• Bama wins over Tennessee today. Always good to beat that school. I’d enjoy the win more if I actually gave a rip about basketball. #
• A squirrel got into our house this morning. Amy and I had to chase it out. Our dachshund = FAIL. He really is a weenie! #
• I’ve been a Trekkie all my life, and the new (3rd) trailer for the new movie FINALLY has me excited to see it! #
• Leaving work a little late tonight thanks to some hiccups, but it’s all good. #
• Auburn/Opelika tweeps: Is Auburn Bank a good place to go for a mortgage? Any experience? #
• YES! The sprinkler guys are finished in our offices! I can finally put all my stuff back out! No more plain walls! #
• @Tex3911 If it’s from #thisweekatau, probably. Otherwise, it shouldn’t be a flood. in reply to Tex3911 #
• @Tex3911 @auburnu has been dormant thanks mainly to a WordPress plugin failure. I fixed it today, so you should see it back in action soon. in reply to Tex3911 #
• Enjoying lunch at my desk after spending the morning at home with the electricians. #
• The electricians are here and working very quickly! I’m impressed! #
• Waiting on the electrician to come back over and install two outlets and a light. #
• Wondering if my mom actually signed up for Facebook tonight, or if my cousin did it for her. #
• I get to sleep in by a half-hour tomorrow morning. Electrician coming to quote two outlets in the bathrooms. #
• Robin Williams in South Florida ICU with heart problems. Get well, Mork. #
• Out the door to babysit the kids. I pray they’re calm tonight. #
• @sailingbo Please let me know how it goes. in reply to sailingbo #
• I am thankful and blessed every day for my beautiful wife. #
• Heading to work. Should be a productive day. #
• @JLM_N14 Thanks to our servers, the widget I wanted is probably dead in the water on the main page. Will try for a new one. in reply to JLM_N14 #
• @JLM_N14 You got it. Thanks for the prayers. Wife is quite concerned, but all will be well. in reply to JLM_N14 #
• @JLM_N14 This night is spent working on a proposal for a freelance Web design job. in reply to JLM_N14 #
• Asking for prayers for my wife. We’re setting up appointments to visit cardiologists at Emory. All this after dealing with the son’s heart. #
• @bowerep That was our photographer, Jeff Etheridge. in reply to bowerep #
• The Internet connection to the outside world is wee slow right now. #
• I’m about ready to give up on the widget. #
• Whoa! Got the Fail Whale! Oh no! Lol! #
• @matthewdanner I got so fed up with it, I didn’t check to see if it caught it. Did you see our pics and video? in reply to matthewdanner #
• Still trying to figure out the weather widget issues. Works fine on a test page, but the main page page kills it. Hmmm… #

Just after I woke up today, I took our dog, Chopper, outside for his morning duties.  Chopper is a dachshund, and every other dachshund I’ve owned have been fantastic squirrel hunters.

I thought his skills would be put to the test this morning.  As soon as I opened the door, a squirrel jumped off of our grill, hit our glass door and bounced inside.  You can only imagine what happened next.

It was like the Daytona 500 in here.  Amy, Alyssa and I just watched this thing make laps in our house.  I tried like crazy to get Chopper to chase him, but he just stood there.  So, after trying to corral this thing in our living room, it bolted toward our bedroom.

It pulled down a set of blinds, knocked over our photos and climbed on top of the valences.  It sat there for a few minutes, and we were laughing so hard.  What was Chopper doing?  Sneaking back to the living room.

All of the sudden, the squirrel jumped from the valence and over our bed.  It landed on the floor and ran back towards the living room.  The back door was open, and Chopper was standing in front of it.  The squirrel ran right at Chopper and jumped over him.  Almost as quickly as the squirrel entered the house, he was right back out.

Chopper finally chased him after it jumped over him, but it was too late.  As the late Jerry Clower used to say, that squirrel was, “Haawwww!  Gawn!”  We were left picking up after him, but laughing the entire time.

Chopper, even though we love you, you are in the Dog Hall of Shame.

Ok, so it’s not an actual day, but the sprinkler guys appear to be finished in each of our offices.  I can finally put my pictures back on the wall and my toys out.

‘Tis a good day indeed.

Got an awesomely huge piece of my Halloween costume in the mail yesterday.  I’ve got some personal touches to add to it, but not many.  Oh, I can’t wait until I can actually talk about it and show it off!

I’m-a gonna try this again.  Will the real Twitter update from my blog posts please stand up?