• It is raining buckets here!  Lots of thunderstorms and rain lately and more rain to come…
• Makes it kind of difficult to take a certain little doggy outside to go potty.  He keeps trying to hide under my legs!
• I am attempting to make bread as I type this…first round of rising happening now.  We shall see how it turns out.  I am so thankful for my KitchenAid mixer and its dough hook.  That kneading part just looks like work!  And we all know I am opposed to that.  Just kidding.  *sheepish look*
• I just read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (with Jeffrey Zaslow) and it was actually quite good (and a very fast read).  I had seen the video of his lecture online so I was not sure if this was just a repeat, but it was certainly much more than that.  What a fantastic legacy for his children and certainly inspirational to read about a man who achieved many dreams of his own and inspired others to do so.  There were no lack of tears on my part, of course, knowing that he had already passed away and that the topic was not easy to begin with – his impending death from pancreatic cancer.  It was good nonetheless.  I do recommend it!  Thanks, Leslie, for letting me borrow it!
• Cody is doing well and has a particular fascination with hiding under our furniture.  It’s hilarious to see his little nose peek out from under the chair or the bed.  Not so hilarious when he gets stuck under the couch.  I haven’t been fast enough yet to capture a picture of that though.
• Take the time to sign the following online petition:  http://www.aclj.org/LegislativeAlert/Read.aspx?GUID=eb3ae253-d816-4188-8baa-963c0eda1868 for the Be Heard Project to uphold the Conscience Clause allowing doctors and nurses to not participate in abortion procedures according to their personal convictions.  I believe this is a basic freedom.
• Way cool – I’m on to the second part of this breadmaking thing.  So far so good! It’s rising again…  (Sounds spooky, doesn’t it?)
• So for a few years now I have been thinking I’ve been allergic to fruit – eating the few fruits I did like caused my mouth, throat and the insides of my ears to itch like crazy!  Lately, though, I’ve bought organic fruit and I dared to try a few bites.  There was no reaction?  Hopeful thinking?  My allergy medicine working?  Or am I allergic to pesticides and what-not that are on non-organic fruits?  Food for thought…(such a great pun, I’m so funny!)…more experimentation to come…
• And my dad sent me this video…I thought it was very cool…

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