new things, life is good

i have missed this little place here that i can call my own, way too much. i shouldn't leave so much time in between sharing on here but i have been caught in such a whirlwind of things lately, that i seem to forget where up is and where down is (i'm getting back on my feet, super slowly, but surely!). my life lately has consisted of this new job, which i have grown to like in a lot of ways. i have met a group of fantastic people that i can call new friends but am a little consumed. when i say "consumed", i mean it in its entirety. i am just going through the motions right now, trying to get acclimated to this new schedule and.....i am writing these dots...dot....dot....dot...with much excitement....our new.....

addition to our little family!

here, i present to you, Romeo 'Romy', the new love of my life and the first addition to our little family of three!

this little guy is 4 months old and totally caught me by surprise while doing one of my favorite things ever (shopping). i happened to run into the mall one saturday afternoon to meet my mom for some much needed retail therapy with the money that i don't have and as i was walking by the shoe department at lord&taylor...instead of gawking at all of the new summer wedges, this bundle of beautiful-ness was lying on the floor as part of an animal rescue visit to the mall. 

i looked at him and all of the other puppies (but mostly him because he was just lying there so quietly), forgot about the extra tall pink strappy heels on sale, dropped to the floor, and decided we needed to love each other forever....as he crawled into my lap. 

at that moment, i caved....filled out an application....and promised i would change his name from "blacky" and make him ours.

i called david immediately after that. his exact response was, "please get him. don't break my heart." and so here we are.

we went to pick him up a few days afterward. and here he is sitting in the back seat with his momma.

he loves his daddy more than me, sadly...but they are buddies and i think it is the most adorable thing i have ever seen. 

so, between this new job and new pup, life has been extremely good the past few weeks. i am one happy girl.