It's the month of picture storytelling.
Wow, this morning I woke up, let the dogs out and went to grab the paper in front. I looked out the window and the morning light was unbelievable. It was casting this haze of color on the mountains, to the east and in our front yard. Check these out. I LOVE Fall. Best time of year, by far.

"She just smiled...."



..."and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."

Here Skin Deep, part of EWG.org is a comprehensive site dedicated to testing what you put on your face, hair, body, underarms, legs, toes...etc.
Bookmark it and make sure you are treating yourself right.

Get this for your tree. It will thank you for it.

Erin has been out of the office on her honeymoon, and we have mucho sections due this week and It's been hellish. So while I am not posting, check this new blog out. She's funny. And hot!

My cubemate and friend Erin Enwall wed her boyfriend and coworker, Michael Behrenhausen last night at the Lionscrest Manor in Lyons, CO. It was one of the most gorgeous days of the year, and one of the most beautiful ceremonies as well. It helped to have a beautiful bride, groom, and friends. Here are some highlights. Congrats, you two!

Friday night was Michael's bachelor party. We started at Shelbys. Then to Rialto. Then Double Daughters. And finally to La Boheim. Good night. Got to meet some really cool friends of the Groom and our boss Tim. As the night slowed down, I decided to head home around Midnight. So I called for a cab and waited. No cab. So in my state, I decided to just take the bus home but called the cab company and told them that I was relocating to 17th and Welton if they happen to have a cab to pick me up there. While I was there, nature called so I snuck behind a dumpster and .....well, you know. Then as I was walking back, I heard this whistling....now here is the posting on Craigslist of what happened next.

Drunk Girl Who Stiffed Me Cab Fare on Friday

Yes you, drunk girl, stumbling, whistling for a cab when there were no cars around. You could barely find your mouth to get your fingers in. There I sat waiting 30 minutes for the cab I called when you showed up. Remember how you leaned into me, cozied up, then got belligerent when I asked you what you were doing? It got better when you tried to steal my cab when it showed up to take me home. Due to your state, I offered to share the cab with you. I tried to make conversation, asked you how long you had been in Colorado, but again you turned out to be a freak. You demanded the cab driver pull over and kick me out of the cab that was MINE. He laughed at your total lack of coherence. When we got to your destination, 19th and Pennsylvania, you jumped out, screamed at me, told me you weren'’t paying for the cab and slammed the door. The $4 I was out was worth the great story I had to tell my friends.

Stupid drunk girl, I am NOT your missed connection. I know we shop at the same grocery store and I can'’t wait to run into you there, point you out to my girlfriend so we can have a good laugh about the angry insipid drunk girl.

When we got her home last night, She was pretty groggy and cold. The vet told us to warm up blankets and put them on her. She loved that. Spa treatment for a good girl. Tica woke up at 1:30am to drink a gallon of water. She was tho thirthy. I let her out and she aired, which was good.

Then this morning after the alarm, I let both the weiners out. We have some wet food from the previous owner, so we gave her some of that with her pills. She ate it right up! First real food she has eaten since she came into our lives! sappy, i know! Gibson is still jealous but doing fine. he is warming up to her and she seems to like him.
Ok, i re read this and am such a wuss. Anyway, all is well with the new addition.

We cannot get enough of the new addition. Tica is a joy. Today she had her Spay and shots. Poor thing. We dropped her off at Urban Vet Care at 8:30 and picked her up at 5:30. She was so groggy but healthy. Gibson finally warmed up to her the night before. it was so cute. They were both flying around the house in big circles chasing each other. no barking either. It's crazy, but I just want to go home and hang out with her, especially in her groggy state. She's young, though and will recover fast.

Yep, we did get snow. One of the earliest in the season. Oct. 10th. Here is a highlight...if you can call it that. Some places got 10 inches of snow, lost big trees and bushes. We only got about 3 inches and it was gone the next day.

Here is what the Weather Channel just posted:

"Tonight: Windy with rain...mixing with and changing to snow overnight. Snow possibly heavy at times. Cold. Low around 30F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precip 90%. 2 to 4 inches of snow expected.
Tomorrow: Windy. Snow during the morning will give way to a mixture of rain and wet snow during the afternoon. Cold. High 37F. Winds N at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precip 80%. 4 to 7 inches of snow expected."

We just picked up our newest addition to the household today. Tica.
Her registered name is Can. Ch. Bardale's Exotica Vonbernhart. They called her Tica for short. We will probably change it gradually, thanks to jinnie's ingenious way.
She is three years old ( same bday as Gibson... August 24th) from Canada and is a standard short hair black and tan..... and a complete doll.
gibson will have nothing to do with her yet. He is acting like she is not even here, until you start petting and playing with Tica.

we gave them each a new toy, tica a hippo and gibson a Devil. Tica grabbed both and took them into her crate. gibson still does not care.

here are some pics.
we are expecting 6-12 inches of snow tonight thru tomorrow...so it has been raining all day. a mess of a day to pick a new dog and walk her.

She is swell.

ALERT! We need a name for Tica. If anyone has a suggestion we would love to hear them. We were thinking maybe a theme, like Guitars or music related, OR German names that do not start with G. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Christy started her diet 7 weeks ago. I personally didn't think she needed to lose any weight, but when I compare pictures and times, she definitely looks great now. She has lost 15 pounds on the Slim4Life wellness plan. She says she needs to lose 5 more pounds but I ask..."where is THAT going to come from?"



A few days ago I was at the store and found these cute little baking pumpkins. I thought they would look good outside and give our house a bit more kick into Fall. Apparently the squirrels had other plans....varmits!

It seems we have a joker in our midst....I won't mention any names, but Mike, you know who you are. Taking advantage of our readers naivete', passing along false meanings of words is so taboo on this blog of nothing. So, to you....I wish.....Poo! But since you are such a devoted reader and related to someone close to me, I only wish you well...and halitosis.

Foo Fighter cannot be translated in Korean because they do not sound the letter "F". Their F's are P's. So in Korean they would be the Poo Fighters.

Yes, they do! We were blown away at the Foo Fighters concert on Friday at the Pepsi Center. I think I speak for April, Roxann and Christy when I say this. From the opening notes of In Your Honor, the stage show and mood was set! I almost choked when the lightshow stated with racing black and white graphics projected onto three "f-esque" -shaped screens hanging from the rafters.
Mike, Christy's brother who lives in Korea, translated FOO, which means "the Light from the Dragon. Awesome! thanks Mike.