You're welcome Yankees

So I'm not saying that the Yankees owe the win of the world series to Geoff and I but isn't it a strange coincidence that every time we move to a new location, the home team ends up winning the world series?
2002 - we move to Orange County. The Angels win the World Series.
2005 - we move to Chicago. The White Sox win the World Series, first time since 1917.
2009 - we move to New York. The Yankees win the World Series.

Coincidence?

Oliver's Twist

So you may remember me mentioning our visitor Oliver. I had believed Oliver is a country mouse who is trying to make his way in the big city and is doing so by living in our 5th story upper east side apartment. I have since changed my opinion that Oliver is no country bumkin and is just a straight up city mouse and here is why...being peaceful loving people we put out no kill traps with peanut butter. To which Oliver gratefully ate the peanut butter and went on his way. Deciding maybe Buddhists are wrong we got the good old fashion snap traps as we figured ok well quick death is better than the slow agonizing one of a glue trap. Set the trap up, put the peanut butter and we wait. Oliver again lavished up our fine peanut butter and went about his business. Geoff upset that I had named him Oliver in the first place reset the traps and jammed the peanut butter in there so as to lure Ollie to his death. Instead Oliver ate the pb from trap one unscathed but on trap two he got caught. Not killed, but caught. To which Geoff's Buddhist side overcame him seeing Ollie in pain released him from the trap and let him free...well free in our apartment. So Ollie is now part of our life. I am trying to figure out how to capture him to either A. keep him as a pet, or B. bring him to New Jersey to set him free in the country.

I Heart NY

I woke up this morning to a rain soaked city covered in fall colored leaves strewn about the sidewalks and I realized that I just heart NY. Years ago on this day I got engaged on the top of the Empire State building. Today, hubbie and I will recreate moments of that engagement weekend by going to Chinatown, eating in Little Italy and going to the top of the Empire State Building but in the spirit of Halloween and unlike the original engagement weekend we will do it as zombies. And what is great about NY, no one will even give us a second look.

Who will save your soul?

Little did I know that as stepping onto the subway to Brooklyn, Jewel's probing question to society of who will save your soul would be answered. My soul was in fact saved by a lovely young woman on the C train. As I took that 30 minute ride she spouted such lines as, "even if you are a sinner, God will save you and I am his vessel put here to let you know the word of God." Who knew that God would put a vessel on the C train the same morning I had to take the train to Brooklyn? So I can now cross that off my life to do list, save soul...check.

Acceptance

I'd like to think that I'm a take it or leave it kind of gal. you get what you see and if you don't like it then too bad. But as you grow older you realize there are situations, places, occasions where you have to conform, be accepted whether you like it or not. The workplace can be one of those places and as I'm finding out the dog park is another.

There is a woman who is at the dog park every morning, everyone knows her by name, she is to the dog park what Norm is to Cheers. (Yes I just dated myself). That is if Norm were a 50 year old woman with a teacup yorkie who knits sweaters for dogs. Her dog sits on her lap and never touches the ground. So "Norma" is somewhat of the godfather of the dog park, she bosses other dogs around and tells owners how to handle their dogs however she is loved and if she doesn't like you or your dog, you're not really welcomed. Not wanting my dogs to be shunned, I have tried on several occasions to talk to Norma...no dice. Finally I realized the way into Norma's heart was money. So I broke down and bought a dog sweater that she knitted for my dog. So now before I enter in the morning I have to pull her sweater out and put it on my dog. Sad? yes. Pathetic? maybe. But I have now been accepted and my dogs can play freely. Sigh.

Kids these days

I'm walking around and as I am about to cross the street, I see this girl, in her private school girl uniform, wearing burberry rain boots, holding a coach bag, and a starbucks on her cell phone and I think wow that's what I looked like in high school?

Star Sightings

Where: park
What: I was in the park yesterday and saw two stars shooting what may be the movie of the decade. Once I saw the two stars, my heart went a flutter, as I'm sure yours would too if you saw... Steve Guttenberg and Shannon Elizabeth! My thoughts are Cocoon the Twilight years? Or maybe Three men and a big lady, I mean to hope for another police academy would just be insane wouldn't it? Still I can only imagine with that kind of star power, it's gonna be a winner.