Wow, it's been a long week!

So, a lot has been going on.

The last month we went back to work from our vacation. The Saint had to take Suzie, our oldest dog in and have her put to sleep. That has been very hard. Nemo, our other dog is depressed. We are sad, and even the cats are sad. That has been the worst thing.

In other news - my iPod finally died, and nothing would fix it. Not whacking in on a table, not freezing it (this may sound strange, but there are entire websites devoted to bashing iPods back to life.

We have not been practicing our guitar lessons like we should be, due to post-vacation stress, and Suzie's demise.

On the good side.
We are looking at puppies - Saint Bernard puppies - and they are very cute. More important, they have the temperament, size and personality we are looking for.

Ken got me a video iPod to replace my broken one, and it's a video iPod (all you can get now in the bigger players) and it's black! I downloaded all my favorite Pixar shorts - Tin Toy, Knick Knack, and Luxo, Jr.

I have also been practicing a lot more this week - so hopefully by the time our next lessons will arrive I won't be embarrassed to go!

Since we got back from vacation I also made a vow - no more clothes I hate. So I have been wearing only clothes I like, as well as makeup and jewelry to work every day. I give myself a break on my days off! It feels good.

I'm also (finally) getting back to eating right again. I did okay with getting back to the exercise, but eating right is a little harder. So, that's good.

I've been thinking a lot about things like puppy proofing the house, what we are going to do with Suzie's ashes, cleaning the carpets, getting the story of our vacation up on my VGRandom blog, and our pics up on a website.

This coming week I plan on not letting myself get too stressed out over anything. Getting lots of sleep, and keeping myself sane.

OH, gift of the week was my new iPod, of course. :)