Pug in Boots

Not so much.

Jade can't walk much in the snow because the salt hurts her paws and her paws get cold, so my thoughts were to put her in some booties so she could still get some exercise.

Two booties on the front happened, but still the back feet came up off the ground after half a block in zero weather.  Limping pug.

Two booties on the back was obviously going to repeat the same scenario.

Four booties.  No movement.  Frozen still, concrete pug.

Even after being brought inside and lured with treats.  No movement.  Refusal.

She wins, this year.  Next year, the boots will be accepted!  I will not be deterred!

(Oh, and how about that cute coat with the star on it?  Total North Star tie in there, and she rocks it!  Thank goodness she doesn't seem to mind it.)

Pumped about reading?

Something terrible has happened to me in the past few years.  I've turned into one of those people who hates to read anything longer than 45 glossy pages.  (I always turned my nose up at people like me.)  My mom is DYING at this new development in my personality, mostly because I couldn't get my nose out of a book as a kid/teenager and because she prides herself on being literary.  But I don't know.  I fell out of love somehow.  People keep pushing books on me, swearing I'll love them and I'm all "meh".

Well dear blog reader (and Mom), something happened to me just last night.  I stayed up until 3am READING A HARDCOVER NOVEL.  I couldn't put it down!  It was so good that I was having those torn feelings about not being able to stop reading it, yet not wanting it to end.

This little book just caught my eye as I was perusing the stacks of the "new arrivals" at the library and I remember having read a couple of reviews and/or articles about this book. Thought I would give it the cursory glance and then end up returning it, unread, to the library as I have with so many other books in the past two years.

But man, she caught me good from almost the beginning, Laurie Lindeen did.  It was my total achilles heel for hometown gossip, insider music biz stuff, and a glimpse (in a very well written way) into what it was like to be a girl in the nineties in love with music.  It was my dream world, all wrapped up in some kick ass prose.

I LOOOOOOVED IT!

So in case, you wanna see some reviews of the book that rocked my world and may have rekindled my reading desires, I've put some links below.

She's a band leader, she's Paul W.'s wife, and she has MS but she never stopped shopping for vintage purses on the road.

Word.

Roller Derby video

There's a new video that got loaded on the front page of our website today and I just had the absolute BEST time watching it!  It's sooooo frickin' good and it made me so excited and proud to be a part of the North Stars!  Plus, if you look really closely, you'll see me in few shots.

Check it out!

Rockin' Roller Girls

Next bout, Feb. 23rd!