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God Made Girls… Rowan’s Song

Have you heard that country song, “God Made Girls?” Well if you haven’t, the verses essentially state that God made girls to keep boys in check and they list all of these random reasons like, “somebody’s gotta be the one to flirt, somebody’s gotta wear a pretty skirt” and so on. My hands down favorite insight into God’s reasoning for making girls is to “give him a reason to wash that truck.”

So this song inspired a bizarre fantasy story in my mind about Rowan. I made up a story (that in my head should be the next Pixar flick) where Rowan is a famous agility dog but he pretends to be a girl because he feels that it makes people more likely to worship him as the rising superstar that he is but all the other agility dogs who are normal and grounded know that Rowan or “Rowena” is a fake. Rowan wears skirts and tutus to hide his penis on and off of the agility course. Every time “Rowena” starts his agility runs he requires his song to be played, which is “God Made Girls.” I like to picture Rowan jumping over a hurdle and right when the chorus of his song plays, “God made girls” especially when the “girls” is sung, Rowan is in mid-air over the jump and is in slow motion while his fluffy mane pulses in the wind… amazing.

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California Central Coast

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We drove along the coast for part of our way back from Monterey. It’s beautiful when you see Big Sur and the Redwoods next to the coast. The first photo was taken as we were leaving Big Sur, the second was taken farther south, a little past Cambria. The drive was very pretty and I feel like it should definitely be done once but maybe not more than that. There’s a long windy point in the drive just before you hit the San Luis Obispo County line where I started feeling like the drive was endless and I couldn’t wait to start driving over 35mph again. With that said, I’m glad we drove the route we did, and the drive on the 46 through wine country to cut back inland was extremely nice.

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Monterey

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At the tail end of our trip, we stayed in Monterey for a night. We went to Cannery Row and walked around. We walked through the wax museum which was supposed to tell the story of the times of John Steinbeck. The only narrative I grasped from that museum was varying levels of creepiness. A lot of the wax figures moved, talked, and had creepy looks on their faces just to give you an idea. We decided to skip the aquarium this time and spend the money on dinner instead. Our hotel was on the other side of the bay from Cannery Row and right on the beach. We could hear the waves crashing from our hotel room all night it was beautiful. This shot was taken right in front of our hotel room.

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San Francisco – Oakland Trip

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Halloween time is very dear to me. I think I have already mentioned this but it is Gar and Loki’s birthday. We had a blast this year visiting friends in Oakland and heading into San Francisco for various things. Our first afternoon was spent at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco which is an enormous and beautiful park with so much to see. We did not see any of the exhibits because we had the little dogs with us but it was still a great time. The next morning (Halloween morning) we visited Berkeley and headed to San Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland which is where all of these pictures are from. The visibility was low and it was raining and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience that morning.

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Strike a Pose

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I have been going to Disneyland fairly regularly since I was a kid. By now I know where all the cameras are on the rides and I try to do different poses each time for funsies. This was my favorite from this trip.

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Happy Halloween!

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Gar and I dressed up as Gomez & Morticia.

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Chilled Out Goat

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I mean… cute right? This guy was the coolest goat of all the goats there… and that bandana!!!