Fall Is In The Air...

While I sit here and procrastinate on my packing for a business trip that I'm leaving for tomorrow, I can't help but think how nice it is that we can sit here with all the windows open in the house. I love the smell of a nice breeze and not have to worry about melting from the humidity. In addition, the putties are all beside themselves with excitement in response to the open windows.

Have I mentioned how much I love Autumn? I think it is the best of all the seasons.

1. The Pumpkin candles are available again! I looooove the smell of Pumpkin candles!





2. The fall colors are amazing! I can't wait to get out there when things start changing with my new Nikon.





3. Best of all it contains the greatest holiday ever!


Halloween!!!




I love Halloween so much that one of my bridal showers was Halloween themed. My favorite animal... besides my putties... Spiders! I think they are very cool and interesting. I keep some of my more intricate Spider decor out all year. Just about everyone does their Christmas shopping for me around this time of year due to all the rockin' spider stuff that is out!

~AKO

Dear So and So... Must You Be So Difficult?

Dear Hurricane Danny,

If you're going to hit the East Coast, do it already! Our weekend is pretty much ruined because you may or may not dump a monsoon on us.

Regards,
New York

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Dear Citibank,

You suck! Closing an account because we supposedly "violated" one of your many rules without a phone call is rude and not very customer friendly. How about a phone call to discuss the issue when you noticed the violation?? Sending a letter to our old address after mail forwarding has expired is not the correct response! And lets not get started the the random fees that just started popping up!

Sincerely,
Soon to be Members of a Different Bank

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Dear People of Cypress Hills,

I'm not sure why you all feel that everyone needs to experience your choice in music, but is it really necessary that my house should vibrate as well? I really should not have to close my windows because I cannot even hear my own TV above your music. Please keep in mind that, just because you don't have anywhere to be, some of us do have to get up before noon for our jobs. Let's keep an eye on the clock and consider your neighbors after 10pm!

Thank You,
Sleepless in Cypress Hills

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Dear Harley,

Thank you for NOT being difficult and only asking for the simple things in life... your spider, milk ring, love, attention and (of course) wet kitty food...

Love,
Mommy





~AKO

Wordless Wednesday

What I like to see... a man in the kitchen!!!








~AKO

Not Enough Hours in the Day... And a New Toy

Almost a week since I last left a post... The past week was just one of those weeks where there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done. We had sales people in town for production training, which, as one of the managers, I was involved in. This meant that I was going to be in training sessions all day Tuesday, Wednesday and the first half of Thursday. It also meant that I was going to fall a little behind in my regular day to day tasks. In addition, one of my employees had a huge upgrade Wednesday evening that had issues, which meant I spent all day Thursday and a large portion of Friday working on that. Basically, it means I have to do some work this weekend to catch up :(

In other news... I finally got my new toy!




Hello Friend!!!


Yes, I finally got my new camera! My old one, a Kodak Easy Share, had served its purpose well and, after 5 years, started to fail. After staring at the picture for two hours two weeks ago, I made the plunge to spend a decent amount of money on a high quality camera. In addition, no tax and no shipping from the online PX (AAFES) store was also an incentive. I love my Military Star Card!!! One of my employees jokingly calls the PX the "special club" :)

On Wednesday, my new Nikon D60 SLR camera arrived! I can tell you it is a little intimidating with all the buttons and menu options, but yesterday I read that user's manual cover to cover. Of course Freddy tried to start playing with the camera right away and, since he didn't read the manual, couldn't even figure out how to turn off the flash! Boys... when are they going to learn...

And, the victims...er... subjects of my first round of professional photography. I'm sure I looked rediculous crawling around on the ground trying to get candid shots of my putties. They were not as excited about my new toy as I was!


Miss C-Lo, none too happy that I kept following her around this morning.



Thoughtful Hadley... he was really just watching the lens move back and forth.



Sweet-faced Harley... not quite sure why he was just awoken with a flash.




Now the dilemma... continue to play with my new toy or break down and get my work done...

~AKO

Wordless Wednesday

~AKO