TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 25). Work brings enormous benefits to your life through the next 10 weeks – so much more important than merely money. Friends help your business, and your business helps your friends. Finances continue to look up if you follow your plan carefully. Romantic sparks fly in March. You share a special connection with Capricorn and Pisces. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 23, 1, 20 and 51.

why did they list the lucky numbers out of numerical order? is 8 more important or luckier than 23?

happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.

i took this picture monday morning on the way into work, the day after the fires started. the sky is filled with smoke but the sun still shines through a little bit.

i also put up the photos from my (29th) birthday party, if you are interested in looking at “prom” photos. you may or may not be interested. i don’t really know. but there you go.

hey all. in case far away friends are wondering, my family and i are safe from the fires for now. we live about 10 minutes away from rancho bernardo, which is probably right now the hardest hit of the wildfires. it’s scary and nervewracking to see a community you’re familiar with on the national news with burnt embers of former houses right behind it, knowing you’re not too far away from that scene and a shift in the wind could have caused as much damage to your own home. hopefully the winds die down soon and the fires are contained. nothing to do but hope, watch and wait.

the weird part is, the cedar creek fires which happened four years ago occured right around the same time of year. the last fires actually started on my birthday four years ago. my birthday this year is on thursday, but we celebrated friday night. i had an awesome themed party from my wonderful friends – a 1989 senior prom theme – “in your eyes senior prom”. it was excellent. some day, i’ll post some photos. for now, i’m going to retreat. hope everyone is well.

okay. i’m not usually one of those people who dress up their dogs in sweaters to go out for a walk or anything, but i will dress up my dog for halloween. and mostly its for my own amusement more than anything else. so, i present my “bat dog”:

she’s giving me that “dear god, why are you making me do this?” face. it’s awesome.

i love these bat wings for maya. and while i know that i am pretty crafty, i don’t know if i have the patience and ability to make my own doggie bat wings like this dude did. i’m not good at sewing. besides, i tried making my own fairy wings once and that didn’t really pan out too well. i did get really drunk and took zoomed in photos of some guy’s ass with stacey’s camera and alyssa bit my fake wing and i was sad. see:

what a kickass apron!