Saying hello and goodbye to Miss Lulu!

A few weeks ago one of the guys that I work with came in Mon, Tues, and Wed. with the same sad story about a dog living out at one of the oil and gas facilities. On Wednesday I couldn't stand it any longer and decided to go check on the dog.. So I scrounged up what little food we had at the office (we had some old breakfast taquitos in the fridge that needed to be thrown out so I decided to bring that to the poor starving dog) and I rounded up a bowl and a few bottles of water and off I went. When I spotted her (its a girl!) at the facility she was very scared, very hungry, and very thirsty so I quickly started unwrapping the foil wrapped taquitos and threw them on the ground. After I unwrapped the last one I had already thrown it on the ground and it was being scarfed down when I realized it was a sandwich also wrapped in foil and not a taquito! I thought to myself "OH SHInicker BACHKER...that was not a taquito..that is a sandwich! I JUST GAVE THE DOG SOMEONES LUNCH!" yeah...that is just my luck! So long story short I couldn't just leave the dog out in the middle of no where to starve so I loaded her up in the back of my car and took her home! I kept thinking "why am I doing this, this is NOT what I need right now!!" She settled in nicely and stayed in the back yard. I posted a Craigslist ad for her the next day but got no responses. 2 weeks went by and I had grown attached to the sweet gal! Wes and I had brought her to the beach, bathed her, and taught her to sit-kind of. I decided to post one more ad and if that didn't work I was just going to keep her. Well it did work! About 30 minutes after I posted the ad I had a phone call from a gal who wanted to come see her that evening. She came last night and picked Lulu up and I was saaaaaaad! I was getting used to her being there and greeting me when I would come home from work. I will miss her alot but I know she is going to a good home and is going to get all of the love she deserves!

I snapped the first picture below to send to Wes to let him know what I was dragging home. It is very possible that she is eating someone's lunch in this photo.


-------Lulu and Scout had alot of fun together!-------

The Great NYC Adventure

~~~~~~~~~~~~~On our way to NYC!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMES SQUARE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~Empire State Building~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The swedish twins pose in the lobby of the ESB! :) Julie and I were asked if we were swedish twins A LOT! Literally, like 30 people asked us that!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Outside of City Hall~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lunch in Little Italy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHINATOWN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chinatown was a very interesting place. Canal street, where you can buy all of the designer knockoffs, runs right through Chinatown. We kept getting pulled aside and were asked very secretively if we wanted Gucci, Prada, Coach, or Tiffany. We wanted to go check out the goods and so they had us follow a Chinese guy a couple of blocks who then traded off with a woman whom we followed for a bit more. We turned down a small side street and then stopped at a door where we were hurried us inside after they checked to make sure the coast was clear. We went up stairway and through a few doors to a room filled with their illegal stash! It was crazy, I was so nervous it felt as if we were doing some kind of drug deal! After that we were shopping in a little store looking at jewelry and purses when a guy asked us if we wanted to see his designer collection. We said sure so he took us to the back of the store where he had a secret door that looked like the wall. He opened and he led us to a small room with their illegal stash! We didn't purchase anything but the experience was definetly one to remember!





~~~We found these signs quite amusing because everyone honks all the time~~~

~~~Top of the Rock Observatory-Beautiful Views!~~~

~~~~~~~~~~ Sunset Happy Hour Cruise! ~~~~~~~~~~~
Our camera died before we went by the SOL! This was my favorite thing we did on our trip!



~~~~~~~~New tat I got after the cruise~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~FAO SCHWARTZ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Piano from the movie "BIG" ...yes we were the only adults! :0)

__________I <3 SMURFS____________

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~St. Paul's Chapel~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This chapel sits right across the street from where the twin towers once stood. They said it was the only building in the surrounding area that was not damaged during 9/11. Not even one window cracked. The chapel served as a resting place for the 9/11 volunteers. http://www.saintpaulschapel.org/

This sign hung in the chapel. I <3 Oklahoma!

These are origami peace swans made and given by thousands of Japanese school children after 9/11. I took these pictures for my origami loving mother!


~~~~~~~~~~~ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL~~~~~~~~~~~~
The pictures do not do it any justice! The most magnificent building I have ever seen!


~~~~~~American Museum of Natural History~~~~~~

This place was very cool!

~~~~~~~~~~~The Beautiful Central Park~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~John Lennon Memorial in Central Perk~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Magnolia Bakery~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(THANK YOU MINDY IT WAS Ahhwesome!!)




I have so many more great photos but way too many to share them all (about 500 pictures between me and Jules..ya we are camera happy :0) )!! Our Great NYC Adventure was everything we expected and so much more! I can't wait to go back--gotta catch a broadway show next time!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I <3 NY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~