Not much happening in this hood

So I haven't had much to write about lately which is the reason for going so long without a post. Lately i've been a bit sad that Amir and I have no real friends where we live. I am for sure enjoying being married, but I just wish that we had some friends in this area. I see all of these photos and hear stories of people that I know who are having so much fun going to parties, having drinks, going on nice city walks and then I think of me and Amir. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for everything that I have and that i've been given because I have more than some. I do get a bit down sometimes because I feel lonely here. There is still that thought in my mind that I want to move to California to the nice weather and the beautiful scenery, but I somehow try and talk myself out of it everytime because it's so expensive and I don't know how we'd start a family there. Then I have the other idea to move to the Ottawa/Marseilles area because i'd love to be closer to my family, but there really is nothing to do out there. If we wanted to go to a good restaurant we'd basically be driving an hour to where we live now. So i'm kind of in a weird place in my life right now. I thought that things were weird/scary when I first got out of college and didn't really know what I wanted to do. Now I know what my career is, but I just dont' know where I want the rest of my life to take place. I guess i'm still young and don't have to know right now. Hopefully the next place we go, there are some awesome friends waiting there for us. I put some photos up that I took recently when we were in the city. Hope everyone's good!

Family Ties

Last weekend was pretty exciting as we were given a free photog session with the dogs at our vet. They are giving us a free photo for being their customer which is actually kind of cool. So after getting ready we loaded the dogs in the car and took off down the street to the vet. Upon getting there, a note was on the door that which said that they wanted one of us to stay out with the dogs and the other person go check in. After letting them know we were there, we sat outside for only a few minutes before they came to get us. The set up was a little bit small for having two good size dogs walking through, trying to avoid knocking their camera equipment with their tails. Also, there dogs were a bit apprehensive about being there because they know what usually happens at this place. The setting was this: there was a big backdrop there which went halfway up to the ceiling and was on the floor for us to sit on. I knew that getting both of the dogs on there and sitting was going to be a task, and I really hoped that it was gonna happen at all! The 4 of us were all standing along the side and he called first for Amir and Melvin to head onto the backdrop. He had Amir kneel and then wanted Melvin to sit right next to him, but getting Melvin do actually do this, took a bit of time. Melvin didn't really feeling like sitting, but instead when Amir had him sit, Melvin would fall all the way down and then would turn over on his back like he wanted to be pet. He did this like 4 times before he finally sat.
The photographer then called for me and Rufus. Rufus took a few tried before he finally wanted to sit, and he went ahead and laid down on all fours. After a few minutes he sat as he should. Within seconds, the photographer took like 4 different photos. The dogs seemed to be cooperating which was nice and after less than 2 minutes the whole thing was over. We brought the dogs to the car and went back in to check out how they turned out. Unfortnately, the ones that the dogs looked good, the photographer told Amir to stare off into space, which looked a little bit strange. The ones that we looked good in, the dogs were looking as nice, but we ended up picking one of those instead. Anyway, it was a good time, and i'm looking forward to getting our family portrait!

Good to Be Back

It's been a bit since i've written, and I just wanted to say that i'll be back soon enough. I'm not even sure if anyone reads this so they may not be a lot of dissapointed readers anyway. Things have been good with me, just been real busy it seems with work. Then on my days off, it seems as though i've been running around like crazy. Hopefully on Tuesday i'll have some time to do nothing at all! Some things i've been up to besides work:

*Working
*Watching the debates and praying Barack Obama is gonna be the next President
*Feeling like McCain's campaign is a bit ridiculous and how people can really support it unless you are either rich or religious
*Just got subscriptions to Elle and Mother Earth mags and trying catch up
*Playing with my new phone..the Spring Instinct
*Watching "The Wire" on netflix
*Cooking
*Loving my husband and my dogs!
*Got a family portrait with Amir and the dogs!!!

I'm off for now. My lovely husband is making pancakes and we're watching the wire...which is recommend to EVERYONE!