this weekend was a little wacky. my sister asked if marshall and i could house- and dog-sit for her, while she and her husband went out of town for their wedding anniversary. it was a little longer than we were used to: friday night through monday morning. so, we packed up friday afternoon and headed over to start our sitting. my sister's dog ( Read more... )

first, today, i must express frustration with my overly hands-on manager. the past 3 years, i've worked with managers who have been relatively hands-off. they were laid back and were there if you needed help, but assumed that no news was good news. i was allowed to work at my own pace and as long as i helped produce quality books and adhered (as ( Read more... )

my mom got this and sent it around. she normally doesn't like forwarding emails (let alone GETTING said forwarded emails to her), but she found this particularly amusing. i did too, which is why i'm posting it here. :D

the animal diaries

the dog's diary8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing ( Read more... )

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p.s. apparently it's video day for me...

the other morning i was driving to work; my lovely ipod by my side shuffling through my 2700+ song list. it's ALL my music, so playing alongside my godsmack is yo-yo ma's moving performance of bach's suite no. 1 in G major; my paul oakenfold alongside my louis armstrong. it's an eclectic collection. :) i believe i had just finished belting out ( Read more... )

i get a dog for the weekend! well actually, both marshall and i get a dog this weekend. my sister (plus family) is going to new mexico to visit some friends they made in houston and they left this morning. they're coming back monday evening, so marshall and i got recruited to housesit and dogsit. i'm totally down. it will be interesting ( Read more... )

here are a few pictures from my day in carmel...(please excuse the quality - they were taken with my phone and i could barely see what i was taking a picture of!)
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