Thankful This morning, as I continued to coax my turkey into the land of the defrosted, I took a look back at what I wrote last year on Thanksgiving so darned if I’m going to write it out again. 😉…
Ring a ding ding, baby
Ring a ding ding, babyWhile I was at Target a few nights ago picking up the cat food and other sundries, I came across a Frank Sinatra Christmas CD. I’m a big Frank fan, but as soon as I saw…
Perspective
Is this thing on? After a week of introspection and sadness, our Halloween party happened. If I had my druthers, I would have cancelled it, but the invitations went out a while back and the guests were looking forward to…
Memorial Day
It is Memorial Day, it is rainy, and I am sick. At first I was bummed. Having a cold (which developed into a cough almost immediately) is a real inconvenience. But then I realized that the cough I had from…
Valentine’s Day disappointment
Another VDay come and gone. And it was pretty darn uneventful. We didn’t make any plans, so we ended up staying in. Cards exchanged, some Dark Age of Camelot played. Chinese Takeout for dinner. Thor fell asleep at 9ish, and…
February 14, 2004
Happy Birthday Mom! Actually, her bday is February 13th. The date above says the 14th, but since I haven’t slept yet, I still consider ither birthday. Tonight we went to the Borgata, where we ate a nice dinner and gambled….
thievery at the paper
By the way, much ‘love’ to the misanthrope who stole two of my Disney ornaments from our Christmas tree here at work. I had a set of 5 miniature Disney ornaments. Minnie and Pluto are gone. That just smacks of…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I’m blogging from my bed. Yes, my laptop (inspiron 5100) FINALLY came, and on the way home from work I purchased a broadband router and a notebook card. It took less than 10 minutes to set up,…
New Year’s Eve 2003
Yesterday was a slight improvement — was here only until 3:30. See, I’m a firm believer in an 8 hour workday. I’ll bust my arse to get it all done by quitting time. That’s why I get grumpy if I’m…
Christmas 2003 recap
Christmas is a snowflake that you watch fall slowly from the sky. For what seems like forever, you squint your eyes, crane your neck skyward and follow its erratic path. And as it gets closer to you, you become excited,…
Christmas Day 2003
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:13-14 It’s a pass-along wreath! Save the image…
December 24 – morning
It’s another Christmas Eve. And I’m here at work which wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have much cooler thing to be doing. I enjoyed the Christmas lights on all the houses on the ride in to work today….