Doggy Strollers and Butterfly Stickers

Today was my cleaning day. I am going to have a lot of friends and family coming into town in the next couple of weeks for my sister's wedding, and tomorrow my dad is flying in from Texas for a concert we are all going to. So I wanted to have a clean apartment again. I have not kept up with it as well as I usually do. So this morning, after sewing up my red shorts so they can survive another summer, I opened up the all of the windows to let in the scent of the rain and the warmth of the season, and I started on the kitchen. But today turned out to be no ordinary cleaning day.

I went around straightening up and I did the dishes, but after only a few hours into cleaning I got a phone call. My brother-in-law called me to say that he and my sister were heading over and that they had a surprise. So naturally I dropped everything and waited for them to arrive. As I sat on my couch and sipped my energy drink I noticed my walls. The walls above my windows were annoyingly bare. I always feel more at home when every wall is covered in pictures, paintings, and random knick knacks, so while I waited I decided to pull out some more things to hang. I found a pack of butterfly wall decals in my closet. Even though I have a bad fear of butterflies (that's a long story...) I put all 79 of them up because they glow in the dark and that is just neat. I was also just really happy to have an excuse to take a break from cleaning, even if it wasn't a real excuse. It was also a good way to pass the time while I waited for my sister and brother-in-law to arrive. I got halfway through putting up the butterfly decals when they finally did.

When they showed up I saw that they had something really large with them. With a closer look I saw that it was a collapsed stroller. Naturally, I thought that they were using it to announce their pregnancy, but that was not it and my sister is not pregnant (yet...). When they opened it up I saw that it was not a stroller for a baby. It was for a dog.

I should explain that for the longest time I have wanted a stroller for my dog, Maggie. For several reasons. First of all, tiny dogs in strollers is one of the most adorable things ever. The main reason I would like one, however, is because Maggie is the worst dog to try and take for a walk. She thinks that the only reason to be outside is to go to the bathroom. So whenever we go walking she will just do that the entire time (even in the middle of the road). I can't take her to the park either because she doesn't like the other dogs coming up to her, and at her old age she doesn't do so well with large amounts of exercise. A doggy stroller is perfect for her because she loves being outside, especially in the summer. So imagine my excitement when that was exactly what I was given today.

It's the little things in life that can make a normal day special. Even though I didn't get all of my cleaning done, my day was still exciting and productive. It was full of smiles, laughter, and butterfly stickers. The highlight was seeing my dog looking adorable in her stroller.

I hope that tomorrow will hold just as much excitement and fun, if not more!

-Emily