nan two

how could i forget to post our portrait?!!

from the oh so talented nan lawson

rip brodie

sad saturday

after a very tough week of visits to the vet and test after test after medicine after medicine, Brodie passed away Saturday night. Both our vet and the dr at the emergency clinic were only able to figure out that it was 'some oddball cancer'.. bf and i were curled up on the floor with him when it happened..

we're in

done.. sort of.

the actual moving in went great.. my brother and boyfriend got it all done by the time i returned the zipcar and rode the scooter back over.. i unpacked everything in the first two days (the rain helped).. we ordered some new furniture to arrive friday.. washer dryer should be installed today or tomorrow.. internet went in yesterday (can't get our airport to work so im sitting on the floor next to the modem as i type this)

one major party foul.. brodie collapsed on floor 3 of our 4 floor walk up.. turns out he is 'very very sick' (as the dr wrote in his report) at this point we're not totally sure what it is.. treating for a severe case of worms and hoping for improvements in the next two weeks or he'll have to be hospitalized (at which time this girl will be sitting down with the boyfriend to see just how far we take it.. i've always been of the mindset that i can buy a fancy new dog for 2k.. we're halfway there..)

fuck.

via

brodie

this is brodie.. he turned seven this month.. boyfriend adopted him out of a saks 5th ave window when he was two months old..

we don't know what he's made of but we call him the goat because he can (and does) eat everything... in the last week he's eaten a jar of peanut butter (including most of the plastic jar), a bag of dried cranberries, an oatmeal cookie, several tampons, a cup of olive oil, and a couple cake pops... and he only threw up once

this is him apologizing and replacing my knitting needles he ate .. while a nearly finished hat was attached...

this is him taking up more room on the bed than i do... he's no longer allowed to sleep on my side of the bed..

cake pops

yesterday i got a little crazy with red velvet cake and ended up with cake pops..

i think i can really get behind these.. a little labor intensive but cooler than cupcakes, great for portion control, and fn delicious...

and if you can't control how much you eat you can always shove the stick down your throat and launch...

brodie was trying to snag one all day...

red velvet recipe

frosting... 1 pkg cream cheese... 1 stick unsalted butter... dash vanilla... handful (or two) powdered sugar