Did an online JDPower survey about my new car.  Major time suck, which was okay, because I have the day off ( Read more... )

Yesterday wasn't as cold as today is, but it was still not remotely warm.  I was doing fine, getting ready for work.  I hopped in Iggy and headed out.  Then I saw Cleo.  She's a neighbor's dog, a 13-year-old English bulldog.  She's mostly blind, from what I witnessed yesterday fairly deaf, and I'd also say she's old enough that, as Emily put it, ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, my butt was dragging at work.  This week, I had Friday off, and it made a huge difference in how I felt today, despite still having to report to work at 7 AM.  Bam!  Synapses were firing.  I got a good groove established, doing my work, and I was actually a bit ahead of the game, notwithstanding the interruptions and extra work ( Read more... )

Ray's birthday is Wednesday.  He has the only debit card on our checking account.  He's mentioned at least one thing he wants, but I don't see the point in my ordering it, as I'd have to ask for the card, post the transaction, etc.  Would take all the surprise out of it.  This morning, as he was making his coffee, I was kneeling on a pillow on the ( Read more... )

Got the new register installed in the kitchen.  What a rough experience that was.  It order for it to lie flush against the wall, it had to be cut off at the bottom.  Half an inch of fairly thick enameled sheet metal had to be cut off.  I tried using my bench vise and a hacksaw, but it was no go.  Too flimsy over all, even though it's quite rigid ( Read more... )

It's "make your own personal pizza" night at our house ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm trying to put together some pictoral records of my last few days.  We'll start with Saturday, when Em and I did a lot of work outside.  While we worked, we brought Ebony out and put her on a leash, and then a cable on the leash, and attached the cable to my truck.  She chilled for a while, lying in the shadow of Em's car, then when we ( Read more... )

Emily has been home.  She has eaten some of the hoppin' john (when I told her I'd made some, she said, "I love you" and beamed).
She, too, thought Tasha looked great, considering.  Here's a picture I just took.  Had to doctor it extensively.  Not for the dog, for the kitchen floor:

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When Cameron left our house, the night before last, she heard the sounds of his departure, roused herself from my bed where she was sleeping, and ran out to say goodbye.  Then, yesterday morning, when Em left to visit a friend who lives one street away, Ebony spent a good fifteen minutes running from room to room in our house, looking out the ( Read more... )

While working on the cds earlier today, I took a break every now and then and played keepaway with Ebony.  Either one of her (formerly) squeaky toys was the object and first one then the other of us would "capture" the toy and keep it from the other player.  We had a lot of fun.  She sleeps with me at night, and at one point today, when I glanced ( Read more... )