Nico is a 14-week-old, male Pit Bull Terrier and American Bulldog Mix. He's still a baby and can only grow more adorable. I mean, just look at that brown spot over his eye. {Swoon!} I have not met the cutie, but I am currently iFostering him, which means that I am spreading the word to get this baby adopted. Nico is in foster care right now, but if you would like to meet him, the shelter is willing to work with you on that. For more facts about Nico, you may find it here.

For $100 including EVERYTHING (spay/neuter, microchip, ID tag, vaccinations, physical/behavior assessment, fecal/worming, and training classes), Nico can become apart of your family. Do not let his breed deter you. Some of the most loving, well-trained dogs are pits. Breed does not matter--it is how you treat an animal that determines whether they will be vicious, loving, etc. A Chihuahua can be the cruelest animal ever, and a Pit Bull an be the nicest.  Don't judge a dog by its breed! Love 'em, and he will love you. :)

I want this baby boy to be adopted so badly. He needs a forever home!  If you are anywhere around Michigan (or are willing to travel), please contact the DAS and adopt Nico. You will love him! 

{Note: Nico is recommended for homes without children younger than 12-years-old.}

Anyways, I wanted to talk to ya'll about dogs. Dogs are known as man's best-friend, man's bro, man's ride-or-die....okay, maybe just the former, but y'all get what I mean. Dogs are some of the most reliable, loyal animals on the earth. They are my favorite type of animal, and my heart absolutely melts each and every time I come in interaction with one. Whether the dog is on the street or in the shelter, I go all googoogaga over them. Seriously. Have you ever seen somebody cooing over a newborn baby? Haha, yeah; that is me when it comes to a dog. "Oh my gosh! Can I touch your dog?"

On another note, just because I want to get this out in the open, I'm not sure if I ever told you guys about my dog, Missey. On December 23, 2012, my family had to have her euthanized because her cancerous tumor began to bleed. {If I have not written a post about that yet, I am going to in the near future.} It was a hard, hard decision, and from that day forth, everything changed. If you have a pet, I am pretty sure you can empathize with me. Our pets become our family. Missey was my sister. She was my best-friend. I miss her terribly. Having to decide whether she lives, yet stays in pain, or get put to rest to not be in pain any longer was the hardest thing that my family had to do in our entire life. But, I will save the longer story for another day.

My point in telling you the aforementioned event dealing with my dog is to say that after you lose such a close family member {e.g. pet}, it can be a difficult barrier to break between knowing when the right time to get another pet is and when you still need time to grieve. I understand that everybody has their own belief when it comes to the right amount of time to adopt again, and better yet, if it is even okay to get another pet. Some people say no, it's too hard. Others say that while it does hurt to lose one, it's okay to get another. Well, I am in the latter group. I want another dog or cat.

Seeing as my family is pretty split between whether we should get a dog or cat {although the latter seems to be rolling out on top at the moment}, I wanted to share a list with the positives and negatives of getting a cat and/or dog. Plus, at the bottom, I am sharing a dog that I think y'all should really consider either fostering or adopting if you live in Michigan (or are willing to come up here to get her for adoption only). 

This pretty lil' girl is a four-year-old boxer from Dearborn Animal Shelter. Can I say that she is the sweetest dog ever, and I want her alllll for myself? {I kind of just did. Harhar. ;} But since I cannot have her, I figured why not share her with y'all? She is an absolute sweetheart and absolutely melts any and all hearts.

Tune: Who I Am With You by Chris Young

Dolls! Good morning, er, afternoon. I am in a pretty good mood today, which may be due to the fact that cool air is streaming through my open door right now or that I ate my favorite food this morning, attempted to do Yoga, failed, then did like five minutes of Zumba, and then all together gave up for working out today. I might do some Zumba later, but then again, I might not. Music is playing kind of loud through my stereo, and it's just a good day. That's all. {This entire paragraph just seems so jumbled, but eh, I'll take it. Hahah.}

*I am extremely excited right now! The Downtown Hoedown is back! This year, I am getting my butt out and going. Since the three day passes are already sold out, I think that I might just grab some tickets for Friday, May 30th because my babe Chris Young is going to be there and Mr. 5-1-5-0, too! I'm still waiting to find out what other artists will be performing over the three day period, but until then, Friday is appealing to me more. So what that I'll have to miss a day of school. ;) Harhar. 

*This week, I'll be throwing a work-out playlist your way. I'm constantly updating it, and yes. It's my total motivator during my entire workout. 

*I will also be uploading my [Country] Summer Is Coming playlist soon! Watch out for it.

*Seriously, y'all, please do send me some places to visit in 'You're the only ten I see.' {Don't judge me for my corniness. Harhar.} Spring Break is coming up very fast, and I'd like to find some new places to go to there! My family will be creating an itinerary soon (not that we tend to follow it). 

*I am thinking about doing some type of race--something for charity most likely. I am thinking about doing the Mutt Strutt with Dearborn Animal Shelter. It's on May 10th. It sucks that I do not have my baby Missey to walk with, but nevertheless, it's for a good cause, so possibly.

*Have you guys seen Trey Songz 'NaNa' music video? Holy. Shiz. 

This week has honestly been fantastic health-wise! I went to the gym four times {go me!} and did not stuff myself once while eating. Not once! I think that is quite an accomplishment. Zumba was pushed to the back burner, but that's okay because I still did some exercises! I never did less than 40 (really 42) minutes at the gym. The first day I did like eighteen minutes on the treadmill, then fifteen on the elliptical, plus either fifteen or twenty on the bike. The rest of the days progressed like that with variations between the three (some days I did not even do the bike because I worked harder and longer on the other two). One day, I even worked on my arms (which are still sore, btw!). I need to start doing some ab exercises and start toning my arms because I do not want them to just get tiny, I want to get toned. 

For this upcoming week, I want to go to the gym at least five days and try to push my time on the elliptical to twenty minutes after doing thirty minutes on the treadmill. I swear the elliptical has been the death of me! I cannot read on there because after a minute, sweat starts pouring down my face, and to prevent my glasses from sliding off, I have to take them off. And hello, do you think that I can read while I am blind? Plus, my focus is all out of wack on that machine. Haha. I only read on the treadmill and bike. {Any books recommendations? All are welcome!} So what I am essentially saying is that doing the elliptical is hard because I have nothing to really distract me. Boo.

Food-wise, I have been eating bananas/food for breakfast, and not stuffing myself during lunch or dinner. Yesterday, my dad and I went to go get my favorite food after working out, and I only ate two of the burritos with rice, and ate half of one later. It was only this morning that I ate the following two and a half (I gave some to my mum yesterday. I feel good about myself. 

Tune: Radio Stereo by Duck Sauce