When Bixby gets upset that we're gone, he likes to take dishes out of the sink and put them on the floor. Usually that's the extent of it. But yesterday, he took his canister of treats off the counter and ate them all. Then today, he broke a plate and chewed up a measuring spoon. And just now (we're even home!) he dumped over his food tub and ( Read more... )

Looking at Colorado apartments in the newspaper, I realized I really don't know what parts of town are unsafe and/or sleazy, other than Colfax. Can anyone give me some advice?

I would like some comments on this:

What would the most brilliant person in the world do as a living?
You may define "most brilliant" however you like.
You may define "living" however you like.
Be as long-winded or as terse as you like.

Thanks!

I turned my cursor to dinosaurs, and it totally rules! I'm trying to think of names for them.

In a month and a half we'll be in Colorado ( Read more... )

I decided to go with the simple dress. I have begun cutting out the pieces of my rough draft today.

We got a doggie! He's a 2-yr old chow/shepard mix and his name is Bixby. He's a perfect honey. Right now he is walking around our house sniffing things, taking breaks to drink water because it's hot today. It reminds me of the Sims when they move into a new house, and they go around clapping at things. Visit www.kylecoberly.com to see a picture (he ( Read more... )

Okay, I have narrowed down my wedding dress pattern possibilities to two:
McCall 4889 (we'll call this "fancy dress")
and
McCall 4490 (view d; this one is "simple dress ( Read more... )

I got a wedding magazine today, since I'm allowed to now. The thing really was just designed to make you spend more money on the whole she-bang. It was kind of depressing, actually. I also went to Joann's to look for dress patterns, and Kyle's favorite was a pattern that looked pretty hard. That made me kind of depressed too. He also likes colors ( Read more... )

My mom called from Thailand today, which is where she's been for a week. So I finally got to tell her that Kyle and I are engaged! That was a real load off.