GRRLZ RULE!!

My final score from the final championship game for the HSN CRM Fantasy Football league! I'd like to point out that the two people who were vying for 1 & 2 are both GIRLS...who were originally *NOT* invited to play in aforesaid league (and now I guess we know why ). Whooooo Hoooo!!!

Roxy & Romeo

Well, the honeymoon ended somewhere about midday on Sunday, about the time that Roxy realized, I think, that Romeo was here "for good" and not just a playmate over for a visit. She spent most of the time since then studiously ignoring him with occasional tiffs anytime I returned to the house. I don't think we're out of the woods yet but they did play together well this morning which I thought was a good sign.

yes...i am certifiable

So I'd been thinking of getting a 2nd dog for quite some time (years, in fact, since Shadow always seemed to miss her "buddies" from across the hall after we moved to FL -- but by that point, I thought she'd have a tough time adjusting. In any respect, I'd talked to Kathy about it and so on Monday, I got an email forwarded from a friend of years about a young german shepherd male in need of a home. It took all of about 5 minutes in reality to decide although I decided I needed to wait on the potential layoff before making any kind of permanent move. So I called Kathy's friend this morning (she was fostering the dog at her place), took Roxy down to meet him this afternoon and brought him home with us!

So far, the dogs are getting along great! The only drawback is that his name is Rocky which I think is just waaay too close to Roxy for them to differentiate so I'm planning to name him something else...but what? Before I saw him, I'd wanted Apollo or maybe Romeo. I'd almost like to do Cyrano to go along with Roxy but not sure how that shortens up. It certainly fits so far. It's pretty comical - Roxy follows me everywhere and he follows her. As for personality, he is so laid back that to compare the 2 is like night & day. I'm hoping that he'll help calm her down - at least should help her separation anxiety a bit. Maybe I'll stick with Romeo after all.

Anyway, here he is:


And here's a shot of the two of them (soon I'll get one of them really playing - it's so fun to watch!):

dodging bullets

Well, the layoff rumor was true. Thankfully, our dept did everything first thing this morning so we had the postmortem meeting fairly early. (My group gets 2 more programs to manage - joy!) We lost 3 people + 2 open positions. Total for the company: 106. Now I feel relieved...and guilty to feel relieved... Pounding headache hasn't gone away yet but some of the knots in my stomach have loosened a bit.

i hate to wait

Even when it's not something all that great! Rumor is that tomorrow is the big day - layoffs. Ugh. In some ways, I almost wish it *would* just happen since then at least it would be done. Of course, then, it would mean looking for something new which would mean a whole new set of stresses... So 'til tomorrow for the update on that.

In the meantime, here's the hat I made for James. I think it turned out much better knitting in the round rather than the way I did Lilly's. Thinking of going back & doing that one over...especially now that I found a pattern I like. Hopefully it's not too big for him!