[sound of crickets] Helloooo....anyone out there??

I'm just as guilty as any other Churches clan in not posting recently but I haven't a lot to say. But when has that stopped me before?? I don't know.

Here's the brief rundown:

• Still seeing John ... we just celebrated our 1 year mark [10.10.05]
• Just ordered new appliances for my mini-kitchen [thank you Dianne]. Will look forward to a new 18.0 cu ft fridge, 30" gas range, spacemaker over the range microwave oven, and [gasp] a garbage disposal. They will arrive early November and in the meantime I need to develop a plan for the rest of the kitchen; lighting, floor, back spash, counters, sink, faucet...
• Its starting to get chilly here. Currently 50 degrees and windy. As John says, its cuddling weather. I can wear my flanel pjs now without sweating to death. I just don't like the change in the light...the ever lengthening darkness. Yuck.
• Still have the animal managerie. Toby is aging well [he'll be 8 in Jan] and Tom is securly in the house for the moment [my cat seems to like to escape to the wilds of DC]
• My neighborhood is improving but not without some friction. It seems as gentrification takes place the displaced get disgruntled and can cause some discord. Cybele like to say that she lives in a helocopter neighborhood. I live in a helocopter, police car, gunfire neighborhood, where most people assume the gunfire they hear didn't actually hit anyone. Can't say its a place you'd want to raise young children or spend a lot of time outside.
• Been doing a hard core job search trying to break free of the government grind. Been considering all sorts of work; consulting, trade associations, foundation grant work, etc. Many corporations who do the sort of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices aren't based in DC so if I wanted to move to Cleveland, OH, I could work for the Limited Corp and be pretty well off.
  

John and I went to Kentucky a few weeks ago to attend a friend's wedding [see the photo] and then drove to North Carolina [Asheville] to visit friends of his ... and if I'd been thinking, we could have stopped to see Dianne and crew along the way. But I'm a dork so we didn't. We visited the Woodford Reserve distillery where they make small batch bourbon but because of KY bluelaws, we couldn't buy any. Drat!!!