Boo!

Check out Julie's contribution to the pumpkin world, 2008 (the one with the rats)! She 'carved' her pumpkin using my power drill ;)


















The other pumpkin (the one with the smile) is Rachel's - who carved her first pumpkin in many a year. That's Julie and Rachel at the door giving out candy to a group of kids. This was the first time Rachel had ever given out candy to kids on Halloween night. So cute!

Halloween Embarrassment

So, I come in to work this morning to find a t-shirt with a Michigan emblem on my chair and a note that says "wear this".

Hmm.. what's up? I wonder. But since no one was lurking around I thought little of the request and went to work.

Later in the morning I hear a clearing of the throat.. and turn.. and what do I see?

3 of me. Yes, my colleagues decided I was going to participate in the annual costume contest at work because their costume was to be 'the guy with the glasses that walks around with no shoes on holding the UC berkeley mug talking about Michigan - and reading books while he walks'.

Yeah - that would be me.

Sheesh. Just ask Julie how 'excited' I would have been about this. NOT! But, they obviously had gone to some effort so I didn't want to be a spoil sport. So, I donned the t-shirt.. grabbed my mug and book.. and off to the contest we went to be judged in front of many of my co-workers. Oh, Yippee!

Fortunately, we did not 'win'. Thankfully, the judges were very discerning.

I'm told imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I guess I should be happy?????

Jasmine's early halloween costume

Jasmine and Gina are the two best dogs in the whole wide world. It is very sad that Jasmine is getting older (15 years) and slowly losing her mind. I can feel her pain!! She rubs her face and causes her eye to become infected. The collar seems to be the only thing that helps. I leave it on for a week and the eye heals and she is good for a few months. Most of the time she uses the collar as a weapon and runs into the back of your leg.

Some day I will miss her terribly.

julie