thank you thank you for all of your wonderful comments. bonnie is back to her old self now. she's still on steroids and has bouts of 'roid rage' where she runs around and around and has all this energy and doesn't know what to do with it. she is also hungry all the time and is drinking a lot of water. which leads to accidents in the house- we take her out all the time, but sometimes she just well, has to go. this isn't behavoir that she exhibited before her episodes, so hopefully when we start weaning her off the meds, this will improve. till then, we keep plenty of paper towels on hand and let her out every hour- oh and lots of baths too... we take her back to the neurologist at the begining of february and then we'll decide if she needs the surgery or not.

champ is still a champ and they are both snuggled up with me right now.

i am busily planning the wedding, getting ready to go to brazil, preparing for the kitchen installation, taking acting classes, temping, auditioning and going a little bit crazy.

we're trying to get the save the date cards out and it is just taking forever. we're meeting with vendors this week and next, but feel like we're behind in the planning. i told kpr i didn't want to do any of this big wedding planning- i am all for eloping or the destination wedding where someone does all the work for you- but we're having a big event anyway. i know it will all be worth it- but i haven't gotten to the point where all this planning is fun- i still just see it as work. oh and we're going to be horribly, horribly over budget. ridiculously over budget. but it will be worth it, right? yes, of course. i'll feel better once we nail down the vendors- we're meeting with florists and photographers this weekend. i have no idea about the reception music- that's something i haven't looked into yet. we have a date and a place, and i have my dress- i have some ideas on the flowers, and the ceremony- but there is still a lot up in the air.

i want to hear your opinion on a woman taking a man's name. i'm torn- it's not that i don't want to take kpr's name, it's just that i don't want to lose my name- i'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences. thanks!