Calm Before The Storm

Things at the Nonerick house are slow these days, which is a welcome break from the madness of the last few months. Even though the job search and life planning process is moving along slowly, we are keeping ourselves busy with lots of other little things (e.g. preparing for Thanksgiving, getting started on Christmas stuff, cleaning closets, getting some personal and financial affairs in order). In other words, nothing worth writing about.

The upcoming week will be a busy and important one. Among many other things, I [Darcy] have a final round interview for a water policy job and find out if I'm in contention for another position with a local government department. Hopefully, the job search is coming to a close and we can move forward on the next phase of life - adapting to a new job and saving for a house. It's funny how impatient you can become when you see so many things that you want to do that are dependent on one piece falling into place.

Since we haven't posted an update in a while, here are some pictures of our lives these days:

A few weeks ago, Ryan started growing a beard. The idea started as part of a Halloween costume (Ryan wanted to dress up like the recent Public Television great Bob Ross ) but turned into a statement on manhood. This morning, Ryan declared that he was shaving the beard because it irritates his skin. I thought I should record the facial phenomenon and share it with the world. Ryan was a good sport and let me take a picture first thing in the morning.

How big are those paws?

Just when you think a relaxing dog will stay still...

he lunges at the camera!