We have had a fun day so far. I got up early and made a pot of chili and then put it in the crock pot to cook the whole day. I did a couple things different this time and they all turned out good. I added about three tablespoons of grape jelly for a little sweetness, and I added some garlic and extra cumin. I think this pot was better than last weeks.

Then we went to Fry's to get Sheri a Bluetooth headset to use with her cell phone for work. We got a Motorola H350. We went there for a Plantronics one they had for $20 because it was on clearance, but they said they sold out at 5 PM the previous night. This one was $50. We didn't go through the normal Brad-research process for this, but she is on her cell phone at least four or five hours a day for work and holding it in the crook of her neck or using the speaker phone was starting to become a pain. Its batteries get recharged via a mini-USB port, so you don't have to carry a charger with you. You can just keep a 12 inch USB cable with you and plug it into your computer when the batteries get low.

After that we took a drive out to the country to look at a dog at the greyhound rescue. The dog had loads of personality and was very playful, but it was a female and I think we really want to hold out for a male. The main reason for me is the size. There are exceptions, but on the average females are between 45 and 65 pounds and males are between 65 and 85 pounds. Another reason for wanting a male is that the females get injected with a lot of growth hormones to give them extra muscle mass. This results in an increase in the risk of cancer in females. The dog we visited today had amazingly defined muscles. It definitely looked like she was pumped up on steroids. Also the staff there today told us female greyhounds are a little more aloof and less affectionate than the males.

Having said all that, the dog we saw today was very sweet. She seemed to be immediately drawn to me. She was led into the room, she sniffed Sheri, and then jumped up on the bench that was next to me and practically dove into my lap. Her are a couple cute pictures.



She was pushing into my chest demanding to be pet.


I was whispering sweet nothings into her ear. I am The Dog Whisperer.


"Please take me home."


It was around noon when we left the rescue and neither of had eaten so far for the day. We found one restaurant but walked out because there was one person waiting tables, seating people, and running the cash register. People were getting grumpy because they had been waiting in line too long to pay their bill, so we thought it would be best if we left.

We ended up eating at a casino buffet. I was pretty good and stayed away from most of the carbs and fried foods. After we were done eating was just sat at our table, drank coffee and watched the gamblers milling around while we talked to each other. We really enjoyed that. When we finally got up we found a couple 5 cent slots next to each other and lost money for about 30 minutes and then left.

We are getting ready to watch a movie and eat some chili.