I'm Back

I just wrote a blog entry and somehow it disappeared. How frustrating!

Whitney, Shelby and I took a trip to the Shenandoah Valley this weekend. We drove into the mountains on roads that reminded me of Amberg, only much steeper. We rented a cozy cabin. It was breathtakingly beautiful, the height of fall. The cabin made me miss having a fireplace. There's something very calming about being Keeper of the Flame.

Madeline was going to join us, but it was too hard (and expensive) for her to get off work. Human Resources called her into the office and told her that since she was doing more work than what was in her job description she would get a $7,000 raise at her yearly review in June. Not bad. She's in the process of trying to find a car that will fit her budget.

Dom, my house was broken into when I was in college. The police noted in their report that my room had been ransacked. Little did they know that it looked exactly the same before the burglary. Twenty years later, my bedroom still has that ransacked look about it.

What an impressive menu, Emilie. I didn't know you could cook.

The film festival sounds like such fun!