Birthdays, Brownies and Bulldogs

I cant even explain how happy I am that it is Friday! Although I have a lot of laundry to catch up on, I'm looking forward to relaxing this weekend. No plans sounds nice to me. Chad's birthday is next Saturday. We dont really get gifts for each other, just go on mini trips, but he hasnt voiced anywhere he would like to go, so I'm just going to get him some brownies from American Brownie Co. I heard about it on Unwrapped on the FoodNetwork Channel. Chad doesnt like cake, but he LOVES brownies. I am thinking about the "Evening Brownies" There is an espresso brownies and some liquor brownies. If you know us, you know we love anything espresso! I think we drink more espresso than coffee! Tomorrow, I'm going to make am espresso hot chocolate. It sounds so so good. Next Friday, I think we are going to have a few friends over to grill out for Chad's Bday. We are going to make Lamb Burgers. And then on his birthday, we are going to the Rowland's for another grill out cause it is also Chad's friend Mike's Bday too. They always cook good soul food! Mike's wife Danielle is from Memphis and knows what southern food should taste like!! It's so odd to me to taste "southern food" up here. Even Cracker Barrel's food sucks up here. I guess no one can cook Southern food like Southerners!!

I am wanting another puppy. I am always in the mood for one, but lately I have been really aching for one!!! I picked out Laila and Chad named her, so the next pup Chad gets to pick it and I get to name it. Chad's dream pup is an English Bulldog and I would love one too, but my dream pup is sitting at my feet right now!! I love Laila so much. She is the sweetest and best dog I could ever ask for. She loves people, she is good with babies and she lives to play with other animals!! Any animal. Sometimes I think she love animals more than people! If you come over, she will be so happy to see you, but if you come over with another pup, it's over!! I think she is too quick to approach other dogs, because she doesnt get the hint when other pups dont want her around. Anyway, I would love to have another dog, I know that we need to have a bigger house and a fenced in back yard before we have another one! And Laila needs to chill a bit too. She can be quite hyper at times! Also, I would like to get my dog down South. The dogs up here are so expensive and since no one up here will adopt out to military families, if we want a pup, we have to buy : ( But not from a pet store. No puppy mills. I dont like that military families cant adopt, but I understand that there alot of families who just leave their puppies behind, but that is not us. I know that we cant prove that, but I would do anything for Laila. I love her so much and would love my next pup just as much! We turned down overseas billets because we cant take Laila. I would like to be stationed in Hawaii, but I'm scared that the plane ride and all the stress will be too much on her.