I had a leaky tire and needed an oil change, so I took my car to Tires Plus to get it fixed up.  They informed me that I have bent tire rods.  And torn outer CV boots.  This is Greek to me; however, their price tag to fix all that crap is almost $1100 with labor and stuff.  Even if it's cheaper somewhere else, which is likely, I am definitely NOT ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how I feel about this Joe Biden VP thing.  I'll have to look into him more

Saw the new animated Star Wars movie last night.  When the credits rolled, I was surprised to see that George Lucas did not direct or write it, because it was just like the new Star Wars live-action movies.  Beautiful graphics,  with a hackneyed, predictable script ( Read more... )

Jesse and I are kicking around the idea of putting the duplex on the market and buying a house.  We need to meet with an agent when his parents come up Labor Day weekend to see how much he thought we could get for it, whether he thought it we even could sell it, etc.  Duplexes tend to sit on the market longer- the one next door has been for sale ( Read more... )

I don't feel good.  :(

Aahhhhhh my shoe-battle wounds from Florida are SO DAMN ITCHY!!   It's driving me nuts

Drove down to Florida with Isaac and Angie, left a week ago Friday.  Drive was long, but not as bad as I expected.  Got there early Saturday evening, grabbed dinner, went to see The Dark Knight.  I don't think I need to tell anyone here how damn good that movie was.  Sunday we slept in, got breakfast, went grocery/liquor shopping (hotel was a ( Read more... )

I've worked the past 6 days, day shift, including 2 12-hour shifts over the weekend.  This is partially my fault, I signed up for an on-call shift Monday (my day off) because the unit was waaaaay short-staffed.  Of course, I got called in.  I got time and a half for it, but I'm wondering if it was really worth it.  I'm exhausted.  And my legs are ( Read more... )

I took care of a kid the other day who broke his arm and had surgery to fix it.  His family apparently has a blog and gave me a 'shout out' for being awesome.  :)

Saturday Jesse, Miranda, and I went to Summerfest.   Nice weather, not too hot.  Not many bands I wanted to see either, which kinda sucked, but Miranda and I just ended up walking around and talking by ourselves.  And, of course, eating food that we normally only get at Summerfest.  We did see a U2 coverband that was decent.  Went to see Tom Petty ( Read more... )