our indoor cat.

the fredster hates going outside. show him a collar and leash and he will turn and trot the other way.

in other news, these 1950s cabinets totally sold me on our apartment. aren't they adorable? 

or maybe i should say, ador-a-bull?

ha. sorry. don't hold that one against me. 

have you hugged your bully today?

 

we have! 

happy memorial day!

it was hot, hot, hot in chicago today. so i put on a somewhat inappropriately short dress from forever 21 forever 35 and walked over to logan square to drink rum punch with the hubs.

{rum punch is a fun treat because it tastes like our 'moon in Belize.}

and because the heat always takes a lot out of us, we came home to nap in front of old episodes of Cougar Town.

so overall, it was a great weekend.

famous!

our wrinkly little smooshed-face monster is going to be in a documentary about bulldogs.

here is the trailer.


Teaser: Bulldogs from Footnote on Vimeo.

did you spot the fredster?

sunday.

1. teeny tiny leaves!
2. had to document my first iced coffee of the season
3. side of gallery cabaret in bucktown
4. my bully buddy in holstein park

me and my snuffles mcgee.

fred often likes to snuffle around. 

snuffle, snuffle, snuffle. 

he sounds like a pig rooting for truffles. 

and i know that seems like it wouldn't be the cutest sound a dog has ever made ever, but trust me, it is.

bulls on parade

we took the fredward to a bully meetup at Unleashed doggy daycare on sunday afternoon. 

i tried to take pictures of the bullies in action (because they sure were adore-a-bull! ha!), but alas, those buggers are quick and i'm still struggling with all the buttons on my camera. 

let's just say that our little wrinkly wiggle worm got all excited and pooped in the middle of the room.

pretty typical sunday afternoon for the Reedys!

black friday

i'm celebrating black friday with a 50% off [mullet] cut and color at Asha in bucktown. 

also, i'm making a pretty nice dent in my christmas shopping thanks to some killer online sales. 

{fred had a busy thanksgiving. he is zzzzzzzzz.}

bully burrito

just moments after this photo was taken, i devoured this adorable little bully burrito. 

nerdsville

every. single. morning. i wake up and think:

no one is going to see me walking fred around the block at this hour so it's ok if i wear these pink fleece reindeer pajama pants and my mascara is smeared all over my face and my hair is standing straight up.

and you know what?

every morning i run into LOTS of people.

fred update

here we are waiting for the vet yesterday.

{don't mind my disgusting toes. i'm still rocking the same pedi i got over 4th of july weekend.}

fred will be a-ok. he somehow picked up a bacterial infection, but the vet gave us some pills and prescription food so our monster should be feeling 100% in a few days.

thanks for all your happy thoughts!

fredzinski: part II

i couldn't help posting a couple more photos of the fresdster this morning.

our poor bug has been sneezing and coughing and you don't want to know what else this morning.

and because fred is my first dog ever {and because he's 8 -- very old for a bully}, i am freakin' out up in here.

so we're off to pay a visit to an english bulldog specialist in lockport, il in a couple hours.

in the meantime, i am petting freddie and whispering, "please don't die!" in his ear.

please think nice thoughts about freddie today!

fredzinski

i take our little fredward outside every morning around 7AM.

and when it's time to go back in the house for breakfast, freddie will skip and trot all the way home.

his little ears bounce up and down and up and down and up and down.

and it's the cutest thing i have ever seen at 7AM in the morning.

we love our dog.

i miss them

i'm in dallas, tejas this weekend for an event.

and boy oh boy do i miss my boys.

the tuesday after a long weekend blues

this weekend we...

took a chicago architecture boat tour. (so fun, i recommend it for all tourists and tourist wannabes!)

ordered our wedding bands

drank bellini martinis outside

wore shorts (him) and sundresses (me)

cuddled with fredward

watched an embarrassing amount of A&E Hoarders and Obsessed

ate way too much candy (who needs to fit into a wedding dress in 18 days? me? oh.)

it was all around a great long weekend. but now i'm back at work, creating pivot tables and charts and graphs and sorting data. le sigh.

freddie fun

we went to a bully meet-up on sunday. one of the chicago english bulldog rescue volunteers is a super talented photographer, and he captured these shots of the fred-ward:

pretty much what most of my life looks like

and i totally love it.

freddie is getting a spa bath tomorrow when we go to a meet-up for english bulldogs! a lot of the people from the Chicago English Bulldog Rescue will be there so freddie will have a chance to catch up with them while de-funk-ifying.

i love freddie, i do. BUT OH MY GOD DOES HE SMELL.

i'm sort of afraid of being that house that smells like a dog.

i'm terrified of becoming so used to the smell that i don't notice it anymore and then people are like, "oh god, their house smells like a dog and they don't even know it!"

you should see the amount of Febreze under my sink right now.

my boys

poor freddie was frightened of the thunderstorms that passed over chicago last night. it was sort of heartbreaking to hear him bark and whine every time the thunder rolled.

jim woke up to check on him. he took his laptop into the kitchen, where freddie sleeps, and found a classical radio station so freddie could listen to streaming music instead of the storm.

i love both my boys.

freddie...

...or as i like to call him, the fredster.

or the bug.

or bugaboo.

or bugs.

or bugs bunny.

or muffin.


P.S. something i've learned about myself: i am totally that girl who talks baby talk to her dog.

he's here!

our first day together was exciting!

we took a walk, ate some dinner, and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

right now my little bug is curled up in his crate, and i think he's afraid to come out.

changes are hard. :(