Little bitty red car :P I saw the cutest car on my way into work today. It was one of those little SMART cars but it had a wind-up key on the back hatch. And the best part was that the key turned! So it looked for all the world like a toy wind-up car. Way too funny :P

Trying to shop for a kid's birthday 4 days after xmas is like trying to find water in the Sahara...

I'd like to take the time to wish everyone, especially those on my friends list, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope everyone has wonderful holidays!!

I'll be off-line now until January, except for brief moments while at the in-laws. And my present? A new 'puter :P

Perhaps this entry may be better titled "I hate winter", but I'm not sure. The 6-8" of frozen white stuff never materialized this weekend. Instead we got a nice glaze of freezing rain plus howling winds out of the east (winds from this direction are very unusual.) This resulted in hundreds of downed trees and power lines and over 60,000 people ( Read more... )

Well, the bedroom project is moving along nicely. We're at the top coat stage for the walls, the ceiling is done and only ripping out the carpeting is left ( Read more... )

I hurt. Do not ask me what I did, but I hurt. More specifically my left foot hurts bad enough that I can't put my full weight on it. This started Friday, but got much worse today. Basically the pain is centered on the outside edge of my left foot with a focus just in front of my ankle. I have limited mobility of the joint, moving one way hurts, ( Read more... )

Hello! No I haven't fallen off the face of the planet (and yes, I do realize maybe some of you are thinking that maybe I should), but life has been absolutely insane since I got back to work January 5th ( Read more... )

How much do you remember? (Stolen from mrz80)

( Wow! Not bad :) )

( Snagged from Sinspired )

Thanksgiving dinner was a hit, for the most part. The turkey turned out fantastic. It's a good thing we had a meat thermometer on hand though, as the little pop-up timer in the turkey never worked. I made Orange and Herb Roast Turkey (recipe from Williams-Sonoma.com) and considering this was the first time I'd done something like this I was ( Read more... )