Let me just gripe for a minute

I would just like to say that it is not fair to give someone an assignment at 3:30 in the afternoon to draft 7 identical documents (for different entities, of course), tell them you need it finished by the next morning and not tell them that each document is potentially 90 PAGES LONG!  Seriously!  If you ask someone if they have time to take an assignment and they say yes out of the kindness of their heart, you should warn them that it will take them 8 hours to complete and they'll be up half the night!  AND ITS TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!

Ok, rant done.

How does this happen?

 I told Duff that this means we have to have another wedding.

He wasn't buying it.

And no, we have no idea how this happened.  No finger trauma.  No accidents.  Duff just woke up one morning and noticed that his ring felt funny.  We're getting it fixed/replaced this week. I'll keep you updated on the outcome.

Leaves

Today, we spent our time surrounded by piles and piles of leaves.

The sad part is that only about half of the leaves have fallen. :(

The puppy loves leaf piles, though.  So it was an entertaining day.

Let sleeping dogs...

make you smile.

All Hallows' Eve

Thought I would share our Halloween decorations. It may be a few weeks late but the kids really like them, so I thought you all might as well.

The spiders on the tree lit up.

We also had candles in the ghost lanterns by the door, the pumpkin in the garden bed and a light in the ghost in the window.

Of course, we really can't compete with the neighbors...

Let there be paint

We painted the house. It only took us a month (thanks to rainy weekends). I'm too tired to say much so the pictures will have to do the work.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

This is what I looked like after three weekends of painting:

This is what the puppy looked like after the first day of painting:

This is what she looked like after the last day of painting:

What will we do with her? At least the house looks good...

Let sleeping dogs lie

As Riley has gotten older, she has developed a level of confidence in herself and comfort in our home. This confidence and comfort has led to her exhibiting complete freedom when sleeping. She just does it however she wants.

Her sleeping positions are so cute, that I had to take pictures. Here are just a few pictures of the sleeping puppy.

Office Shenanigans

Someone in my office has a sense of humor. Who knew you would find that at a law firm?

While we're on the topic, I thought I would take some pictures of my office. Now you all can see where I actually live.

The view from my window...

I can see Jersey from my house...er, office.

And no, big sister, my office is not usually that clean. Luckily, two weeks ago we had office cleanup week and were forced to sort through our piles and piles of paper (as I tell Duff, my job is really to throw paper at people). What you see is by far the largest portion of my desk that I've seen in two years. So it was the perfect time for pictures!

Sorry about the quality of the photos, by the way. They are a la Blackberry.