Thursday, August 30, 2007

Is Saturday the first of September??

Well, I guess summer is just about over. It's been busy. To sum up, I went to NY for a few days, I started taking piano lessons, work has been crazy, and I made a cardigan for my sister's soon-to-be first child. I forgot to take a picture before I sent it to her (the sweater, not the child). I bought the first two seasons of Veronica Mars on DVD, which was an awesome TV show. At some point, my computer crashed and I rebuilt it. And Kevin & I started exploring the possibility of getting married sometime this decade.

It took me a good 15 minutes of wandering around in Borders to find the wedding books. I thought I was stumped, but once I stopped to think, I realized that it was visual recognition rather than logic that was going to help me locate the appropriate section. I peered around for pink and white books, and found several shelves of them next to some etiquette guides with titles like How to Be a Lady. I'm generally not nervous at the thought of planning our wedding, but in that single moment it hit me pretty hard. My stomach turned as I flipped through $40 frilly, pink binders that ironically promised wedding savings for the bride on a budget. Luckily I found a couple of books that seemed to be based in reality. The panicky feelings passed and they haven't yet returned. Really, we still have almost two years before the big day.

I guess that's all I can manage for now, but here's a video of Billie going into the closet for a snack right out of the bag. Evidently she can no longer suffer this concept of mealtime and has taken matters into her own paws.


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Ah, Nature

There were a bunch of strong thunderstorms last night, and I didn't sleep much. I noticed Olivia acting more perplexed than usual while watching the birds out on the balcony, so I went over to the sliding door and found this:
















It's about six inches long from head to tail. I guess we have to do something with it before it starts to smell. Too big for the toilet, though... it'll have to go in the garbage. I have more to blog about, but things have been kind of crazy. This morning just follows suit.