Dawg with a Blawg

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  • Bowls of Misery vs. Bowls of Soup 🥣🍲

    The other day, I discovered that I would most likely be one of those characters in a horror movie that dies almost immediately because they make a decision that seems blatantly stupid to the audience. Someone was knocking on my door rather aggressively, and I looked out and saw someone trying to get in. I couldn’t see exactly who it was since they were leaning towards the door trying to unlock it, but they kept knocking and I thought that it may have been my sister’s boyfriend, so I opened the door. It was not my sister’s boyfriend. It was a total stranger that did not seem very happy. In that moment, I realized how incredibly stupid I had just been and this man standing there who was just angrily knocking was not someone that I should have opened the door to. Luckily, he was just as surprised as I was, and realized he was at the wrong apartment. He left and I closed the door. Seemingly not a big deal, but I felt pretty stupid for just opening the door to someone that was banging on it the way he was. I definitely would not survive in a horror movie, and I may not survive real life if I keep doing stuff like this. Mom, if you’re reading this don’t get mad at me, okay?

    I’m choosing to blame that carelessness on being sick. My brain must have not been working properly. I have some sort of cold or flu that is affecting my decision-making skills, along with my sense of joy. I am pretty down in the dumps these last few days and it is a real bummer. Definitely not part of the brand that I try to represent. Something within me just needs a change. I want to move somewhere new and try something different. I need to write this blog in a new atmosphere. I feel stuck and bored and burnt out with what I’m doing. But again, I will blame that on the cold that has taken over my body and brain. I’m sure that it has nothing to do with the actual events happening in my life and the exhaustion I feel on a day-to-day basis. This cold is also affecting my hearing. My coworker said, “Is the weather warming up at all?” and I heard so clearly, “Watermelon buffalo? 😀” I had no idea how to respond to that, so I didn’t.

    There are certain people that are subscribed to my blog that I’m not sure actually read it. I believe they may get email notifications, but I fear they are not into this bit as much as others are. Normally, I would say that I am going to block you if you don’t actually read my blog, but today I am just hoping that what I’m going to say reaches the right person. There is an article that I read a few years ago when I was in an unfortunate situation, looking for the right answer to a decision I didn’t want to make. In this article, it said, “On death beds, no medals are handed out for endurance and a limitless capacity to consume bowls of misery.” That sentence provided me with the reality check I needed to change my entire life. I think it’s important for everyone to know that there really is no prize for tolerating something that we know cannot get better. There are some decisions in life that will lead to a large (but much more temporary) amount of pain, and that pain is most likely always going to be better than enduring a lifetime of hurt and confusion. Instead of bowls of misery, I would recommend trying bowls of Publix soup.

    I know that most of this blog has been a real bummer, but I do not want to end it that way. I’d like everyone to watch this clip from New Girl, where Nick Miller (President of Earth) very accurately represents me when I am writing my blogs. If you have not seen New Girl, I need you to stop what you’re doing and watch the show in its entirety. I have seen it probably 103 times and could quote every episode. Some may think that is not healthy, but they would be wrong. You’ll understand once you watch it. You’ll also have a better understanding of my brain since at least 50% of my references are from this show. Just watch it 😀

    I hope you have all had a beautiful week and have an even better weekend! Take some Vitamin C, stay hydrated and get some rest. These germs going around are no joke!

    Stay healthy, Dawgs! ❤

  • Did You Miss Me? 😀

    Hello wonderful people, and welcome back to my Blawg! I know that it has been a while since I last posted and I would like to offer my sincerest apologies for that. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for you all to not have my incredible thoughts to turn to throughout the day. Fear not though, I am back. I’ve had an insanely busy couple of weeks, and while I don’t think that things are going to slow down until the end of the month, I am going to try to blog at least every other day so that my loyal subscribers can stay up to date on the happenings of my very interesting life. I’ve jotted a few things down over the past 11 days, and instead of fully summarizing what they’re all about, I will just provide you with my list of notes and no further context. I feel that you will have a much more accurate snapshot of my brain this way.

    • Had a caterpillar class with an eye patched Ali
    • I’m going to be that old lady dancing in front of the stage some day.
    • Monte the Tree
    • “I’m an adult, and you can’t make me NOT cry. You’re all a bunch of bullies, and I will say I’m sorry however I want. And by the way… I’m not SORRY👹” -The Dean (I watched the entire Community series embarrassingly fast)
    • Was told that I write like Dork Diaries and my life is making a lot more sense now
    • Long handled fishing net hot dog catcher (invention/idea)
    • Nobody wins afraid of losing.
    • “Where did my vision board go?!?!?!“

    I know that I wrote more down in a notebook somewhere, but I can’t find it at the moment, and I also can’t really remember what notebook I wrote everything in. This won’t be a problem moving forward though, thanks to my new Blournal™️ (Blog Journal)! Sweet Sheccid gifted me the most beautiful journal to use for my blog content (Blontent?) so now I can keep all of my thoughts in one place. Also, sharing my blog has never been easier thanks to the business cards that Morgan made for me! Everyone feel free to take a few and hand them out! And by “feel free”, I mean that you have to or I am going to block you.

    Something really exciting and amazing happened this weekend that I want to share with everyone. My big sister, Harper, planned an entire country music festival and executed it so perfectly! It was such an incredible event, and I am once again in awe of the way that she is able to do literally anything that she wants. She just knows how to do everything, and I’m so beyond impressed by her. It was so fun to watch everyone at work come together to support her, and watch the community come together to sing and dance and share such a joyful experience with each other. She put so much time and energy into it and I’m so happy that it turned out so well. I’ve even started enjoying some country music because of this event, which might be the most impressive result of the whole thing. Those cowboys actually sing some pretty sweet stuff.

    Life is crazy and life is busy and I worked thirteen days in a row and am truly exhausted, but how incredibly lucky am I to spend that time with friends, family and coworkers that make it all so enjoyable. Everything from the past two weeks is blending together and I cannot separate the days in my mind. But I know that I spent most days laughing and having fun, and spent most nights listening to someone rattle off insurance facts while they were wearing three watches and three pairs of glasses. All of the information that they were sharing with me is blurring together with the lyrics of the terrible LeBron James song that they were singing to me as I was falling asleep. It definitely made for some confusing dreams.

    I just remembered that I tried to do a handstand last night and completely wiped out. I really want to be able to do one so I will keep trying. If you don’t hear from me for a while, maybe check in and make sure that I am okay, because it is a real possibility that I go through a wall while attempting this. If anyone has any advice on this subject, please share it with me!

    I hope that the joy you felt when you saw the Dawg With A Blawg notification in your inbox stays with you for the rest of the day. I hope that you have laughed today, and I hope that you know you are worthy of wonderful things today and every day!

    My favorite country song that I have discovered this week:

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3TNSVsiFngfe68UJpMq1oS?si=38dc90f743de4339

    Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/song/starting-over/1528423148

    It’s good to be back Dawgs! ❤

  • Mind Candy: Goodbye Chad, Hello New Enemy

    We are officially a week into the new year, and I hope it has been wonderful for everyone so far! For me, it has been…interesting. Strange things have been happening, and even stranger conversations have occurred these past few days. Today’s Blopics™️ (blog topics, obviously) include a baby horse, my new favorite basketball coach, and the loss of my inner Chad.

    If I’m being honest, I am not too sure that the title of today’s blog makes total sense. I don’t have a complete grasp of what “mind candy” is supposed to be. This phrase was written on a crumpled-up piece of paper on the gym floor, and I later found out that it was written by my former enemy, who recently has become my best friend and new favorite coach. When I started my job last year, I knew that I needed to choose an enemy to keep the plot interesting. Originally, I was planning for Devin to fill this role. He seemed like the obvious choice, and I think he would have made a fine enemy. Sadly, he left quickly after I started and I didn’t have the chance to put this dynamic in place. I think maybe he left because he was intimidated by how handsome I am. Anyways, when things didn’t go as planned with Devin, I decided that this coach would be the next best thing, because he made me mad once. For most of the year, I felt confident with this decision because he made me mad a couple more times. Things played out exactly as they should with a predetermined nemesis. Then one random day, he was nice to me, and every time that I have seen him since then, he has been nice to me. So naturally, we are best friends now. He wears suits and screams his head off and I just think, “Hmm, it’s funny the way that he is 😀”. I guess it’s time to find a new enemy now, so everybody better be careful.

    There’s one person who never has to worry about being my enemy though, and that would be my colleague who has connections to the baby horse that I’ll be meeting soon. This has been in the works for a while, but there has recently been some urgency surrounding the matter and I am not completely sure why. This urgency has led to a hilarious conversation over the last two days, and I will share a small glimpse of that below. I really don’t know what exactly is happening, but I do know that there is a sweet baby horse waiting to meet me and I have now disappointed her twice. I must do better 💔 🐎

    Am I going to Doctor Taco Bell? Probably not…
    Nothing. Nothing at all.

    A few blogs ago, I talked about how my frat boy alter ego had built poorly decorated walls around my heart that grew taller every time I was around someone handsome. These walls made me say things like, “You should have dinner alone on Christmas 😀”. This Chad persona served as a defense mechanism and made me act like the type of person that doesn’t care about things. Unfortunately, I let one of these walls slip by accident, and I remembered that I am the type of person that cares about things. I care about things a lot. I am not a Chad, and I never will be. I do not enjoy pretending to be one. Although, it was definitely funny in the moment and led to some great bits. You guys know that I’ll do anything for the bit. Sadly though, my need for a good laugh led to me being forever haunted by the words, “You’re very pretty…just goofy.” 😧

    Let each of these things serve as a lesson to you. You never know what can happen in a year; sometimes your pretend enemies can turn into your pretend best friends. If there is something beautiful and wonderful waiting for you, go to it as soon as you can. Otherwise, you will receive extremely confusing texts about Taco Bell while you are at work. Lastly, whether you are a true Chad or a Wanna-Be like me, stay true to yourself and don’t let the bit lead you astray.

    Since this is another late post, I once again assume that most of you will be reading this when you wake up. If that’s the case, I encourage you all to welcome a little bit more joy, love and kindness into your heart as you go about your day. I also encourage you to listen to the song that I have linked below for both Spotify and Apple Music users. I’ve also included a YouTube link in case there are any oddballs out there that don’t use either.

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZoOmCSgj0ypVAmGd1ve4y?si=FgABzwmDTtmLT89G13eveQ

    Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/song/stay-beautiful/1440914004

    YouTube: Stay Beautiful

    Stay beautiful Dawgs! ❤

  • The Year Of Joy, Lemons & Bravery

    Happy New Year!!🎉 I hope that everyone had an amazing time celebrating last night. Normally, New Year’s Eve is a bit stressful for me, because it makes me painfully aware of the passing of time and our inability to get any of it back. But I didn’t feel that way this year. I spent most of the night drafting this lovely blog and reflecting on the last 12 months, then I ran around the neighborhood with Harper and JJ making goose sounds. I had a really remarkable year full of exciting memories, which I will now attempt to summarize because I know my readers want to hear all about it. It would make the most sense to list these things out in chronological order, but that is boring and predictable. Instead, I will describe my year in a few nonsensical paragraphs that contain no particular theme or structure. This will likely be more of an essay than a blog, so grab a snack and settle in.

    This year, I went to my first rodeo! 🤠 I quickly learned that I do not like rodeos. It’s not right the way they treat those baby cows. I took a salsa dancing class and one singular tennis lesson. I am not particularly good at either of these things, but I guess that’s what I get for only trying them once. I played in a kickball league, which was the start of six of the most peculiar weeks of the year. That was when my friends and I coined the term “Winnie-The-Poohing-It”. I discovered that I truly enjoy being a witness to a prank call, but I don’t have what it takes to do it myself. I learned how to take care of plants, and I haven’t killed any since June! I finally got my first tattoo, and it barely even hurt at all. I saw a comedian that I really like and was tempted to sprinkle some parmesan on the stage, but I resisted the urge. I made a lot of different lemon desserts for people that I care about, and some of them had more impact than I could have imagined. You’d be surprised the way a lemon cookie can affect your life. My big sister moved into the same building as me and it has been so much fun living so close to her again. Her house is my new favorite store.

    Speaking of my sister, she got married this year!! I attended her wedding and cried my little heart out. I gave a speech that got a few good laughs and made the newlyweds shed some tears, so it was a success in my book. JJ officially joined the family, and he has done a stellar job as a brother so far. I got to spend so much time with my family this year and was reminded over and over again of how lucky I am to be so close with them. My sweet niece was born, and it has been truly magical watching her learn and grow. I now have two nieces and a nephew, and being their aunt is my favorite thing in the entire world. I genuinely believe that my heart grows every single time that I see them. Something else that grew this year: my muscles 💪 My goal at the beginning of the year was to learn how to do one pushup. I just wanted to be able to do one regular pushup without modification, and now I’m up to ten! I got a lot stronger both physically and mentally and it led to me taking on challenges that I never could have dreamed of two years ago. I ate a lot of soup! Like, a lot of soup. More than I ever have. I blame Dave. I went to a concert with my sister and a very handsome rockstar fell in love with me. It’s because I’m so funny and charming and lovely. I bet he still thinks about me. For about a month, I was obsessed with the song One Little Slip from the movie Chicken Little. While it’s the perfect song to dance to, I honestly don’t recommend that you listen to it. There’s no need to learn what the recipe for disaster is. You don’t need that in your life.

    On a more serious note, earlier this year I made the tough decision to call off my engagement. It’s not something I like to talk about, but it changed me more than I expected. Nah, I’m just kidding. Just wanted to make sure you were still paying attention. I ate a waffle that I’ve been dreaming about since I was 3 years old and I spilled a few too many blueberries on the ground. I considered going to Chicago to stare at my reflection in The Bean™️but ultimately decided that some things are better left alone, even if it takes 7 years to do so. I saw insanely beautiful sunsets and stared at them in awe every time. I just find it so comforting to know that no matter what kind of day you’ve had or how you’re feeling, there will always be something beautiful to turn to and appreciate at the end of the day. I got to spend a couple days with my first-grade bully (turned lifelong friend) and she is probably the coolest person that I know. I miss her every day. Alexa, play Dorothea by Taylor Swift. I went on a five-hour long date that was not a date that actually was a date that maybe wasn’t really a date. Yeah, I couldn’t make sense of it either, but I did have a good time! Also, I got stuck in The Fancy™️for a while and I’m hoping that it happens again this year. I got bangs and it was the best decision ever, I am absolutely stunning. Lastly and most importantly, I started my blog!!

    My year was strange and odd and wonderful. I tried so many new things and put myself out there in ways that I didn’t think I was capable of. I danced and I laughed every single day, and I don’t know how it gets better than that. I also cried and got mad and got hurt. I learned the importance of finding and creating joy. I learned how to not let the hurt consume me. I learned that things aren’t as black and white as I once believed them to be, and that I don’t have to have complete understanding of things as they are happening. I learned that even just a few seconds of being brave when you’re scared or nervous can change so much. My heart is as full as it has ever been, and I am just so lucky to be surrounded by so much goodness and love. I am so grateful that I spent the year with people that seem to enjoy the fact that I get a little bit more odd with every passing day. I love my friends, I love my family, and I love my loyal Dawg With A Blawg subscribers. I feel incredibly lucky to have people in my life that are interested in my thoughts and the way my brain perceives the world. These past 12 months have been the happiest of my life, and I know the next 12 will be even better.

    One of my favorite reminders ❤

    To anyone reading this, I hope with my whole heart that you have the happiest, luckiest, most wonderful year. I hope that it is full of joy and love and laughter and meaningful moments for you. I hope you know that you are deserving of good things and are capable of anything you set your mind to.

    Happy 2026, Dawgs! ❤

  • Sleep Deprived and Ringless

    Once again, I am sitting in a noisy gymnasium experiencing mind-numbing boredom. I am trying my best to be productive, but my brain just doesn’t want to be. I have emails to send and schedules to make, but the sounds of these basketballs are just echoing within my skull and blocking all of my other thoughts. I’m not even hearing these words in my head before I type them out, so I’m going to be just as surprised as the rest of you when I read this back. On top of that, Mr. Handsome is here, which is very detrimental to the writing process because it is very distracting. He’s hanging out with his best friend (who also happens to be my best friend) and teaching some kids how to play basketball against a trash can. Not sure which school has trash cans for basketball players, but I would love to watch that game 😀

    Last night, I got approximately three hours of sleep and it is really getting to me right now. I guess it’s kind of been getting to me all day because I accidentally put on two different shoes and got all the way to work before I noticed. Granted, they look almost identical and I was in a hurry, but the height of the heel is slightly different and it’s really throwing off my balance as I walk. If I fall down in this gym in front of all of these people, you will never see my beautiful face ever again. I will vanish and you all will miss me forever. So, everyone say a little prayer that I stay upright. I’m also blaming my lack of sleep for the fact that I forgot my rings today. Most of these rings are new and I am still getting used to wearing them, so I’ve been forgetting them everywhere and normally don’t even realize that they’re gone. However, today I left behind my most prized possession: my turquoise ring. I have worn this ring every day for the past five years, and I feel vulnerable and exposed without it. What is a girl supposed to fidget with when she’s feeling anxious in situations that should not induce anxiety in the slightest? I wish I knew. From now on, I will be aiming to get 12 hours of sleep every night so that I am never in this situation again.

    One of these basketball players just asked for my Instagram. I think he must have been reading this blog as I was writing it and wanted to learn more. Either that or he thought that I was very handsome. I did give him my information, but I’m going to let you all vote on whether I should accept the follow request or not. He seemed just a little bit nervous which was very sweet, so I am leaning towards yes. Everyone comment their vote from the following options:

    • A: Accept the request and immediately send him the link to my blog.
    • B: Accept the request and send him the song Sneakernight by Vanessa Hudgens.
    • C: Accept the request and act like a completely normal person.
    • D: Deny the request.

    Before I go, I want to remind everyone that it’s Say-Something-Nice-About-Me-Sunday! Say something nice to me and I will gladly say something nice back. I may even say something nice to you first just to keep things interesting! I hope everyone has had a beautiful day and experienced genuine joy. If you haven’t, I encourage you to try to create some joy that you can share with others!

    Get some rest, Dawgs! ❤

  • A Sisterly Conversation & An Unfortunate Alter Ego

    I hope all of you lovely people had a very merry Christmas! I saw Marty Supreme on Christmas Day, and it was excellent. Timothee Chalamet’s marketing tactics definitely worked. If it wasn’t for him standing on top of the Sphere in Las Vegas, I would have had no interest in seeing a ping pong movie. It was incredible. I highly recommend watching it if you want to see a man with no morals try his very hardest to chase his dream 🏓

    Today, my older sister came over to hang out with me and my younger sister for a while, and we had a very interesting and hilarious conversation. I can’t really explain what it was about because it kind of turned into like 37 different side conversations, but I thought I’d provide some of my favorite quotes from it. Feel free to guess which ones were said by me 😀

    • “If you were a janitor, you’d be Mr. Johnson for sure.”
    • “Every day you amaze me with what you do, and not in a good way.”
    • “It’s like an IUD rescue mission.”
    • “You’re good for 8 years but it did the Goofy voice to you.”
    • “So, he can say that Jack Frost and Santa Claus are brothers, but I can’t ask him how he thinks he’s going to die on Christmas Eve?”
    • “Tamiflu? I think they mean Terrymisu.”
    • “Baaaaaaaa. I can feel it happening to me.”
    • “He is a weak man when it comes to massages.”
    • ‘Okay here’s how I started the message, ‘Yo. Yo yo yo yo yo yo.’ And then I sent a gif of a kid with a yo-yo.”
    Our auras do resemble one another.

    Basically, everything we were saying was complete nonsense, but that is the way that I like my conversations. I enjoy laughing and saying the most ridiculous things I can think of in the most creative way possible, knowing that I will be met with more laughter followed by something even more insane. If my brain was different, I would be so bored every single day. I would die. But thankfully I am the way I am, and we all know that I am never going to die😀

    Now, while being silly and funny is the very reason I get up in the morning, it is not without consequence. I recently realized that I may have played into this ridiculousness a bit too much, and have accidentally developed a bit of a frat boy persona that I literally cannot escape when I am around someone handsome. Why when someone goes to hug me, I assume that they are trying to dap me up? In what world would they do that? I don’t know. Why have my emotions created a defense mechanism named Chad? What happened to my sweet lover girl heart; why has it built walls around itself that are decorated with tacky posters and ‘Saturdays Are For The Boys’ flags? I must escape it; this is no way to live. But how, and at what cost? Stay tuned to find out.

    I hope you all have the most incredible weekend and enjoy these last few days of 2025! I care greatly for everyone that takes the time to read these silly blogs. You are wonderful and beautiful and kind and perfect!

    Stay goofy, but don’t lose your sweet ways, Dawgs! ❤

  • Inspiration Via Cardboard (It’s Finished!!)🧩

    I know that I have been gone awhile and you all are probably anxiously waiting for an update on my very exciting life, but I have a more important update to give you first. It’s what you’ve all been waiting for.

    I have been in contact with The Puzzler, and he has informed me that the puzzle is finished!!!! I am beyond impressed by the skill, patience and determination that it took to complete something like this. I am truly not sure how it’s possible to put even two pieces of this puzzle together. If I tried, I would be screaming and crying and throwing up after 15 minutes. I have looked forward to these puzzle updates all throughout the year. When times were tough, I knew that as long as Andrew was still trying to put these insane little pieces of cardboard together, I could make it through any obstacle I faced. The fact that he completed this in less than a year is truly astonishing, but I am even more taken aback by how much progress was made between Thanksgiving and now.

    Seriously, how is this possible?

    Wherever you are reading this from, I want you to take a second and give Andrew a round of applause. Congratulate him and let him know what you think of his work in the comments. Let this be an inspiration to all of you. There are things in this life that seem impossible, but you are capable of doing them. And if you’re not capable, there are people out there that you can live vicariously through because they are just better than you. Both are wins in my book.

    Andrew, if you’re reading this (you better be), I’d like to say thank you for the reminder to just keep on trying this year. When you return home, there will be another seemingly impossible puzzle waiting for you in beautiful Amazon packaging. I hope you choose to take on this challenge. If you do, just know that you are also choosing to receive a text from me every 1-2 months looking for an update, which will then be passed along to my lovely subscribers. Congratulations on what you did, you are never going to die!

    Let’s hear it in the comments, Dawgs! ❤

  • The Real Reason That I Am Going To Live Forever

    I’m never going to die. Everyone in my life has heard me say it. If you’ve been following along with my blog, you’ve definitely read it once or twice. It sounds ridiculous, and maybe it is a bit silly. But what does it really mean? Why do I say it? Let’s dive in.

    The dictionary defines joy as “a feeling of great happiness or pleasure”, with synonyms like delight and bliss. While I agree with the fact that joy can feel like a large amount of happiness, I do think there’s more to it than that. In looking up the dictionary definition of joy, I found an article that talked about its biblical definition. It said that biblical language consistently points to joy as an internal gladness that transcends changing circumstances. This feels more accurate to me and my experience. I think that while joy is something that can be felt in individual moments, it is also a state of being that you have to learn to embrace. You have to wake up every day and actively seek it out. You have to train your brain to recognize it in its subtlety. It has to be what you try to find first in any situation. With practice, these things can lead to joy being your resting state.

    So, what does this have to do with my inability to die? Well, everything really. I believe that experiencing joy adds time to your life, and creating joy adds time to others’ lives. This year, I have gotten really good at looking for joy in every situation. I’ve learned to shift my mindset to recognize how good I truly have it, when things are good and when things are bad. I have gone out of my way to add things into my daily routine that remind me of just how full my heart is. I’ve tried to create joy in every area of my life, in hopes to add goodness into the hearts of everyone around me. In trying to create joy, I’ve learned that I love being truly ridiculous. I’m the happiest when I am perceived as just a little bit odd. Learning to embrace that has led to me living in a resting state of joy. It has given me enough joy, that I may just live forever.

    Here are a few things I’ve done or experienced that you can do to also have this feeling:

    • Create a blog! (Obviously)
    • Play the song Who Let the Dogs Out every time your funny coworker comes into the office (thank you for this Morgan)
    • Make handmade Christmas decorations
    • Stare at every sunrise and sunset like it’s the first one you’ve ever seen
    • Start your mornings with songs that your three-year-old niece showed you
    • Play pranks on your boss
    • Interested in someone? Go to their house and go through all of their stuff (the joy comes from retelling the story to your sister and laughing till you cry about how ridiculous you behave)
    • Call an old friend
    • Have a nephew that’s just learning to talk? Wait for him to learn how to say, “I love you”. It’ll add years to your life
    • Did I mention starting a blog?
    • Eat good soup

    I could go on and on, but the point is this: joy is everywhere you choose to find it. When I say that I am never going to die, it’s because I feel like I have enough love and joy and excitement in my heart to last a million years. I say it in moments that are only adding to this lifespan. This feeling will surely outlast me in some way or another.

    In closing, I think that I have a fever. I believe that I am getting very sick. I’m not sure what is happening to me.

    Send cold medicine Dawgs!

    But also, find, create and embrace joy, Dawgs! ❤

  • The Winner Is…

    I’d like to start by thanking everyone that participated in Dawg with a Blawg’s first ever Compliment Competition™️. Your submissions were truly heartwarming, and I am so appreciative of all of your kind words. The time, thought and effort that was put into this by everyone was touching. Some of you got crafty, some of you got creative in the comments, some of you used AI and got disqualified, and one of you decided to insult my blog before complimenting me which has ultimately led to you being disqualified as well. Now, let me get to the moment you’ve all been waiting for.

    The winner is…. Sheccid!!!! Sweet, wonderful Sheccid used her crafting skills to make me the most amazing handwritten letter. She is beautiful and kind and a truly incredible friend. She has love and joy and warmth in her heart and she deserves all of the good things this world has to offer. I am truly grateful to know her. The radiance of her soul warms mine every day. You should all be jealous I get to spend 8 hours a day with her. She has received her prize, and I hope she spends those four dollars on something beautiful.

    Our runner up is obviously the lovely Ariel, whose message actually made me cry. It was one of the kindest things that anyone has ever said to me, and I feel so lucky to know that I am loved so genuinely by someone that means so much to me. She is a remarkably wonderful woman, and I know that the light that shines from her heart is felt by everyone she interacts with. She will receive her prize at a later date.

    Once again, I’d like to thank everyone that participated. Your words will not be forgotten! I have an exciting day ahead of me and I hope everyone else does too!

    Here’s something for everyone to ponder until my next post: When you go to someone’s house, should you go through all of their mail? Let me know what you think. More on that later.

    Stay sweet Dawgs! ❤

  • Everyone Compliment Me! Or Else…

    This afternoon, we are shaking things up. I thought it was time for some friendly competition. You are all now competing with each other on who can give me the best compliment.

    Rules:

    • It has to come from your heart (I will know if it doesn’t)
    • Be creative (I know I’m funny say something else)
    • High word count isn’t the most important factor, but it does help!

    How to Submit Your Compliment:

    • Comment under my blog
    • Text me
    • Deliver a handwritten letter to my doorstep 💌

    Winner gets a special shout out in my blog and also the $4.00 that is in my wallet and maybe a kiss depending on who you are 😀

    If you don’t participate, I am blocking you.

    Hope to hear from you soon Dawgs! ❤