Organic

Jared and I decided to read the nutritional labels while grocery shopping.  And wow, there's a lot of sodium and bad stuff in the food out there.  Needless to say, we bought a lot of organic and healthier stuff.  It was an expensive shopping trip.  Let's see if the food tastes better or the same.  Can I handle organic food?  Can I handle healthier foods?  Hmm...

I'm enjoying my three day weekend.  I've been running a lot of errands and cleaning the house.  It's nice to do almost nothing.  It's supposed to get really warm this weekend.  Mid 60s to lower 70s.  Exciting.  I'm glad to be home.

Gizmo got his Spring cut today.  I didn't do anything too severe by saying chop all of his hair off.  So, he still has quite a bit.  And I'm beginning to think they didn't use a shaver but actually cut his hair with scissors.  The groomer said I did a good job maintaining his hair throughout winter.  In other words, he had absolutely no mattes, and his hair was very smooth to the touch.

Last Saturday, my coworker and I went to Virginia City, Nevada.  It's an old ghost town turned tourist town.  There were a lot of older buildings and shopping areas.  It was also very windy.  Anyways, I had lots of fun learning Virginia City's history and window-shopping.

Where we ate lunch.  It was an old saloon.  I didn't get a picture of the bar.  Thought of that mistake after the fact...

I believe the name of this church is St Mary's in the Mountains or something like that.  It's one of the oldest Catholic churches in the US.  I got to attend mass in it.  I enjoyed it.

Hotel

I've been in Reno for almost a week.  And I believe I'm ready to go home...  Granted, almost all I've done here is work and more work.  But today's my day off.  Maybe I'll get out of this hotel and go do something...  If only I had a car.

Reno

I leave for Reno Sunday evening.  I'll be there for a week and a half.  I'll be gone for quite a while.  It's pretty much the longest amount of time Jared and I will be apart from each other.  I'm kind of excited.  It'll be a lot of work, but it'll be enjoyable.

Our new bed will be delivered on Thursday.  So, yes Jared will get a new bed to himself for about a week.  We went and bought new sheets to go on the bed.  I'll go to Petsmart tomorrow with Gizmo to get him some stairs.  Since we got a bed frame, Gizmo will need stairs to get on and off the bed.

I had to get refills on all of my allergy medications just in case my allergies flare up on my trip.  And I'll be packing a lot of books since I'll most likely be reading on my time off.  So, be prepared for a book update in the near future.

So Jared and I went to my work's Anniversary Dinner last week.  We also won an item from the Silent Auction. Another employee is currently working on our piece of art, and I can't wait to see its awesomeness.

Before we left for the dinner

In two weeks, Gizmo is going to get a haircut to celebrate Spring and warm weather.  His hair right now is about three inches long which is pretty long for him.  I don't think it has ever been that long.

Gizmo with long hair (taken today)

Gizmo's Spring Haircut (taken last year)

I look at that picture and wonder what on earth I was thinking that day at the groomers...  I had his hair cut a little too short.  He definitely looked like a rat and looked like the smallest dog ever.  But he didn't care.  He remained his natural, spazzy self regardless of the haircut.

Life is good.  I'm happy!!