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Lazy last days

Summer is almost over. Monday morning I have to be at school at 8am to greet eager first years arriving for their "Intro to College." I have spent a lot of the last week prepping for classes, but also doing a lot of last-ditch summer stuff. We went to the county fair, spent lots of time in the garden, and devoured yet another Maisie Dobbs novel (I cannot over-recommend this series).

So, in lieu of a real blog post, I am going to post some long-overdue pictures of the big project of the fall and winter: the master bedroom. Rhonda and I gutted this room down to the studs, and Rhonda, with much help from the Mellingers, drywalled the whole room. It is now a beautiful, calming, bat-free space with new walls (the accent color is "dill pickle"), floors and lighting. Keep in mind that this room was paneled with blue shag carpet. Needless to say, we are very proud of this space.

August 13th

Today is Buddy's 5th birthday. Kinda.

We know he was born in the month of August in 2003. So, as convenience or tribute, I decided to assign him the 13th as his birthday. It seemed auspicious as three of my favorite people were born on this day.

Mr. Gabriel Foster, enemy of all bugs and recent transplant to Atlanta:


Mz. Tonja Santos, amazing lap-dancer & Rio-mamma:



Mz. Giorgia Aiello, Colorado State professora and Goodwill maven:



As a birthday tribute to these three amazing people, and as a testament to why people should never try to capture their dog's tricks and/or strange behaviors on film, I give you the video below. Felicidades!




P.S. - that is a dirty towel to be thrown in the laundry. Not like I will reuse it after that, anyway. I swear.

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