Today, I fixed a leaky bathtub faucet. I don't think I've done much in the way of plumbing ever in my life... maybe taken off a faucet handle and then decided the job was too much for me or finding a leak, but then calling someone about it... or pouring drano down something. This was certainly the first time I ever actually fixed a leaky faucet. It ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I went to the lab and gave them a bunch of my blood so they can tell me all about my cholesterol levels and liver and kidneys and something called an A1C, which will tell me how my glucose levels have been for the last 3 months or so. I should have the results of all these tests at my doctor's appointment on Thursday. Being diabetic has ( Read more... )

Camp is going well. I'm taking lots of pictures, again, but we haven't made any decisions about where to put them, yet. If any go online publicly, I'll be sure to post a link. I bought a timbuk2 backpack to help alleviate some near-constant back pain. It's a great bag and quite comfortable. I still love my big messenger bag, but I'll save it for ( Read more... )

Almost everyone has experienced the phenomenon of forgetting everything you wanted to pick up when you actually walk into the store. The easy solution is a shopping list, of course, but shopping is not always a planned event. This happened to me Friday when we went to Half-priced Books. We had a few coupons... I couldn't think of anything I wanted ( Read more... )

Been trying to keep myself occupied while Sarah is off at her photo/web design/newsletter gig. I've done a lot of Mac shopping... not for the eventual replacement laptop(s) for our old limping ones, but to replace the G4 that's been my trusty backup since sometime in 2001. It's always been quirky, being a mac, but now it's just plain unstable and ( Read more... )

I hate the paperwork related to the every day operation of the adventure ed. program. It's just like homework, when I was in school. I did the work already. The team is progressing. Why do I have to write about it? Boo homework. I don't mind doing the survey result statistics, because the whole reason we do the surveys is for comparative statistics ( Read more... )

I need new strings. A string on my bass broke last night during practice... I hadn't bought strings in so long, I must've thrown out the last batch of old ones I took off, so I had no spares. I had to leave practice early. After I left, I suppose there must've been some sort of discussion, because, when I got home, I got a call, thanking me for my ( Read more... )