Wow, it's the last day of January already. Spring gets closer every day, and seeing that "13" for the current temp in the corner of my browser makes me think spring can't be here any too soon.
I do love Sunday mornings . . . I'll be back this afternoon.
Wow the month of January has flew by!! Since I haven't been working I'm losing track of days....didn't even realize it's the last day of the month. Old age might have a little bit to do with that too.
I'm still waiting on my car. My husband got the broken part out, put the new one in, now he just has to get everything else put back together. At least today isn't as bitter cold as it was yesterday so that's a plus for him.
Today is housecleaning day. I think I'll go for a run later and edit some more, but don't hold me to it.
Web, knock em out this morning. Have fun.
Ghost, my DH has that problem too, knowing the date. He just doesn't have any reason to have to know it. But I'm glad to hear you're getting your car back today. Oh, what's up with your daughter's car?
-- Edited by MzHartz on Sunday 31st of January 2010 09:46:15 AM
Good day, all. I'm trying to talk me into going to the grocery store. Definitely going to watch the Pro-Bowl later today. Otherwise, I'm not certain what I will make of this day.
Hope everybody has a good one.
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Web, you'll be back this afternoon? Is that a threat?
Ghost, when your husband finishes with your car send him over here. I've got a spare $5 bill sitting on the table. It's all his if he can fix the issue I'm having.
MZ, today was gonna be housecleaning day for me too. But when I woke up a little while ago I suddenly realized that cleaning was something better done NEXT weekend.
Mema, I'm surprised you're watching the pro-bowl. For some reason I had you pegged as someone that would think that game was a joke. Once again I was wrong.
Alright, I'm gonna enjoy some music and I have a few letters to type out, then tonight it's back to work.
Everyone have a great day!
Oh, and PS for Web. If you want to take another crack at me on the gridiron let me know!
But I gotta go again. A friend at church asked me to help him pull some satellite coax for a dish to be able to participate in a simulcast marriage seminar in a couple weeks. There are a couple other things to do that we need some tools for so we're going to tackle all those projects this afternoon. If anyone wants to come crawl around in the ceiling insulation for us, we are taking applications.
Come on over! We even have a head lamp for you so you can see where you're going back in the tight places. You can pretend you are Dora the Explorer spelunking your way into a new, wondrous world.
Just make sure you stay on the ceiling joists so we don't have to fix the ceiling where you fell through.
Back home from doing useful, productive things. I even washed my truck as I remembered having a white vehicle, yet the one I was driving was most definitely brown.
Since the half of the population that was not at Wal-Mart was in fact in line at the car wash, I decided to take my groceries home and gas up before going to get in line for a wash bay. As I was getting gas, I noted an odd reddish-brown substance was splattered all over the hood of my truck. If it would have had a dent in the bumper or a broken headlight it seriously would have looked like I committed vehicular homicide recently which I know that I haven't... but still.
So I go to the carwash and pick the shortest line which gets a bit longer in front of me while I'm waiting because a car from the vacuum area cut in front of the car in front of me. I was a little mad about that, but surmised that line cutter must have been the wife of the guy in front of me. She washes her car, then leaves... he pulls in and washes his car, then here is where it gets weird: instead of pulling out of the bay he pumps 3 more quarters into the control unit then he turns around and starts washing the gunk off of MY truck. Never made eye contact with me, didn't acknowledge when I thanked him... just spent about a minute and a half washing the front of my truck and then got in his car and drove away. Nice of him, but I'm wondering what he was thinking?
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
Mema, I'm surprised you're watching the pro-bowl. For some reason I had you pegged as someone that would think that game was a joke. Once again I was wrong.
I do think that game is a joke, but its still football and there's not much else on tonight. I'm thinking it will be lame and will probably bore me to sleep early.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
Back home from doing useful, productive things. I even washed my truck as I remembered having a white vehicle, yet the one I was driving was most definitely brown.
Since the half of the population that was not at Wal-Mart was in fact in line at the car wash, I decided to take my groceries home and gas up before going to get in line for a wash bay. As I was getting gas, I noted an odd reddish-brown substance was splattered all over the hood of my truck. If it would have had a dent in the bumper or a broken headlight it seriously would have looked like I committed vehicular homicide recently which I know that I haven't... but still.
So I go to the carwash and pick the shortest line which gets a bit longer in front of me while I'm waiting because a car from the vacuum area cut in front of the car in front of me. I was a little mad about that, but surmised that line cutter must have been the wife of the guy in front of me. She washes her car, then leaves... he pulls in and washes his car, then here is where it gets weird: instead of pulling out of the bay he pumps 3 more quarters into the control unit then he turns around and starts washing the gunk off of MY truck. Never made eye contact with me, didn't acknowledge when I thanked him... just spent about a minute and a half washing the front of my truck and then got in his car and drove away. Nice of him, but I'm wondering what he was thinking?
Um, either you were the recipient of a rare act of kindness or he was washing him and his wife's DNA off your car (his wife's body in the trunk of his car and it was actually his girlfriend in the car before him).
I'm sure it was a semi-apology for letting the other car line jump. Still, if I didn't know the person driving the vehicle, I sure wouldn't have involved myself in possibly "disposing of the evidence". Dude did look puzzled but much to his credit he didn't ask. I was on the phone with my mom at the time and had told her about the condition of my truck and that the guy was washing it off for me. Her comment was "Maybe he WANTS you to get away with it!"
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Mission accomplished. Doug offered to be the voyager today so he did the attic. While he did that, I cut the hole in the front of the stage and rerouted all the cords and cables.
Now, If only I had someone to play some football with.
Mission accomplished. Doug offered to be the voyager today so he did the attic. While he did that, I cut the hole in the front of the stage and rerouted all the cords and cables.
Now, If only I had someone to play some football with.
So the coaxial cable has been hung through the ceiling with care? In the hopes that digital transmissions soon will be there?
Ghost, my DH has that problem too, knowing the date. He just doesn't have any reason to have to know it. But I'm glad to hear you're getting your car back today. Oh, what's up with your daughter's car?
-- Edited by MzHartz on Sunday 31st of January 2010 09:46:15 AM
Still not sure what's going on with her car Mz. He hooked the scanner up, not showing any codes. He did replace the PCV valve in it; told her to drive it and if the check engine light comes on again, he'll scan it once more, see if it then puts out any codes. Might end up being one of those process of elimination things.
Mema, I don't know if he cleared them out first or what. Sometimes my husband does things bassackwards. All I know is the light wasn't on tonight when she went out to see her boyfriend. If it comes back on, I'll hear about it.
we've been havin fun doin regular stuff on the weekends. Doin a lot of cooking for meals both for the weekend, and then for during the week too. We are both down around 10 pounds on the south beach diet! Its like not being on a diet at all. Time to bulk up on muscle now. I feel great!
We still get to go out to eat, gotta be selective, but its fun. To celebrate 2 weeks of the diet, we allowed outselves to indulge in Fillipoes pizza and a couple of beers last night. Pizza and beer never tasted so good!
with heather's ferret boris dying, we kinda pay extra attention to the other one now, make sure she's still healthy and happy and busy, and not missing boris too much.
otherwise, just working and payin the bills. one more year and my car is PAYED OFF. that will be friggin heaven on earth. Thats like nearly $400 more bucks a month around. I hope to keep this car for 5 more years. After that, I think I am done NEEDING a NEW car. I am over that. yep. thats about it.
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we've been havin fun doin regular stuff on the weekends. Doin a lot of cooking for meals both for the weekend, and then for during the week too. We are both down around 10 pounds on the south beach diet! Its like not being on a diet at all. Time to bulk up on muscle now. I feel great!
We still get to go out to eat, gotta be selective, but its fun. To celebrate 2 weeks of the diet, we allowed outselves to indulge in Fillipoes pizza and a couple of beers last night. Pizza and beer never tasted so good!
with heather's ferret boris dying, we kinda pay extra attention to the other one now, make sure she's still healthy and happy and busy, and not missing boris too much.
otherwise, just working and payin the bills. one more year and my car is PAYED OFF. that will be friggin heaven on earth. Thats like nearly $400 more bucks a month around. I hope to keep this car for 5 more years. After that, I think I am done NEEDING a NEW car. I am over that. yep. thats about it.
Man, my financial life completely turned around when I finally stopped NEEDING a NEW car and went without car payments.
You're right, that $400, not to mention the savings on insurance once you get to the point you don't carry collision anymore, is amazing. Like getting a $3 an hour raise at work!
no kidding hey? was hopin to do new orleans this year for vacation, and it COULD be done, but really on a budget. I don't want to do it that way. I want to go like LIVE there for a week or two even maybe. Once this car is out of the way, thats so friggin possible. Or a couple long weekends in Vegas a year, no problem! I cant wait!
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Mema, I don't know if he cleared them out first or what. Sometimes my husband does things bassackwards. All I know is the light wasn't on tonight when she went out to see her boyfriend. If it comes back on, I'll hear about it.
It is generally a better idea to read the codes before clearing them. But yeah... that kind of thing does happen.
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JD, thanks for catching us up with the things going on in your life. Congrats on the weight loss to both you and Heather!!! Glad to hear Sasha is happy too.
JD, thank you for the EXCELLENT shows tonight!! I stayed tuned in right to the end! Loved it!! Had some pretty jammin' tunes going on while I was sending out my PMs......always did love to hear music playing while I'm writing.