Happy Halloween!

This is the first year we've lived in a neighborhood which is suitable for trick-or-treaters. Well, to be honest, we lived here last year but we were in New Mexico over the holiday.

This year in anticipation of the event, we bought 3 bags of candy and a decorative black bowl. Today we put the 2 bags of candy in the bowl and placed it outside on a tray table at the end of our walk. And no, I didn't accidentally type "3" and then "2". We are pigs, we bought the candy too soon, we wiped out almost a full bag.

We put it out as a free-for-all because we have two dogs between 60 and 75 pounds each who launch themselves at the door whenever someone knocks. We wanted to be generous, but we didn't want to scare the kids with the devil beast.

It's 6:30 and has been dark for about 30 minutes. We've had plenty of t-o-t action; however, they keep knocking on the door! At 6:10 we moved the candy up right in front of the door. Still we have knockers. Do we put a note on the door that says, "We have 2 huge dogs that will launch themselves at you if we open the door. Take a few pieces and have a nice night."

Instead, I retreated to the bedroom with my computer and both dogs (who, for the record, have been stuck in the room since this morning and don't really appreciate being kept from the back yard where they can bark and bark and bark at all the passers-by).

Is the concept of "take some and we trust you not to be greedy" too foreign in this day and age?

Things that shouldn't be cute.

When the puppy turns on then touch lamp with his nose.

When the puppy throws his water dish at you because it is empty.

When the puppy steals a strip of bubble wrap and runs around the room with delight. Pop, pop, pop, pop...

When the puppy picks up one piece of food and throws it around and plays as if it's a tennis ball.

When the puppy comes in from outside covered in mud from wallowing in the hole he dug outside.

When the puppy steals something and rolls on his back and bats at it like a baby panda - completely full of delight that he has stolen it and "gotten away with it".

Some Things Never Change

Fall or Winter?

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You decide. Regardless, it is a nice view on the way home from work.

First Snow

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Need I say more?

Yeay, Best Buy service plan!

Last weekend we had an incident in which my (newish) mp3 player ended up getting run through the washer and dryer. It was nobody's fault, just an accident. Today Craig went over to Best Buy and was able to get a new one because we had purchased the 2 year service plan. We will usually only buy the "s.p." on stuff that is over $200 (which this was) and printers. Anything else generally isn't worth it. Glad we did on these!

AND THE WINNER IS...

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Craig just got THE call. We are getting our new car in 2-3 weeks. The color will be white. WOO HOO!