A Life Less Ordinary

As you can probably guess, we've been very busy lately. The school semester is quickly coming to an end, and I have lots of papers to work on before it's over. Then of course there's work which takes up way too much time haha. Other than that, we've had a lot of other things happening lately...

Last weekend, we took up trip up to Boston to see some of my friends. Sadie came with me! We stayed with my good friend Nicole, and Sadie slept during the whole drive on the passenger seat. She is a great travel companion.

When we arrived in Boston, we went to Nicole's place to settle in a bit, and then headed back out to grab some drinks with friends I used to work with. It was a lot of fun! Then the next day, we went to Nicole's second wedding dress fitting. I've never been to one, so that was a lot of fun. I was honored she asked me to go with her! :) The rest of the day was spent relaxing, catching up, and laughing. It was really a great weekend; I didn't want it to end! I need to get up there more often. I miss those girls a lot.

"Ma, I drives home, ok?"

Other than that, I have some other news...If you're friends with me on Facebook you probably already know, but I am now officially "in a relationship." I wasn't sure I was ready for anything right now, but things have been going really well, and it just feels right. So I'm trying to savor all the good things in life right now. I've been feeling happier and better overall, and it's a good feeling. It's just still so foreign to me, so it seems unreal sometimes. Hopefully I start getting used to it :)

I took some pictures in Boston that I will post when I finally upload them. I just wanted to give everyone an update, so you knew why it's been a little quiet here on our blog. We hope you're all doing well! My life finally seems to be falling into place...something I never really thought would happen!

Our Giveaway Recipients!

So we sent off our super special giveaway prize to Rachel, Bender, and Bones over at Bender's Adventure Dog Blog, and they posted about all the goodies! I sent over a few of Sadie's favorite things. We are so happy Bender and Bones enjoyed the loot :) Hope to do another giveaway sometime, because it's always fun to share the love!

Take a look at what we sent Rachel, Bender, and Bones...

We hope you all had a nice weekend :)

I Wish I Were a Little Bit Taller

Sometimes I don't think Sadie realizes how small she is, like when she barks her head off at giant dogs that could literally eat her if they tried. She thinks she's incredibly tough and can take them. I do not think she can. Or maybe she is just a punk/bully lol.

But other times, I think she realizes she is short and wants to be taller. For instance, one of our neighbors has a stone ledge/wall on one side of their house that progressively steps down in height. You can see it in this picture:

Right now, since nothing has bloomed yet, the wall is pretty bare. Oftentimes, we walk back home passing this wall, and every time we do, Sadie jumps up on the highest part and walks the rest of the way on the wall. It always cracks me up, because she seems to happy and walks all proud when she is up there. Like, "look at me ma, I'm tall!!!" I wish I had pictures of this. But for now you'll just have to imagine it :)

That little girl never ceases to make me smile.

Food > Mama

So for the second time now, I have come home after a long day at work only to be completely ignored by Sadie. No, she's not asleep somewhere and not aware that I am home. She is in the kitchen (which I walk into from the garage), and she sees me walk in the door. She glances quickly over at me, and then focuses her attention on what is clearly more important than her own mother...FOOD. She is sitting at my uncle's feet, watching him eat, hoping for a morsel of his yummy food. More times than not, she gets some of his food, which is why her focus cannot be broken, not even to greet her mother!

The first time she did this, I was so upset. I look forward to her jumping up and down when I get home, showing her overwhelming excitement for my arrival. But even when I called her name, she wouldn't move. She would quickly glance at me and then focus her eyes right back on the food. Now when it happens, it's pretty amusing. She wouldn't leave her place until all his food was consumed. Then I heard her walking to the bedroom to finally say hello to me. What a punk!! I see how it is...Food is clearly more important than I am!

Something We Love

I wanted to share this product with you all, because I am a big fan of it. When I first adopted Sadie, I got her a basic tag to hang on her collar. But when I put the tag on her collar, she froze. She wouldn't move when the metal tag hit the metal of her collar. Well, this was obviously a problem!! I didn't know what to do. I tried those plastic things that fit around the perimeter of the tag to help silence it. They didn't really work...I also found this little thing that attaches to the collar and holds the tags, but it was kind of clunky and I didn't like it. Then, I bought a collar from L.L. Bean with her name and my number embroidered on it. I do actually recommend these collars, because it is pretty cool! But I also like to change Sadie's collar too much because I get bored lol, so that one only solved the problem temporarily.

When I was at my friend's house, I noticed her aunt's dogs had these awesome tags that slid onto the collar. It was perfect! I needed to know where she got them. So she got me the information and I ordered one right away. It's called a CollarTag from Boomerang Tags. They come in different sizes and different types. We have the CollarTag for Adjustable Nylon Collars in size Medium. I am in love with this tag!! It was inexpensive, and it seriously does not fall off of any collar! I have also never had a problem getting it on any of Sadie's collars.

You can put whatever you want on the tag...Ours has Sadie's name, my name, and my phone number. I've had this one for several years and it has held up exceptionally well. I'll have to get a new one soon, only because my phone number is going to change!

Here are some pictures of Sadie with her CollarTag!

P.S. I am in no way associated with Boomerang, or have been asked to post about these tags. I just love them and wanted to tell you all about them! :) Oh, and they're on Facebook, too!

And the Winner Is...

I counted up all the comments and random.org helped randomly select our winner, and it is:

Rachel, Bender and Bones at Bender's Adventure Dog Blog!

YAY! Congrats! Please email us your mailing address, and we will get your super secret surprise package out to you soon! (Our email is listed on the right sidebar under our picture.) I am sure everyone will be excited to see what you receive, so be sure to post about it once you receive the package!

Don't Forget! Giveaway Ends Sunday!!!

In case you missed the post, or just forgot to enter, I wanted to give everyone a little reminder about our super special giveaway! You have until Sunday to post a comment on this post to enter to win. I will pick the winner that night and announce it on Monday :) Good luck to all! I will have a lot of fun sending the winner some of Sadie's favorite goodies!

Blog Awards

We've recently received two blog awards from our fellow blog friends, and we wanted to share them with you!

The first award comes to us from Trixie and Lily and Sammy-Joe:

The rules for this award are as follows:

• You must proudly display the graphic that Naomi created. Its presence in our award celebration is crucial to the memetastic process she is creating!
• You must list 5 things about yourself, and 4 of them must be bold-faced LIES!!!!
• You must pass this award on to 5 bloggers that you know (be ready, friends!).

Which one isn't a lie?? :)
1. Sadie hates children.
2. Sadie is scared of squirrels.
3. Sadie's name was originally Shelly.
4. Sadie was afraid of squeakers when I first adopted her.
5. Sadie has her own closet because she has so many clothes.

We'd like to pass this award onto:

Pip Gets Back in the Game
Pepsi the Lazy Maltese
Rudy's Life...as a guide dog in training
The Adventures of Brie & Momo-Mom
The Briese Moon

The second award is from The Briese Moon:

The rules for accepting this award are to thank the person (or pups!) who gave you the award, share 7 things about yourself (and these are all true!), link to 15 recently discovered bloggers, and contact them to tell them about the award.

So thank you to Luna and Briese! :) We appreciate it!

1. Sadie is a rescue dog (obviously hehe).
2. Sadie only gives me kisses. She's not a big kisser otherwise.
3. Sadie loves receiving packages and presents, and thinks most boxes or bags are for her!
4. When I'm on the phone, Sadie will either bark at me or get her squeaky ball to try to distract me.
5. I always said I'd never put clothes on my dog...but I can't help it now lol.
6. I used to love pugs, but now I am a corgi addict!
7. Sadie is the best cuddler in the world.

Here are the stylish blogs I'd like to recognize:

All That Jazz
Adventures of Sammy and Norman
Bailey and Cali -- Two Pups, One Tale
Bailey the Corgi
Bender's Adventure Dog Blog
Benny's Big Beautiful Blog
Breathing and Butter
Corgi Frap!
Corgi Kisses
CorgiPals
Milo the Corgi
The Corgi Chronicles
The Ein & Brian Chronicles
The Life of Philip the Corgi
Trixie and Lily and Sammy-Joe

Wordless Wednesday

Giveaway Time!

Sorry for the lack of posts...I was visiting a friend in North Carolina for the past four days and wasn't online at all. Don't think I forgot about you, or my promise of a giveaway though! So let's start with that :)

I haven't had a giveaway on here yet, but I really wanted to do one, because I appreciate all of our blog friends so much! I thought long and hard about what I wanted to giveaway...and I decided that I'd like to send the winner a surprise goody bag from Sadie featuring some of her favorite things! I promise you won't be disappointed if you win, and hopefully you will post about it on your blog and show everyone what you received.

So here's all you need to do: leave us a comment, telling us why you like reading our blog...You have until Sunday, March 13 to comment, and I will then pick a winner using random.org. Also, you get a bonus entry if you follow/like us on Facebook! (If you do, post a separate comment letting me know you're our friend on there!) Good luck to everyone ;) Oh, and leave your email address if it's not listed on your blog!

P.S. If you didn't see The Daily Corgi on Saturday, take a look at who was featured!