I live for this stuff. 😃

Merry Christmas from Brutus and Hazel!  (Hazel is a former foster girl known as Olive.)  Y'all have no idea.  I live for this stuff.  😃

Ok, sirens all loud past my house.

Ok, sirens all loud past my house. Gotta love living in the ghetto.

Spot, Parvo pup I nursed last year!

Spot, Parvo pup I nursed last year!  She's a big girl now!  🙂

As if I need more stamping plates...

As if I need more stamping plates...

But I REALLY, REALLY want the cat face!

I had an ice cream cone after I ate my lunch today.

I had an ice cream cone after I ate my lunch today.  It's been ages!  That was awesome.  😃

I am clearly out of practice. 🙁

I am clearly out of practice.  🙁  I don't like my edges too much, and I'm not used to having nubs this short!  Being sick sucks ass!  🙁

Most of my nails are painted in a dark brown - it's such a pretty color when the light hits it.  It's a nice shimmery, warm brown.  It was pretty cloudy today, though, so I couldn't get a good photo of it.  I hate that.

Anyway, I wanted a simple and easy manicure that felt kind of fall-ish.  Browns usually accomplish that.  I don't know why, but owls always make me think of fall.  Probably because of their natural colors, too.  So I was super-excited to get to wear my little owl dude.  Unfortunately, I re-did that nail probably 10 times.  No joke.  🙁  I was so out of practice that stamping was just... hard.  LOL  Anyway.  Maybe I can get back in my groove soon.  I hope so!

Pomona is kind of a night owl.

Pomona is kind of a night owl.  She gets all walk-y before she goes to bed so I sometimes let her loose in the game room while I'm watching TV and doing my nails.  She usually walks and runs and explores... and then hides somewhere and goes to sleep.  So we have this "hide and seek" thing going on.  It's kind of funny - especially when I find her.  She's always asleep so when I pick her up she's really squinty and disoriented-looking.  It's really cute.  Like a squinty, spikey, flat potato.  Haha.

Since I've felt so crappy lately I haven't spent much time just hanging out with any of my tail-babies so I thought I'd let her out tonight.  I realized that Emma hadn't met her yet (and that she probably should now that Em's in the dining room where Pomona lives), so I got Pomona out and held her low where they could see each other.  (For the record:  I would NOT do this with just any dog, but Emma's REALLY REALLY good.)  Normally, Emma is the first one to sniff and lick a new buddy, but Pomona beat her to it and licked Emma on the nose.  Oh, how I WISH I'd had a camera ready!  The look on Emma's face was adorable.  "I think that spikey thing just licked me!"  LOL  I was pleasantly surprised that Pomona didn't seem phased at all to be held in a dog's face.  She didn't flare out or show her beard or anything.  Just licked the dog and was like, "Time to walk now!"

My creature family brings me so much joy.  I just don't understand people who don't love animals.