Adventures of CrazyDogLady & HomeImprovementGirl

var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12869595-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Oh, HEEEEEEY!! I started this thing to keep in touch with my friends who stubbornly refuse to follow me and live in the middle of nowhere. I keep it up mostly due to deeply rooted narcissism. I like poems, ponies, babies, long walks on the beach, my three big hairy dogs, playing outside and buying and SLOWLY fixing up crappy houses... minus the poems, ponies, babies and long walks on the beach. Drop me a line at [email protected]

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Vat of pertater salad, bag of popcorn the size of one human torso and a properly fingered chicken. Ain't no party like an H.U.G. party... I love these people! #hug #hostileuterusgang #represent #nomnomnom

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Truckee will have exactly NONE of your sunny, gorgeous, day on the beach BULLSHIT. #truckee #tahoe #latergram #lifesnotabeach #malamute #lordtruckee

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That time Trey looked pissy, so I decided it would be a GREAT idea to LEAP from the car and pretend I was going in for a reassuring hug and instead push him down to the ground to teach him a life lesson about what happens when you have grump-face. On the down side: turns out he is stronger than me. On the up side: he looks happier than he did before he planted me on the driveway! (Photo cred: @kjbullen)

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I miss water already.

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About a week late, but fresh oysters and sriracha make a stunning couple.

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I'll fight the ladybugs for who enjoyed this day more. #outside #getoutside #tahoe #ladybugs

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Playing outside: it's alright...I guess. #gooutside #mountains #sierra #themountainsarecalling

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The legend, the lord, the leviathan. HE IS TRUCKEE.

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DUNDERBERG

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Yesterday: Sierra first light from an unexpectedly snowy camp at 10,500ft. Today: afternoon oyster bbq on the coast with friends. Gathering no moss.

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Eastern Sierra > Everything

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Kenai in camo.

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If so inclined, I can watch "Horrible Bosses" from the toilet. 'MURICA! Stay classy, Reno!

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I ran the new trail section of the Take It To The Lake Half Marathon and 10k yesterday. It's going to be AWESOME!! Mark your calendars for September 20th folks and go train on some sweet high country trails! #takeittothelake #halfmarathon #10k #run #trailrun #getoutside

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17 miles done, topping out at 9,100ft. Dozens of elk and deer chillaxin' in the basin. So fucking perfect. #hinterland #run #highcountry #running #perfect

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Sometimes- I would swear to you- the song that happens to play while I'm running combines so poignantly with place, that i feel like it can't just be chance...like it was supposed to happen to help me unearth something buried in my brain. "I buried her a thousand times- giving up my place in line- but I don't give a damn about that now. There's one thing that's real clear to me: no one dies with dignity. We just try to ignore the elephant somehow." -Jason Isbell. (If you're not listening to this guy yet, I can't recommend his albums enough) #jasonisbell #elephant #run #sunrise

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I love this stupid, STUPID fluffy bastard. But how stupid and fluffy is he? So stupid and fluffy that he fell asleep against the wall heater, none-the-wiser that tendrils of smoke were beginning to waft up from his coat…and who just looked up at me with confusion whilst I frantically called him to get away from the heater…and then grabbed him by the collar and dragged him from the heater…who now has a broad swath of dark, matted, singed dog hair across his back. Sleep doesn’t come easy when the whole of your house is dank with the odor of burned dog hair. Fucking Kenai.