iraunink and I voted on my way to work this morning. We got to our polling place maybe two minutes before it opened - we were sixth and seventh in line. There was one person in front of us to sign the book - most of the line ended up in the A-F line. We filled out our ballots, and fed them to the counting machine - I was the third ballot counted, she was ( Read more... )

Early this morning I had a nasty cramp in my right calf - the muscle locked up tight as a drum. That was one of the nice fringe benefits of being married, iraunink rubbed it out for me. My leg still hurts, but it should walk out in the next couple of hours.

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I took yesterday off, and took iraunink to the Friend's School Plant Sale. I think this is the seventh year we've gone. Out of bed at 5:30, in line to pick up our wrist-bands about 6:30, got the wrist-bands shortly after 7:00, off to breakfast at Burger King, back for opening at 9:00 (they moved that up an hour - previous years it was 10:00). We were in ( Read more... )

( This is what a year's supply of yarn looks like )

Even just 'what to google for to find reasonable instances and reviews'? I'm thinking of the SAD-countering lights. We're wondering if getting one for iraunink might help with her ambition levels in the winter.

Recommendations - pro and con! - are definitely welcome!

From her post here:

I have a short story (9,280 words) that is ready to send out to beta-readers.

Take two parts Wooster and Jeeves , one part ‘The Mouse That Roared’, and a dash of Inspector Clouseau. Pour into a spaceship and shake vigorously.

Anyone interested?

But nothing awful - this is all computer related stuff.

( For the Twin Cities locals, the bad news is we're not happy with Que Computers )

At the popular decade. Which is kind of nice to use right now, because ten years ago was before a major life milestone.

At this time ten years ago, I believe I was asleep. I'd been to the Minn-StF New Year's Eve Party at Dreampark the night before, I was headed for Larry Sanderson's Hair-of-the-Dog Party that afternoon. daedala was renting my spare room ( Read more... )

The promised baby pictures - click on the picture to see more:

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Valentine's Day was a weekend day for me. We got out of the house about 1:30pm to run errands.

Banking
Drop off Naomi's Birthday Present
CostCo
Byerly's
Drop off stuff at bernesemntdog & kosmickitten's, visit with Baby Irene ( Read more... )