I love Chaco's and now they make shoes!

I already have Chaco sandals but I still want these:

However, I want these too and since winter is coming they are winning out. Now just scraping up the money and not making myself feel guilt about it. Aren't they cute?

The adventures of cat shaving

So Liam is getting old(er) and I'm having to admit it because no matter how much I brush him he's getting way more mats this year. So I've been tossing around the idea to get him shaved (yes I know it's August). I checked what the price was and slightly balked (I mean really!?! I just want you to shave the hair off my cat) and put it off. I then called back this week and was informed that I need to give them proof of up to date rabies shots. Well I can't find those and going to the vet to get him a new one drastically raises the price of this little venture from slightly annoying to ridiculous.
So I'm guess you've gathered from this I've decided to do it myself. I shave Isaac's hair when it gets too long so he can shave the rest. How hard could it be? I just need to get him to sit still and he's a pretty agreeable cat. Add on that he loves me a whole lot. So I now have half his back shaved and I know I have to do it all at the very least so perhaps I'll do more tonight. I haven't hurt him or drawn blood so he's still mostly okay with the process. Everyone just has to be sitting down while I do it because movement kinda freaks him out when he has to sit still and can't see what's going on.
I'm not including pictures because that might lower Liam's self esteem. ;)

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I couldn't resist last week.

Introducing the Don't Care Bears (I think of these bear more as the Care Bears but they care in the opposite way)

And Fake Panda. They had this shirt that I voted on awhile ago that I loved it was a polar bear and a black bear holding a baby panda bears hand in the middle. However, it never was made into a shirt. I still desperately want one.

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Why this is the best time of year (although I'm sure I say this every year) Cherries!

And I'm currently in love with hot yoga. I'm going today and I'm pretty sure I'm going Friday too. So awesome.

Why this show is ridiculous

And by show I don't mean this blog, but at times I'm sure I'm ridiculous. I mean the show "The Secret Life of the American Teenager". 

Okay, I'll fess up to it, I liked the show when it began but somewhere in the middle of last season my bs meter started going off. This show at times is rather unbelievable and maybe it's how teenagers are these days but I was never like these teenagers. Please let me know if I am/was delusional about this.

 The sad part (from my point of view) is that Isaac still watches the show, faithfully. I say this not as a jab to Isaac but because watching this show currently makes me want to poke my eye out with a sharp stick. Okay, maybe that's slightly over exaggerating it, at the very least I devolve to making snide comments loudly to the tv. And Isaac asking me politely to stop or find something else to do (I go find something else to do). I'm glad Isaac doesn't take me doing this personally and I'm glad he still likes the show. 

Two recent examples I have are these:

Example 1: Jack finally tells Madison he loves her and she assumes he has a gift to give her because he has said this. She then breaks into a monologue about it citing that she needs a gift for evidence. You know, because she needs to have something to show her friends to prove this moment. I don't know anyone who was this kind of teenager, please let me know if you know one it would help me make sense of this.

Example 2: Adrienne leaving her cell phone at home when she runs away and her father uses it to call all her friends to see if they know where she's at. EVERY TIME he calls one of her friends they have no idea who is calling them and it has to be set up in the dialog who is who. It then gets worse, even though he has told ALL OF THEM that she left her cell phone at home and he is calling them on it THEY ALL CALL HER CELL PHONE. It is then set up in the dialog that they were calling Adrienne's cell phone to see if they could find out where she was at and everyone has to reintroduce themselves again to each other because again, everyone is confused as to who is on the other end of the line. Either this girl doesn't have anyone stored in her phone book or everyone is illiterate. I think the latter would make a lot of sense for this show. Seriously!?!? I had to leave at this point (obviously) it was too big a break from reality for me.

I originally was interested in and watched this show because Molly Ringwald is in it and I was really excited to see her in something again after all these years. No more my friends, no more. 

Don't forget the fakelaki

So lots to talk about. I've been promising myself to update this but every time I sit down I either have to get up to do something else or I suddenly find everything going on boring.

The most current: I got a new phone thanks to my fab-o husband. It's the new T-Mobile my touch slide. I have in the past year or two really gotten into white. My winter coats are white, and so is my cell phone. I used to be afraid of white but I have realized that I guess I'm not the klutz I used to be and I do some how have the ability to keep white white. Now that I say this everything white I wear will get ruined. Just you watch.

Isaac had his last interview on Friday for a chef instructor position at South Seattle Community College and fingers crossed we'll find out next Monday. We were supposed to know yesterday but two days is not enough time to ask for references, get them back, review them and make a decision. We've been waiting long enough to know that next Monday isn't that far away. That said, I still really want to know.
We also entertained one of Isaac's chefs from the CIA and his wife on the Monday after the 4th of July. He recently left the CIA to work for Campbell's soup company as one of their senior R&D people and he not only offered to write but he wrote Isaac a letter of recommendation for the job he's up for and he was also talking about getting Isaac a job with Campbell's in the next few years. So we'll see but it would be really cool if that happened.

Besides that we went to Longview for the 4th and it was really nice to see Susie, Lee and Grandma. Okay, back to work now.

Cars

So every once in a while I think about the different kinds of cars I would like to own. I'm not in the market but sometimes it's just fun to think about. What are some different cars you would like to own? My list is below.

My First one is a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. I've wanted one forever but I have always been warned about the impracticality and that it could break down on me... Often. I still want one.

My next one is maybe a little weird as it is a 1990's Toyota Forerunner. I've wanted one since high school and I only like how the ones from the 90's look. I think this stems from wanting one while I was in high school.

                                     

I saw this next one and fell in love. I'm pretty sure I will never own one since I don't think I could ever bring myself to pay this much for a car and the maintenance fees would make my blood pressure soar but here you go. It's a Volvo xc90. So beautiful.

                                     

And the last one I agree with Corey is a really cool car. The only thing I don't like is the tiny rear view window. It's a Toyota FJ Cruiser.