Tomorrow is my birthday! I’m turning 28. It’s weird. I simultaneously have no idea how that happened, but I also wouldn’t trade it for another age if I could. My dad always tells the story of how he freaked out when he turned 30, more so than any other age. He was still trying to make it big as a musician in NYC, his band had a record deal, but it just wasn’t working out as he had hoped.
I get it on some level. I went through my own mini freak out a few years ago with the state of my life (hence the moves to SF and back), but all that despair, struggle, reflection, and hard work paid off this past year. I literally came full circle and moved back into my pre-San Francisco apartment building (my favorite apartment to date), I quit my job to work as a freelance SEO, Aaron and I got married (!!!), I started this blog, paid off all my student loans and our car, and we added a hyperactive puppy to the family. 27 was an awesome year.
You know who else has a birthday this week? Honey! She turns 5 on Saturday.
Honey was a joint birthday gift between Aaron and I. We waited almost a year for her at the height of puggle mania, and she was so, so worth the wait. Seriously, this dog is one of the best decisions I have ever made. There’s so much personality in that little 23-pound body.
Here are some of my favorite photos from the last 5 years…
I can’t even handle the cuteness. She was just 8 weeks and 4 pounds, and this was her first day with us at a friend’s beach house in Maine. Best. day. ever.
Honey loves the water, so I of course bought her a kiddie pool. These photos alone make it $15 well-spent. She had a blast jumping in and out of the water retrieving her toys.
My parents’ puggle, Pickles, on the other hand, did not have fun. Here I am trying to hoist her into the pool…
See Honey in the background? Hilarious.
We made a stop at Rocky Mountain National Park on our drive from Boston to San Francisco. It was a looooong week, driving across the country in a little Toyota, packed to the brim, and with a puggle in my lap, but one I’ll never forget.
A little pit stop in the Mojave Desert. Honey was clearly thrilled. Also, this photo does not do it justice. The views were incredible.
I have a good feeling about 28 and 5…here’s to another awesome year!
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Happy birthday to you both! Ginger turns 5 in 2 weeks too. I can’t believe how fast that went! Seems like yesterday when we brought her 10lb, 8 week old puppy-self home.
btw- i tried to click on your post from google reader and got a weird feedburner error message…you might want to check that out.
Awww, please post some pics of Ginger as a puppy.
Thanks for the heads up about feedburner. I’ll look into that, but definitely let me know if it happens again. Oh, technology…just what I wanted to deal with today.
Happy Birthday! I hope this one is even better than last, although it sounded like a good one. When dogs do that eye brow raise….its just the cutest/funniest thing, and makes me think they judging us for sure!
I love the eyebrow raise! Honey does it all the time. She constantly looks worried. haha
Happy Birthday!
I love pups that love the water. Mine has a kiddie pool, too.
Thanks, Kelli! I’m glad I’m not the only person who bought my dog a kiddie pool! The neighbors think I’m insane, but it’s so much fun to see her play in it.
Happy Birthday!! I used to get to celebrate my birthday with one of my dogs, it is good to have a co-conspirator in life. Congratulations on accomplishing a lot of life, and mental sanity in your 27th year. if you keep going at this rate you will make the rest of us looking like wusses
Thanks, April! 27 has basically been the payoff for A LOT of frustration, disillusionment, and soul-searching over the last few years. It’s a constant evolution (don’t be fooled – I have plenty more to work on!), but I’m in a much better place than I was at 26. Thank goodness.
Happy Birthday to you and Honey! May year 28 be grand!
I love the behind shot of honey crawling into the pool – adorable!
I love that photo too. I made it my desktop background earlier today and every time I see it, I chuckle.
Happy early Birthday! I agree getting older isn’t so scary, what a great 27 year old year you had. I have cats… but your dog sure is tempting.. Have fun celebrating!
Thanks, Lauren! Honey is a great dog – we got spoiled with how easy she was as a puppy too. Olive, on the other hand, has given me a run for my money! haha
Happy Birthday to you and Honey! The shot of Honey on her back with a ball in her mouth is so darned cute – my female does the same thing. I think she does it to flirt with the boys!
hahaha I used to joke that Honey was such a flirt at the dog park, always running around making out with the other dogs. She’s mostly grown out of that, thankfully.
Happy birthday!! I can’t even handle how cute that second picture of Honey is
Thanks, Katie! That picture melts my heart. She was the cutest puppy!
Happy happy happy birthday!!!!! I know you’ll celebrate with something DELISH so instead I ‘ll tell you to just savor every second.
Also…those photos..omg. They even elicited an “awww” from the beau. 
Thanks, Kait! I’ll be celebrating with dinner at Life Alive tonight. I’ve never been, but it sounds like my kind of food.
Mmmmm yum! I love it there…then again I love anywhere I can order whatever I want off the menu without asking for substitutions, etc! But seriously…the food is fresh and so energizing and enlightening and delish. Enjoy.
Haha! And all this time I thought your blog was named for two distinctly different tastes of yours! Happy birthday to you and Honey!
haha Nope, it’s named after two puggles! But I like the whole sweet/sour combo too.
Aw, Happy Birthday you two! Have a wonderful year.
Thanks, Rhona! I’ll pass your comment along to Honey.
Happy belated birthday!
I’m going to be 29 this year, and I have to say, being this close to 30 kinda freaks me out a little. I guess because I remember when I was a kid and thought 30 meant you were halfway to the retirement home. And you were an adult. I still don’t feel like an “adult”. Ha.
And how cute are your fur babies! I don’t know what I’d do without mine. They keep me entertained 100% of the time. Trying to convince Hubs we need a puggle to add to our clan! They are so stinkin’ cute!
Thanks, Jennifer! I still don’t feel like an adult either. It may never happen. haha
Also, everyone should have a puggle.
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