Starting Over

I've forgotten about this blog.  Maybe it's time to start thinking positive and see if I can keep it up again.  So here are today's 3 things:

1.  Interesting day at Logos

2.  Finished three books today.

3.  Uncle Vanya review doesn't have to be in until Saturday.

Dog World

1. Puppies are getting better about taking the bottle.

2. Polly and Shiloh have adapted to having babies in the house

3. Got our recovered couch cushions back from the upholsterer. (I haven't brought them into the house to see how they look on the couch yet, tho.

Puppies

1. we now have three new puppies. More weeks of "puppy breath" is always a good thing.

2. the puppies have taken well to the bottle

3. I rescued the "Mama bear" and got her washed and these puppies, as with several litters before them have snuggled up to her.

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

1. Any day I go to SF is a good day.

2. Seeing City Hall all decked out in Giants celebration stuff, and lit up in orange at night made my heart sing.

3. The Lamplighters gala was hilarous.

A TJ Day

1. The dogs didn't get adopted (I'm starting to dread thinking about when they do.

2. Shopping at Trader Joe's

3. TJ's rack of lamb is fabulous.

...and more Communication

1. A letter from Fred, in the Philippines

2. Nice e-mail from a friend I hadn't heard from in several months.

3. Filling two shoe boxes for the Samaritan's Purse project (giving gifts to children around the world at Christmas)

Communication

1. Shortbread

2. Finding an old friend on Facebook

3. Two Postcrossing postcards received

One is Enough

...but if you need two more:

2. The sheer joy all over San Francisco today during the Giants' triumphant parade to City Hall and the ceremonies there.

3. A lovely surprise phone call.

Winners

1. Omigawd...the Giants WON!!!!! After 56 years, the World Series Championship has come to San Francisco.

2. After today, I never ever have to see another Meg Whitman ad again (and if the gods are kind, I won't have to see her again either!)

3. I slept all night long with no insomnia last night.

Misc. thoughts

1. The Giants won game 3

2. A nice upholstery man is going to fix my dog-eaten couch (I don't know how much this is going to cost me yet)

3. I took a 3 hour nap, which helped greatly after not being able to sleep at all last night.

Ephemera

1. A nice Skype chat with an old friend

2. An inside joke that nobody got but me.

3. As of this writing, the Giants are winning (but I realize that could change in an instant!)

Restoring Sanity

1. Jon Stewart

2. Jon Stewart

3. Jon Stewart

This 'n' That

1. Trader Joe's opened!

2. Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds

3. A Friday Night Lights orgy

Happiness

1. Giants win second game of the World Series!!

2. Finding the perfect "security blanket" to send as a gift

3. Happiness is a warm puppy

Mixed emotions

1. Sleeping until 9 a.m.

2. A canceled lunch date (I really didn't feel like going today anyway)

3. Such nice things said about my work on the newspaper.

A relaxing day

1. A canceled luncheon--I didn't really feel like going out to lunch anyway.

2. A new web site designed for my Compassion kids. I hope to keep it up as I hear from them.

3. 9 hours of sleep!!

On the road again

1. A lovely afternoon with my mother.

2. Two whole hours to listen to my Lee Childs book in the car.

3. McDonald's iced mocha (which I always get on the drive back home)

Weather changes

1. The first rain of the season! I love rain.


2. Having a wonderful brunch with old friends we haven't seen in years.

3. Onion-balsamic potato chips, a new discovery.

TV Good things

1. Cleaning off all the stuff that was recorded on the DVR when we were in DC

2. Any day with an NCIS marathon is a good day

3. Audra McDonald singing Frank Loesser's "I can't stop talking about him." Amazing!

Christmas in October

1. Getting the package for my compassion kids into the mail before the deadline. Yay me!

2. Naps

3. drinking ice cold water