San Diego

I will be in San Diego for the Central Veterinary Conference West for the next few days, so no exciting updates for about a week!

Max

Here is a recent picture of my nephew Max. He went to Duluth with Mom, Dad, Nana and Bumpa (Jo, Nick, my mom and dad). He'll be 5 in January.

Things Rabbit Destroyed

1) my sofa & love seat
2) 2 sets of sheets
3) pair of eyeglasses
4) mouthguard
5) 3 pairs of shoes (2 of which I had only worn once!)
6) a camera
7) several remote controls
8) battery pack and charger for my video game controller
9) multiple DVD and CD cases
10) seat belts in my truck
11) upholstery in the back of my truck
12) ceramic cat food dish
13) about 200 tennis balls to date (I swear, those things are like crack cocaine to him)
14) laptop power cord
15) Dad's sauna door
16) Jo's rabbit statue
17) Nate's pillow (he pooped on it)
18) floral wall decoration I made
19) 2 closet doors (folding mirror door and folding wooden door)
20) Jo's and Mom & Dad's front doors (not destroyed per se, but scratched up)
21) multiple window screens
22) wood pile (he dragged the wood all over the yard)
23) holiday collar and leash (I guess he didn't like the candy cane stripes)
24) several blankets
25) 2 eyeglass cases
25) several contact lens cases
26) a bra
27) a book about labradors (no kidding)

Farmer's Day

Labor Day in Bovey, MN is known as Farmer's Day. There is a big parade and lots of people come home for the weekend.

Max got a lot of candy from the parade.

I met up with my friend Kelly, who lives in St. Michael

They had a scarecrow contest. Creepy! Unfortunately this is the display we ate lunch by.And in case you can't read the fine print, the baby's pjs say 'Product of Redneck Love". Gotta love the Iron Range.

The Winkleblacks

The family went to my cousin Tim's wedding in Aurora at the end of August. The reception was at Giant's Ridge. Here is a photo of my sister Jo, her husband Nick, and their son Max.

Non Sequitur

Here is a picture of some cactus in my downstairs bathroom.

Things Rabbit Dragged Out to the Yard

This is by NO means a complete list; just the things that I have found or know about

1) 3 spoons
2) multiple bowls
3) eye glasses case
4) cat litter box
5) water bowl
6) pizza cutter (it's still missing)
7) knives (including a cleaver - I actually found that blade-up in the sofa one day)
8) various pieces of garbage
9) pieces of clothing
10) telephone
11) entire Entemann's chocolate cake :(
12) beverage cans
13) box of nails
14) shoes
15) houseplants
16) carton of ice cream

Grazing on the Green

Mac invited me to a concert at Ravinia, which is a big outdoor park north of Chicago. They have a bandshell and large lawns, and people "picnic" for outdoor concerts. I say "picnic" because a lot of people had tables with fresh flowers and candelabras, rugs, multiple pieces of furniture, etc. We went as part of an event for Heifer International (a GREAT charity). We saw James Blunt and Sheryl Crow. It was a great concert for a great cause, and the weather was perfect.

Sheryl Crow (not James Blunt)

Baseball Game

This summer I went to a Kane County Cougars game with my good friends Mac, Dan, Danna and Jack. The Cougars are sort of like the St. Paul Saints, but they are a farm team for Oakland As. The game we saw was against the Peoria Chiefs, which is a minor league team for the White Sox.

There was lots of entertainment between innings, and a great fireworks display after the game.

Big Nate

My little brother Nate is now living in Aberdeen South Dakota. He got a job as a heavy equipment operator there. I went out to visit him a few weeks ago, and here is a picture of him at work.Actually, that's him at work on Max's toy that my dad made for him. Here is an actual picture of him at work. You might not be able to see him, but I saw him with mine own two eyes, and he really seemed to know what he was doing. At least he didn't appear to ruin anything in the 10 minutes I was watching him. Way to go Nate!

Guess what these are?

I found these on the floor of the kennel I kept Remi & Rabbit in one night. Hint: they used to be on Remi's collar. Where is the collar, you might ask? In Rabbit's tummy. Yup - he ate the whole darn collar - the beautiful black Duluth Pack leather collar I bought. Not a piece of it left. At least he didn't eat the hardware.

I am going to have to compile a list of things that Rabbit 1) consumed 2) dragged into the yard and 3) just plain destroyed.

I'm baaacck!

I guess I didn't realize that people actually cared about my blog, and now that I haven't updated it for 2 1/2 months I am finally getting around to it. So ya'll quit complaining! Don't worry - I have plenty of mundane, only slightly interesting stories about my life to share with you. Today is a grey, rainy day so I will try to get at least several posts ready to keep you all busy for a few days anyway!

Two very important messages: 1) Get well wishes to my uncle Jack, who sustained an eye injury; I wish him a speedy recovery and all good wishes! and 2) congratulations to Nina who is now an honest-to-goodness professional illustrator of children's books! I am so proud of her.