Vacation- Headed Home

Vacation- Auntie Gail's

With friend Theresa outside Auntie Gail's house


With my best friend from high school, Beth, and her son Linus


3 generations... just before we dumped my mom out in the forest along the Clackamas river. Sick, I know :)


Matilda with her great, great Auntie... also while dumping mom


Matilda asleep on the couch that's been in the party room since I was her age

Vacation- La Center

Watching football practice with the girls


At the park


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Quinn golfing with Andre


Janiene came down to meet us for lunch at the casino!


Golfing with Donna


Golfing with Mama

Vacation Pics- Beach

Cheese!


Tillamook Cheese Factory and Rockaway Beach


Matilda devouring her Tilamook ice cream. Caramel was her favorite.


Auntie Gail, me, Matilda and cousin Carolyn


In front of the Tillamook cow





Feet in the sand at Rockaway (outside Dave & Norma's beach house)


Headed to the beach


Walking to the beach


Baby on the beach!

Til We Meet Again, Bunny

CH Chaps Baledwr Marcy Playground left us this morning. She'd been having a hard time for a while, but took a turn for the worse again this week. We decided it was time. Since Quinn and I are in Oregon, Jeff took her to our vet. He gave her lots of love as she was falling asleep and said she went very peacefully. She hadn't crossed the line into misery yet, so I am happy we timed it the way we did. Thank you, Jeff, for helping me not drag her down this road too long, and Mandy and Carolyn for telling me it would be okay.

Rest well, Marcy-Marfy-Bunny... the sweet spunky girl who gave us all so much happiness.

Blogging at Work

Writing for business is MUCH different than writing for pleasure or for school. I'm not the best writer, but I'd say I'm above average. I love essay assignments in school because I always pull in an A. Well, 5 edits later, here is my first work blog:

http://www.thealexandergroup.com/blog-press-room

My content never did get edited, but I needed to be less wordy. I also needed to use "big" words like "synchronicities." I'll admit, I ended up feeling slightly unsophisticated by about the 3rd edit. Now, in my defense, our Managing Director has a law degree and a friend in journalism coaching her on blog writing, so she admits that she can't STOP editing. We have a Phi Beta Kappa at our company, and even she gets edited. Still, I have a lot to learn in terms of being succinct and writing to the business audience. It's OK, I'm up for a challenge.

Yesterday I started writing PAs, aka: Professional Appraisals. It's like the story book version of a person's resume. We give it to our clients so they can read about a candidate in more detail. It's a 14+ page document that I have to pull together the info for, dictate, get back in printed version (hopefully they don't include all the "Um's and "Uh's" on my tape) and rewrite. Then, obviously, someone will proofread it before it goes to the client. Let the editing begin!

'Cause that's how Bunny rolls

I can't afford a maid yet, but for $20 a month this is one luxury I can't live without. I haven't had a manicure in months, but Bunny gets door service to keep her crazy nails looking their best.