Chicago!

I have arrived in Chicago....two-ish hours ago.  

Already, I've seen my glorious friend, Nate.

And I had my favorite turkey sandwich, ever.

It's going to be a good trip.

The (2nd) Greatest Day of David's Life

On Saturday, David and I traveled to Columbia for Mizzou's homecoming....

I've never seen that man so happy.  He kept saying it was the second greatest day of his life, which is very sweet...but I'm doubting that a little bit.

Thrilled.  He was thrilled.

Anyway, I'll just show a smattering of photographs.

Enjoy!

Bad Owner.

Maggie Roo has a Puppy Date this weekend, and she insisted on not stinking to high heaven before the date.

I can't figure out why... don't dogs like stank?

Anyway, I took her to U-Do-It Dog Wash and scrubbed her clean. She even got oatmeal shampoo and blueberry facial scrub.  Towards the end, I decided that her nails were too long but that I didn't want to pay the extra $8 to have someone else do it.

My dad's a veterinarian, I reasoned...surely I should be able to clip my own dog's nails.

Of course I should be able to clip them myself.  Unfortunately, I am terrible at it.  

Maggie bled.  It was horrible.

She was still bleeding when we got home.  

I tied her up in the front yard and waited for a bit.

Still bleeding...only now there was blood all over our porch.

I tried tamping the flow with flour (advise from Poppa-Bear last time I injured my baby).

Still bleeding...now with flour everywhere.

After I while, I decided that only time could heal this...

so I wrapped her paws (just 2) in paper towels and then in two plastic bags, securing with tape.

She hates her life.

Poor baby

Needless to say, she survived, but I felt terrible.  She was miserable for the few hours I made her stay tied up.  At least she got a rockin' bandanna out of the deal.

No more nail clipping for me.

Yard Signs

Before Mom and I took off for Seattle, she dropped off a yard sign.

See, my uncle's running for Governor... last time he was up for election I was in the Peace Corps, so it's been about 12 year since I've been "around" for an election.

So, despite the fact that we live in (and vote in) Missouri (not Kansas) and it's confusing to all the neighbors, we're displaying our yard sign proudly.

Family pride, people.

Favorite Dinner

Happy Day!!!

At work today, I helped present a 3.5 hour presentation on how we use data.  Seven of us spent more than 38 hours just meeting to plan this and that doesn't include individual time working interdependently.

Crazy.

But.... it's over!  I even managed to incorporate some nerdy, self-promoting cartoons.

Yep, that's right.  I threw a picture of me ziplining into my uber-stressful presentation.

Class.

LOST!

I spotted this while running in Seattle and laughed out loud.

They were posted every few feet for a couple of miles. 

Someone REALLY wanted their jacket back.