Tuesday was my puppy’s second birthday! I can’t believe she’s already two. She’s the greatest dog ever and is our favorite gal pal. She hated having this hat on though, so we had to hold it on her head. But watching her try and take it off was even cuter.
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We celebrated by laying on the concrete out back and throwing her favorite green frisbee around and feeding her table scraps.
Happy Birthday, Pepper! Here’s to a million more. 🙂
Over spring break, we got a little antsy sitting around at home even though it was so.nice. Pepper loved having everyone home so we decided to take her to the park. She had an absolute blast and so did we! The scenery was just gorgeous.
After a few hours at the park and snapping my camera crazy, we drove through Sonic to grab some big ol’ drinks and treat Pepper to a grilled cheese. Which, by the way, she loved. She was so exhausted when we got back she crashed for the rest of the night. She is such a great dog. I wish I had more time to do things like this with her and lived a little closer to some parks. Hey! Another reason to move to Dallas! 🙂
What parks do you like to go to? This one is Synergy park in Kilgore, TX. I know Tyler has some really beautiful ones and I’d love to go and check those out too one day. Saturday fun? Yes!
I talk about Pepper so much I don’t think you guys know that we have a cat! Three, actually. The two indoor cats are Mycroft and Ike. Yes, Mycroft from Sherlock. (Our favorite show. Have you seen it?! We should talk!) Our girl cat, Penny, lives outside and is the sweetest cat you’ll ever meet. She has her own little warm box on the porch swing that she snuggles up in during the weather.
When Pepper runs out the front door she also likes to do this:
Oh wait! Here she comes back down.
When she’s sure it’s safe again, she’ll come back down and invade any outfit pictures I’m taking. 🙂 If you’re ever in the neighborhood see if you can spot her roaming around other people’s porches. She’s easy to spot.
Today is my twenty-third birthday.
I was born September 30, 1990 to my parents, James and Charlotte Taylor. I’m the first of three redheaded, fair skinned girls with sass, wit, and style.
I’ve never not been Melody Elise Taylor Rich. (Well, Rich came later.) I’ve never not been redheaded and fair skinned. I’ve never not been stubborn, Type-A, dramatic, and sensitive. My family has always been James, Charlotte, Shelby, and Rudy.
These 23 years have been an absolute gift of learning myself and who I am. From the day I was born I was given this puzzle with thousands of pieces and each situation and each day gives me new experiences to realize where each piece fits. It’s so odd to me that I could be born myself but still have so much to figure out about who I am.
Last year I turned 22. These last 365 days have… hurt. They have pulled and stretched me into new directions and forms. I’ve experienced some things I pray I’ll never see again and other things I pray I do. God has shown me his abundant grace and sweet mercy time and time again and I’ll never get tired of feeling that wash over me.
My prayer for this year is a continuance of His awakening for me. I pray that He would continue to pull me in new directions and teach me more about who I am in Him. I want to see myself like He sees me.
As far as goals for myself I want to become self-sufficient and independent. I owe my family a deep debt of gratitude for seeing me through this year and to Pat for handing me an incredible job on a silver platter. But this is a new chapter for me. I’m a single adult woman with the world at her feet. I want to live in an apartment, just me and Pepper girl. Buy only chocolate for food and save for ridiculous material things. Take road trips spontaneously and spend every weekend at a concert.
There are a lot of decisions left for me but more is left unwritten. I’ve got no plans, no deadlines, no timelines.
I am so excited!
I’m twenty three. Let the future begin.
x
Prettiest dog on the planet, everyone.
Snarf.
She’s closing her eyes so you can see her look better.
Don’t be jealous that my dog is better than all other dogs, okay? Right now she is lying on a pile of my sister’s clothes inevitably covering them in her hair even though the clothes are clean. She’s goofy, excited, and loyal. She’s also a girl so we like to dress her up in old t-shirts and necklaces and makeup. 🙂 I successfully got mascara on one of her eyes yesterday. 🙂 If you’re wondering, Pepper’s eyeshadow shade is Urban Decay’s Graffiti. 😛
Happy Hump Day!
Several weeks ago Jason and I took Pepper to a local park. There’s a famous rocketship slide from when I was little and several birthday parties happened under those pavilions. They’ve since added some new equipment but the feel is still the same. 🙂
Needless to say, Pepper loved it. We tired her out pretty good!
I didn’t realize until we got to the park that Pepper has never really been down stairs before. It was hilarious to see her figure it all out and climb all the way to the top then back down again just for fun.
Nothing like watching a dog drink out a human cup. My sister still wants to buy pudding cups and feed her like Airbud. Can dogs eat pudding? 🙂
Oh, and she mastered the slide. 🙂 Happy puppy mama day!
Afterwards we had to get snowcones and cherry lime-aids. (My idea, obvi) And then, poor baby, we realized we left her very favorite ball at the park and had to turn around to get it. I felt so bad! But she didn’t care. Classic Pepper!
I just love this dog!
PS. Click here to see my outfit from this day!
xx
