So I was headed back across the state; and I stopped at Wendy's for some dinner. (Their Ultimate Chicken Grill is my favorite there.) And I decided to take a break for a bit, and actually pull over to eat. So I rolled down the windows — it's still nice enough weather to do that in Michigan tonight — pulled out a book, and started to read.

But suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I saw movement. She ran into the brush when a truck pulled up, but came back when they left:



The look on her face said as clear as day: "You gonna finish that chicken sandwich?" So I tore off a chunk of chicken, and tossed it to her. She dug in:



And then I tossed her more, and more.



I was going to call her Andre, after the film; but seeing as she's calico, the odds are 3000 to 1 that she's an Andrea.

But eventually, the chicken was gone.



I tried tossing her some baked potato, but...



Miracle of miracles, she didn't hop in the car and come home with me. But then, I won't be heading home until Friday...

This weekend, we attended the wedding of our niece Sheri and Matt. To keep this blog page loading quickly and so as not to bore non-family readers, I've posted the pictures here.

It was a very nice wedding, except for the fact that Sandy had a horrendous sinus headache and had me take her home before the reception. I always enjoy a reception more with her.

As uncle of the bride, I got handed a most important job: go to her house and let out her dog, who had been home alone all day. Twice. With five dogs at home, I'm practically a professional. It's just too bad that Sandy had that sinus headache. She would've loved that puppy.

My good buddy Josh Holmes announced some major news this week: he's joining Microsoft as an Architect Evangelist.

As someone whome he hit up for a reference, I've been waiting a long time to say: Congratulations, Josh!

Update: Revised Josh's URL.