Katie refuses to eat again. The thunder frightened her appetite right out of her. She's cowering in the corner and drooling. She's been really active all day today, running away from the frisbee, running away from the tennis ball, running away from the hula hoops, I imagine she must be just tuckered out. She is such a sweet girl. We had fun today. Didn't make it to the dog run because Katie just was pooped. She was begging for some Everything Nice while I was packing up an order so I just slipped her one. She also got a sunflower power today but seeing as she was so active, it isn't too much to get two treats in a day. I mean, she IS the official taste tester.

Lightbulbs
I went to Barnes and Noble today to meet up with an old friend and was tempted by all of the great books they have out. The Devil Wears Prada looks really good and I'd love to read it before the movie comes out. I hate spoiling a good book by finding out the end ahead of time. Just seeing my friend with her children was just so great. I loved watching her just being a mom. It sheds a different light on her personality but not in a bad way at all. She just looked and acted like a very cool and responsible mom. It also reinforced how difficult a task it is to be a mom. I thought about how much easier it is to have a dog. There are those things that need to be done, yes true but when I got home and took care of Katie it seemed so much easier than what my friend was doing. She was following me everywhere this afternoon when I got home. I felt a little maternal. That was nice. But, I also do like my private time, my coffee and reading time and sometimes just not saying anything. That would be rough with kids around.

Oh wait, she is eating now. The rain stopped and the Yankees are playing. Well, life has been restored to its normal cadence.

On the business side of things, looks like we have two more events this month but I have to be careful about scheduling. I've got a wedding to go to and I really want to prepare in advance for these events. I'm very excited about the Barkin' Arts opening on June 14th and then the following week is the Party Animal's Pool Party. Both events will be so much fun.

Ruh roh...
I'm a little nervous. I almost wrote Yappy Birthday to someone the other day and that scared me just a little. I know that I love what I do but I also don't want to start speaking Scooby Doo-ese to the world. I mean, we all know that Shaggy had the reputation for being slightly impaired and the whole Green Machine? Right...Yeah, I'll stop there.

Coffee tawk
I have just seen what could be my new favorite flavor...banana/coconut frappucino by Starbucks. How wicked. That's just a delicious summertime flavor. The other thing that they have created is the Strawberry Cream Frappucino. Oh my...that's something to adore. Don't get me wrong, I still love pure black coffee. I love black coffee and espresso. But sometimes we all need a little sweet. Happily, I indulged in a little vanilla latte with tons of cinnamon today. So good...

So tomorrow and Sunday are the Big Apple Barbecue days and we are definitely hitting that event. Yummy. Well, Katie is staying home because she would go nuts with all the people and all the meat. Wow. But, we are giving Katie some good stuff to eat from the BBQ in a doggie bag.
There is nothing like a good BBQ. Hooyah!

On Searching for ourselves
I loved The New York Dog issue for June/July. This was off the cover..."I spilled spot remover on my dog. He's gone now."-Steven Wright. I remember that comedy special. I wonder where Steven Wright is now. I loved that guy. He was probably one of the first deadpan comedians and he was just fantastic. Maybe I'll Google him. I am so addicted to Googling. It's horrible. I, like Alison Pace am also addicted to googling/searching my bakery. I love finding new places that we've been mentioned. That's just cool. It's my 15 minutes of fame but at least it's there!

Sad movies are so good
I watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night. What an amazing film. I actually cried a little. Okay, a lot. I was on the treadmill and I actually stopped running after 40 minutes and then stood there watching for another 20 minutes. Then I had to go and watch the rest of the movie in another room. But it was just so breathtaking and fascinating. I will admit, I started to read the book but never got around to finishing the first page because I always got interrupted. I'm so glad that I got to see the movie though. This sort of nullifies that earlier paragraph but truly, there are some books that are just meant to be made into movies and others that I'd like to read inside my head. (As a friend would say...)

I'm off to read another chapter of The Mermaid Chair. I'm really liking that book. I'll give you more about it at another time. I miss book club. I think I may start one in the Fall. I love talking about books. It just opens up a whole new perspective.

It's me time now. One thing that I've learned from this whole experience (leaving medicine and starting The Honeybark Bakery) has been that if you don't do what you want now, time will never come back to you. That Erma Bombeck email that keeps getting passed around about things she would have done in life...check it out here:
http://www.kalimunro.com/If_I_Had_My_Life_To_Live_Over.html

Stop blaming other people for your unhappiness or dissatisfactions. Do something about it to make your life richer and fuller. You create the best days of your life. Have some personal accountability.

Live your life.
Wow. I ended on such a philosophical note. Must've been the tilapia I ate.