the obligatory about me post

I've only had this blog for three years...I guess it's about time.

:-)

Seriously though, I feel so blessed to be making new connections (thank you again Christine Kane!) and deepening existing connections.

And if you are new to this blog, you just got hit with something pretty heavy.

It's what's going on in my life right now and I am honoring that.

But I would like to share more.

So...

My name is Brandi. I consider dr pepper a reason to get up in the morning.



That's me with miss wiggle butts, Keely. She's my smooshy girl. Keely was severely neglected when we got her (it's been almost a year now!) but has thrived and we're thrilled with the progress she's made.

She joined our little family consisting of me, my husband Jason and our boog, Donnelly. We live in Grapevine, TX-which is a suburb of Dallas.



That's the boogs and his dad. They're best friends.

Jason and I adopted boog from weimaraner rescue (Keely came from a shelter).

The 'kids' are pretty much our life. We spend a ridiculous amount of time on belly rubs and shopping for new toys that they'll ignore in favor of our shoes, pieces of wood, boog's blanket (he insists it's not a blankie) and plastic water bottles.

Jason and I met five years ago-2003- in a bar. It took him a week to call me, something I still haven't decided to let him live down. We got serious pretty much immediately and after four years of dating were married under a tree in a beautiful ceremony we clearly didn't take that seriously.


photo courtesy Marc Oxford

We love to camp



and constantly make each other laugh. We share a passion for photography, movies and the outdoors...and really lame jokes.

When not out walking the dogs, I work in a cubicle at a creative company and give my boss a hard time.

I'm a big fan of mother earth-especially trees (love what you've done with the place dahling), creative prayer journaling, backyard exploring and cookies for breakfast. My idea of a good time is going to the library.

I also am a growing artist and photographer.

I write and share my art because well...I don't seem to have a choice in it really. I kept trying to play small and my soul kept smacking me upside the head and giving me the young lady talk.

Anyway, it's nice to meet all of you. Really. We should all get together for guac and chips at Ana Mia's. We'd have a blast, I'm sure.

~much love