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so, I am almost caught up w/ the Sopranos. Couple more episodes & I'll have to wait to watch along w/ everyone else. With OnDemand I can get my fix and watch a couple episodes @ once but then I have to wait a month for the next installment of episodes. Geez, it sucks either way.

There is something strangely attractive about Tony Soprano. Not in the Matthew McConaughey beautiful to look at and listen to way. Maybe the power that the character exudes. Garrett mockingly asks if he should put on 50 lbs around the middle. It's not that at all. Heck, the show itself is addicting. The characters are all such hilarious caricatures. I can vicariously partake in the American Italian mob life (or a reasonable fascimile thereof?) if only for 50 minutes at a time. I have to rationalize that at least it's not Days or some other mundane daytime drama. You know, with the completely ridiculous storylines...possession, death/return from "death", same face/different character, same character/different face. All that crap. Fine, I'll admit the Sopranos storylines are a bit farfetched...nobody gets busted for anything -murder, racketeering, whatever. Hmmm, you know, if these wise guys were in Las Vegas, there would be no show...CSI solves EVERY crime. hahahaha.

Speaking of which...new season. And there should be CSI OnDemand. Or a CSI channel. Another far fetched program with which to blot out reality. What's that saying I once heard? "T.V. is for people who can't afford drugs"? Nikki did a research paper last year on t.v. as a bad influence. One book she read was "the plug in drug" or something to that effect. It's all true. I did a research paper myself on said topic. I know the facts. But I also know that coffee is toxic...doesn't stop me from having a daily dosage.

Damn the inventor of the wide screen t.v. and the person who came up w/ digital cable. Life was so much easier w/ only 10 channels. And when the family t.v. was smallish or black & white. Or just the ONLY t.v. in the house. And there was a bit of exercise involved w/ having to get up to change the channel. Now one can get trapped in the time sucking activity of surfing not only the current lineup but also surfing the WHOLE day's lineup and even into next week, if one so chooses. One can spend more time WATCHING projects or exercise programs to attempt rather than actually doing these things oneself. One can spend more time PLANNING what to watch than even watching the actual program. It's a downward spiral.

what I'm drinking today...are you jealous Mom? Geez, Fort Collins is a wonderful place to retire, I hear. Then we could enjoy these together! 

the Madster makes a save

the coveted goalie position

Boulder High's little cheering section

XOXO 

super gorgeous silk jammies from Grandma's visit to NYC

And lastly, announcing the possible BHS 2005 homecoming queen! We'll find out tomorrow night@ the game....

I think this is the one she chose

These are good too

this is the pic I like for Snick's yearbook

and I say "You did have long hair. Have you forgotten already?"

then she says "Mom what if I had long hair?"

growing out the bangs...what a drag the in-between stage is.  

don't mess with me 

you can't take lil' sister's passport pic w/o me!

Ireland's cutest couple 

it's not a party 'til I'm wearing a lampshade on my head :P

peanut butter on a spoon is my favorite snack. And it does wonders for the skin.

want more? 

here "tody" want some? 

little girl, you want to give me your cheese stick 

watch this jedi mind trick 

Cody update

Well, after visiting the vet yesterday, Cody has been given a January '04 birthdate. She's healthy & vaccinated. The vet guessed that she is a chow mix. I thought to myself that anytime I see a stray online @ a shelter somewhere & the breed is unknown, the dog is called "chow mix"! I don't know about you but I just don't see a lot of chows running around loose or otherwise. In fact, Nikki's dad is the only person that I know of who has chows (other than Martha Stewart lol). For how much credit that breed is given to strays, they must be the most fertile breed around.

Anyway. The more I look @ her, the more I see chow. Well, at least when her ears are down she looks chow-ish.

She's quite slobbery today...I forgot about that aspect of dogs as pets...big ol' drops of slobber...quarts of it in the car.

The cat is becoming more tolerant. They can now stand about 6 inches apart & she doesn't hiss. They are a strange pair, though. The dog likes the cat's food & the cat likes the dog's food. They share a water bowl. AND they both think the guinea pig looks like a tasty morsel. Poor Denali.

Cody

So we've got this great little girl dog now! I had to drive waaaaaay down to Cripple Creek...or as a former resident pointed out to me way UP there. Southwest, @ 9,000+ ft. Whatever. It was a long ass 3 hour drive to get there. Half freeway, half winding mountain 30mph road. As always so much slower getting there than back again.

She was gorgeous in her pic online. I had to have her. I just knew she was the one. Garrett asked if he had a choice. Ha! The last two places I rented were specifically so we could have a dog. Four years later, FINALLY, here she is!!

Everyone was quite excited about her anticipated arrival. Maddie asked could I please call her @ school to tell her when we had Cody in our possession. See, she's writing a series of books. About M. J. C. (Can you tell she's a Junie B. Jones fan?) She's on book five, which is about getting a dog. Chapter one was finished & she needed to start chapter 2. But she couldn't do so until she knew we had picked up Cody.

Finn & Lib were equally excited and they endured the car ride w/ me to meet Cody in person.
Two naps to get there & back...no wonder they didn't want to sleep that night :P

I must say, Cody was a little bigger than I had imagined. She was just as excited to see us, it seemed. I was just a teensy bit apprehensive...would she get along w/ everyone...including Kit & Denali? Would she have bad habits? Would she be aggressive w/ other dogs? other people? Hell, I didn't even know if she was housetrained. She was a pretty much a stray. No medical records. No history. Not even a name. Cody was the name the animal control woman picked randomly from the computer.

Well, Cody is a good name, I think. It suits her well. And she seems to like it. Cody is as good a dog as anyone could want! She is so mild mannered. Very easy going, yet playful. She's patient w/ the girls. They can sit on her, share her food, give Fiona style "I love you sooooooooooooooooooo much" hugs. She is housetrained. She knows some commands -sit, down, come. She listens really well. We're working on stay & heel. She does like to pull on the leash. And she has a penchant for carrying off plastic things to the middle of the yard -a sand shovel, a sand bucket, the empty wipes container, an empty milk jug, a water bottle. Oh well, no one's perfect.

What else? She must have been fed @ the table but we're working on that too. Don't mind her lying in the same room waiting or even eating her own food. Just don't want her waiting for scraps from heaven or wandering under the table sniffing for crumbs. I busted her w/ paws on the table after lunch yesterday & then after dinner too. OUR new family habit is to clear the table immediately.

We're working on learning that she can't lay on the furniture. She tries. She's very curious about Denali. I think poor Denali is not so happy about the big dog w/ paws on the dresser, trying to pull the cage down w/ her teeth to get friendly.

Cody would loooooove to hang w/ the cat. She's persistent & patient. Kit is ever so slowly coming around. She still hisses but she's not swatting so much. And she's letting Cody get a little closer. A little.

To be continued...I hear devlish laughter coming from the back porch...can only mean one thing..."we're having a blast doing something we shouldn't" hahahahahaha :)

Is int she a cutie! :) 

meet Cody -our new family member! :) 

"cheese" says the camera hog 

this pic looks a little more like my sister. I couldn't quite get the right shot. Guess you had to be there.... 

the new haircut. I think she looks a bit like my sister @ the same age