Brooklyn

Meet Brooklyn.  She's the newest member to our family. Almost two months ago we suddenly and unexpectedly lost our girl Riley. Since then, it hasn't been the same in our home. Coal has been moping, looking for his companion, and I've missed the ruckus two dogs cause. We'd been looking for another bulldog when we spotted Brooklyn on a rescue site. She is a little lover. When she meets you, all she wants to do is climb on you and give you kisses. When she came for the home visit on Friday night, Coal was having a great time playing with her - that is until he tore his cruciate ligament. Poor dude. Who knew dogs could tear ligaments in their knees (dogs have knees?) just like us. With him limping around all weekend, Brooklyn didn't get much play time.  Feeling somewhat better last night (the drugs masking the pain, I'm sure), he played with her. Not the smartest idea, but I couldn't get him to stop. They were having such a fun time together. 

Brooklyn is definitely keeping us on our toes. She's total puppy, getting into everything, being curious, and fearless. We've got to keep watch of her at all times or else we end up with trouble on our hands. I can't wait for Ramesh to take her to obedience classes! She's a crazy little rugrat, but we love her to pieces.

30 for 30 {Day 14- frumpy}

Shirt-Target, Sweater-JCrew, Skirt-Jcrew, Shoes-Pierre Hardy for Gap, Tights-Target, Necklace and Ring-Silpada, Earrings-Target, Belt-Forever21

Today was one of those days. I just didn't have it in me to work at my outfit. I even had two(!) large coffees. I just couldn't seem to get my act together. Looking at my 30 items this am, I couldn't find inspiration. So, I resorted to basic black. I do feel good about throwing on the mulberry tights. At least they give the outfit some pep, but still felt frumpy all day. 

Fortunately the weather has been fantastic the last few days- I'm hoping spring is here to stay. When the weather gets like this, Coal doesn't want to come inside, so I decided to join him in the backyard. He just can't stay away from the camera. Almost every shot I took had him somewhere in the frame. He's such an attention seeker.

I hope your day was better than mine. I just finished a killer workout with my trainer and that seems to have done the trick. I'll be back at it tomorrow. 

30 for 30 {Day 5- introducing Coal}

Sweater-J.Crew, Striped T-Alice Temperly for Target, Jeans-JBrand, Boots-Aldo, Scarf-from India
Necklace-local designer

It's the weekend! Hope everyone is having a good one.  Today we made a trip to the Indian grocery store to stock up on some much needed ingredients and then we went to lunch at our favorite Indian/Tibetan restaurant-Gorkha Palace. If you live in Minneapolis, and haven't been there yet, you've got to go. They have amazing food and it's organic. Everything is made fresh, so you can choose your spice level(which is good considering most Minnesotans can't handle the spice - which, by the way, DOES NOT include me! I love me some spice!). My outfit today represents my typical weekend attire (if I'm not in my lounge stuff sitting on my butt at home!). The weather was decent, so I played with my dogs a bit outside. When Riley made the blog earlier this week, I think Coal got jealous. Today as I was trying to get some pictures, he kept jumping in at the wrong (or right, depends on how you look at) time. Scroll down to see him in action.

Since I was out so long, I had my coat to keep me warm between shots-
this is the Imagine Parker from APART and I wear it everywhere!