- Celebrating my 23rd birthday (the 17th)
- Celebrating a year of employment (the 18th)
- Decorating my apartment (hooray for having a coat rack!)
- Browsing real estate web sites looking for a condo (there's a great building in Ballard I think I'll check out next weekend)
- Teaching Charley to ring the bell when he needs to go outside (a success!)
- Teaching Charley to stop barking at every single person or dog he sees (still a work in progress)
- Driving up north with my parents to see my cousin before he leaves for Iraq
- Listening to: Fleet Foxes, Okkervil River, My Morning Jacket, Liz Phair, Art in Malina, Tilly and the Wall
- Watching: select X-Files episodes, My First Home on HGTV, I Love the 80s 3D
- Reading: The Great Gatsby (finished yesterday), Blindness (will start tomorrow)
I found some dogs on Kijiji, and actually heard back from the people selling them.
I've been perusing Etsy lately (mostly looking for art, since I have bare walls), and thought I'd share some noteworthy discoveries:
I just found this little puppy on Kijiji.com, and am bummed that she's so young. I really don't think my apartment managers would let me have her, since she's only eight weeks old, but look at that face!
I started looking for a dog again, this time on Petfinder. Here are my findings:
I've been shopping on Etsy all day long. I decided I needed some new earrings, so that's what most of the purchases were, but I got some other goodies as well (including an earring tree because all of mine are currently sitting in a pile on my counter).
I forgot to put up these pictures when I took them, but a few weeks ago I ordered these prints from this Etsy seller. I think they look pretty good, but it's true that I'm quite a nerd. I also got this Life Aquatic one, but haven't framed it yet.
I've decided not to get a dog at this time. I was kind of stretching my budget to make it happen, and I should probably just wait until that's not an issue. Not to mention the fact that I'd feel so horrible leaving her at home most days. Maybe when I stop looking, the right one will find me. Maybe? But I get to see Charley in Arizona in less than three weeks, so that's exciting.
This is the sixth entry in which I've discussed my hunt to find the perfect Havanese. Will it ever end? I hope so.
The breeder gave the puppy to her sister today. Back to the hunt...

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