puppy love

i have taken to snacking on chow mein noodles. and my new favorite thing? strawberry-mint milkshake.

fresh strawberries + fresh fresh mint + vanilla bean ice cream = deliciousness!

also... i want a puppy. badly.

i held this little fellow today...

 and he reminded me of my bandit i had once upon a yesterday.

{i'm 14 in the picture below-- eek!... and not looking at the camera? what's new..} 

i am envisioning white picket fences... not for the husband and children running amok but for puppies. puppies bounding through blades of grass nearly their height. oh bliss. how i wish i had a yard and a house just so i could have a puppy!

i suppose, for now, i will settle into this rented apartment and be puppy-less. one thing is for certain-- i am having puppies before babies. and that's that. .