Chara Shmara

It's no secret that we love Chara.

 I know I've talked about her tons on here 

Your probably rolling your eyes thinking, 

"Chara, Shmara! Enough about Chara." 

but I mean,

we can't get enough of her.

She's just amazing.

For tons of reasons;

Like how she reminds us to have joy, the meaning of her name, in Jesus.

How she's ALWAYS happy

And licks my face when I'm sad.

And chases her tail.

And has the biggest personality.

But all of those reasons weren't as conducive to picture collages as the following reasons.

 She's Loyal.

She loves Zachary. She is eager for his attention and approval. She's oh so loyal to him.

She loves to retrieve things. 

Even unretrievable things, like snowflakes.

And really, she just loves to play! Which brings tons more play time to our life.

We need more play time in our life. 

  She's athletic.

Which is great! Because she can be a motivator to get outside, enjoy the sunshine & move our bo-days.

 She just knows how to chill.

Which somehow is really inviting & makes you want to chill, too.

 She'll let you dress her.

Sweaters, shoes, unstuffed teddy bears, it's all a good.

She loves to do what you are doing.

She's a super, interested and loyal side kick.

 She really knows how to style a curtain.

 Who's perfect foot is that? 

I'll give you two guesses & a hint. 

My feet may or may not have had a "fund" by some really nice "friends," 

in high school to help transform my toes from E.T.s fingers to actual toes.

Ya. Not mine.

I really should have cropped that foot right out, 

but how else would you know how beautiful my feet are? 

So it's really a win win. 

You get to see Z's foot, get distracted completely from what this post is about, and learn about my feet. 

She loves to eat!

Even scorpions with her mommy and daddy. ;)

Okay, and also feces.

and dirt.

How is it not awesome to see your dog holding a carrot?

Or eating a huge dried squid, which we used to give her in Korea? 

It makes you smile. And it's just hilarious.

And so darn precious. 

 She loves to take pictures with her mom & dad.

 She reminds us to find joy in even the simplest of things.

Although this does remind me a little too much of Poop Face to Road Kill Lover!

 That cocked head melts our heart.

 She receives our love.

 She's an awesome photo bomber.

 She's super photogenic.

She knows how to make flowers look even better.

 Her puppy eyes melt our heart.

  She's obedient & has mastered 'sit.'

 She's the best snuggle buddy.

She loves to play!

And I'm sure I could come up with tons upon tons of more reasons why we love this golden fur ball but I'm sure this was enough for you today!

So, what do you love about your pet?

Thanks for letting me post a gazillion pictures of my dog on here 

and still coming back to read the next day.

If you're here for the first time,

I promise I write about more than just my dog.

If your now here for the last time,

I understand. I get it.

I've totally become one of those weird "obsessed with their pet" people, 

and before becoming one of those people, I was freaked out too. ;)

Love you friends! 

Oh and!

If you want to see Chara's virtual, wanna be boyfriend,

a 3 legged golden retriever,

you can see him at Chalayn's blog here.

Have a good weekend! 

I ate a Scorpion.

Actually not A scorpion but scorpionS.

2 to be exact. 

 Want to know the crazy part?!

I wanted to eat more.

Call me a freak, but they were good. 

I wanted to eat the 2 remaining in the bag, but I saved them 

for Zachary.

Because that's what good wives do.

They save the last two scorpions for their husband to eat. 

So, here's how it went down.

I got my fantastic, awesome I Phone, and was feeling pretty happy.

AND THEN, 

I saw a lady among the food vendors with 4 red buckets of scorpions.

1 with the big guys, 2 with the medium ones and 1 with the little baby scorpions.

I stared them down for awhile.

Asked the people around me if they were good,

just to make sure this wasn't a shady biz-nass going on.

But they all said they were good. 

And so, I said, 

"What the hey?! I'm young. Confident. All that. 

I can randomly eat a scorpion on the side of the road by myself. I'll do it!"

So I pointed to the big ones. 

The scorpion lady, {is that what you'd call someone in this business?}

 pulled out 4, and washed them off. 

They didn't seem to like water much. They were clawing around like crazy.

Right about this time Zachary called me.

Which I will say, made me very happy.

I mean, I was all about doing this in a very independent, "I'm awesome", kind of way,

but let's face it,

life is so much better with him

and I'm really not that awesome solo.

So, I excitingly told him what I was about to do, 

and being the ever-encouraing man he is, he said,

"Go for it!" 

So I did.

Frying them up in some very suspicious & dirty oil,

in a card board box.

I mean, they're scorpions.

So, how clean can you expect the cooking process?

This isn't P.F. Changs. 

Am I right?

If you're gonna eat scorpions,

have them fried in dirty oil, in a card board box,

on the side of the road.

Putting my snack in the bag, just before seasoning them.

Here we go.

In the taxi.

And oh look. May I point out that

I could document all this goodness because of my phone! 

 Let's also remember this was taken with my phone,

since they're such good quality and all.

And they're in.

Had to show you.

And my nostrils.

I thought you'd like to see those too.

Chewed up scorpion & nose hairs.

Sexy.

Yummy.

They truly were.

They tasted like crunchy pork grinds.

Or like chips.

Almost addicting.

I could have kept eating them.

But I didn't.

I brought some home to Z

and he ate them, too.

And he liked them, too.

We even gave one to Chara.

Of course, she loved them.

I guess we're a scorpion eating family.

If you move into a new house any time soon 

and find some walking around or in any crevices,

don't worry.

Just fry them up, 

sprinkle some cajun seasoning on top,

and walah.

No longer a household pest, 

but a delicious snack.

;)

Would you eat a scorpion?!

{I mean, not one that was crawling around in your house, because I admit that would be weird,

but from the side of the road? Okay. That sounds no less weird.}

Teal & Sparkles, Oh Yay

This title describes my new I Phone.

Say what?

Ya. You heard right. My I-Phone.

As in, I got an I Phone.

It has an awesome teal cover & a sparkly screen protector. 

Sooo not me. But I'm digging it.

Okay. 

Really though. 

I know, this is no big deal.

You all have one.

Even here, you go to Starbucks, and every.single.person. has their IPhone or some other ridiculously smart phone out. 

It's not a big deal.

A bowel of scorpions.

The very first picture I took on my phone

right before I ate some!! Come back tomorrow to hear about that!

But

I personally, feel like my world just got a little bigger.

Mainly because I can now enter the Instagram world that everyone rubs in my face by posting Instagram links on Twitter.

And then there's that thing called Face Time on the go.

That's pretty sweet.

Anddd 

most importantly, I can take a gazillion pictures & then upload their 

extrememly good quality-ness 

to the blog. 

So. Ya. I'm excited.

Thanks Hubbs. 

You're awesome. 

And thank you Lord.

I'm grateful for this crazy over priced, luxury.

I know that there are so many that go with way, way less.

I don't deserve it.

Thank you that my husband decided to gift me with it. 

And now. 

Enough mush. Right?

Here's my fantastic I Phone shots from our first few days together.

Lucky girl. :) A phone & summer clothes.

In case you were wondering what stores we have over here in China. 

Zachary flagging a taxi w/ all of our dong xi (stuff)!

Owners of I Phones must have tons of "selfie" shots, right? ;)

Inside a taxi.

Class plays.

Sherry! She's moving to America tomorrow!

If you see this cute little face around be sure to show her lots of love!!

Laura, looking fab in her uniform.

And Lionel. Working hard.

We wrote letters to students in other classes today.

Amy decorating her letter.

That's all folks.
Really, come back tomorrow to read about those scorpions I ate. :)
Happy Wednesday friends!