Undecided » SAM http://www.datarave.net/zfh An open notebook Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:29:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My current honeydo http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2010/02/01/my-current-honeydo/ http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2010/02/01/my-current-honeydo/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:00:58 +0000 John Williams http://www.datarave.net/zfh/?p=1096 Addressing invitations to the California & Texas wedding events (wedding/reception & reception, respectively).  With approximately 80 invitees to each event, someone has to address them.  To avoid cramping or other strain related to addressing them all at once, I’m doing 5 a day.  At that rate, it will take just over a month to complete all of the invitations.  March delivery (?) with return requested for April & May (California & Texas event respectively).

I think I seriously need a badly dubbed Martial Arts movie to duck out to while one of her shut-in friends whose trying to prove to her father that she’s not abandoned life because her ex-boyfriend dumped her and skipped town helps her address them all…  (If you missed the reference, it’s ok, it wasn’t that great.)

:)

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We selected Wente Vineyards in Livermore, California.  We also selected May 16, 2010 as the day of our wedding.

I intend to post photos (of the site) later.

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Part III: My Dog is Spiteful

When you leave your dog alone, he destroys things – your favorite things! He has got to be doing that to get back at you for leaving him! He is soooo spiteful!

Right?

What’s Happening? Your dog knows you best through his nose. His world is a complex mix of scents, which we cannot even imagine. So when he misses you or is anxious, he doesn’t find a photo of you to gaze at, he cuddles up with a favorite shoe (smells of you) or your remote control (smells of you and of food, double winner there!) or curls up on your favorite chair. And then, as his anxiety builds, he may start to lick a bit, nibble and then rip. If, when you come home , you get upset (understandable but sadly makes matters worse) this only causes more worry next time you leave, more stress, more chewing and…. Around we go in a miserable cycle of correction.

Quick Fix: Try prevention rather than correction. Assume destruction is frustration and/or anxiety and try to limit both. Increasing exercise, giving your dog more structure and direction so he feels more secure, and confining him to someplace safe (safe not scary, no locking the dog in the basement please!) can all help. But if this has been going on for a while, speak to your veterinarian or a qualified training professional, because you both may need some help getting off this unhappy merry-go-round.

Plan: Next time we travel, leave something with our odor with Sasha.

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I’ve not read everything, but I didn’t see spoilers in what I did read, and the goal of these articles is to give you an overview of what the series is about and what the reviewers liked and disliked. Unfortunately, line up does not say which are returning series and which are new so I did a little poking around.

Source:
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=view-all

FOX: Bones
Sept 3 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=bones

HBO Series: True-Blood
Sept 7 – appears new
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=true-blood

FOX: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chornicles
Sept 8 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=terminator

FOX: Fringe, new series by JJ Abrams (Stephanie loves his work, Ilia mentioned this over dinner last night)
Sept 9 – appears new
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=fringe

FOX: House (For Stephanie)
Sept 16
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=house

The CW (Cable 12): Supernatural
Sept 18 – appears returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=supernatural

NBC: Heroes (We all love it)
Sept 22 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=heroes

NBC: Knight Rider (I’ll be skipping)
Sept 24 – new
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=knight-rider

CBS: CSI: NY (For Stephanie)
Sept 24 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=csi-ny

Showtime: Dexter (Ilia mentioned this over dinner, we won’t be able to watch it as it’s on showtime and we don’t have that)
Sept 28 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=dexter

NBC: Chuck (A favorite of Stephanie and I)
Sept 29 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=chuck

ABC: Pushing Daisies (charming, might watch season one on abc.com to get caught up)
Oct 1 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=pushing-daisies

CBS: CSI (For Stephanie)
Oct 9 – returning
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=csi

WB: Eleventh Hour (I think Ilia mentioned this over dinner, but not by name.)
Oct 20
http://www.ugo.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/?cur=eleventh-hour

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I never bothered much with a will because frankly I didn’t care what happened after the mythical moment when I no longer exist, but now that I’ve met my precious, I think more and more about doing things to take care of her should she ever find herself without me.

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Photos later

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Our Yorkshire Terrier somehow manages to get cold during the day, so I occasionally later her out in to the backyard at lunch (did I mention I work from home now full time?  A perk of my newest change of employer… which is what I was promised at my last job, but which never materialized.) to sun herself.

She truly enjoys a little quiet time in the sun.

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:o )

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