Those Red Hair days

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . October 31, 2009 . 3:11AM

I’d forgotten what I look like with red hair and my old glasses. What I love about this picture is the look of peace on Leon’s face. We were at my mom’s house celebrating my little sister’s birthday a couple of years ago. I don’t know what he was thinking about, but there is something going on behind those baby blues.

No treats from Barack Obama

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . October 30, 2009 . 3:00PM

This dog looks like my dachshund pom mix, Reagan. Don’t believe me? Click that link on the left that says “Hooligans.”

This made me laugh so hard I cried. Dogs are hysterical. Finicky little buggers.

Friday Confessional: I’m a water cooler

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . October 30, 2009 . 1:42PM

This is a mini-confessional, but it’s a whopper and one I fully expect to hear about for years, so it gets its own post.

When I have to drink a lot water, and we all should, quite frequently, I do something odd: I pretend. I don’t just pretend that I have to drink water or I’ll die (duh!). No…

It’s more complex than that.

I close my eyes…

lift the bottle…

and as I tip it and hear it glug glug glug towards my throat…

I pretend I’m a human water cooler.

I can drink a full-sized bottle of water in about 15 seconds or less in this fashion. For someone who isn’t a water drinker, this has been the best possible use of my imagination.

What? Water is good for you. And so is playing pretend.