Car & TV stuff

I heard from the woman from whom I am purchasing my new (to me) car. My check should clear by Tuesday and then she will overnight the title to me. My current car will not be legal to drive after Tuesday (inspection & insurance) but Susan said that I can drive her old one for a few days. Meanwhile, the new car is sitting in our driveway so our front yard looks a bit like a used car lot.

In other news, I have discovered Fancast.com. It's a great way to watch TV, free, online and without too many commercials. I've been plowing through "Doogie Howser, MD" and it's nice to realize that, even after almost 20 years (yikes!), it still makes me laugh.

That's about it. Work is going well and I finally sent most of you my updated contact info. along with my work blog address, since I update that blog more frequently than this one. I'm still getting used to how I feel about Allegra's loss (lots of things still remind me of her) but I think Casey is enjoying the extra attention she's getting from me.

Just wanted to say hi from the great outdoors!

Talk Like A Pirate Day & Oooooh, I'm So Mad! :)

I'm sad

This was a hard weekend. Allegra had to be put to sleep on Saturday. She was a wonderful dog and had lived a long, happy, life. We all miss her a lot and we are giving Casey extra attention. I didn't feel up to going to Jonathan & Page's party on Saturday but I did call them today and left a message. I hope to see them soon. I owe mom and Becky a call and will probably phone them tomorrow night. This weekend is for grieving and remembering the good times with Allegra. She loved to run and play and I had fun playing fetch and chase with her. She was a very silly dog sometimes and she made me smile a lot. May she rest in peace.

I'm listening to an owl.

I had a fabulous night tonight! After a good day at work, I went to the fair in town.

Yesterday we did a live broadcast of the parade, complete with two local announcers. They were hilarious and the parade was great. It was big, had lots of fun people, and the candy being tossed was plentiful. We had one scare when our Tricaster (the computer controlling and recording the broadcast) froze up on us for no reason. Scott was Directing at that point and, while he dealt with the problem, I grabbed the personal camera of one of our volunteers and shot the footage we were missing. I was pretty tired and hungry once we were all done cleaning up but the perk was that I received two free tickets to the fair.

Today I called up one of my friends who lives in town and invited her to come with me. She and I, and her daughter, walked down her street and caught the free shuttle to the fair which was about a mile away. We saw the sights and Laura introduced me to Funnel Cakes. YUMMY! We took our Funnel Cake to the Demolition Derby. I had never been to one but had been hearing about it from people all week. It was interesting. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to laugh or cry as I started watching. It felt weird. On the one hand, I just didn't get the attraction, on the other hand I wanted more sound effects and harder impacts than we were getting. Weird. Anyway, Laura's husband met up with us around 9PM. We walked off our food and went back for seconds (and thirds!). Thank goodness we walked home from the fair. I have over 14,000 steps on my pedometer today and I think that's actually low because my jacket was tied around my waist (that tends to impede it).

I got home about 20 minutes ago and am going to bed shortly. As I began to type this post I heard an owl hooting outside. I love living here! One sad note, Allegra (one of the dogs) just came out to the kitchen to greet me and she's not feeling well. She's going to the vet today because her legs are collapsing under her intermittently. Susan and I are both worried about her but she seems in good spirits. It's just very hard to watch her go through this. Please send your good thoughts her way and our way too. Thanks!

I love my sister's myspace page!

If you haven't already, and you want to see some adorable pictures of my nephews, click on the link to her page (in the list on the right side of this blog). Jacob and Tyler are soooooooooo cute! :)

Did you have a good Labor Day?

I had a nice weekend. On Saturday evening I went to Lynette and Andrew's to house sit and take care of their dog, Sprout. He's an adorable mutt and we get along well. I took Sprout for a couple of good walks and I watched "House" until Steve showed up around 9:15pm with Sushi. We enjoyed the meal and then watched a couple of episodes of "Bones". I really like that show but I don't watch it that often. On Sunday, Steve and I drove out to his mom's house to celebrate the holiday and the birthday of a mutual friend. Steve's sister Nancy made great mac and cheese and we all played three games of "Sorry" after dinner. Steve and I stopped by the mall on the way home today. I bought DVDs for the first time in awhile because I got some great deals. I bought "Northern Exposure" season 1 for $9.99 (usually $25+), "Stargate: Ark of Truth" for $9.99 ($15+), and "Dr. Who: Black Orchid" for $13.50 ($20+). Now I'm home, unpacked, and prepped for tomorrow. I'm watching TV right now, flipping back and forth between the US Open and "The Middle Man". If I haven't mentioned it before, "The Middle Man" is a fabulous show on ABC Family. It's funny and funky and has lots of great sci. fi. in jokes without alienating people who don't like sci. fi. I still haven't gotten to the backlog on my emails and we have a busy week at work this week. We are covering the local fair parade on Thursday with a live, location, shoot. We'll be prepping for it most of the week. I hope you are all doing well.