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!