We spent the day constructing and deconstructing. Installation of the baseboards in the guest room is underway. The crown moulding is done. Thank God. And Thor. I put the finishing touch on the Tiny Town of Turberville today … snow….
Archives for 2004
Bedside manners
(Look at date. Look at slip of paper. Look at date. Take deep breath. Dial.) Automated voice: Thank you for calling OmniMegaLab. Please enter your Social Security Number, followed by the pound sign.Me (dialing): Beep-beep-beep – beep-beep – beep-beep-beep-beep. #Automated…
O! The Humanity!
I brought my trusty 3-year-old digital camera to Buca Di Beppo last night to document John’s birthday dinner. Which, by the way, was wonderful. Lotsa pasta and bread and … wow. At Christmas, when Doctor Dave is trim and dashing,…
Tales from the treadmill
Today while walking/jogging/wheezing at the YMCA, I watched an infomercial on the television for the Total Gym. Having been suckered in by these ads before, I had no interest in the product. Instead, I ogled Christie Brinkley. When I was…
NaNo NoMo!
WINNER!!!! 30 days 136 pages 1,966 paragraphs 6,191 lines 50,117 words iI’ve accomplished nothing of this magnitude before. This story isn’t fantastic at all. But it’s my novel. And it’s done. And it’s my very own. And it’s going to…
KiMeNowPl
That means, “Kill Me Now, Please.” My NaNo novel is at 44097 words, and I can’t write any more tonight. I’ve written over 7600 words in the last two days, and to finish by midnight 11/30, I’ll have to do…
still hating Blogger
If you see this, Blogger has again failed to publish my site in a timely manner.
November 29, 2004
Wt: 161.2 (1.8); pretty good for Thanksgiving weekend, hm?Exercise: 23 difficult minutes on the treadmill; 5 difficult assisted chinups; 48 difficult stomach crunches; one big smile of accomplishmentBreakfast:Currently eating 1 cup Berry Burst Cheerios + 1/2 cup milk + 1…
The Day After
Today Thor and I put up most of our outdoor Christmas lights. All we need now is to borrow a ladder tomorrow to finish them. They look beautiful and magical. What’s even better is that this year we OWN the…
Black Friday postmortem
15 hours after we embarked on our endeavor, I am home. We dined at Buca di Beppo, then fueled by Pepto Bismol, we went to The Promenade to cap off our night. It was powerful cold, so we only mustered…
Black Friday
We’re still managing to kick Black Friday’s ass and send it crying to it’s Momma. We took the Patco Hi-Speedline to the 8th and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Shopped…Strawbridge’s (This one had my coat, in my size, still too expensive)Burlington…
Black Friday, 2004
We arrived at Sears at 5:45 for its 6:00am opening…the prize was a cherished $10 gift card given to the first 200 people. The line snaked around the corner of the building. We were hopeful, but alas, we arrived too…