Ten reasons to look before you get in bed...

Ah, yes... there's nothing like pet ownership. A late Sat. night ago, Connie and I went to bed. "This bed feels cold, doesn't it?" asked Connie. "I don't think that's cold we're feeling...". We turned on the lights to find JD took a leak on our 1-week old new duvet; so much so that the pee spot was about 1 ft. in diameter, and soaked thru every layer of sheet, but mercifully stopped at the waterproof mattress cover. We're sure JD was must've been saving a week's worth of pee, and decided Sat. night was as good as any to cash in. Needless to say, I (Chris) had the pleasure of crawling into the middle of the spot... To the surprise of many (including myself), the cat still lives.

The death of the Xbox(s)...

As some of you know, my Xbox 360 had "red-ringed" a.k.a the red-rings-of-death. It's kinda like the check-engine light on your car, except there's no fix for this error. Microsoft had such a terrible failure rate, they extended the warranty period to 3 years if you get this nasty little message. I shipped it away, and got a replacement console in a week.

This week, Richard - after waiting months to get the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, finally got the game, only to play it for less than a couple of hours and watch his Xbox red-ring (to his horror). So... it looks like the Ronalds/Donnellys are having a real run of luck: good that is - both of us get newer replacement consoles, and it happened to both of us in the last month or 2 of our warranty periods. Wahoo!

Halloween

We did make it out for Halloween. We closed up shop at our place, and gave the candy to Marg and Greg to give out (we later found out from the neighbours our street had a max. of 4 kids). This freed us up to take Crystal out together! Crystal was a ladybug again this year; Connie and I were Hamilton Tiger-Cats Fans. She's got the "trick or treat" thing down good, and says it every time we see a pumpkin!