happy 2nd birthday oliver!

tomorrow is our sweet, sweet pup Oliver's birthday - he's going to be TWO! I can't believe it, I feel like it was just yesterday we met him at the breeder and he was all rolly-polly and ran over and sat in our laps... it was meant to be!

in honor of Oliver's 2nd birthday here is a little "flashback friday" all about our sweet ollie...

the first time he climbed the outside stairs into our old house...

the first time he climbed the outside stairs into our old house...

seriously. he was [and is] the sweetest... 

happy 2nd birthday ollie, we love you!

so exhausted and my big baby....

today is one of those days where I am just utterly and overly exhausted. I'm so thankful that it's Thursday because that means Friday is just around the corner AKA the weekend. I'm so ready for it, so so so so so ready. This week hasn't been overly challenging or stressful, I'm just beat. I'm ready for some R&R [with a 10K thrown in there]. 

I did feel good about myself this morning, did my good deed of the day and helped an old man on the train. Don't you just love old men? Not like that, just their sweetness and cuteness, reminding you of a grandpa... I didn't really know either of my grandfathers but I like to pretend they were like the grandfather in Parent Trap (don't you love him?).  

Anyways, off my tangent on old men... there isn't too much going on in my little world - just quality fall TV programming [there's so much, I don't know where to begin?!] and QT with the boys... speaking of the boys... let me stop rambling and talk about the big baby for a minute - no not DJ, Oliver...

Oliver is a big baby...
need proof? check this out... 

does your dog cry like this?

seriously. I have never heard anything like it before.

...is it wrong that it makes me laugh [and that I record it]?

did you think I was going to say I was exhausted because there is a big baby growing inside of me?
you're crazy.

oliver the big cheese....

as Kristen pointed out poor Oliver has been neglected on the blog lately and  Ollie is jealous of all the airtime that Tugger is getting so I'll try and make it up to him...

first, this is what happens when DJ goes out of town:

yup. 15 iPhone pictures of Oliver in his new bed.

[taken over a 72 hour span]

what? I mean, I had to capture it for his out-of-town daddy.

clearly.

[DJ wasn't as excited as I thought he'd be but I know I made Anna proud]

also, Oliver is clearly my child puppy, as he loves cheese as much as I do.  I made the mistake of giving him cheez whiz a few weeks ago [this is basically the equivalent of giving a cocaine sandwich to Lindsay Lohan].

lucky for you, I have it on tape [unlucky for you I have a terrible laugh]....

yup. 2 minutes and 28 seconds of me feeding my dog cheese.

 if you watched it all, thats 2 minutes and 28 seconds of your life that you'll never get back. 

you're welcome.

yup, he's my special boy...

...and I wear that tye-dyed tank way too much.

kittens inspired by kittens....

clearly, I'm a dog person [no offense to all of you crazy cat ladies out there, AHEM Anna, Caroline]...but the dog person in me is smacked down and wants to run out and adopt a cat whenever I see this darn video...

aren't those some freaking adorable kittens?!

...and I would be remiss if I posted about kittens without including this gem of a video...

too. freaking. funny.

that video will always take me back to 2008

in related news, I have seriously watched both of those videos way more than I want to ever admit...

it's kinda embarrassing. 

all quiet on the western front...

not much going on in my neck of the woods this week. classes started yesterday which means my days are filled with more student interaction [which I love] and more students eating junk outside my office [which I hate] - if you follow me on twitter you get to hear rants about this at least weekly during the school year. It never fails, the day I have a salad to eat there are like 30 kids outside my office eating cheeseburgers and french fries [don't they know I'm trying to eat  healthy?!]. but seriously, I'm psyched school is back in session and am ready to hit the ground running.

I'm a little sad today because DJ is leaving me for a week to attend to some business in NYC [he's fancy]. I want to take a business trip. That's the one thing I miss about my yearlong stint in the corporate world... business trips. I love traveling for work, being out of the office and exploring new places, oh yeah and flying and sleeping in hotels. I even loved filling out my expense report when I got back [I know, I'm a freak]. Oh well, that's about all I liked about that job so clearly I'm back in the right place/field.

But back to DJ, I'm such a baby when it comes to being without him now. It's so foreign to think about spending the next week without him. I also have to drive myself to work for the next three days, the nerve of him.  Luckily, I have Ollie and my MIL to keep me company. I have a feeling a lot of girly movies/TV is going to be watched this week and it makes me very happy!

I also finished two books this week - one that I LOVED and that you should read [Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner] and one that was kinda, eh - that I wouldn't really recommend [Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger]. More on those later...

well, this was kinda a pointless post so I'll leave you with this youtube video makes me giggle....

love.

happy tuesday kittens.

bulldog giggles...

thanks to Nikki for sending this gem of a video over to me earlier in the week, it was too cute not to share --

gotta love that bulldog determination!


don't forget to enter my giveaway! :)

my drunk kitchen...

no, not another post about sangria... Sarah posted these videos a week or so ago and they were too funny not to share - have you seen my drunk kitchen? if not, you're missing out -- here are two of my faves...

Sarah put it best: "I want to be her friend. Or help her secure a show on the Food Network."

amazing.

today I don't feel like doing anything... nothing at all...

have you seen the Bruno Mars "The Lazy Day" music video? I know, this isn't 1998 and no one watches MTV or music videos but this one is pretty darn.... "special" [you have to see for yourself].  I can't lie, I really do like it... I was never a huge Bruno Mars fan before, I mean Grenade, really, just not for me. But he really is pretty talented... did you know he wrote Cee Lo's "Forget You" [I'll be clean and not put the other name here]


anyways, back to the song, on days like today I can definitely relate to "The Lazy Day" way too much [other than the whole hand in the pants or P90X part] but seriously, there are a lot of days where I just don't want to do anything... hello sloth day. anyways, check out the video [can't be embedded] - here's a sneak peak of what you have to look forward to when you watch... 

yup, I'm in desperate need of a sloth day...

I think this weekend may only consist of pjs and abc family... 


in other news, one of my sorority sisters sabrina is a 2011 Atlanta Hawks Cheerleading Finalist! please take a second and vote for her [you can vote as many times as you like] - she really is one of the sweetest and most humble girls I know, not to mention she's an awesome dancer and pretty darn cute! 

seriously?

check out this Evan Longoria catch... 
it's unknown if it's real or staged
either way. crazy.

I flip my latkes in the air sometimes....

after a whirlwind 72 hours in NC - I am beat... I can't wait to share our trip with you but for now, Happy Hannakuh!


enjoy a laugh courtesty of The Maccabeats...

pug head tilt...

I'm clearly a bulldog lover through and through

[and don't get me started on labradoodles - I WANT].

But these pug videos are freaking hilarious...

Oliver does the head tilt too, but not like this...

...enjoy!

last but not least... yes - that's a pug in the toilet...


I wish...

...I was sleeping like this right now...

or at least cuddled up to this guy instead of in my office at work...

love my little oinker.

Ollie the Movie Star

I uploaded a bunch of Oliver's videos on youtube awhile back and then completely forgot to post them on the blog - then DJ and I were watching some on my iphone last night and it reminded me of them... check them out here.

Here are a two of my favs when from the first few weeks we had him when he first tackled the stairs to get into our house... he was so freaking little! AH!

Dear Natalie Portman....

Dear Natalie Portman,

I'm pretty sure you want to be best friends with me. We have a lot in common... I didn't go to Harvard but I do like sarcasm, potty humor, and Obama. I also like vegetarians [I'm not one, but I like them - good for you!]. Another thing we have in common is I LOVE dogs too [if people wanted to interview me I would bring Oliver with me for sure]
See, don't we have a lot in common?
Don't you love me already?
I swear you will.

Love,

Annahita

Seriously. I love Natalie Portman. I feel like she's one of the many celebrities that I could definitely be friends with. [Amanda Bynes, Charles Barkley... don't be jealous your letters are coming soon!]

Natalie Portman's Funniest Moments on the Late Show with David Letterman

Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: Natalie Portman

Inside the Actor's Studio: Natalie's Favorite Curseword:

This last one is my favorite Natalie Portman Video... seriously, I love that she can make fun or herself and put herself out there like this - it's one of the digital shorts from SNL but it is definitely the UNCENSORED version... **WARNING--it is pretty profane and by pretty, I mean REALLY... I like it but that doesn't mean you will... I like potty humor, if you don't... don't even click it.

How can you not love her?