Happy November!

Oh, where to begin. Maybe I need to borrow a friend's kids for a day or two so I have some good blogging material. Then again, I think I'll just stick w/ what has been going on here on Cherrydale. October was my birthday month, which means my car needed to have its emissions test done. Now, our test is quite different from the Atlanta test. Here, you go to the center, get in a long line, and eventually, you get to the front and the government employee does a few "tests" and let's you go. David was sweet enough to take my car, as I don't communicate well with government workers (not including any who might read this blog). He took the 4-Runner, sat in line, had the emissions test done, took the paperwork to the tag office, and came home w/ a shiny new sticker. Thanks, Babe! As he goes to put my new sticker on my car, he realizes, he just had the 4-Runner tested but his truck is actually in my name and the 4-Runner is in his. Hence, the truck's tag expires in October not the 4-Runner so the wrong car was taken to the emission station. Lucky for us, our bright government workers didn't notice. Oh, well.

My 1/2 marathon is just over a month away. Training is going well. I have been incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by very experienced runners who have been nothing but encouraging and helpful. My last "race" before the 1/2 will be in a couple of weeks in The House of Mews 5K. The House of Mews is our favorite no-kill shelter here in Memphis. I can't wait to run for such a good cause. We started supporting the shelter after we lost Ollie Man last year. We have elected to support rather than get another cat. I think Millie will kill us if we bring a kitten in the house. In other running news, we've order an I-Pod Nano to run with. It was supposed to be for David but I can't wait for it to get here. I realize most households already have a Nano, but we're typically behind the times. We also just got our first DVR box. (Again, we're way behind the times.) I think it was so David could watch the UGA / FL game again. Yeah, that won't be happening.

The theme for the month of November: Vote! Especially all the women! There are so many woman across the world who aren't fortunate enough to have this right! Please don't take it for granted.

Happy mid-fall, y'all!