Names.

So things are progressing nicely with the adoption except for coming up with a name. Why is choosing a name such a hard thing to do? It seems to me that history may play too important of a roll. When we come up with names some may get shot down because we knew someone with that name and we didn't like them. The name is actually guilty by association, we shouldn't put such boundaries on names but we do or at least I do. I can remember being in grade school and sitting on the concrete steps at the school and thinking that I would name a boy John. There seemed to be a couple good athletes in the school named John so that was a good reason. I also remember having a friend named John but he spelled his name J-o-n. That seemed correct to me. When I met other Johns who used an "h" in their names I thought that wasn't right, that wouldn't be how my child would spell their name. I'm not sure that my naming methodology has changed much in twenty eight years. At least I have learned that naming someone John or Jon doesn't guarantee that they will be a great athlete.

Thanksgiving.

I find that early morning is the best time for me to get things done. I got up at 5:50 AM this morning and went through a lot of junk that I had been meaning to get to for the past week. I just don't have the interest or energy by 9:00 PM, I guess it just seems too much like work and I've already spent all day doing that. Sometimes I question the forty hour work week. Do I really need to be at work for eight hours in a day? That is a lot of time to fill every day. I think with more efficiency the work week could be less, and I would love that.

So Thanksgiving is just going to be the three of us. We were supposed to visit with friends of mine from work but their whole family just got sick. To make a long story short we decided not to risk it with Daisy's history of lung infections. This will be our smallest Thanksgiving ever. Whenever I picture Thanksgiving I always imagine it to be at my Uncle Bob and Aunt Marie's. I don't think we celebrated at their house more than any other? I guess it always seemed like the warmest place, it did always seem like the most crowded and I think I liked that. All this family packed in and enjoying a nice big meal together. The whole day was just about spending time with family without any distractions. I think Christmas wasn't as relaxing it always was more hectic.

Cookie Please!!

All I want is a cookie or something sweet for crying out loud. Every night about 30 min to an hour after dinner I'm dying for something sweet. Where are the cookies!!!

I hate mail.

I hate mail. Mail is no fun anymore. When I was little I was always checking the mail excitedly. I rarely got any but when I did what a treat. Now it's just bills and it sucks. There are the rare days when we get no mail and that makes me happy.

Enjoy!

A friend at work is from Mexico. Sometimes he will drop off a small bottle of Tequila for me. It often hits the spot (like now). Who knew there was more to tequila than Quervo-Gold. I guess Quervo doesn't even contain any agave which is the only ingredient in tequila. My tequila drinking knowledge was stuck in college.

I've recently decided that I don't want to become an expert on food things. I love wine and cheese but I just don't seem to have the drive to want to learn all about them. I've decided that it isn't necessary there are a slew of people in the fine food store ready and willing to point me in the right direction. My job is then only to enjoy......I love it!

I'm sick too (just a bit).

The CEO gave me "big prop's" for taking care of her and The Kid while she was extremely ill. Now I've contracted the cold. However it seems to be a much less severe strain. The CEO seems to be a little skeptical about how I'm acting. Am I taking advantage of her good will? Probably a little bit and I'd like to say thanks to the CEO. I could have been a little more active and done a little more around the house last night but I was able to chill out because of my performance during her illness and my minor illness and I appreciated that. I needed that down time.

Too Busy

This has been a killer week. It all started over the past weekend and culminated with me almost burning the house down early in the week. I exaggerate. What I did do was turn on the tea kettle and leave for work with the rest of the family still sleeping. The CEO's super nose woke her from her slumber and led her straight to the kitchen where she quickly put out resolved the issue. The super nose was able to smell something strange before the tea kettle even began to blacken. Now at the later part of the week the CEO has been hit with a really nasty virus. I've never seen her so down and out from an illness. Of course this has all coincided with an extremely busy week at work to make for one week that I can't wait for to end.

Ka to address your interesting question about leaving an invisible friend at home. With out knowing all of the details I'm not sure I can comment. If this friend is so prominent to the child that it is a distraction to them learning maybe it is a good idea if they take a day off. However, maybe it could be traumatizing to force the child to abandon or be abandoned by their invisible friend. I'd love to hear more before I really chime in.

Hey! Has anyone listened to the William Shatner song Common People? I put a hyperlink to it like five blogs ago. The CEO and I think it is great and I thought it would be worthy of some comments. (2Kool, you are exempt. Thanks.)

We've go to vote this clown GW out of office.
The turnout looks like it is going to be huge and I think that works in Kerry's favor.
This is definetly the most important election in my voting lifetime.

Halloween was great!
The kid probably has around 30 to 40 pieces of candy.
What the heck is a three year old going to do with all that stuff. Lord knows that if we throw it all away on her she will have a fit. She is having a lot of fun setting it up in a long line and counting it.

I gotta go.