It is hard being a dog!

This is a HUGE week in Kennesaw's life!  1 year ago she was dumped by a dumb family and we took her into our home.

Today she went to the vet for her annual puppy exam and we were told that she is happy and healthy and perfect. Her coat is healthy and much better. She is well exercised with little to no body fat. And she took all her shots and other things like a trooper. I am sure the treats helped.

And then to celebrate 1 year of true happiness I took her to PetSmart where she picked out 3 news toys - 1 for Mulligan and 2 for her. Literally picked out toys. I threw toys on the floor in front of her. If she pounced on it for more than 3 seconds it was a winner! {yes. i picked up all the toys. and yes. i talked to her the whole time in a little wittle itty bitty baby puppy voice.} 1 hour later 2 of the toys are defluffed and dead {reminding me why we never buy fluffy toys and tell people not to buy them} but she was oh so happy romping around with her purple elephant and stealing toys out of Mulligan's mouth.

I really wish I had taken pictures of the toy selection time at PetSmart and the toy destruction at the house. Oh the memories we didn't capture forever. 

Best part of it all: she was super sweet around the other dogs and the baby in the stroller!

Happy Almost 1 year Ken Ken!!

* Random Rambles *

Tangets of life. Tangents of life!

• Ok. So get this. In Georgia {at one busy part} it is now legal to drive on the wrong side of the road. I at first thought that we were all going to die and it was going to be mass confusion, but so far it has been okay. The first time I did it, I could not help but think that I was doing something wrong. But I was not. Therefore, I have embraced Atlanta's Diverging Diamond Intersection.  I have not agreed that it has fixed said busy road's congestion issue but it has made the commute more interesting.  And {Granted it has only been like 2 weeks} there are still so many morons who have no idea what lane they're supposed to be in and I know they do this like every day.  For the love, follow the signs and do just what you did yesterday {as long as it was right}.
• I am so so so ready for football season.  79 days and counting. 79 days till we beat Michigan. And the Twitter war {that I did not follow other than cliff notes versions in articles} between McCarron and the Honeybadger have me so so so ready.  And it was recently announced that we play LSU at 7 PM and CBS will be airing it.  That just may be a Bama Bar game {and I will make Heather come into town} ... and maybe they will cross the 50 yard line.  ROLL. TIDE.
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  We put a sock on her paw to protect it!

  Oh our dogs. Our Dogs. Mulligan went to the vet on Saturday morning because we noticed for 2 weeks he was just licking and licking his paw. It turns out he must have gotten bit by a bug or something, making him lick and lick, and that created some weird skin condition that was brought on by the licking - making him lick more. And that all turned into a yeast infection between his toes. And Kennesaw. She had her first vet visit on Monday since getting her off the streets because she was limping something horrible and couldn't put pressure on her paw. We looked at it and she somehow sliced her pad and part of her paw in between her toes and they ended up actually removing part of the paw since every time she would walk it would rip more. yikes. painful. Two vet visits in like 4 days. oi vey. But don't get me wrong. We love love love our pups and we cannot recommend our vet {The Village Vets in Decatur} more than we already do.
• The Peachtree - I got my race number today and my corral BLOWS.  I am in corral U - I was in H last time.  Granted, I know that I have not been running, but I don't want to be lumped with the really slow people and I know that I will be walking/weaving for most of the race being in this corral {heck, I walked a weaved most of the race when I was way near the front because people line up in the wrong corrals}.  I am just wondering if it will be worth it.  And I could totally sell my race number - which is totally illegal in the Peachtree running world, but nothing about running this race gets me excited especially since I am so far back with a 8:51 start.  Anyone want to buy a race number?! :)
• The current great debate in my house is: do we file our taxes as married -1 or married - 0 .. I would like all the opinions in the world.
• Kyle and I merged our bank accounts this past weekend. And it was pretty uneventful. My panic attack 2 weekend ago about it was 100% because we had not talked about anything. I needed to get my accounts in order. talk about allowances and how we were going to save our money. and work on a budget. Since we hashed it all out and I made a pretty impressive Excel Spreadsheet to track our spending I was sane and okay and ready to merge.

• We have 8 savings accounts :: The moving fund, the buying a house fund, the just because fund, the oh we over budgeted this month fund, the baby fund, the college education fund, the future vacations fund, and the new car fund {which obviously won't be touched for 5+ years}!
• And.  We have decided we're quite the pair.  All this money management talk has made us communicate WAY more and we're totally on the same page.  Who needs premarital counseling?  Just merge bank accounts!!
• People drive me crazy. Crazy mad. I need a vacation or a mental health day. Or a mini moment of hibernation.
• I am FINALLY cashing in one of my Groupons and spending the morning at the spa on Saturday. Never have I ever needed a day of pampering as much as I do now. Massage and facial. Le Sigh.
• I AM SO SO SO EXCITED FOR THIS WEEKEND!  So excited there will be a super awesome blog post to follow.  Kyle and I are having a Netflix movie and TV show marathon {all after my spa day of course}.  And I mean ALL weekend starting Friday night.  We are gonna make mini pizzas on english muffins and then try all sorts of Pinterst finger foods - like hamburger croissants and home made mozzarella sticks.  Be prepared.  It will be a foodtastic post! :o)
• And... this weekend was dreamed up by my wonderful husband man ... only because he sat around and watched Ramona and Beezus and tons of 90210 episodes with me this weekend.  Love.  True Love.
• I need fun, sassy, funky blogs to follow.  Send me recommendations please!

Rocks.

Mulligan decided to eat rocks this past week and decided to throw them up on Saturday morning at 6:19 am. It was awesome.

Mulligan sleeps with Kyle and me.... by our feet, under the covers. At 6:19 I heard dry heaving.. he got booted out of bed and then blah. Needless to say it was an easy throw up to clean up since it was rocks and more rocks.

The vet of course wanted to see him. $175 & 1 x-ray later we learned that Mull "dodged the bullet" and that rocks in the intestines = surgery. ....yeah, we couldn't have afforded that so luckily he puked them all up.

He is on playtime probation. We watch him like a hawk now. Oh dog.

Puppy for sale ... only 50 cents.

Yearly Checkup.

Mully had his 1 year check up yesterday. Yes, he is older than 1 year, but all his shots had expired (is that even the right word) and we had to get him vaccinated again to keep him healthy and wonderful! Lucky for us (well me, since I went alone) the vet is one of Mulligan's favorite places in the world. He has loved it since his first visit and ever since Village Vets in Decatur has been our go to place for everything dog.

Mull got excited at the thought of a car ride, but when we got into the parking lot his excitement really perked. I had to keep him in the car for a few extra minutes since some guy pulled in right next to me at the same time with his big ol Rotty and since I did not feel like being dragged, we hung out in the car a bit. I swear he recognizes places because he was hopping out of the car in excitement before I could even get him leashed up. And I made him sit to even enter the vet because he was so pumped to go in.

I know I have already said it, but Mully loves the vet and everyone always tells him that he is super cute and has beautiful brown eyes when he goes. He tends to put his front paws on the counter to say hi to all the employees and yesterday he ran into the vet and before I even got to say who he was and check in, he hopped up to say hi and had so much force he like slid across the counter! **my dog just has to make an entrance** For the first time in a long time he actually stayed on the scale so we could weigh him and for the most part he was VERY well behaved (until it was time to pay and leave and then all the excitement of animals made him demonic).

The vet said he was looking good and healthy. He gums and chompers were looking great and we were told to keep up whatever we were doing (...which is feeding him treats and bones and food) and he was well behaved. HA! Can they do vet visits at home so they can see his out of controllness? He hated getting his temperature taken and the fecal exam - but that is understandable. He got his blood taken and didn't even kick or squirm so he was a good boy and was rewarded with a treat! YUM - his favorite part. The bad news? He is about 5 pounds overweight. He is our little porker. The vet said he looked healthy, but he just had a few extra pounds on him and she would love to see him at 70 lbs not 75.8. So we have to scale back the treats and I cannot feed him pasta anymore as I cook dinner or he can't have bits of American Cheese as I snack. No more eating tater tots off my plate and no more snacking on human foot leftovers.

I did ask about the chewing of the walls and destroying of his beds while in the crate and she said it was separation anxiety. She did not want to put him on meds just yet but if it does not get better that may be an option. She did recommend sending him to a behaviorist or having one come to us and putting him in therapy. But yeah right. We're two 25 year olds saving our pennies. Therapy for a dog - gimme a break. We have to watch him and I went and bought him 2 new toys that are supposedly indestructible. We shall see.

After the vet he got a big long walk since he has about 5 pounds to lose and then his daddy played about 45 minutes of fetch with him later on. He ended up getting sick and puking in our kitchen, but that can be a side effect of all his vaccinations. Most importantly, he slept 98% of the day so we had a Saturday of peace!

I think for now we will keep him, so no puppy for sale now. Sorry.