Tonight's picture was taken in September of 2002. Mattie was five months old and eating in his favorite place.... the car seat. The irony however, was that Mattie hated sitting in his car seat when in the car! But that car seat served as a high chair and crib for many months. As Mattie despised lying down flat in his crib! In this photo, Mattie was eating his favorite.... oatmeal. Unlike me, Mattie did not like anything very sweet. He lived on oatmeal for breakfast for years.
Quote of the day: Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes..... including you. ~ Anne Lamott
It was one chore after the other today. It started with getting Sunny to his groomer's at 8:30am. Dealing with morning traffic in DC, is never pleasant and poor Sunny hates going to the groomer's. You can literally hear him sighing and getting anxious in the car. Once he gets inside the building where the groomer works, Sunny will visibly start shaking. He is really good at making me feel awful. He has been going to the same woman for two years now and she assures me that once I leave, he is calm and there is no shaking. You got to love it, but with Sunny's big wholly coat, he needs monthly grooming. Also keep in mind that Sunny doesn't like water, so bathing him at home is NOT an option.
Later on in the day, I devoted time to updating our Foundation's website and writing September's newsletter. I am not sure why writing this newsletter was so challenging, but it was. It was like pulling teeth. I can't understand why, but maybe it has to do with the fact that I take August off from writing a newsletter. So that one month break from writing contributed to my lack of productivity! I have no idea.
The next several months will be quite busy and with the change in weather today, it reminded me that Halloween is just around the corner. I can't get over the amount of candy we have collected from year to year, and what a massive undertaking the candy drive has become. Each year I learn ways to streamline the candy drive and it is my hope that one centralized drop off location will make this more manageable.
I love tonight's quote. It makes me laugh and given that I have spent a good chunk of the week in front of a computer.... it is time to unplug.
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