distract her.

By the time we came back inside she was over me and went right over to her bed and laid down.  I like that because it makes me feel not bad for having to leave her again.  I want a nice doggy like her.

Maybe just a little bit smaller...

why isn't she allowed to party!?

I had such a fun time at Kitty's 4th of July party last night, my only complaint was that Bella was segregated to the back room.  I honestly don't know why she didn't just step over the doggy fence as she easily could have.  I guess she is just too well behaved for that nonsense.

It was so fun to go to a party in Sarasota that didn't consist entirely of family members.  I actually met new people!  Crazy!  Of course one woman asked my sister and I if we were in high school which caused us both to laugh to the point of not even being able to explain why it was so funny.

And the food, oh the food, so much amazing 4th of July food.  What I wouldn't give for some pasta salad right now.

But my heart still broke for the party guest that was not allowed to mingle with the other guests.

"Why oh why won't you just let me hang out and be nice and knock things over with my butt?"

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gentle giant

I actually took this picture after I extricated myself from the couch where she was sitting on top of me.  I had to sit down on the couch because her excitement was about to knock me over when I was standing up. She likes to press her butt against you but because she is so big and so strong she basically just ends up shoving you around the room with her butt until she has you cornered between her and a hard place, then she just lays on you and smiles.

I love her.

This was the best photo I could get while I was on the couch:

I like that just like the detective, she doesn't really care if nothing else is going on, as long as you are incapacitated by her butt.

I really really REALLY want to take her for a ride in my car.  I'm afraid she would run away though, it would just be too easy.

and now I miss the poodles too

I feel like I can say it now without jinxing myself, I am amazed I didn't get a speeding ticket during this road trip adventure.  I mean, I always try to be cautious, but I was definitely doing some speeding, and I've never taken a road trip in a car that draws as much attention as mine does, but I never got pulled over.  And I passed a lot of cops.

It seems strange to be back in Florida.  I feel like I've been sleeping in so many strange beds lately, I look forward to laying my head on a familiar pillow.

But I am sad that I won't wake up to the gentle scratching at my door that heralds Bella's arrival for her morning pets.  They really are two precious precious angels.

And I will miss them every day until I see them next.

oops I forgot

I also spent some more time with these nice guys before we left Charleston. 

I LOVE THEM!

almost just like I remember

From the kites lazily circling in the sky to the egg house bracing for the hurricane that still hasn't come, everything was just as I remembered it on Sullivan's Island. 

Well almost everything, it seems the poodles have multiplied.

THEY ARE NICE! 

I like them.  Half the time they are all up in your business snuffling and shoving their big heads against you, and the other half the time they walk right past you like you don't even exist.  It's like kitty, only bigger, and times two. 

The drive up here was uneventful, I made it in time to watch Oprah with Andrew's mom, all my goals were accomplished.  So now i've got nothing left to do but relax and look forward to the lake.

And enjoy these two for as long as possible.

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