Dog Walking Etiquette

I don't really know if there are actual Dog Walking Etiquettes out there but I think it's pretty common sense. When I walk Sasha around the neighborhood and I see another dog already walking down the same path I'm about to take, I take Sasha down another path because I know dogs get excited when they see one another and Sasha is not always that good at staying calm. Or if I see another dog coming, I tend to pull Sasha away from the other dogs and to the side. I think these things are just common sense but I guess common sense is not that common.

Usually when I walk Sasha in the morning, I take my purse and whatever else I have with me so that we can just go straight to the car after our walk. So this morning I had my new LV purse and Sasha's bag with me while walking her. At the very end of our walk I see this guy come across with his two little dogs. I sensed that Sasha was going to get excited so I pulled her back a bit. I was expecting the guy to pull his dogs to the side as well so we can both pass but instead, he just stood there like an idiot. So Sasha was calm but one of his yappy dogs start barking and that made Sasha excited. I tried to pull her and while pulling her, I totally slipped and fell on my knee while scraping my new purse. The good thing is Sasha totally calmed down after I fell. It's like she sensed I fell or knew something wasn't right. I was afraid she was going to bolt. The guy just stood there and did nothing. Still stood there with his stupid dogs. I was furious. I wanted to yell at him and say "Next time pull your dumb dogs to the side!"

My dad is back from Taiwan which means lots of homemade dinners to come. I can really use some home cooked meals. My mom made dinner tonight except she made brown rice rather than white rice. Yuck. I hate brown rice. I told her to make sure to get me white rice tomorrow because I just can't stand brown rice. I know.....I sound like a snob.

There's a store at Fashion Island called Shabby Chic that I absolutely love. I haven't been in a long time but I want everything in that store. I was reading Hygge House Blog today and she was talking about a store she loves in Santa Monica that has a lot of shabby chic stuff and how the owner now has a blog. I went to the blog and find out that she's the owner of the store I love in Newport but that the flagship store is in Santa Monica! I must go for a visit. I want to turn the guest room into a shabby chic room. It'll probably take me awhile but I'm quite excited about that prospect.

Thank god it's Friday tomorrow. Mark will hopefully be able to come home tomorrow night but most likely not until Saturday morning. It's been a long week without him and Sasha and I really miss him. Lots to do this weekend to get ready for our trip next weekend. Yippee!

One down.....

I finally booked our rental car for Maui today. Yes...I have been procrastinating. Originally, I was going to book a convertible like we had last year but they were all out of them at Thrifty so I had to think about another option. I went online to try to find rental car coupons because I refuse to pay full price and found a great deal for Hertz. I looked at all their cars and they had an Infiniti FX35. Mark and I saw his car in the neighborhood over the weekend and it's pretty sleek. I figured why not....might as well rent it and test it out. When we had the convertible last year, it was hard to get our luggage and Mark's guitar in so hopefully, we will have way more space this year in this car.

So that's one less thing I have to worry about on my list. Hotel done, flight done, car done. All there is left is activities but we can plan that once we get there. Hopefully there will just be a lot of laying around on the beach and snorkeling by the hotel.

Disneyland, QVC, Project Runway and more....

This pretty much sums up my 3 day weekend. Mark and I took Friday off and went to Disneyland. It was nice to be there without the weekend crowd but it was REALLY REALLY hot. It really sucked the energy out of the both of us by the end of the day. Mark was a trooper going from ride to ride with me....I know he was getting really tired by the end of the night even though I wanted to go on more rides.

We went to Napa Rose for dinner and it wasn't as good as I had remembered. My food was lukewarm and the soup I got tasted like it came out of a can. Needless to say I was quite disappointed.

Saturday afternoon, Mark and I caught up on some Project Runway episodes. On one of the episodes, they had to create an outfit for Diane Von Furstenberg and the winner would get their outfit made by Diane and be part of her Fall 2008 collection. Leanne won and made a gorgeous long silk dress. Mark said I should get it because it would be a rare item (limited quantity to be made). I showed my sister the dress and she said that the dress would only look good on really tall people. She said the shape of the dress is "picky" and I would have to try it on first. I wish I could try it on first but I can't! So I'm still debating whether or not I should get it. Although Mark will probably say that my opportunities are way gone.

Sunday morning.....I was flipping through channels and happened to stop on QVC. They were showing some jewelry by Tacori so I was interested to see what they had. I normally don't watch QVC but I was sucked in because they said that after the Tacori special, they were going to be debuting a Hello Kitty jewelry line that is made just for QVC. I've been wanting Hello Kitty jewelry for some time now because I love Hello Kitty and the jewelry pieces are way too cute and EXPENSIVE. So when QVC said they were going to debut their Hello Kitty line, I just had to wait and see what they had in store. I was sucked in! I was thinking they were going to have a few pieces but they ended up showing quite a few items and most of them were way too cute and the price was way too good to pass up. I was a frantic woman calling QVC to put my order in. In the end, I was able to purchase a few things and two of the items I wanted are on the wait list. Here are pics of what I got (both purchased and on waitlist). I can't wait to get them!!! Super cute items.
Oh...and the Hello Kitty debut sold out in 45 minutes. It was madness I tell ya.

We got all of Sasha's proofs back today. Mark and I will need to see what the best options are. There are too many pictures we both like so we may end up getting the Photo Box that will come with 50 5x7 photos. We were originally thinking about getting the Coffee Table Book but we'll see. Sasha isn't feeling so feel right now and Mark is gone for a week. Her stomach is bothering her so I have to keep an eye out tonight.

I've been dealing with a couple of investigations at work that has taken up a lot of my time and mental strength the past month. I'm looking forward to going away in a couple of weeks and getting some much needed time away from work with Mark.