The builder wanted to meet with us because of the fireplace issue in the master bedroom. Call me silly, but I’ve been dithering about this now for the past few weeks - should we or shouldn’t we, and all the while Richard has patiently waited for me to come to the same conclusion he came […]
Saturday was Bethy’s birthday, so we headed down to Berkeley to meet up with a small crowd, go to a bar, eat lunch, and have amusing and loud debates on politics (hard to debate when everyone agrees that Bush is useless, but we *did* try, really we did), catch up on PernMUSH gossip, and generally […]
I’ve taken Richard to the hospital before for his asthma, so the fact that we spent the wee hours of Sunday morning in the emergency room was not that big a deal. This time the room was blissfully free of beeps and hisses; the only sound the steady noise of the thing he was breathing […]
Saturday. Mom calls - her usual weekend phone call. Because of older sis’s problems with her first pregnancy, the doctors are checking her nearly every day now. Any hint of high blood pressure and she’s to be admitted and induced, but until then, she’s okay. She’s due Wednesday. I make sure, for probably the fiftieth […]
I am obsessing over house colors. I can’t stop myself - when we are out now I am looking at houses for the color scheme - trim plus all the other bits. Does that look nice? How would that look on ours? They have a high roof too - maybe that theme would be okay. […]
Sunday started with the best of intentions. I called my older sister to let her know that we were going to come up to meet the new baby, just as soon as we swung by the house and took the weekly pictures. Armed with digital camera, we headed off to the house, where we were […]
We are driving down 680, visiting friends or family (I don’t remember which). You’d never had a pomegranate before, so I am cutting one apart with my less-than-sharp pocket knife. There are no napkins in the car, so I’ve got newspaper on my lap, and one of those free shirts nerds like us always get […]
I am failing in my nerdness. I may bear the title, but I’m sorry to report that I’m simply not cut out to be a full-fledged nerd. I’m so ashamed….
We went to a gaming convention this weekend - DundraCon. We drove down Saturday morning, early enough to make it to the sign-up sessions for […]
There is a new sense of urgency in the air at work. There is a buzz of activity, and an undercurrent of excitement. Things up top have shifted, and perhaps finally in our favor. Assessment of current status is to be implemented, and along with this, the technical document review I’ve been begging for for […]
The dryer is broken. I have discovered this because I did laundry Monday night and put it to dry, and then this morning went to pull out a pair of jeans and found they were still soggy. They’ve been drying now for probably over an hour and everything is still damp.
It’s getting hot - […]
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