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right? it’s been over a month since i last posted on here.

but i found something worth sharing.  google is celebrating their 10th birthday - so in celebration, they have their oldest available index online for searching. which happens to be 2001, not 1998 like you would think.  but it’s still cool. 
try searching for stuff we just take for granted: ipod, myspace, youtube.  or how bout serious world events that hadnt happened yet: 9/11, war on terror.  or what did people predict would happen to the economy:  i did a search for stock market crash - there’s an article called ‘would a stock market crash help real estate’. i don’t think they had the current scenario in mind :)  anyway, it is kind of neat to read old financial articles about stocks, real estate, etc.  especially since i’ve been obsessed with these subjects the last couple months. 
 
maybe i will even post a top 5 today.  but don’t hold your breath! 
  

so i’ve been lax with the top 5’s, huh…

today’s is about labor day.  it seems like every year it sneaks up on us.  nobody is ever all that excited about it - yeah, it’s a day off, but it symbolizes the end of summer. so for whatever reason, i feel it doesn’t get that love that other holidays get.  soooo, i have to come to labor day’s defense.

1. for all of us grownups, the symbolic end of summer has no meaning.  we’ve been working all summer anyway.  the real end of summer is a few more weeks away.  head to the beach after labor day - it’s even better than it was in july.
2. labor day is a day off from work! (unless you work for tyson in shelbyville) personally, i only get 6 holidays a year (yeah, 6!!) - so i better appreciate every one of them.  i can’t wait to have off on monday for labor day!
3. as a kid, labor day was a cruel joke in our house.  my dad insisted that labor day was a day for labor, so we inevitibly ended up doing yardwork or cleaning all day.  now as a grownup, i realize that most people have bbq’s on labor day - what fun! another reason to love labor day. (although i secretly anticipate a labor day in the future where i tell my children they need to labor on labor day!! mooohahaha)
4.  while labor day is a symbolic end to summer, it’s also symbolic of the beginning of fall.  and for a few weeks, we’ll have the best of both worlds.  the beach and nfl football in the same weekend?!?  sweet! i’ll just have a pumpkin flavored scone while i’m at it (that will be another topic about why nobody serves pumpkin flavored items in the summer, i mean seriously - you can buy pumpkin puree all year long).
5. and i guess on a serious note - labor day is supposed to be a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of american workers - a national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.  and even in times of questionable economics such as that we’re experiencing now - it’s still great being american.

ok, i’m off my soapbox now ;)  go have a bbq, don’t labor, enjoy the summer, enjoy the fall, enjoy the day off.   

obviously i photoshopped this one somewhat :)   but i think it came out pretty cool.

my photography class has an exhibit/open reception on friday sept 19th from 5-7pm.  it’s @ angelucci fine woodworking & stained glass studio - 7 park ave in downtown milford, delaware.

the instructor is an artist and freelance photographer, so he doesn’t realize that 5pm on a friday night might not be the most ideal time for people who have regular office jobs… but so be it.  that’s when it is.  it’s down near the delaware beaches, and jp and i will most likely stay the night down there (hoping for an indian summer and a last beach hurrah).  if you are interested in coming down for the exhibit and dinner - let me know.

soooo, there’s these guys who got in trouble for vandalizing a historic sign at the grand canyon in the name of grammar…. they were banned from all national parks for a year (how that’s getting enforced by the way??) and have to pay a fine to fix the sign.  so here’s the important question:  are they going to correct the grammatical and spelling errors in the sign when they fix it??  i sure hope so! 

apparently i don’t blog enough.  so some people don’t know what i’m up to… ok, here’s the last two weeks and the next two weeks’ schedules:

sun 8/10 - worked during the day (wtf?! - ick!) went to dinner with nina and stephen, then to the wilco concert (which was awesome)

mon 8/11 - thurs 8/14 - various parts of tennesee for work.  nashville is a great city. eat here.  go there. fun city and the people wear cowboy boots and are super sweet.
fri 8/15 - back in delaware briefly… then drove to laurel hill state park - showed you all pictures already.  stayed till sunday 8/17 and then back to delaware.
mon 8/18 - was actually at home this night!  cooked food and watched some videos on the deck (projected onto a big white sheet)
tues 8/19 - kickball game.  lost again. sigh, so much for a new winning team!  it’s fun though anyway
wed 8/20 - golf after work - i’m really starting to like this!  sarah, hurry up with the rest of my pirate golf club covers
thurs 8/21 - dinner at the wine bar with a girlfriend
fri 8/22 - dinner with friends at jp’s parents’ house who we are housesitting for (they have a big yard for our dogs and a hot tub for us, so it works out for us anyway!)
sat 8/23 - headed to the beach for the day. back to jp’s parents for the night
sun 8/24 - dinner with other friends (we have alot of friends to eat with)… fantasy football draft tonight!
mon 8/25 - thurs 8/28 - not specified out yet.  but will include a kickball game and a golf outing, and some gym nights with amy (gym was closed this week and i’m not very self motivated to go running outside or something ridiculous like that)
fri 8/29 - gasp! no plans yet? that will be rectified soon i’m sure
sat 8/30 - bbq with lisa
sun 8/31 - jp has plans without me (jerk!) - so i haven’t decided what i will do yet
mon 9/1 - blue rocks game with andre and friends (minor league baseball),, dinner afterwards
tues 9/2 - thurs 9/4 - visiting little rock, arkansas.  for work.  i’ve never been to arkansas before.  uh, hope it’s fun
fri 9/5 - meet up with long lost sarah. drop off doggies at parents’ houses. 
sat 9/6 - sun 9/14 - a much needed vacation in the outer banks.

so when i don’t post, that’s why. i’m never home. i’ll try to sneak some posts in at work coming up

so this is the ‘nature’ photograph i’m going to enter in the laurel highlands photo contest…  i decided that jp and i do not have that ‘cutesy’ factor going for the ‘people’ category… for some reason, cute little kids always win those :)  although i did consider entering this photo:  heehee

well, last week i was in tennessee for awhile.  nashville, bristol (northeastern most part of tn), and cleveland (southeastern most part of tn), and lots of driving in between.  and at the end of the day, i just wasn’t feeling like posting.  let’s see, i still like nashville a ton - go there sometime.  the other parts were a bit boring.  the most exciting thing i learned on the trip was about ‘noodling’.  it’s an interesting fishing technique… check it out here. 

yeah, i tried really hard to embed the video right here on the page.. and it’s just not happening.  and i’m not even sure i’m directing you to the right video on youtube b/c my company blocks access to youtube as inappropriate for work activities…. so i hope i didn’t just send you to some awful video. haha

also went to family reunion/camp soles this past weekend.  will post some pictures i promise

camping at the beach was a good time.  amy made me an awesome birthday cake - candy tiara included!

spending the days at the beach was great - there are several dog-friendly beaches at cape henlopen, so we could take bugsy and nellie swimming.  at the old age of 6 (old for dogs anyway), bugsy is actually learning to swim!  it’s pretty darn cute. 

on monday, we ended up spending the whole day with this little boy who made himself at home on our chairs, under our canopy, taking our dogs for walks, keeping score and commentating on our horseshoe game, you name it.  he was a pretty cute kid and quite precocious, so he kept us laughing all day long, but really, what kind of parents allow their to children to ‘harrass’ other people at the beach all day long?  his sister (who was older, and much less cute and funny) spent the whole day making herself unwelcome with the people sitting next to us.  they actually thought the kids were ours, and were quite surprised when we weren’t taking them with us at the end of the day when we left.   

the only bad thing about the weekend was the bugs.  not too sure if they were sandfleas, or what.  but they bit the crap out of me.  i literally had more than 80 bug bites.  take a look at my back (picture below) - and then just imagine most of my body looks like that.  ugh.  i was an itching fool for a couple days.

ok,, due to special request… today’s top five is about nellie and bugsy again.  but here’s the positives: 

1. the way they look at you and tilt their head when you talk to them, you really feel like they understand you.  or at least that they want to understand you…
2. nellie is a great playmate, she will fetch whatever you throw, catch anything in her vicinity, and is always up for a swim, run, hike, or walk.
3. the alien-like noises that bugsy makes will always keep you laughing
4. they both are beautiful in their own way. nellie with her smile and pretty blonde hair, and bugsy with his little old man face. and they both have a habit of sitting in a way as if they might be mistaken for royalty.
5. and really, it’s their love.  they both love us so much, are always happy to see us, always want to snuggle or play, give us kisses, and just be with us.  it’s a pretty nice feeling. you just have to love them back.

so this weekend is my birthday camping weekend.  i’m headed to cape henlopen….and hopefully the weather cooperates!  turning the big 3-0.  so, the next time i post a blog, i will have already completed the young and fun part of my life