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Life has been going all sorts of wacky as of late. How wacky? Let us see:
1) We have joined a new gaming group, every other Friday. We are play-testing a game and we've had one meet up so far. We had a blast, although we haven't actually gamed yet. The group is filled with awesome people and I swear I have seen a few of them before. I was way apprehensive at first, cause, meeting new people. . . I haven't done that since before we moved up here. I've become such an introvert since we got here, I don't feel comfortable leaving the house most days. Although the rest of the group seems to be experienced in a wider variety of gaming than I, I think it will work out great. If not, I hope to at least gain some friends from the whole thing. Time will tell.
2) I got a bonus from the company that hired me (finally). It was loverly to get a little extra income that I could spend on what I want, although Jamers really wants me to pay down the credit cards. But hey, we don't have that much on them and we can use the government's commerce kick-back to pay down the credit cards, right? So I ordered a case of a variety of Bonny Doon wines :) I can't wait for them to get here, scheduled for Thursday. I luvers me some wine! I highly recommend them to anyone out there who enjoys a good wine that is a tad bit off the beaten path. Sure, you'll find a Pinot here or a Syrah there, but the majority of their on-line wines, I can't even pronounce. Next time we drives down to SC maybe instead of a Liquor Barn run, we should make a Boony Doon run. They have sooo many more wines that aren't listed on their web-page AND they have some wines they won't ship out of Cali for some odd reason.
3) Given the above, maybe I should have a grown up type wine/cheese party for the, oh, couple handfuls of people I know. It could be fun, and for those less inclined to wines, there is always our mostly fully stocked bar. Yeah, maybe a spring says hello to summer party! I'll have to think on that.
4) With the rest of the bonus, I wanted to get my beloved angille a Wii. Now most of you know my aversion to buying things like gaming systems because we simply don't play on them, nor do we have the time. However, Jamers didn't get anything for his birthday, I think it would be awesome to get him something that he doesn't "need" but rather would love to have. He is so practical when it comes to the money thing I just want him to have something that he would never actually buy for himself. HOWEVER, trying to obtain said Wii by just walking into a Best Buy, is, apparently even after all this time, impossible! So perhaps one day, I'll give my love a cherry that had no stem, er, a Wii, but that day seems to be far, far away. Perhaps even in another galaxy?
5) My mom is having some sort of serious (although she won't say boo to me about it) health issue. Apparently she is doing fine, but if she has what preliminary tests show, than there is really nothing we can do and I will need to take control (yet again) and be the parent and make sure everything is taken care of for when her health does turn. I need to do some research on the whole thing since I have no idea how long it takes or how it will effect her. I do know though that it is not a reversible problem and that her drinking is only continuing to make it worse. Given the fact that she didn't stop smoking after both her parents died from cancer, I can't see how this will make her give up drinking.
6) Heidi (sister-by-choice, the elder) is finally tying the knot in August on the 2nd. Jamers and I need to plan our trip, but he has so few details that I don't want to commit to flying, if we decide to take longer and drive and visit all the CA peeps. Oh, the decisions to be made.
7) The house is looking great, good, er, okay? The house size is still overwhelming to poor little me so I take cleaning in little tiny strides. This means the whole house is never really clean, oh well to that!
8) We totally re-did the downstairs! The bar-room which we almost never used was moved into the TV room to make an entertainment bonanza room. It feels so much more cozy, and this frees up the bar-room to be an actual guest bedroom. Which is the best since it has it's own bathroom attached and it's own entrance to the backyard.
Well the man is informing me that the dindins are ready. I think we are having a wonderful dinner of spinach dip, taquitos, and corn dogs. Some nights, Jamers gets real creative with dinner.
Life has been going all sorts of wacky as of late. How wacky? Let us see:
1) We have joined a new gaming group, every other Friday. We are play-testing a game and we've had one meet up so far. We had a blast, although we haven't actually gamed yet. The group is filled with awesome people and I swear I have seen a few of them before. I was way apprehensive at first, cause, meeting new people. . . I haven't done that since before we moved up here. I've become such an introvert since we got here, I don't feel comfortable leaving the house most days. Although the rest of the group seems to be experienced in a wider variety of gaming than I, I think it will work out great. If not, I hope to at least gain some friends from the whole thing. Time will tell.
2) I got a bonus from the company that hired me (finally). It was loverly to get a little extra income that I could spend on what I want, although Jamers really wants me to pay down the credit cards. But hey, we don't have that much on them and we can use the government's commerce kick-back to pay down the credit cards, right? So I ordered a case of a variety of Bonny Doon wines :) I can't wait for them to get here, scheduled for Thursday. I luvers me some wine! I highly recommend them to anyone out there who enjoys a good wine that is a tad bit off the beaten path. Sure, you'll find a Pinot here or a Syrah there, but the majority of their on-line wines, I can't even pronounce. Next time we drives down to SC maybe instead of a Liquor Barn run, we should make a Boony Doon run. They have sooo many more wines that aren't listed on their web-page AND they have some wines they won't ship out of Cali for some odd reason.
3) Given the above, maybe I should have a grown up type wine/cheese party for the, oh, couple handfuls of people I know. It could be fun, and for those less inclined to wines, there is always our mostly fully stocked bar. Yeah, maybe a spring says hello to summer party! I'll have to think on that.
4) With the rest of the bonus, I wanted to get my beloved angille a Wii. Now most of you know my aversion to buying things like gaming systems because we simply don't play on them, nor do we have the time. However, Jamers didn't get anything for his birthday, I think it would be awesome to get him something that he doesn't "need" but rather would love to have. He is so practical when it comes to the money thing I just want him to have something that he would never actually buy for himself. HOWEVER, trying to obtain said Wii by just walking into a Best Buy, is, apparently even after all this time, impossible! So perhaps one day, I'll give my love a cherry that had no stem, er, a Wii, but that day seems to be far, far away. Perhaps even in another galaxy?
5) My mom is having some sort of serious (although she won't say boo to me about it) health issue. Apparently she is doing fine, but if she has what preliminary tests show, than there is really nothing we can do and I will need to take control (yet again) and be the parent and make sure everything is taken care of for when her health does turn. I need to do some research on the whole thing since I have no idea how long it takes or how it will effect her. I do know though that it is not a reversible problem and that her drinking is only continuing to make it worse. Given the fact that she didn't stop smoking after both her parents died from cancer, I can't see how this will make her give up drinking.
6) Heidi (sister-by-choice, the elder) is finally tying the knot in August on the 2nd. Jamers and I need to plan our trip, but he has so few details that I don't want to commit to flying, if we decide to take longer and drive and visit all the CA peeps. Oh, the decisions to be made.
7) The house is looking great, good, er, okay? The house size is still overwhelming to poor little me so I take cleaning in little tiny strides. This means the whole house is never really clean, oh well to that!
8) We totally re-did the downstairs! The bar-room which we almost never used was moved into the TV room to make an entertainment bonanza room. It feels so much more cozy, and this frees up the bar-room to be an actual guest bedroom. Which is the best since it has it's own bathroom attached and it's own entrance to the backyard.
Well the man is informing me that the dindins are ready. I think we are having a wonderful dinner of spinach dip, taquitos, and corn dogs. Some nights, Jamers gets real creative with dinner.