The Badass Unicorn

Michael’s birthday surprise came in the form of a fast orange corgi with a giant “Thought Bubble” bobbing above her head. Seriously, does that stupid grin not look like the typical thing that would run through a dog’s head? Iona was surprisingly patient with this huge thing and actually wore it all night…even on our […]

Sing a little song, do a little dance, it’s Michael’s Birthday! When asked what he wanted for his special day, “a new house and a job!”, is how he responded. The birthday fairies smiled down upon him and he received his formal offer letter on Monday for a permanent position (he was a contractor) as […]

Apparently EVERYONE (more precisely anyone that reads this) loves puppy ears! I wish I had more of these, but admittedly it was a challenge to both drive in a straight line and take photos into my rearview mirror. Of course that didn’t completely stop me and I snapped this one on Day Three of the […]

I am tired today. Really, really tired. I woke up before 2am this morning because Michael was talking to the dog. He says it was because she was chewing on her foot. I say it is because he couldn’t sleep, I was, and he needed someone to talk to…or wake up. The interesting part is […]

Michael and I decided to go check out our hopeful new neighborhood today. We are expecting to close on the house next Friday, but are holding back the sharing of our glee until we actually have keys in hand. Once we know this is a done deal, we’ll post pictures and descriptions. We fully expect […]

Do you like the Waffle House, the Waffle House, the Waffle House? Do you like the Waffle House, because I do too.On our drive from LA to Raleigh, it seriously seemed like there was either a Waffle House or a Cracker Barrel at every major exit along the 40. Neither of us had ever been […]

Earlier today I was thinking about our move out here and what an exercise in organization the entire ordeal was. For those that don’t know, almost all of our worldly belongings were picked up between two and ten days prior to us leaving LA. We had packed everything in PODS (thanks to Michael’s lab-mates) and […]

This is the Iona Pig sitting in our empty house right before we moved from LA. I think we actually left about 15 minutes after this photo was taken. I have to admit I got very choked up walking around and realizing we were leaving the house, and the city for good. Iona was already […]

It rains here a lot. I mean, a lot. I am no scientist, but it doesn’t stop me from trying to solve this dilemma. Lots of water from the sky? Check. Severe Drought? Check. Something just isn’t making sense to me. I think I must go find a scientist. In the meantime, I should say […]

Just a quick footer to yesterday’s post. It is 6.50 in the morning here in Raleigh and Michael IS at the gym 🙂 Iona has already lost a pound since we moved here (she is getting many more walks a day!), so it looks like this city will be good for all of us!