Good morning all! First, we’re going to have to start with Garfield Ridge. No, that’s not the place where the FBI shot that survivalist family, that’s Ruby Ridge. Garfield Ridge is a blog that Chris found somehow, and this guy is really funny. Our favorite so far has been about hypoallergenic cats. Anyway, last week Chris was talking about a blog post (which he attributed to Garfield Ridge) he read about Bono, who is involved in world economic policy, starting Vertigo with Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce (1,2,3, 14). I told him he was wrong, that the word was cuatro. Anyway…. Kids, I should just never bet. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve cursed myself for not betting on something because, darn it, I was right. But the minute the words “Ya wanna bet?” pop out of my mouth, well, I’m just wrong. And I was wrong about Vertigo, it is Catorce.

So Dave, since I’ve emailed you AND posted a link on my humble little blog, do I win now? Oh, and at the risk of souding like I'm sucking up...I like this post a lot too. No need to cross-link to my blog, though, this blog self-destructs in less than 5 weeks.

Which is a nice segue back to the topic…less than 5 weeks until sanity...

I took this weekend as a break from the wedding, but promising myself that I would commit to writing 2 thank you cards per day for…apparently the rest of my life. But for this gorgeous weekend, nothing wedding related. Saturday we did a day trip to Harrisburg for Chris’s race. This was a crowd pleaser for the whole family. Chris got to race and spend a whole day talking with fellow cross racers. Fred got to play at the dog park and enjoy his rock-star-dog status (complete with rock star tantrums anytime any of the million other dogs came within view.) He barked into the mike for the announcer, sucked up to the women, and in general worked the park. And I had a chance to catch up with friends that I haven’t seen much of this year.
After we got back, we took our Target list out and spent some of those gift cards (no dog food, I promise, Becky!) It’s amazing how much stuff kind of gets under the radar of the gift registries, and we put a nice little dent into the gift cards. In half an hour, we spent close to $200, with some ideas as to how we’ll spend the rest of it.

Sunday was far mellower. A quick run for me, a nice bike ride for Chris, a trip to the dog park for Fred, some general house cleaning, and then dinner at a new restaurant called Zyngs. (Very tasty – and, Erin, there are lots of vegetarian selections!) The best part is, we can now walk through the dining room without major injury. I hadn’t realized how oppressive that was getting. After the various trips, cleaning out the Cavalier, coats of all sizes (because of the transitional weather) hung over chairs, and wedding gifts, things were threatening to get out of control. It’s not clean, but at least it’s closer to reasonable.

So anyway, we’re both refreshed, and ready to tackle the week. Hope everyone else’s weekend went as well!
cb

- posted by cam @ 8:14 AM