Junior Dude

New cousin alert:  Mike and Meg are preggers!!  I have been bragging for the past year and a half about how cool my cousins are with their adoption.  I have always been a big supporter of adoption and very proud of Mike and Meg for embracing it.  November 2010, they brought home their boys from Uganda.  Joshua and Isaac are very cute and seem to be adjusting wonderfully to their new life.  And now they are (or more precisely, Megan is) pregnant!  Fantastic!  You can read all about it here. I'm gaining cousins all over the place.  (this is a big deal for an only child)  Welcome Junior Dude Clarke!

Also welcome to the family over the past couple years, Michael and James Long, and Joshua and Isaac Clarke.  And more to come...

New roommie

Jason's here.  Jason's here.  Jason's here!  Jason is here!!!  Jason, my friend from Arizona, moved into my house tonight.  He and cat Hilary, also known as Meow Meow, arrived after a very long car trip.  Yay!

more Iggy

I know there are other cute dogs out there but mine ranks pretty high in the "cutest" category.

I do love that floppy ear

I've got a pisser on my hands

So it turns out that my dog is a nervous pee-er.  When Iggy gets excited or scared, he pees.  For example, he is not allowed on the sofa because of his peeing problem. And yesterday, he hopped up on the sofa, so I yelled at him to get off. And he peed all over the sofa.
Tonight was the first night I left him alone while I went to work.  I worked from 5 to 9 and rushed home to let him out of his crate.  He was whining in the crate when I opened the door and rushed out to greet me.  He is such an alpha dog that he immediately rolled over to show me his belly.  And peed.  All up and down my pants, shirt, and face.  Ewww!  We'll have to work on this.

meet Iggy

I finally got a dog!  I went to the Atlanta Humane Society yesterday and went dog shopping.  I was looking for a 6 month old female puppy but found Iggy instead.  He's a small, kinda skittish dog so I gave him a big name- Ignatius Maximus.  Iggy Max to his friends.  He is small of stature but big of heart.  I can't believe his family gave him away.  So let introduce you to the new dude in my life--I hope everyone gets to meet him at some point.

Rosemarie House

Due to popular demand, here are some house pictures.

how cute was I

I haven't posted many pictures lately.  So here are some from long ago--more photos I found around the parents' house...

This is my favorite picture of the cousins