July 4 already??
Hello LJ land! You thought I had forgotten, didn't you? Or you expected me to be late? Or you thought I had abandoned LJ altogether since I haven't posted in so long?
It's true that I've been neglecting livejournal. I'm mostly using it to reply to stuff on pittsburgh and to have all the comics I like on my friends page. I decided not to renew my paid account this year :( I guess I'm growing out of it. Or that I'm spending my time on other things... man, I remember when I read every question on TQC.
I've been spending my time on my house instead! It's come a long way but still has a long way to go-- and time is going so fast that I don't think I'll be able to do as much as I'd like before it gets cold again. I really should start using kanban (that we use at work) for the house-- a prioritized backlog, limiting the work in progress... only I don't know where I'd put the sticky notes :P
I'm sitting on my wonderful back porch that I paid for all by myself, next to the garden I planted and the grass that Jake, Carl and I planted all by ourselves. Jake is taking some laundry down from the line. Getting a washing machine hookup has been quite possibly one of the best things to happen this year (and I'm not saying this year has been bad, I'm saying that not having to go to the laundromat anymore is really exciting!) We should have the dryer hooked up in an actual laundry room real soon!
All in all, I'm struck by how incredibly lucky I am. No big changes this year, just lots of good things. I've got Jake, who is wonderful even when I buy something too big to fit in the car at home depot and we have to put it on top even though he doesn't want to risk scratching up the paint (we put a blanket underneath, it was fine). I have a house of which I can afford the mortgage plus improvements to it. I have a good job at a company that just closed its highest quarter ever (and which I do love, even though sometimes the day-to-day stuff can be frustrating). I have good health, good friends, good family and I'm on 2 band boards (just got retired from an officer to a committee chair on one, woo!).
There isn't a big oil spill threatening my livelihood, the recession hasn't really affected me, i have health care, I don't live or work in a warzone. I worry more about the rest of the world than I do about me (but I don't know what to do about the rest of the world).
There are fireworks going on everywhere right now, but I can just hear them, not see them. Jake and I went to Kennywood as part of the usual band concert and we enjoyed the fireworks there while eating a SUPREME funnel cake (strawberries and ice cream and whipped cream!)
I think that'll do. Happy July 4th!
It's true that I've been neglecting livejournal. I'm mostly using it to reply to stuff on pittsburgh and to have all the comics I like on my friends page. I decided not to renew my paid account this year :( I guess I'm growing out of it. Or that I'm spending my time on other things... man, I remember when I read every question on TQC.
I've been spending my time on my house instead! It's come a long way but still has a long way to go-- and time is going so fast that I don't think I'll be able to do as much as I'd like before it gets cold again. I really should start using kanban (that we use at work) for the house-- a prioritized backlog, limiting the work in progress... only I don't know where I'd put the sticky notes :P
I'm sitting on my wonderful back porch that I paid for all by myself, next to the garden I planted and the grass that Jake, Carl and I planted all by ourselves. Jake is taking some laundry down from the line. Getting a washing machine hookup has been quite possibly one of the best things to happen this year (and I'm not saying this year has been bad, I'm saying that not having to go to the laundromat anymore is really exciting!) We should have the dryer hooked up in an actual laundry room real soon!
All in all, I'm struck by how incredibly lucky I am. No big changes this year, just lots of good things. I've got Jake, who is wonderful even when I buy something too big to fit in the car at home depot and we have to put it on top even though he doesn't want to risk scratching up the paint (we put a blanket underneath, it was fine). I have a house of which I can afford the mortgage plus improvements to it. I have a good job at a company that just closed its highest quarter ever (and which I do love, even though sometimes the day-to-day stuff can be frustrating). I have good health, good friends, good family and I'm on 2 band boards (just got retired from an officer to a committee chair on one, woo!).
There isn't a big oil spill threatening my livelihood, the recession hasn't really affected me, i have health care, I don't live or work in a warzone. I worry more about the rest of the world than I do about me (but I don't know what to do about the rest of the world).
There are fireworks going on everywhere right now, but I can just hear them, not see them. Jake and I went to Kennywood as part of the usual band concert and we enjoyed the fireworks there while eating a SUPREME funnel cake (strawberries and ice cream and whipped cream!)
I think that'll do. Happy July 4th!