Quick weekend update

Originally published at erin-go-blog!. Please leave any comments there.

Rand and I spent the weekend in PA with my family. It had been a while since we’d seen them, and my aunt was in town from Maryland. My brother was also home, with his Shih Tzu puppy, Dudley:

Dudley is a very active little guy, and so he was tough to photograph. Currently, he’s afraid to walk down stairs, so he climbs to the top of the stairs and waits for someone to come and get him. (my brother had the same problem when he was a toddler. heehee) In this photo, I was trying to capture him waiting at the top of the stairs.

I was a little concerned about how my allergies would be with the dog around. I took my regular allergy medicine, and I was fine. I’ve since learned that the Shih Tzu is one of the breeds that are typically good for allergy sufferers. They have hair rather than fur, and they shed very little. Of course, I was still careful to wash my hands and such after playing with him.

I didn’t really take any other photos…I didn’t bring the camera, so I only had the phone!

Anyway…we had dinner at my grandpa’s on Saturday night, and breakfast on Sunday morning. My aunt made her famous chocolate chip cookies after Saturday’s dinner–yum! I should have taken a picture of those. They’re about the size of your head!

After breakfast on Sunday, we presented my dad with his Father’s Day gift-the series set of Firefly, and some dark chocolate non-pariels. We also visited with my other set of grandparents, who recently celebrated their 60th Anniversary! Then, before heading back to Buffalo, Rand and I went for a walk/hike with my parents at East Branch Dam. It had gotten pretty warm by that point, so the walk left us rather tired.

(Photo from the US Army Corps of Engineers site)

Click on the photo-I added notes.

I have to be on my way, now. I actually have work this afternoon! Happy Monday, everyone.

A note and a question

I've been enjoying using the LJ crossposter plugin feature that I recently installed. I haven't gotten around to trying to fiddle with the code that asks you to post comments at erin-go-blog rather than here. Point is, I don't mind if you leave comments here. They get emailed to me, so I will definitely see them. The only place I'd prefer you didn't leave comments is the syndicated feed. I'm way less likely to see them. :)

Secondly, the question...who's going to be at Conterpoint? Rand and I are coming, and I'm pretty excited! :)