yeah where is everyone?? I find myself going to myspace cuz nobody is here.

The weather has finally cooled off! I'm so glad, it was unbearably hot. We went to an Oktoberfest and you just had to find shade.

Does anyone decorate for Halloween?

I should drag our decorations out

I've been broke so I don't feel like buying any pumpkins.

I bought two books this week from recommendations of Oprah. Eat Love Pray and a cookbook by Jerry Seinfeld's wife. It has recipes that sneak alot of veggies into the kid's diet.

I'm bored and obsessing.

I lost a few pounds but I have to join a gym, I can tell my muscles are not as tight as they were when I was working out regularly! Ugh

Shelly, I've cooked about a thousand (it seems) turkeys. If you need any recipe ideas, I'd be happy to help. I've made every mistake in the book, so I'm fairly expert in the task by now.

Tina, we just put out a few jack'o'lanterns for Halloween. Some people around here go nuts but that's not really of interest to me any more. Years ago we'd carve tons of pumpkins and go a little crazy. Now I want to keep it simple.

My little one is dressing up as a pink poodle this year. She LOVES our dogs and when her parents took her to Walmart on Saturday to find a costume and she saw the poodle one, she hugged it, laughing and said "this one, this one!!". I'll try to post a pic of her in it - I have terrible luck posting pictures, but I'll do my best.

Shelly, Y&R was actually quite good, as it turns out. Lots of poignant scenes, so if you can catch it, do.

-- Edited by KaeEll at 12:05, 2007-10-09

I started my new job last Wednesday, so things have been busy for me. I am still working a very limited amount for my old job. I'm technically on vacation for them until next Monday, and then I become an ex-employee. I'm double dipping in the salary groupings this week, and part of last week.

I am really enjoying the new job, it is very technically challenging, which is exactly what I wanted. In the last five days I have been researching and learning more about the latest and greatest in the data warehousing industry than I did in the last year at my old job.

The dogs are doing well. I convinced my sister to become my dog walker. I am giving her $25.00 a day to come in and take the girls out in the afternoon. Tess is doing great, she was chasing Dorie around the back yard tonight, which she has not done since we lost Dutchess, so the new addition to the household is working out great. She is also a wonderful girl. Knock on wood, she has not had an accident in the house since she came home from the pound. She loves the fenced in back yard, and thinks that Tess is her mom. Tess is back to her old self, with having Dorie for company. They are great together, which I consider myself blessed about.

Dorie was rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico. The shelter up here has an agreement with a rescue agency down there, and the ship them up here to find homes. She is around five months old, and never knew a family or home, prior to coming here. She is a sweet gentle little dog, which is amazing considering her start in life. She picked me out at the pound, and the rest was history. I took Tess with me, and they met. I needed to make sure that they would tolerate each other. Dorie jumped into the back seat on the ride home, I had heart failure. I expected them to start fighting as I was driving down the highway. Instead Dorie curled up next to Tess and fell asleep. The rest is history. Tess doesn't normally like other dogs, so I had to be very cautious.

Sophia

Tess that is so awesome for you both on the job front and on the puppy front. You will have to send pics when you get the chance.