It’s not often you will catch me watching a “chick flick”. Give me a movie like the “A-Team” or “The Hangover” any day. I do have a few favorites though and some that still get to me even though I have seen them a million times.

Steel Magnolias is one of those movies. I absolutely love the cast and I think that it’s one of Julia Roberts best movies. Her sweet southern accent is just too cute and the relationship she has with her mom (Sally Field) is one that every girl dreams of.

I have seen this movie about 50 times. I don’t want to give anything away if you haven’t seen it yet, but I cry every.time. And as I get older, it gets worse. I don’t know if I am more emotional as I get older, or now that I am a mother, I can’t imagine going through what happens.

I love this movie and it’s one that I will watch over and over again, but I always make sure to have my box of tissue close by.

 

Sierra is the first dog that I have ever really owned.

My husband had a husky/shepherd mix named Sammy that I just fell in love with. She was a great dog, but ultimately, she was my husband’s.  She had a bad knee and a bad hip and we were positive that we were going to have to put her down soon.

In order to ease the transition for us, we decided to get another dog.  We wanted a German Shepherd, but they were so expensive.  We found an ad for Siberian Huskies for half the price.  We both thought that they were pretty dogs so we decided to call about her.  They told us that she had one blue eye and we thought, “Cool!!”

We drove about 30 minutes to pick her up.  She was so cute and looked so fuzzy.  It was not hard to convince us to take her.  I remember the drive home distinctly.  She was so scared and all I kept thinking was that she was going to pee or poop all over my lap.

We named her Sierra because we had the dog Sammy and my cat Sneakers.  We decided we needed another “S” name and Sierra was the best we could come up with.

She was a terrible puppy.  We kennel trained her and she would whine and whine and whine in there all night.  We had to put the kennel outside our bedroom door so she could see us.  When we were gone, she would pee all over her kennel.  And she would pee and poop all over the house.  She took forever to train.

Sierra is my husband’s dog through and through.  She is happiest lying next to his chair at night.  When he is outside, she whines and runs from window to window to see him.  She is a nervous wreck.  She hates the wet grass and will not go to the bathroom until she is ready to burst because she hates the feel of the grass on her paws.

She is almost 11 years old now.  She has finally relaxed.  When my husband and I were separated earlier this year, I missed her the most.  She is my baby.  We joke though that with her nervous personality, she is a dog that only we can love.

 

Writer’s Workshop Prompt:  10 reasons why you could not be a real housewife from any county.

1.        My boobs are real.

2.       I have not had any other plastic surgery.

3.       I don’t have 4 nannies (or any nannies).

4.       I only have one house and it’s only 900 square feet.

5.       I do not use my pets as accessories.

6.       I’ve never had a spray tan before.

7.       I don’t own a Las Vegas hotel or basketball team and have never been married to a TV/Broadway/basketball star.

8.       I don’t spend obscene amounts of money on my kids’ birthday parties.

9.       I don’t own enough bling.

10.   For me, going out with my girlfriends means meeting at a local bar, not flying them across county.