Barking Kids & Tied-Up Friendlies

I'll tell ya what.. this girl.... haha..
Kids are awesome. Seriously. Funny, weird, messy... and awesome. Mine is no exception.  Today was a pretty good day, all things considered, and hanging out with my mini first thing after work is like the icing on a cake. Seriously. She's hilarious. And although I find it inconveniencing at times whenever we're anywhere and we have to stop for a 1-minute ride atop Sandy the Meijer horse, I have to stop and remind myself that these little moments won't last forever, and the world is big enough for me to relax and allow her to have them. 

sandy the meijer horse! 

In other news, the USWNT ladies took on Japan tonight, and although I'm not sure how I stayed awake through the entire game, I did it, despite the dismay of ending with a tied 3-3 match. Ladies, we're cheering you on from Cincinnati, and you blogbots will be seeing plenty of weigh in here on their Road to Rio as we get going. Oh, and sidenote: SUPERIOR PLAY, EQUAL PAY. 'Nuff said ♥.

An uneventful Thursday, really, I know.. but hey, it was what it was and tomorrow is Friday and YAY. :) 

See you then! 

xo | cmd

The Biggest Hearts Live in the Smallest Spaces

We woke up to this today:

We've recently remodeled Sydni's bedroom, a process which included wall-painting, furniture building, hammock hanging and the general reorganizing of everything else she owns. We'll soon be adding decorations, a desk/workspace, reading nook and whatever else we can dream up to make that space truly hers. 

The only thing we didn't really take into full account with this was that our dogs - Stella especially - can limber up the stairs of her new loft bed, but cannot make the final jump up onto the bed itself. The horizontal space on the landing platform between the wall and the bed doesn't allow for any dog-conducive ramp addition, which has left poor Stella stranded like a castaway from joining Sydni at night. 

I've caught her the past few days lying on the carpet floor directly under the loft; if I were viewing from the ceiling and had overlapping images of Sydni on the bed and Stella on the floor, I'm certain they would align exactly as if they were sleeping side by side. 

This is something I didn't realize until today, when I woke up to find Sydni in our room, having toted a pillow and blanket from hers, asleep on the dog bed, with Stella splayed out beside her. Something in my heart broke this morning, for this aging dog of ours who wants nothing more than to be with her little human 24 hours a day, and for Sydni, whose heart is made of pure gold when it comes to loving animals. It hit me also in that moment that the biggest hearts often live in the smallest spaces. 

I don't know how this managed to grab ahold of my senses in the way that it did today, but I am suddenly acutely aware of the fact that my dogs can't sleep with their smallest commander - which in itself is fine, but it's a stark note that they are in fact aging, losing agility and no longer bouncing hairballs of puppy energy [ok, well maybe Sasha's an exception on most days, but still]... 

Really, I don't know where I'm going with this, other than it looks like we'll be working out something to make the co-sleeping arrangements in Sydni's room both kid and pet-friendly, and go from there. I just.... I really wanted to pen out my thoughts for a later day, for whenever I start to feel frustrated with my pets for something they've done, that they're just hopelessly, unconditionally devoted to us and want nothing more than to have that same love returned. 

Love your pets today, bloggers. We forget often just how much they love us.
[[Yes, even cats. That's a diatribe for another day, I know; they're fickle, brooding & moody little mysteries, but they do love us just the same, in their twisted little ways.. haha. #ButIDigress]]

The rest of today wasn't so awful, either :).

after work.. happy little bits of the universe

Small group was tonight, and it goes without saying that these are often my favorite evenings.  We're working our way through the Old Testament, and tonight we processed through Ezra and all that it has to offer. Some challenging - and very much eye-opening - material! I would highly recommend reviewing Ezra if it's been a while. If you can get through the lineage of chapter 2, you'll be great! :)  

small group: ezra!

Post small group, we made a pit stop at Orange Leaf, because we pass the daggone place on the way home and WHY NOT?! Haha. Also, BOBA. That's right, BOBA.

boba for daaaays... 

I hope the rest of you've had a wonderful week so far, and that it only gets better from here. 

Happy Hump Day! 

xo | cmd

Tuesday is Friday and Stella's a Rabbit

I found this today, which I'm going to go ahead and take as a directive... so umm... yeah. That's legitimate, right? Haha

if only... 

At home this evening, I was looking for a particular set of pictures that I thought were being housed on the memory card of my water camera, but realized quickly that they're elsewhere. I did however, find a shoot that Sydni must've done while she was cleaning her room last week. Among the near 20 pictures of Stella and Sasha, I had to share my favorite of the collection:

hahaha

^^ And that is what Stella looks like when she's mid-yawn with a set of ears on her head. She looks so mean! Hahaha... In her defense, she doesn't always look like that:

..... what?

Only Sydni gets away with costume ideas and other miscellaneous experiments with our dogs. Hilarious ;)

We're almost halfway through this week.. whew!
Cheers, midweek :)

xo | cmd

Saturdays Are For Catching Up

Sleeping in this morning was the most anticipated hour of my weekend. I say hour, because well... my body no longer recognizes the golden opportunity to not wake up and go to work, so it tries to do it anyway... every day. Funny how that works.

Anyway, I somehow willed my body to stay as still as I could convince it to be, and somehow managed to open my eyes again about 2 hours later. Sleeping in has never been so much work, but YAY! Haha.

The day consisted of clean-up around the house, and catching up on things I hadn't had the chance to cover while I was gone all of last week. It wasn't much to document for the purposes of this blog, but it was a healthy sense of feeling caught up with myself and my house.. at least a little bit.

Mid-day, Rob passed out for a nap, which has been happening as a result of the pain meds he's been on since the accident. I took advantage of the downtime and decided to ride in to work for a few hours. I'm glad I did; those brief 3-4 hours were exactly what I needed to avoid feeling as though I've completely drowned in my work after missing 3 days unexpectedly.

I left work and headed straight for Jessica's; I'd promised to let Bumper out for a potty break while she was at the Luke Bryan concert. Bump and I had a great time cruising around the apartment complex, before I packed up the contents of the crockpot for fridge storage and headed on my way home.

See ya soon, Bump!

cutie! 

Oh, and we committed ourselves to a night of absolutely nothing, which turned out to be the best idea we've had all week. Despite the yucky feeling of declining friends' offers to go out and about doing things, I think the excitement of last weekend should hold us over for at least 5 more days until the next weekend.

All's well in this little casa. G'Night!

xo | cmd

Pibble. Swag. Owls. Horses. Falafels & Origami. [Oh My!]

I woke up to this [on my phone] today:

hiiiiiiii, meatball! [aka, stella] ♥

I miss my dog :(. Rob said she spends the majority of the morning "talking," which sounds about right, before she and Stella hit the kennels for the day. Aww, the meatballs...


It looked like our day at work was going to be much more hectic than it actually turned out to be... which was probably good since we were itching to take a second and explore the latest box of logo'd swag from our corporate office.

express.. keepin' it classy ;)

Yes, that's right, the glasses and the mustaches on sticks have our company logo on them. Welcome to the power of brand repetition. We. Logo. EVERYthing. Haha. Elisa and I had some fun... wonder what they'll send us next? 

Becky texted me midday to see if I had plans after work. I figured it wouldn't kill me to push off the personal trainer one more day, so that I could get down there and pick her up from the airport. She sent me these drom her layover... it's like my friends know what kinda goofy stuff makes me smile? 

owls everywhere. i love it.... (:

Cute. So yeah, it was off to CVG for the second time in a week's time. From there it was dinner time, and surprisingly enough, we came to a decision without defaulting to the Comet. Good call, too, on Becky's part - we found ourselves at Andy's Mediterranean Grille over off Nassau, a place I'd not been since probably my sophomore year in college.

samosas. pita. falafel. shish tawook! yummmm.... | andy's | cinci, oh

GOOD CALL!
I made an itty bitty box out of the napkin wrapper while we were at dinner, but the remaining square was juuuust a little too small to fashion the horse I wanted to go with it. When I got home though? Different story. Haha.


horsigami! ;)

Ahhh. Good stuff. Haha. It's getting late, and I've just caught up with Becky and her New York adventure [& some amaaazing pictures!]; it's time to get some sleep and get ready for tomorrow.

xo | cmd 

Out & About (:

outdoor running ... (: 

Rob was out with some of his friends last night, so I took off on my own endeavors this morning. The first stop was Cornerstone, with DeShawn, Joey & Tim to watch Ali in her rotation on the praise team. [Yeah, girl!!] Once church was out, I bypassed lunch to get a head start on some more housecleaning, spring cleaning, life cleaning, if you will. I handed off a jewelry hutch to Ali in efforts to lighten my collection of random furniture, before donating some more stuff at Goodwill.

fitz's!

I laced up the Asics for the first outdoor run of the season, too. It was kind of a spur of the moment deal, but I got 2.5 miles out of it and managed to not get hit by any renegade gravel or debris from the train that passed by. It felt great, but I've got a long way to go before I'm even close to where I was last year.

Rob made his way down to the house after a bit; we made a break for St. Louis for lunch at Fitz's. We ended up missing DeShawn by less than 15 minutes, coincidentally, but for what it's worth, lunch was delicious. The creme soda wasn't awful, either (:

Once we'd had our fill of fun at the Loop, we made a stop off in Granite at Rob's dad's house for a few minutes. I made some new friends ;) I've always said lapcats are the best... haha. 

boxer, or 3-lb lapcat? he doesn't know... he doesn't know..

What can I say? I've always loved big goofy dogs, so much so that I'd let a 50-lb boxer cuddle up on my lap like he was a kitten. It made me laugh.

From there, we took a zigzagged route home as we drove around scouting out some more properties for Rob to consider renting. Eventually we made it home, where we are now, relaxing. I'm starting to fade, so I'm pretty sure this is gonna be an early night. I'm okay with that. (:

You know what else?
I am in love... with this guy. It's been a busy day [a busy weekend, really...], but I feel like I should throw a quick reminder out to all the other girls like me [and guys, too, I guess] who have someone like I do. I might have forgotten along the way exactly how it feels to be appreciated by someone for who I am, too, and not for someone -- or something -- that another person wants me to become. It's refreshing, and rare. Honestly, I'm not sure if he even checks this blog much, but that doesn't change how awesome he is, and how thankful I am for him. My fellow blogbots, if that's you, count your blessing & let them know! ♥
 

i. love. you.

Here's the work week... let's make it a good one!

xo | cmd

Weird Tuesday

I'm getting old.

I woke up today absolutely exhausted; the "late night" I had last night with Ali & Marianne in Nashville took more of a toll than I'd anticipated. I seriously didn't think I was going to make it to work on time [I did...], but somehow I pulled off an entire day without passing out. I think.

HOWEVER, I did see this as soon as I turned the first corner in my neighborhood:

hello again, beautiful life... 

Early reminder that I had in fact risen to another day, which means that I'm alive, healthier than some, richer than most, blessed with the eyes to see a sunrise, a job to warrant my driving into one every morning, friends I can tell about it, and a little girl who can paint one that's even better. So yeah... life's good.

That's important to remember on days like this. I'm pretty sure the breakdown I had this evening was prompted by a combination of sleep deprivation, along with the fact that I miss Sydni more than I could explain in any reasonable amount of time. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting her this weekend for the next few weeks; as soon as I know that for sure, that will be settled.... but in the meantime, yeah.... 

* Insert embarrassing unraveling, complete with all the tears, sobbing, sniffling and sniveling of one of these fits. I pulled it together within a few minutes, but for some reason I got overwhelmed at no notice and broke into a spasm of human emotion. Awesome. * 

Luckily for me, I have a dog who apparently is a people-whisperer, and after agreeing to the new harness & tag I found for her [surprisingly cooperative, actually], insisted on cuddling quietly into my leg for the rest of the night. More than that, I have a boyfriend who didn't miss a beat during my meltdown, and gave me both that perfect amount of space I needed in the midst of it, then followed up with a simple but much-needed hug. Crazy freakin' girl.... I know, I know. You folks out there that have someone like him who can read you so well when you don't even know what you're saying - I know you hear me when I say it's pretty cool (: 

k, mom.. i've got my new harness & i brought you my bone....
... so can i please go play? 

I'd be lying to you if I told you I didn't fall asleep at 6:45 PM. Haha. I told you I was exhausted today. It was a long freakin' day. Oh, and to boot? I didn't have a single cup of coffee today. I know - that seemed like a great thing until I realized around noon that I chose the worst day of this week so far to take a mini caffeine hiatus. Oh well. I think I actually forgot to get it; that's how groggy I was this morning. Womp womp womp....

Wow. SO yeah. It's around 10pm and we are waking up for the 2nd time today. Haha. Old folks, for suuuuure. There's clearly not a whole lot else going on tonight, so I'll leave you with a snippet of meatball [aka Stella] doing dog things in the yard. And no, I don't mean potty things. Cute dog things. Hah..

G'Night...........again, blogbots (: 

xo | cmd

Oh, Beautiful FRIDAY [International Women's Day!]

First things first: Happy International Women's Day! [&yayyy, sort-of-obsolete-holidays! haha]

... found this on my fb earlier; thanks km!!

So.... It's been a long time since I've been so excited for a Friday that didn't serve as an introduction to anything specific for the weekend. Today really was just another Friday, but I've been stoked about it all week.

Oh! Before I get to Friday, let me share with you something I forgot to yesterday because I was so busy ranting about degenerate behavior...... I tackled a recipe given to me and can't say that I hated it. I did think of a few ways to doctor this up for the next time around, but for the first attempt, not too shabby.

pull-apart pizza bread!

[Yumm.]

Anyway, back to today - I think it was because this week has been pretty brutal as far as work's concerned. We've been over-the-top busy for the first time this year, and with an essentially new staff blending together over all of the ramp-up projects, it's been both a challenge and a truly incredible thing. [Yeah, teamwork!]

That, and I took an actual lunch break today for the first time in over 3 weeks. It may seem like a small victory, but when you're in an office from 7:30am to 5pm every day and the only time you use the front door is only at those two times, stepping outside midday for an hour almost seems like a foreign affair of some sort. I almost didn't know what to do with myself, even though it's just Glen Carbon and I've been spending 40+ hours each week here for the last two years. Still pretty funny. There was a different energy in the office today, which was a refreshing contrast to earlier in the week when I wasn't sure if we'd all make it with our sanity in tact to today. I've got a killer team, that's for sure. (:

rompers!

With it being Friday, it would've seemed natural for Rob and I to make some impromptu plans of some sort and end up out for the entire night somewhere. We stayed true to the last-minute nature we do so well and ended up at his friends' house, where we all spent the night relaxing, as opposed to the noise and crowd of being out somewhere. Definitely needed sometimes (:

There were some playful pups there, and I think they had enough energy and play to make up for double what we weren't doing just lounging back. Didn't mind it one bit...

Speaking of four-leggers, my poor meatball Stella spent the majority of today and obviously this evening locked up in her room, so we made it back here to let her out and stretch the legs some, while we sat and tuned up the guitars for a bit on the couch before calling it a night.....

..... which is where we are now. This may or may not be backdated, but hey, that's not important ;)

WEEKEND, here we are. I missed you....

xo | cmd 

Pittie | Parking Job | Play!

I've been back and forth over the last four months now on whether or not to get a dog.

Welp... 

... Got a dog. 

Meet Stella. (:

'ello, pretty girl! 

Not only have I been back and forth about whether or not to get a pup, but I definitely grew up knowing better than to set foot within touchable range of a puppy mill. [Dear Mom, I was listening.] I found this little girl through a random string of connection, and met up with her owners this afternoon to see the little porkchop. I fell in love. Long story short, I now have a beautiful little snow & caramel pittie, and I am excited for us to get to know each other. Sydni's gonna love her....

Rob went to Supercross over in St. Louis today, which looked like an amazing time. In the interest of sparing everyone from the bajillion pictures of actual supercross action [though I'm definitely not discounting any of them!], I'll give you one most of ya'll probably didn't see unless you happened across the parking lot today. Hahaha. 

parking job by the boyfriend.... haha...

Meanwhile, back here at the house, we were full swing in getting miss Stella acclimated. I think we're doing great so far; the only thing we need to conquer in the immediate future would be a bath [tomorrow]. Otherwise, we're off to a great start! Thanks to the Radcliff family for making the trek out here with her.

Ali made her way over early evening, with DeShawn not far behind - we made dinner and tidied up before heading out to McKendree University to see one of Ali's childhood friends in a theater production. We stopped to grab their friend Joey and made our way down to Lebanon to The Hett Center for the Arts, where we settled in for "Somewhere In Between."

"somewhere in between" @ the hett | lebanon, il 
deshawn. joey. cori. ali

It's been a while since I last went to an actual stage play; it catapulted me back to my short tenure in the world of theater. I won't venture to say that I was a theater pro by any means, but it was definitely a blast, all the way from the rigorous practices, dry runs, dress rehearsals and shows. Here's just one flashback, circa 199.....9?

"south pacific" | 1999 | mt. vernon players, mt. vernon ohio
mrs. kahrl & yours truly... backstage in full gear for bali hai ;) 

*Sigh... hilarious.

Anyway, after the play, the four of us made a pitstop at good old DQ before we rolled back to my house. We made several attempts to get my NES [if ya don't know, take video gaming back to the original NINTENDO, my friend.. haha] working so we could do some Duck Hunt damage, but to no avail. It looks like I need to do a cleaning on that system and try it again. We were so close a couple of times, but still needs a little work. Not bad for a gaming system that's older than I am. ;) 

The fellas have gone and Ali and I are calling it a night. We've got church in the morning, so we'll see ya then! 

xo | cmd

Enjoying Life's Funny

[backdated, primarily due to lag in photo editing ;)]

So a few days back, Dawne propitioned me with having Syd over today for a sleepover with Luke, Olivia and Max. No brainer. I love that she gets the kiddos together on the weekends just to hang out and have fun together; I'm so fortunate to have someone like her that genuinely cares so much for the kids she watches.

Before we got to going over there, though, Sydni insisted on showing me what she would look like dressed up in mama's gear. If there was ever a time I would call MINI-ME, this would definitely have been one of those pinnacle moments, to date.

itty bitty hipster

I didn't realize I'd have a little neffhead so early on. Haha. It was adorable, and even though there maaaay have been some tickling involved to coax a camera smile out, we managed to capture the moment, and I love it.

Speaking of mama/daughter things, we did some experimenting with braids today. I did one on myself [5-strand], and Sydni got her very first french braid.

Hold on. Let's rewind to SYDNI ... got her VERY FIRST... french BRAID.
... Someone call Guinness! Haha. Kidding, but see for yourself!:

hold. the. phone.... we have hair now!!!

And for the 5-strander....

it took a little while, but i think we've got it now!

I dropped Sydni off at Dawne's early in the afternoon; the other little ones were already there, anxiously awaiting Sydni to come and complete the squad of mini's for their big slumber party. I met back up with Rob and we headed out to South County to pick up something for his truck [boys and their toys ;) ]. It was then lunch at 54th Street and a cruise through the South County Mall. It ended with no purchases [kudos to both of us, but moreso to me.. on that one], and we made our way back to his place. He took care of some random stuff around his house while Sasha kept me company.

some good old pibble love ;) 

In the typical fashion of most weekends with Rob and me, we didn't have much - okay, nothing - set in stone as far as plans went, but it worked itself out with us playing it by ear. We wound up stopping by to visit the newly-renovated house of one of his friends/former roommates, then the lot of us opted for pool and food. Low key. Good call.

That turned into us hopping around to a few different places before we finally landed at Bindy's for the night. Not a bad way to end an evening. And of course, if you can manage some funny pictures from it all, then that's all you really need ;) 

edited... just for fun (:  

oh my. hahaha...
.. one stole my beanie & the other one's [still]
waiting on chinese takeout.... goooo figure ;)

That's a wrap, folks. (:

xo | cmd

Simple Saturday

ahhh... good morning (:

We didn't do one stinkin' thing of worth today. We're in recovery mode, still, from last night. It wasn't that we did anything extravagant, more that we're just gettin' old and staying out so far past our bedtimes beats us up. Haha. I was grateful this morning for good coffee, the light breeze, and a sunny backyard surrounding the pool. Not a bad way to wake up, even if we're all a little groggy still.

Oh, and I had a little friend for most of the morning. Meet Cecil! 

'ello, little friend! | little fluffy blanket ninja

^ That's Becca and Justine's little puffball puppy.. I'm typically not sold on little dogs, but he's a sweetheart and dedicated himself to a mode of hospitality for pretty much my entire stay thus far.

Things we did today:
Breakfast.
Jam Session: Mumford & Sons, Avett Brothers, Florence & the Machine, Ray LaMontagne.
Nothing.
Errands : Get Kalyn's car, Urban Outfitters, Zumiez.
Lunch.
Nothing. + Nap.
Thai Food & Redbox.

I'm not at all bothered by our lack of adventuristic plans today. Sure, we soooorta perhaps thwarted a day of my visiting, but the fact is, it's been rainy here all day anyway, and to be honest, the simple change of scenery is enough for me at this point. I'm happy.

Wake us up in the mornin' time (:

xo | cmd

Heartstring #129

I'm such an animal lover.
This broke my heart.

Dang you, simple, beautiful reminders in life.
A seeing eye dog for a blind dog. Really?

I'm sold. I love everything about this.

♥ ♥

This is amazing to me.
We could all stand to learn a few things from them :).
That's all.

xo | cmd

Blah.

Weather-speaking, today was certainly an entire different day than the last few. I woke up to rain, gloomy skies, and a temperature that sent me back in the house for a jacket before I left. Yuck. The gals [&guy] at my work and I agreed that we would’ve been just fine staying home in our beds in pajamas for the day.

Thankfully, the rain let up some and by the time my parents and Sydni met me at work, the skies had softened some and the drive to the airport was made without any windshield wipers or hold-ups. They’re on their way back to Ohio as we speak, and I am back here in what now seems unusually quiet even after just four days of visitors. We’re definitely looking forward to Daddy coming home. [Next week!]

Oh, and just in case any of you were wondering, and because it’s totally related to everything else in this entry [or not, whatever], don’t feed grapes to your dog. I have a mother whose animal-knowledge passed this advice on to me years ago, but I know there are still folks out there who think chocolate is the only no-no for our canine companions. No grapes. Dogs lack the digestive abilities to process grapes, so eating them will make them sick. You’re welcome, Fido.

Well, that being said, I’m gonna get Boogie ready for bed – I can already tell she’s perturbed that Mommy will be doing the teeth brushing and flossing tonight, instead of Pappy. Talk about just making do….

Early start, tomorrow!

xo | cmd

Otis :)

After last night, today started a little later than we had planned. We're cool with that.

We headed over to see the Edwards for a bit at their house since it's been quite a while. They have a new addition to their family: Otis! He's an English Mastiff, and he is adorable.

otis

giving puppy kisses!

Not a little guy per say, as he's already 45 lbs his paws are the size of my hands. This tyke is gonna be a big boy one day.

But for now, he's still a manageable size for even Sydni, who enjoyed playing in his crate just as much as he did. It's pretty roomy for her... Ideas for travelling? *Kidding.

He was impressingly docile with little hands, little fingers, and sometimes a not-so-little excited squeal chasing him around the kitchen and the yard. It's a shame we don't still live closer; in a year or so, he'll be pony sized. Haha. I joke.

Joe and I also made a pitstop at our favorite crepe restaurant downtown before I dropped him off at Eric's again and headed home to let him, Eric, and JB have a much-needed guys day to shoot pistols, play cards, and well.. just be guys.

I took that time to head up to Deerfield to BuyBuy Baby with two goals:

1. Get Holly [Joe's cousin] a gift for her baby shower next weekend which I can't attend.

2. Don't buy Sydni a bunch of stuff that Mama wants more than Sydni does.

I accomplished both of those things. Score.

Tomorrow we'll pay a visit to our now former church, New Harmony. I'm excited to see everyone!

xo | cmd

This One's for the Dogs

I stumbled upon this online the other day, and while I know it's nothing new to the rest of the world, I couldn't help but become immediately fascinated with this.

Personally, I would never do this - any of this - to my dog, but I suppose it works for some people.

For Example:

In China, the panda bear is considered one of the most beautiful animals, but it is illegal to own one as a domestic pet. Because the Chinese are so intuitive, they grafted this idea instead:



china + panda = ♥

You thought I said pet pandas were illegal in China, right?
 Well, I did.

Look closely:



panda....... dogs.



Yep. That is correct. Those are dogs. Those are dogs, dyed panda colors. My personal favorite is that poor terrier mix on the right that looks like one of those vanity pet owners stuck it in a weird halloween costume. 

Not a panda fan? 

No problem. 



lion dog

How about a lion? I actually thought this one was fairly convincing....... until he turns his head. I think this one is my personal favorite; for some reason dying a dog different colors or patterns is tricky, this one seems pretty simple and will turn out obviously fine if done correctly.

Still not impressed?

K.

Here's one for all those die-hard Bengals in my beloved Cincinnati:



[bengal] tiger dogs

 I almost feel like I've already seen a variation of this somewhere en route to or at a Bengals game. If I did, it definitely wasn't this detailed, otherwise I would've stopped to [photo] shoot it myself. Clever, though. It looks time consuming and from the reading I did on the page with the original photos, this isn't spray paint or that temporary hair color stuff. This is permanent. So, that means no room for error. That being said, I could likely guarantee they didn't name this cute boy Palmer. [It's okay, it's true].

If pandas don't do it for ya, if lions scare you, or if you're a steeler's fan {lame},
I only have two more suggestions for you:

zebra | giraffe

I wonder if, in dog convo, the husky in the background of that first picture is just laughing ridiculously at his friend, offering him the only reasonable words he can think:  

'Buddy, I am so sorry.'

Either way, like I said, I couldn't help but to be amused by the creativity of some dog owners. I would hope that chemically dying a dog's coat wouldn't permanently harm the dog [I'm an animal lover, let me have my moment], but I suppose there are more cruel aesthetic alterations that could be done. Kudos, crazy dog owners, for bringing your obsession with safari animals to fluition in your backyard. 

xo | cmd