My workplace often has a couple of people somewhere who are just standing around and waving and saying hello. Sometimes they have placards that read, "Free High Five" or something like that. They're often over by the cafeteria. I wonder if it's a cohesive club. They're never handing out pamphlets or saying anything other than basic pleasantries ( Read more... )

This is the second summer in this house. A small pond came with the house. We have goldfish, frogs, and some water lillies ( Read more... )

We recently purchased a new range. The delivery company could not install it. The previous owners of our home installed a downdraft range in an island and we're replacing it with a "traditional" range. When the delivery company noticed this, they declined installation, saying we had to seal off the venting system from our old range ( Read more... )

Wow.

I just wrote my first entry in a while and LiveJournal ate it. It is nowhere to be found.

That's upsetting.

It's my fault for not composing it offline and transferring it over.

What's the difference between being a political activist and making one telephone call plus sending one e-mail to try to collect information?

The light at the intersection of Sellman and Cherry Hill might get fixed sometime soon. Maybe.

Our road is being scarfed.

To Scarf: The monstrous machine is scarfing the main road in to our neighborhood. It might scarf 100 ft - 300 ft down each side street.

Night paving is going to start on October 29. Ten days of rough road.

The Jin-Mi is closing. That makes me sad ( Read more... )

School year = August (or September) to December; Winter Break, January - May (or June) ;  Summer break

Calendar year = January to December

The dark side: Our azaleas have an infestation of spider mites ( Read more... )

There was a nasty traffic accident at the intersection of Cherry Hill Road and Sellman Road several weeks ago. The vehicles were whirling dervishes and they took out all sorts of electronics. The signals have been "temporary" every since then. Traffic cones are set up to mark the turn lanes ( Read more... )