This site will be updated shortly. I need to add some more images for the blog, and I think my mother-in-law is working on a new design. Have to ask Jess about that.
Site Update
– December 3, 2003Posted in: website
Archive for 2003
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House Update
– November 20, 2003Posted in: ramblings
We have been super busy. Weve moved into the house. Finally a month later we got our key back from the builder. The carpet was replaced ‘what a mess’ and various painting, caulking, fixing, and re doing had to be done. Weve already painted most of the rooms. We took advantage of the fact we didnt have to be careful with our old carpet. Painting without having to worry about a drop cloth was nice. Its finally starting to feel like home. Ive been burning candles as much as I can and slowly have started putting up the few nick-knacks we have. The house is very bright. Its so clean and relaxing.
Weve been quite the handy couple. Ryans been quickly learning how to use various tools. Weve found that Home Depot is a very very evil place. We attempted to install hardware on our cabinets in the kitchen ourselves. We thought that was a good idea, but its turned out to be a bad one. The first handle went on a little crooked and the second one is level but the holes are too close together so the actual hardware wont go on. Soooo now were going to pay a pro to come in and fix our mess. But other than that and the scare of me thinking I broke my sink in the master ‘long story’ things have been going well.
Ill try and post more later but dont hold your breath.
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Job Search Continues
– September 23, 2003Posted in: thoughts
My temp assignment that I\’m on right now ends at the end of October, so I\’m already starting to look for a new job. I hate having to go through this. I would be just fine doing temp work if we could afford me not working steadily. Really, if I just go job to job that would work to but you can never count on the money it generates. I was hoping to get a perm job here, but there was someone internal that applied and of course got it. I went on an interview last week for something, and was told that I am the leading candidate, but that he\’s continuing to interview! I don\’t get it! In the interview he pretty much told me that I was *TOO* smart and *TOO* pretty! So due to the fact that I was too darn good he\’s still interviewing.. even though the pay, responsibilities, hours, and location all work great for me. It\’s SOOO frustrating. This is not the first time that I\’ve been too smart and pretty for a job. I mean how stupid is that?! I need to be some fat nasty slob who can\’t count to 3 and then I\’ll have a job! woohoo! *rolls around in dirt*
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Save a Lizard Day
– September 5, 2003Posted in: thoughts
Where I work, we have this really \”hotelish\” carpet. Basically I could recreate the Exxon Valdez accident in my cube, I dont think anyone would notice, the carpet just makes it all blend in.
Walking in today, i saw some movement on the floor near the ladies room. I bent over, and noticed it was a little lizard. A skink or anole of some sort, but it blended in the carpet very well. I couldnt see it unless it moved. I attempted to herd it out of the way, but noticed that it liked being in the middle of the busy hall, so i captured it. The onlookers, both of them, thought I had lost some money. When I told the AP girl that it was a lizard, the \”eeewwwww\” soon ensued. I took the little fella outside and released him right next to a cricket, so I guess I was his personal maitre\’d, and i think i gave him a good table, even though he didnt have reservations.
So, my kindness, or boredom depending on how you look at it, has made me wonder. Would everyone save the lizard? Would you ignore it? Or would you go out of your way to step on it?
I declare today SAVE A LIZARD DAY
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Blackout
– August 26, 2003Posted in: photos
Here are some really cool pics of NYCs recent black out.
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Life Update
We are managing to stay busy. Last week was a lot of running around. My dad got a look at the progression of the house. We had Ryans family in town that we never get to see and that was nice to have a visit with them. I dont know that group well, but theyre easy to get along with. Now I feel more comfortable in making a trip up to see them.
Im applying for a permanent position here at ACEP. I dont know if it will end up working out for me or not. I really enjoy the work environment here. Everyone does a really good job and I can tell that theyre happy. They seem to treat their people very well. That goes much further with me than actual job duties. It would be a bit of a drive from the house, however, most of the people working here are from Keller. Im not going to stress about it. If it doesnt end up working out for me here, there has got to be something else out there.
Were going to be attending NBAA again this year. Thats coming up in October. Im really looking forward to it. Were going to hit the static display this year at the airport and walk a few of the planes. Last year we didnt know that was going on until too late. Were also going to Discovery Cove. We are going to hit SeaWorld too. This will be a marine vacation this time. Ive researched a bunch of the different restaurants in the area. We should be eating good! And Im not talking about the horrible touristy stuff, which is all around where well be. Were staying at a much better hotel, location wise, than we did last year. Last year although the hotel was very nice, it was in a not so nice neighborhood. The closest eatery was a diner type place that when we walked it we could feel the grease floating in the air.
Ryans high school reunion is going to be the same weekend we get back from Orlando. Were both looking forward to it because were very comfortable with where we are in life. It always feels good to be able to go neaner neaner to those who used to torment you in high school.
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It’s Raining Shoes
– August 7, 2003Posted in: thoughts
I was driving to work today and noticed a work boot in the middle of the road. I dont know why it struck me as odd. This is a normal sight. I usually see flip-flops, boots, sneakers, hats, shirts, underwear, etc. on the roads. I just dont understand how it gets there in the first place. Why is it that its always just one shoe? How is it that underwear finds its way on the side of the road? Is there an underground group of people that travel around not wearing any underpants because theyve thrown them out the window? Are shoes that unimportant that they serve a better purpose on the highways? Hats I can somewhat understand. They can blow off. Kids all over of course throw toys out of cars all the time in some ritualistic sacrifice to the toy gods. I cant think of a better way to get a new toy myself. What kind of people is it exactly that accidentally loose a shoe on the side of the highway?
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Doctors
from Anne Rice\’s Servant of the Bones: I understood something further about them. They regarded their science as omnipotent. Science was the explanation not only for me but for anything and everything. In other words, they were materialists who beheld their science as magic.
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The World of Low Fat
– August 5, 2003Posted in:
I was in the lunchroom just now and overheard some women talking about different recipes that were low fat. I think Ive been greatly influenced by my dads philosophy. If its low fat its not worth eating. Ryan and I go through 4 sticks of butter at least every month. I like to use salt ‘thank you dad’ and sugar is your friend. As Ive been realizing with my recent attempt at dieting, as long as you do things in moderation youre fine. I still eat all the same food that I used to; I just dont eat as much. I am constantly trying to monitor my intake. Just trying to make sure that Im still hungry when Im eating, and you dont want to get full. This advice coming from Ryan, who has the fastest metabolism, Ive ever seen.
Back to low fat. Ive tried at various times throughout my life to cook and eat low fat and its just disgusting. Not to mention that a lot of the time the chemicals and extra processing that they do to things to make them low fat ends up being worse for you. And I must point out that every time you hear something on the news about how salt is bad for you, its just months later that you hear about how salt is good for you and how people have been dying due to lack of it. ‘replace the word salt with: eggs, sugar, milk, beef, butter, cheese’ Ive only got one life to live and regular food is way too good to waste my time with low fat crap.
[Note from Ryan: Mmmmmmmmm..beeeeeef....*drool*]
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Sandals
Just when you thought the Sandals fiasco is over. We were contacted via email from a woman who went to Sandals also for her honeymoon and had a horrible time. Shes contacted a lawyer but isnt having much luck. We spoke to one ourselves and it was very discouraging. We tried to dispute the charge with the credit cards however, I really dont think they even read the documentation that we gave them or paid any attention at all to what the problem was, and we didnt get our money back. Any efforts we made to resolve the dispute with Sandals lead nowhere. Offering someone 2 nights free stay might legally get them off the hook, but my question is why in the world would we want to spend the thousands of dollars on airfare just to go down to a crappy place again! We are going to contact her ‘which we were supposed to do this weekend and forgot’ and see what shes up to. Its horrible that there are so many people that have had such a bad time on their honeymoon due to the incompetence of this resort.
