Friday Haiku: When Mom is Busy

Hey, Mom!  Over here!

Let's go for a walk or play!

You are soooooo boring.

-Alfred the dog

April Showers

Ever since the start of April, things have been getting very busy around here! I feel like we're being showered with great opportunities at every turn, but trying our best to keep ourselves above water in the process. M and I just got back from a family trip to St. Louis where we got to play with our adorable baby niece and nephew.

a good substitute for puppies

And the boys are zonked from a weekend vacation to Kritter Kare...

...which leaves me with a few quiet moments to work on some exciting new prospects (announcement to come!) and finish working on an event for the choir that M and I run in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. And guess what? You're all invited!

tickets available here

My other non-dog related passion is making music, particularly singing in a choir. We usually put on three free concerts throughout the year, but this spring we are having our first fundraising event where the audience gets to choose the music instead of the other way around. We really love being able to perform free of charge, and hopefully this event will help us get ahead so that we can continue to do just that. Just like spending time with the pups, I think that making music and sharing it with the community can have terrific healing effects on the people involved. The event looks really cool in my head, but now there are only two weeks left to make sure it comes out right in real life!  Which, unfortunately, means less time for blog posts. :(

Be sure to check out our Facebook page the next couple weeks and I'll do my best to post pictures about Bruce and Alfred's ventures back into training class, and other exciting new projects in the works!

Friday Haiku: The Best Medicine

He ran into me

harder than normal.  It hurt.

Snuggle with my mom.

-Bruce Wayne

Wordless Wednesday - The Bruster Bunny

Visitors: CRAFTernoon Tea

This Sunday was the second of a monthly event I started at my place called CRAFTernoon Tea (I'm still really proud of myself for coming up with the name...). It's basically an afternoon of tea, tasty goodies, good friends, and making crafts. This week's project was string Easter eggs, in preparation for the holiday next Sunday.

I love hosting tea because it's a great opportunity to see friends and share all sorts of fun projects with each other. Another perk: the dogs get to practice having visitors over and work on their hosting manners! I have very understanding friends.  :)

Since they tend to fight for attention when guests are over, we usually separate the boys when someone first arrives. This gives Bruce a chance to work on not jumping up while Alfred works on not barking from the kitchen. It didn't take long for Bruce to settle in on the couch, and Alfred eventually found a comfy spot on his blanket while we worked away.

After all the excitement of crafting and visitors, everyone was ready for a good, long nap.  Here, Alfred shows off the final product (it even matches his Sirius Republic collar!):

voilà!

Hope you all had a great weekend!