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9098 – monday
Fuzzy look at the Christmas Tree through my weakening cell phone.
Back to work: Today was a solid one; Lots of SQL, NF2.0/CMS and general purpose schuff on the brain. Only 4 more days until Christmas Break!
Rule of the day – The hardest part about solving a problem is defining it. Once everyone is on the same page, things go much more smoothly.
Kellie-bellie got a puggle… Spencer. Too cute!
Board game gifts for geeks, eh? What, no pyramid games?
Got Hey, That’s my…
9098 – monday
Fuzzy look at the Christmas Tree through my weakening cell phone.
Back to work: Today was a solid one; Lots of SQL, NF2.0/CMS and general purpose schuff on the brain. Only 4 more days until Christmas Break!
Rule of the day – The hardest part about solving a problem is defining it. Once everyone is on the same page, things go much more smoothly.
Kellie-bellie got a puggle… Spencer. Too cute!
Board game gifts for geeks, eh? What, no pyramid games?
Got Hey, That’s my…
9097 – sun
Snow… where is my precious snow? None fell today… just wet ol’ rain.
I don’t mind… I like gray days just fine. All sunshine makes a desert, right?
Bulk of the day was spent doing holiday decorations and prep for my Mother and Wilton coming up for the holidays. I like that tree is all gussied up and has the train underneath. Officially Yuletide now.
Larry and Chris came over and we all slurped some veggie soup. BHK also made a Cheese ball and Chef Boyardee Pizza that was really quite…
9098 – monday
Fuzzy look at the Christmas Tree through my weakening cell phone.
Back to work: Today was a solid one; Lots of SQL, NF2.0/CMS and general purpose schuff on the brain. Only 4 more days until Christmas Break!
Rule of the day – The hardest part about solving a problem is defining it. Once everyone is on the same page, things go much more smoothly.
Kellie-bellie got a puggle… Spencer. Too cute!
Board game gifts for geeks, eh? What, no pyramid games?
Got Hey, That’s my Fish! from Danny, and I’ve been playing Pente-Go with BHK for an age.
Robo Rally has been on my list for ages. Never got around to getting it. (RAMbots seems similar though, and playable right now.)
Battle Lore – looks cool, but $70 seems spendy.
I suspect Fiji will appeal to BHK.
RA, Wits & Wagers, Settlers of Catan, Coloretto, Puerto Rico – 3+ players. hm. I prefer the option for 2 players, if possible. We may meet a few more boardgamers sometime, but we’ve already got witch trial and munchkin diriviatives for that.
BHK found some ed emberly books at the used bookstore (didn’t buy ’em, as they were *very* used)… serious flashbacks there.
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine. That’s a pretty interesting disorder… That and Latah. I wonder how much research has gone into it in order to reprodce the results?
1 year ago – Prezzie from kev, doom patrol, diabetes breakthrough,
2 years ago – king kong, nighttime pix, newtie pix, boosh quote, meme
3 years ago – Mel born again, good times, steak, spazzy newt pic, earthsea whitewashed, comic book art I like, Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire
4 years ago – Tree, political compass poll, air stiff, Trained MM, flight method poll, programming notes
5 years ago – Clinton and Demi?, Sounds of Christmas, planned epidural
6 years ago – Aragon’s verse, social crit, no *taunting*?!, WiD gig
7 years ago – Meeting Tarpo and Isis in a day, liberal actors don’t bail don’t leave, planet of the apes remake 
9096 – sat –
Today seemed both brief and extended at the same time, somehow.
Took off early this morning to snag a few allergy shots, and then we swung by Maerten’s to check out plans for BHK’s ring. I was going to have it be a surprise, but when design considerations came up, I opted for her input… she’s the one that’ll be wearing it after all.
I wonder how many people buy an engagement ring for their spouse, 14 months after the wedding day?
We hashed out a few designs with Heather, and I think that…
9095 – Friday
The office Christmas party was fun – BHK came with me and together we won 2nd place in the “music, trivia, pictionary, and bingo combo” games. That equals a $100 gift card. Not bad at all… after work she and I went out to get coffee with our prize, and then picked up each other a present at the bookstore.
The food was good. The cheesecake was the clear winner for me, though the crab soup was nice as well. The bar was well-stocked, but I didn’t partake of any booze – diet pepsi is about my…
9094 – Thursday
Tomorrow is the Christmas party at work. I wonder what the following week before vacation is going to be like? I suspect it’ll mostly be business as usual.
Got BHK David DeBoy’s Crabs for Christmas CD… gave it to her early… as a cd of christmas music on christmas day has a very limited shelf-life. (At least until next year) She was more than delighted – it really is pretty much “Our” holiday song, after all.
The other songs on the CD are pretty groovy, too. I was a little…
1217070540.jpg: xmas tree w train
9097 – sunday
Snow… where is my precious snow? None fell today… just wet ol’ rain.
I don’t mind… I like gray days just fine. All sunshine makes a desert, right?
Bulk of the day was spent doing holiday decorations and prep for my Mother and Wilton coming up for the holidays. I like that tree is all gussied up and has the train underneath. Officially Yuletide now.
Larry and Chris came over and we all slurped some veggie soup. BHK also made a Cheese ball and Chef Boyardee Pizza that was really quite good….
9097 – sunday
Snow… where is my precious snow? None fell today… just wet ol’ rain.
I don’t mind… I like gray days just fine. All sunshine makes a desert, right?
Bulk of the day was spent doing holiday decorations and prep for my Mother and Wilton coming up for the holidays. I like that tree is all gussied up and has the train underneath. Officially Yuletide now.
Larry and Chris came over and we all slurped some veggie soup. BHK also made a Cheese ball and Chef Boyardee Pizza that was really quite good….
9097 – sun
Snow… where is my precious snow? None fell today… just wet ol’ rain.
I don’t mind… I like gray days just fine. All sunshine makes a desert, right?
Bulk of the day was spent doing holiday decorations and prep for my Mother and Wilton coming up for the holidays. I like that tree is all gussied up and has the train underneath. Officially Yuletide now.
Larry and Chris came over and we all slurped some veggie soup. BHK also made a Cheese ball and Chef Boyardee Pizza that was really quite good. The in-laws bugged out early, but we got a little Adam visit for an hour before bedtime. He found the pickle on the Christmas tree in about 3 minutes. I suspect Bugah will find it more rapidly.
The robot is now packing the moniker “Pickle”, at least as a nickname.
We played Wii for a bit – Mario brothers is older than Adam… and he’s going to College. That’s sort of frightening.
Christmas lights, Pye in a Wreath, Newt and the train, Pretzel Walruses, our two favorite new ornaments… robot and ship in a bottle.
Tannenbaum Express-cam will be set up online shortly… probably by midweek.
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1 year ago – more xmas lights… and travel video
2 years ago – 10 gigs on lj, mighty boosh, newton ashamed of Chinese food photoshopping, Hawaiian Christmas song, friday 5, survey
3 years ago – Pasta with Mel, Jill at work (she’s since quit), Making fiends 14, Great out of context line for Eric and Mona
4 years ago – food, thinking, 12 days
5 years ago – deep sleeps, gender benders, doodle cartoon
6 years ago – Modern ruins, Goethe, misc
7 years ago – Michael Peter’s Rules, dreams, cryptozoo, boat parade
9093 – Wednesday
Downright warm today at 61F. I really didn’t even need to wear a jacket today.
I like the word folderol.
I still have a little trouble understanding how Aflac or similar programs could be beneficial to me over and above my other health insurance… it doesn’t seem like it’s of much utility to my situation, but perhaps I’m mistaken. I don’t know it it’s me, or if the folks explaining it sort of missed my personal buttons. (Most of the talk sounded a bit like standard insurance…
9096 – sat –
Today seemed both brief and extended at the same time, somehow.
Took off early this morning to snag a few allergy shots, and then we swung by Maerten’s to check out plans for BHK’s ring. I was going to have it be a surprise, but when design considerations came up, I opted for her input… she’s the one that’ll be wearing it after all.
I wonder how many people buy an engagement ring for their spouse, 14 months after the wedding day?
We hashed out a few designs with Heather, and I think that the one that was finalized will be lovely. I’m looking forward to the CAD images sometime this week before the casting. If this one works out well, I think a Mexican Day of the Dead “skull ring” could be next on the list.
Later, we went to the local farm grocer, grabbed lunch and a broad assortment of candy-type stuff to put in X-mas stockings.
The chocolate drops intended for Larry were not destined to survive.
They were, however, delicious. He’ll get other candy, love it and never be the wiser. We’re not bad people.
The in-laws had a little trouble finding the train store, so we met with them for a little bit… Larry and I talked trains while BHK and Chris went to the kids bookstore and got a little treat or two for Em and maybe Bugah.
We parted company – BHK got a flash of brilliance – and we stopped and got the final piece of Chris’s prezzie…. not mentioned in case she’s reading this. (I don’t think she is, but better safe than sorry.)
Following that, we hit our favorite friendly neighborhood gaming store, Aardvark’s – got some goodies for Louise, Cathy and Dave. Added bonus, Mike gave us the Fluxx Party pack and a Larry the Zombie to go with our Looney Labs purchases. Score! I’ve been wanting a radioactive potato, and now we have two! (Larry {the card, not the father-in-law} is the zombie equivalent.)
I think we’ve got everyone covered for presents except for Adam and Matt. That shouldn’t be too traumatic.
I ran out of juice by the end of the day… not sure where all my energy went, unless it was the sugar blues post about 1000 chocolate drops.
1 year ago – huge number of Christmas lights pictures from Solomon’s Island and more. Snow!
2 years ago – monkey day, kong, slow lj, dsl issues, santa question
3 years ago – Mel & Scotto facts, Gorilla Girl, Monkey Day, Massive Frog eats 3-legged dog, Beatles Christmas Records, 7070, Santa hates damn contemporary, bullshit architecture!, I break Christmas bonuses to ADP
4 years ago – spelling poll, pandas, turtles, and a bed of fresh noodles
5 years ago – keywords, Newt likes Broccoli!, Lauderdale cams, bah on bush, gore and grover Cleveland, mh trim, J-lo nose picker, shoe-doodle
6 years ago – holiday shopping, good advice, winter depression folk
7 years ago – moment of RAW, Santa Claus – geek, holidays, donations