happy birthday dave!!

here's a picture for your viewing pleasure of two of the universe's greatest products

over the years dave has become a fabulous photographer - that is, of course, my unbiased opinion.  he originally got into it so he could do the product shots and dog photos for our catalogs but over the years it's become a great creative outlet for him and he really enjoys it.  since he hasn't had time to set up a flicker site to share some of his photographs i've decided to take it upon myself to post one my favorite shots every sunday.  this is a shot he took of one of our gardens at night - it makes me feel peaceful whenever i look at it. 

last month i ordered murray a tag from bella tocca tags. after i placed the order i emailed them because like a complete fruitloop i had to ask if murray’s tag could be engraved with all lowercase letters. just like joan crawford did not accept wire hangers, i refuse to tolerate capital letters. don’t worry, dave has the crackpot retirement home on speedial just waiting for “the” day. lowercase letters make me happy and uppercase ones make me anxious. anyhoo, i received this email back from the artist:

kym- thanks for your order! i'm honored to be doing murray's tag. you guys are my heroes!

i'll engrave "murray" (absent the quotation marks) in lower case…

thanks again-

kate

whatchoo talkin ‘bout willis? the woman who is making a tag for murray, my murray, that will hang in the vicinity of his heart for the remainder of his lifetime and at some point be my treasured keepsake is honored to be making it? can you hear the choir singing or is that just in my head? i’m still tickled just thinking about it!!

when i received the tag i was not disappointed – it’s beautiful and really well crafted and is an awesome compliment to murray’s magnificence. thanks kate – you’re one talented individual.

incredibly high on my list of things i love is listening to dave play the drums and now i'm passing the enjoyment on to you, my loyal readers.  mike younger is an amazing singer/songwriter as well as a dear friend.  this is a live recording from the mercy lounge in nashville from a few months ago.  enjoy!

eco-88 rocksdogs can create unmentionable atrocities – most of which stain.  eco-88 is the most amazing stain remover ever – it eats stains for lunch. i have no idea what’s in it and, honestly with such powerful stain removal action, it could be made of eye of newt for all i care. this stuff is a lifesaver, rug-saver, floor-saver, shirt-saver, etc, etc, etc…  eco-88