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Candi

I'll be your poet dogwasher--no, really

About Me

I own and run Here Comes The Groom Mobile Dog Grooming by Candi in San Luis Obispo County on the central coast of California. I have a hubby and a 3-year-old daughter here in Morro Bay. And it's weird to be writing this where you all can read it. I feel like I've been in hiding for 11 years at least. But, ta dah, here I am. Still Candi. I think.NEW VIDEO OF SUNNY MADE BY PAT!!!

My Interests

.. width="425" height="350" ....Video my hubby made of our county's beautiful places and us enjoying them. See Sunny and me looking at seals and my Dad surfing!

I'd like to meet:

Old friends: Michael Frazier [Mission finally accomplished!!], Kurt Vader [Mission Accomplished!], Emily Brown, Suzi Hurt, others I can't think of right now.

Music:

Ani DiFranco, Belle & Sebastian, Morrissey, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Billie Holiday, Andrew Byrd, The Shins and whatever my brother tells me to listen to.

Movies:

Big Lebowski, Snatch, Shaun of the Dead, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Endless Summer, American in Paris

Television:

The Colbert Report, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, MST3K, Homicide

Books:

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, White Noise by Don DeLillo, Flounder by Gunter Grass, Skipped Parts by Tim Sandlin. Other favorite authors: Margaret Atwood, Ruth Rendell, Martha Grimes, Kate Atkinson, Stephen King, Chang Rae Lee, Art Spiegelman, Michael Malone and others

Heroes:

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My Blog

Our new house--with pics!

It's just our newest rental house in the string of FIVE places since we moved to San Luis Obispo county eight years ago. We hope the next place we live will actually belong to us--and have room four ...
Posted by Candi on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:19:00 PST

Ketchup Delivery--thanks to my friends

Thank you, friends, and special kudos to Marcus for emailing me a short story about the ketchup fairy. I have been meditating on the best way to act on the ketchup get back in the way that would least...
Posted by Candi on Thu, 10 May 2007 10:38:00 PST

I'd like some ketchup with my customer service

Today I went to a little breakfast place in my fair town. It's a little breakfast place. Not fancy. It has dusty chicken knick-knacks on every available space and a dusty "antique" selection attached ...
Posted by Candi on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:23:00 PST

On vday no less/Happy love day

Have you ever been on myspace and found and ex girl/boyfriend and then found out that they are with an incredible person now. I mean a person whose myspace profile makes them seem like they will chan...
Posted by Candi on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:02:00 PST

My friend Scott's blog/My funny husband

The blog below is reposted from my friend Scott and refers to another funny blog by my funny husband Pat. I really think we should all try to be strong and actually answer the phone at dinner time whe...
Posted by Candi on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:54:00 PST

Fake Dog Testicles

I mean really people. You WANT to read about fake dog testicles? Well, ok. So, one of my customers has a dog with great big testicles and during one of our post-bath conversations I asked her if she w...
Posted by Candi on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:42:00 PST

Screw pictures

No, you perv, this is not a blog about pornography. Basically, I am saying that I give up. I have become completely stupid about myspace and cannot upload any more pictures without it kicking me out o...
Posted by Candi on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:49:00 PST

It doesn't always work

I have tried four times in the last several weeks to post a blog. Here I go again. It always fails to load or refresh after I spend 30 minutes or more writing and being a dork with pictures. Sighhhhh....
Posted by Candi on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:52:00 PST

Cat Swimming


Posted by Candi on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:31:00 PST

Read Pat's Blog!

I don't know how many of you subscribe to my hubbies blog or if you even know it's there, but he just posted a blog that is an interview he did with Art Garfunkel a couple of years ago. Art goes nuts ...
Posted by Candi on Sun, 21 May 2006 09:44:00 PST