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Happy Monday!

adoptable dogs - celadon event

Today I was back to trying to save the world again - or at least the animals.  :)

These were the dogs at the event today.  They were such loves!

free cat adoption

Charleston Animal Society is adopting out all cats over a year old for free this weekend.  They do this about every 6 months b/c they have so many.  Today was my first time volunteering for one of their cat events.  Yes I do have a cat but to be honest I have never been a big fan of cats.  They make me nervous.  Might have something to do with the fact that I got cat scratch fever when I was little and I don't know that I have ever gotten over it.  Anyhoo...I volunteered for them today and had the best time.  And...fell in love with almost all of them.

So Tommy was my favorite today.  He was skittish but would eventually warm up and was so sweet.  How about that picture on the right?  I think he was astounded by the dirty glass.  Shame shame.

The above cat's name really was Slim.  Slim?  This was officially the largest cat I have ever laid eyes on.  And I had to pick him up several times.  No longer scared of cats.  :)

And then there's the kitty room.  These haven't even been put on the adoption floor yet.

Precious.

woohoo!

yep yep yep...so excited!

spreading the love

Well I am here to spread the blog award love.  Yep, that's right.  I got an award!  From precious Nifer Musings.  Make sure to check out her blog - she's pretty terrific.  :)

After a pretty stinky week I take great joy in passing this award along to the following peeps...

B is for Brown

Zucchero, Zucchero

The Wife of an Artist

Falafel for the Soul

Everyday Musings

Naturally Nina

It's All Make Believe, Isn't It?
The Bee's Knees
The Purple Pea
 Apartment 10
Iva Messy
The Designer's Attic
The Seattle Smith's
From Brooklyn to Broadway
Diagnosis Deferred

Don't forget to spread the love ladies! 

The Best Blog Award rules are:

1) To accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have recently discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

etsy love

Just found:  Nesta

Fantastic Atlas prints, artwork, vintage finds and handmade pillows!

Hope you are having a wonderful Thursday!  Friday can't come soon enough...

weekend recap - sunday

We had better luck on Sunday so no long stories this time!

I learned something new.  We had to go out and catch our own fiddler crabs for bait and let me tell you...those little suckers can pinch!  We didn't catch our limit (needless to say) but it was fun all the same.  :)

Maddie had a great time once again but rolled in something dead before we left.  OMG - it was horrendous.  Seriously.  There is no way to explain how bad she smelled.  I actually thought about leaving her there.

Had some more fun playing with the camera.  I took three rolls of film in two days.  Unfortunately, one of the rolls was split which was a total bummer.  Digital cameras are fantastic but it really was fun to take these pictures and then get surprised by them all when I picked them up.  :)

weekend recap - saturday

First of all let me apologize b/c I did tell you that funny stories were coming along with my weekend pictures, but I have decided against posting most of them.  I have shared this blog with family members and should probably keep some of the stories to myself.  What happens at Capers Island stays on Capers Island.  :)

My oldest brother Jimmy picked me and my friend Amy up at the landing around lunch time to go hang out on Capers Island.

The first mishap was when Maddie jumped out of the boat - while it was going.  This was Maddie's first time in a boat and proved to be a little overwhelming.  Yes I did have a leash on her and I was holding onto her but anyone who knows me knows that I don't pay attention.  I heard a boat full of about 6 guys laughing hysterically and it was then that I noticed Maddie had jumped out.  I am also not good under pressure so I panicked and did not let go of the leash.  Now poor Maddie had the wildest eyes I have ever seen and was dragging beside the boat by the leash.  Thank goodness we were still in the no wake zone so we weren't going fast enough for her to get hurt.  However - I did not have a change of clothes and I was now soaking wet.

Second mishap - my friend Amy got on a jet ski with a friend of Jimmy's.  She made sure to tell him that she did not have a change of clothes so she didn't want to get wet.  She was dumped off.  Soaking wet.

Third mishap - we made the mistake of leaving all the drunkards to walk around the island.  We weren't gone 10 minutes.  Came back to no boat, no jet skis and no people.  Also came back to our chairs in the water and Amy's bag practically floating in the water, with her phone and camera inside.  Her camera now displayed nothing but sand in the LCD.

The craziest looking fish I have seen yet...

9 lb Sheepshead caught that morning 

All in all we had a great time...just a long day!

 

weekend recap - friday

I had a vacation day on Friday.  It used to be that I took vacation days and went out of town for something special.  Instead, I cleaned the house and ran errands.  And the crazy thing is - I loved every second of it!

I was also taking care of Gussie for Morgan while she was at ACL.  How cute is he??

I finally went by the antique store where I had a credit to pick something out.  I decided on the tiles below and LOVE them. 

I am not crazy about where they are yet.  Maybe they need to come down a little more?  I would like to hang them like a headboard but they aren't quite big enough to match the width of the bed.  Suggestions or ideas?

just a glimpse

I had a pretty busy weekend.  Both of my brothers were in town and we spent a good bit of time on the boat and hanging out on Capers Island.  I will send out updates soon, as I have some funny stories to go along with the pics.  For now...here is a glimpse.

Pictures taken with a camera that a friend let me borrow.  It's an old Pentax manual and it's really nice.  I had NO idea what I was doing with it but I was pretty happy with the way the pictures turned out. :)