Saturday, February 28, 2009
MrMike and Poppy the Pop-up Pup
Yesterday was a momentous day in family history. MrMike got behind Dreamcloud's wheel and drove him around! And around and around, in the circle drive, at speeds sometimes reaching 10 mph! All three of us did well. MrMike followed directions to the letter, and neither Dreamy nor I exploded.
I'm finally going to write about Poppy, formerly known as NotOurPup. (Except as so many dogs who have gone before her, she knew better.)
You might recall that last year our feckless neighbor adopted a puppy she was never around to interact with. The puppy spent more and more time here, and she finally gave her to us. That was Smiley. The trouble with Smiley was that as she got her growth, she decided that three dogs were two too many, and began to do her best to eliminate the competition. All of us got bitten at least once breaking up dog fights. We tried training, and increasingly strong muzzles. Smiley just learned to use the muzzle as a weapon, hitting the other dog with it like it was a hammer. She also showed hints of thinking MrMike could be squeezed out as well.
Once upon a time you could find a one-dog home for a too-aggressive animal. But these days if you make the point that you have a dog with fighting tendencies who MUST not be in a multi pet home, you attract the interest of the scumbags who pretend to adopt animals so they can use them for dog fight training bait. So we had to put Smiley to sleep.
This spring, the neighbor got herself a new puppy. Lather, rinse, repeat. Except I didn't WANT to repeat. All of us (dogs and people) felt emotionally burned by what happened with Smiley, and we just didn't want to go through it again.
But here came Poppy this spring, a Lab/Great Pyrenees cross, with her goth eyeliner and humongous dew-clawed feet. 'That white pup' we called her for a long time, not even wanting to get started by giving her a name. Except she was so much like those darn pop-up ads. No matter what program and browser you use, they persist, and eventually sneak through.
Poppy was an exceptionally pesty pup. She's huge, and her heart is even huger. All she wants is to have as much physical contact with her target as possible, so she was a jumper-upper, a knocker-downer, a roller-overer. She was in total bliss if she could hold your hand in her mouth.
She was also a one-pup demolition team. We put an old mattress set in the dog turn out pen for the dogs to lay on. Destroyed. I had an old lamp and a screen door set out to go to the dump. Destroyed overnight. Any trash the neighbors left out...brought over HERE and destroyed. Our yard was already a mess, but now it was a mess to infinity and beyond.
Then there were the science experiments. When we tried to bury compost, she dug it up to see what we did thar. The possibility of making zombies interested her too. Two of our cats died in the early fall. We buried them, but the next thing you know, Poppy was saying, "Hey, look, did you know you threw away this perfectly good cat?!"
When the nights started getting bitterly cold, I broke down enough to bring her in and crate her at night. (The neighbors don't believe animals belong indoors, you see.) Time moving on meant I started glancing at my mental calendar a lot, too. One Poppy was already a challenge. Poppy trailed by a litter of little chewing machines = SCARY!
We kept dithering and waiting to see what would happen, because as I said, we've become a little commitment phobic in this area. Then TheClone ran into the neighbor's mom, and found out the neighbor is temporarily away as a guest of the state. She also revealed that the neighbor claims to have had NO idea that Poppy was going to grow so big. The hint that WE were much more sympatico with the big breeds was pretty strong.
Yet STILL we resisted, or maybe that was just me sailing happily along on Denial River. But on Thursday, we saw the unmistakable signs that Poppy was becoming a big grown-up girl. So we have chomped on the bullet, and made an appointment for her with Dr. Eaton on Tuesday.
And...maybe it won't be a disaster this time. Despite her flaws, she is madly affectionate and eager to please. She seems to be mellowing out with maturity, as well. Cowboy rather likes her as long as she doesn't step on or knock into his arthritic old body. Climber and the cats find her desire to be BFFs a little much, but I think she may wear them down in time, like she did us.
Poppy is also pretty funny sometimes. I was working in my bedroom recently, and I let Poppy in so I could keep an eye and ear on her as she practiced being a civilized inside pup. She started out laying at my feet on the bed, but she was also leaning on the foam mattress pad that I fold back when I set my bed into chair mode. I didn't notice at first, but she slid into the crack and ended up sitting at the end of the bed, half under it, half posed like this:
She just sat there quietly waiting for me to notice something odd had happened. MAYBE there is hope for this to work out....
I'm finally going to write about Poppy, formerly known as NotOurPup. (Except as so many dogs who have gone before her, she knew better.)
You might recall that last year our feckless neighbor adopted a puppy she was never around to interact with. The puppy spent more and more time here, and she finally gave her to us. That was Smiley. The trouble with Smiley was that as she got her growth, she decided that three dogs were two too many, and began to do her best to eliminate the competition. All of us got bitten at least once breaking up dog fights. We tried training, and increasingly strong muzzles. Smiley just learned to use the muzzle as a weapon, hitting the other dog with it like it was a hammer. She also showed hints of thinking MrMike could be squeezed out as well.
Once upon a time you could find a one-dog home for a too-aggressive animal. But these days if you make the point that you have a dog with fighting tendencies who MUST not be in a multi pet home, you attract the interest of the scumbags who pretend to adopt animals so they can use them for dog fight training bait. So we had to put Smiley to sleep.
This spring, the neighbor got herself a new puppy. Lather, rinse, repeat. Except I didn't WANT to repeat. All of us (dogs and people) felt emotionally burned by what happened with Smiley, and we just didn't want to go through it again.
But here came Poppy this spring, a Lab/Great Pyrenees cross, with her goth eyeliner and humongous dew-clawed feet. 'That white pup' we called her for a long time, not even wanting to get started by giving her a name. Except she was so much like those darn pop-up ads. No matter what program and browser you use, they persist, and eventually sneak through.
Poppy was an exceptionally pesty pup. She's huge, and her heart is even huger. All she wants is to have as much physical contact with her target as possible, so she was a jumper-upper, a knocker-downer, a roller-overer. She was in total bliss if she could hold your hand in her mouth.
She was also a one-pup demolition team. We put an old mattress set in the dog turn out pen for the dogs to lay on. Destroyed. I had an old lamp and a screen door set out to go to the dump. Destroyed overnight. Any trash the neighbors left out...brought over HERE and destroyed. Our yard was already a mess, but now it was a mess to infinity and beyond.
Then there were the science experiments. When we tried to bury compost, she dug it up to see what we did thar. The possibility of making zombies interested her too. Two of our cats died in the early fall. We buried them, but the next thing you know, Poppy was saying, "Hey, look, did you know you threw away this perfectly good cat?!"
When the nights started getting bitterly cold, I broke down enough to bring her in and crate her at night. (The neighbors don't believe animals belong indoors, you see.) Time moving on meant I started glancing at my mental calendar a lot, too. One Poppy was already a challenge. Poppy trailed by a litter of little chewing machines = SCARY!
We kept dithering and waiting to see what would happen, because as I said, we've become a little commitment phobic in this area. Then TheClone ran into the neighbor's mom, and found out the neighbor is temporarily away as a guest of the state. She also revealed that the neighbor claims to have had NO idea that Poppy was going to grow so big. The hint that WE were much more sympatico with the big breeds was pretty strong.
Yet STILL we resisted, or maybe that was just me sailing happily along on Denial River. But on Thursday, we saw the unmistakable signs that Poppy was becoming a big grown-up girl. So we have chomped on the bullet, and made an appointment for her with Dr. Eaton on Tuesday.
And...maybe it won't be a disaster this time. Despite her flaws, she is madly affectionate and eager to please. She seems to be mellowing out with maturity, as well. Cowboy rather likes her as long as she doesn't step on or knock into his arthritic old body. Climber and the cats find her desire to be BFFs a little much, but I think she may wear them down in time, like she did us.
Poppy is also pretty funny sometimes. I was working in my bedroom recently, and I let Poppy in so I could keep an eye and ear on her as she practiced being a civilized inside pup. She started out laying at my feet on the bed, but she was also leaning on the foam mattress pad that I fold back when I set my bed into chair mode. I didn't notice at first, but she slid into the crack and ended up sitting at the end of the bed, half under it, half posed like this:
She just sat there quietly waiting for me to notice something odd had happened. MAYBE there is hope for this to work out....
Friday, February 27, 2009
Mostly good Friday starter post
Yesterday was almost all Win, which is always so very pleasant. On the one hand, I found I made a mistake and paid a credit card bill $4 short last month, so that I got fined $29! BUT when I called and asked nicely, they took it off. Then I found out that the latest thing they fixed on Dreamcloud turned out to still be under warranty, so NO CHARGE there. Can't beat that either! (Except today the "check engine" light went back ON again. WHAT have I done to offend the Ghods of Ford??)
We had to wait for an hour at the DMV office (they are only open Tuesdays and Thursdays), and also had a bad moment when we thought we were missing a crucial signature. But no, all was well. Another slight delay when MrMike had to be re-photographed three times, because he was smiling TOO MUCH in the first two shots. But as you may have seen from my Twitter feed, he is now duly licensed. We then managed to make it to the PO with two minutes to spare, so that was also a win.
Dinner was celebratory pizza. The lowering sun was too glare-y for Mike to drive any yesterday, but he might get the chance today if I am not too delayed by chores.
Today was my finally getting caught up with med tests day. I'm back home from the Pap and Poke-around Fest, but have to leave in half an hour for the Mammogram Extravaganza. I don't really mind, except it's time-consuming and breaks up my day. OH WELLL, poor me, huh?
I might be back with more later. We have a giant cooler of tea to drink up, left over from last night's presentation on spur collecting at the TheClone's museum, so maybe that will keep my energy level up. Until Tuesday or so.
We had to wait for an hour at the DMV office (they are only open Tuesdays and Thursdays), and also had a bad moment when we thought we were missing a crucial signature. But no, all was well. Another slight delay when MrMike had to be re-photographed three times, because he was smiling TOO MUCH in the first two shots. But as you may have seen from my Twitter feed, he is now duly licensed. We then managed to make it to the PO with two minutes to spare, so that was also a win.
Dinner was celebratory pizza. The lowering sun was too glare-y for Mike to drive any yesterday, but he might get the chance today if I am not too delayed by chores.
Today was my finally getting caught up with med tests day. I'm back home from the Pap and Poke-around Fest, but have to leave in half an hour for the Mammogram Extravaganza. I don't really mind, except it's time-consuming and breaks up my day. OH WELLL, poor me, huh?
I might be back with more later. We have a giant cooler of tea to drink up, left over from last night's presentation on spur collecting at the TheClone's museum, so maybe that will keep my energy level up. Until Tuesday or so.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
One of those weeks AGAIN
I usually try to arrange things so that I only have to drive in to town every other day at most. That's not going to happen this week. In fact, some days I may have to go in TWICE!
Monday I had stuff to mail, as always. Tuesday I needed to pick up some of my meds, and I was also virtuously planning to let the clinic do a retinal screening, which someone had called andnagged reminded me about. As they were getting me checked in, I mentioned having cataracts.
Whoops. For some reason, they only want to screen to make sure you DON'T have them. Once you do, it's 'alrighty then, thanks for playing.'
???
Today TheClone helped me take Dreamcloud in to the shop AGAIN because of The Check Engine Light That Would Not Die. Although at least this go-round it was turning off now and then. Probably only means the bulb is going bad or something.
Since today is the day TheClone stays late at the museum to teach an afterschool kids' class, we can't go get Dreamy until tomorrow. But it has to be in the morning, since TheClone works the afternoon shift. And I will probably be needing a vehicle because IF MrMike gets over his latest teen aggrofest, I said I would take him in to get his long-awaited learner's permit. (The examiner's office is only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)
Friday I have to go to town twice AGAIN (are you sensing the theme?) because being at the clinic reminded me I was also supposed to call them, oh, some time in the past month or so, and schedule the whole mammogram/Pap thing. Woohoo. Not.
And rounding it all off, this is Free Dump Weekend. Another not fun but necessary and productive thing.
At least it's almost March.
Monday I had stuff to mail, as always. Tuesday I needed to pick up some of my meds, and I was also virtuously planning to let the clinic do a retinal screening, which someone had called and
Whoops. For some reason, they only want to screen to make sure you DON'T have them. Once you do, it's 'alrighty then, thanks for playing.'
???
Today TheClone helped me take Dreamcloud in to the shop AGAIN because of The Check Engine Light That Would Not Die. Although at least this go-round it was turning off now and then. Probably only means the bulb is going bad or something.
Since today is the day TheClone stays late at the museum to teach an afterschool kids' class, we can't go get Dreamy until tomorrow. But it has to be in the morning, since TheClone works the afternoon shift. And I will probably be needing a vehicle because IF MrMike gets over his latest teen aggrofest, I said I would take him in to get his long-awaited learner's permit. (The examiner's office is only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)
Friday I have to go to town twice AGAIN (are you sensing the theme?) because being at the clinic reminded me I was also supposed to call them, oh, some time in the past month or so, and schedule the whole mammogram/Pap thing. Woohoo. Not.
And rounding it all off, this is Free Dump Weekend. Another not fun but necessary and productive thing.
At least it's almost March.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Top Ten Twitters of the week!
*Hey! I can see @jaredpolis live on my computer being interviewed by @DenverChannel ! Man, I LOVE living in the future!! 11:53 AM Feb 17th from web
*MrMike reminds me he wants me to make up a story for his b'day about him driving trains. He also wants the moon. http://tinyurl.com/b6molo 8:22 PM Feb 17th from web
*I'm surrounded by dogs. One interloping noob, two jealous old-timers. How can there be TOO MUCH dog love? And yet it happens. 12:01 PM Feb 18th from web
*Looking forward to a double auction weekend is what will get us through the madness that is MrMike's BD. I HOPE. He's King of Hyper today! 8:44 AM Feb 20th from web
*I HOPE you didn't skip this week's Dollhuse because last week's premiere wasn't what you were expecting. Because THIS week, Joss was ON! 9:09 PM Feb 20th from web
*Sudden windstorm last night blew the dog pen gate off its hinges and down the steps. Fixable, but HOW ANNOYING! 8:52 AM Feb 21st from web
*MrMike was singing in his sleep last night, mumbled almost lyrics that transformed into the high keen of steel wheels on a railway curve. 9:37 AM Feb 21st from web
*TheClone and I are off to the auction to do the "Mine, mine!" thing like Disney seagulls. 11:49 AM Feb 21st from web
*Back home. Bought big box of bunting, Smothers Bros LP, lots of other odd misc. My back and knees say I SUCK and they HATE ME FOREVER. 7:16 PM Feb 21st from web
*PaintyCat just tried to jump into the windowsill. She miscalculated and knocked some stuff down. Deft as a post. 11:18 AM Feb 22nd from web
*MrMike reminds me he wants me to make up a story for his b'day about him driving trains. He also wants the moon. http://tinyurl.com/b6molo 8:22 PM Feb 17th from web
*I'm surrounded by dogs. One interloping noob, two jealous old-timers. How can there be TOO MUCH dog love? And yet it happens. 12:01 PM Feb 18th from web
*Looking forward to a double auction weekend is what will get us through the madness that is MrMike's BD. I HOPE. He's King of Hyper today! 8:44 AM Feb 20th from web
*I HOPE you didn't skip this week's Dollhuse because last week's premiere wasn't what you were expecting. Because THIS week, Joss was ON! 9:09 PM Feb 20th from web
*Sudden windstorm last night blew the dog pen gate off its hinges and down the steps. Fixable, but HOW ANNOYING! 8:52 AM Feb 21st from web
*MrMike was singing in his sleep last night, mumbled almost lyrics that transformed into the high keen of steel wheels on a railway curve. 9:37 AM Feb 21st from web
*TheClone and I are off to the auction to do the "Mine, mine!" thing like Disney seagulls. 11:49 AM Feb 21st from web
*Back home. Bought big box of bunting, Smothers Bros LP, lots of other odd misc. My back and knees say I SUCK and they HATE ME FOREVER. 7:16 PM Feb 21st from web
*PaintyCat just tried to jump into the windowsill. She miscalculated and knocked some stuff down. Deft as a post. 11:18 AM Feb 22nd from web
Wow, a whole new week!
I am a little surprised, but pleased, that I survived the auction intensive weekend. I don't do very well with too much standing, but we don't have the kind of auctions around here where you sit in chairs and wave paddles. So whaddaya gonna do?
Saturday's auction was for a lady who lost her husband last fall. She sold their farm, so had to empty out her house and four barns/outbuildings. I think this was the stuff that neither she nor her kids, who were helping with the sorting and auction prep, wanted or needed. Because on the whole it was yard sale type stuff, if you know what I mean. And although there was a lot, it certainly wasn't five buildings worth.
It was the kind of auction where there is this ONE thing you are actually seriously interested in, and of course it's on nearly the last row, so you have to stay till almost the end. It was also the kind where sometimes they had trouble getting even an opening bid on a batch, so the auctioneer has to resort to humorous tricks like dropping a dollar of his own money into a box and saying "NOW a dollar!?" I bought that one. It worked out well karmically, though. Part of what I got in that lot (besides a dollar!) were a couple of Fisher-Price toys. I noticed a pre-toddler in a stroller who was just the right age, and I gave her the little toy guitar. Right up her alley! So it was kind of neat when, a little while later, TheClone offered to buy a little model train engine someone got in a lot of books and they just generously passed it over to her. Right up Mike's alley!
I also got some things I mildly wanted, like a big poster of a wind tower under construction, and a box of memorabilia from the Clinton inaugurations (this lady used to be the Prowers Dem chair before she passed the job on to someone younger). Something I kind of wanted but didn't have any room for at home was a really really really comfy recliner, which didn't even sell! But you can't have everything. Though Lord knows we TRY.
The thing I wanted that came up towards the end of the sale was a big box of bunting. You know, swathes of wide red, white and blue faux-velvet that swoops between big rosettes. It's good for putting on a stage or a parade float. I was a little surprised when someone else bid on it too, and then kept bidding along with me for a bit. TheClone said later she wondered if I knew the guy who was competing with me. I didn't, but I told her, "I'm not gonna lie, it crossed my mind that I couldn't quit because the other guy just about had to be a Republican."
Not that I'm competitive or anything.
Sunday's auction was at a jewelry store which had been in business since 1946. The owner is taking well-deserved retirement. We had a mixed interest in the proceedings. TheClone had pointed out the auction to her boss at the county museum, because part of what was being sold were some really nice display cases which are close to being antiques in their own right. (Some of the storage drawers in their bases were hand-crafted from old wooden cigar boxes!)
We were hoping to glom onto some old watch parts for resale, because these have become highly prized for steampunk jewelry and costuming. Sadly, there were some professional jewelry business folk in from out of town, and all the parts went for approximately 10x what I would have felt comfortable taking a flyer on. But hey, that's cash money coming into the community, which is never a bad thing.
The hard part was that this was not a large store, and the crowd filled it up to overflowing. There weren't any spare recliners, either. But I managed to last out the day, and although we got no watch parts, I was completely delighted to get a whole tabletop full of trophy parts! Some of them are just modern plastic, but lots are metal. I have turkeys, chickens, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, motorcycles, tractors, TIGERS! and many types of sporty people! My plan is to make some kind of arty display, although TheClone wishes me not to wire them into the trees.
I'm not nearly as tired and sore as I feared I would be today, but my neck hurts. There's an auctioneer joke where they try to keep you bidding by saying you should keep nodding yes, because you might hurt your neck shaking your head no. Maybe they're right!
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to CodeNeonBlue.net, there's a cartoon and some posts about our Congresswoman visiting and also about me watching the live feed of Obama's visit to Denver. I've been dilatory on both fronts this past week.
Saturday's auction was for a lady who lost her husband last fall. She sold their farm, so had to empty out her house and four barns/outbuildings. I think this was the stuff that neither she nor her kids, who were helping with the sorting and auction prep, wanted or needed. Because on the whole it was yard sale type stuff, if you know what I mean. And although there was a lot, it certainly wasn't five buildings worth.
It was the kind of auction where there is this ONE thing you are actually seriously interested in, and of course it's on nearly the last row, so you have to stay till almost the end. It was also the kind where sometimes they had trouble getting even an opening bid on a batch, so the auctioneer has to resort to humorous tricks like dropping a dollar of his own money into a box and saying "NOW a dollar!?" I bought that one. It worked out well karmically, though. Part of what I got in that lot (besides a dollar!) were a couple of Fisher-Price toys. I noticed a pre-toddler in a stroller who was just the right age, and I gave her the little toy guitar. Right up her alley! So it was kind of neat when, a little while later, TheClone offered to buy a little model train engine someone got in a lot of books and they just generously passed it over to her. Right up Mike's alley!
I also got some things I mildly wanted, like a big poster of a wind tower under construction, and a box of memorabilia from the Clinton inaugurations (this lady used to be the Prowers Dem chair before she passed the job on to someone younger). Something I kind of wanted but didn't have any room for at home was a really really really comfy recliner, which didn't even sell! But you can't have everything. Though Lord knows we TRY.
The thing I wanted that came up towards the end of the sale was a big box of bunting. You know, swathes of wide red, white and blue faux-velvet that swoops between big rosettes. It's good for putting on a stage or a parade float. I was a little surprised when someone else bid on it too, and then kept bidding along with me for a bit. TheClone said later she wondered if I knew the guy who was competing with me. I didn't, but I told her, "I'm not gonna lie, it crossed my mind that I couldn't quit because the other guy just about had to be a Republican."
Not that I'm competitive or anything.
Sunday's auction was at a jewelry store which had been in business since 1946. The owner is taking well-deserved retirement. We had a mixed interest in the proceedings. TheClone had pointed out the auction to her boss at the county museum, because part of what was being sold were some really nice display cases which are close to being antiques in their own right. (Some of the storage drawers in their bases were hand-crafted from old wooden cigar boxes!)
We were hoping to glom onto some old watch parts for resale, because these have become highly prized for steampunk jewelry and costuming. Sadly, there were some professional jewelry business folk in from out of town, and all the parts went for approximately 10x what I would have felt comfortable taking a flyer on. But hey, that's cash money coming into the community, which is never a bad thing.
The hard part was that this was not a large store, and the crowd filled it up to overflowing. There weren't any spare recliners, either. But I managed to last out the day, and although we got no watch parts, I was completely delighted to get a whole tabletop full of trophy parts! Some of them are just modern plastic, but lots are metal. I have turkeys, chickens, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, motorcycles, tractors, TIGERS! and many types of sporty people! My plan is to make some kind of arty display, although TheClone wishes me not to wire them into the trees.
I'm not nearly as tired and sore as I feared I would be today, but my neck hurts. There's an auctioneer joke where they try to keep you bidding by saying you should keep nodding yes, because you might hurt your neck shaking your head no. Maybe they're right!
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to CodeNeonBlue.net, there's a cartoon and some posts about our Congresswoman visiting and also about me watching the live feed of Obama's visit to Denver. I've been dilatory on both fronts this past week.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Yeah, me again
I didn't get around to writing about regular stuff on Tuesday because of the economic stimulus. First, I had to pack and mail more books than usual (long weekend means extra orders), and second, I got sucked in by the high tech thrills of live cam coverage of Obama coming to Denver. Not only did I watch the whole thing but I then wrote a long geekfest of a post about it for CodeNeonBlue.net
It was so cool, though. At one point at the end, I was watching my computer screen, which was feeding me images through someone's news camera of someone holding up their Blackberry or whatever to take a picture, and on THAT screen you could clearly see Obama walking along shaking hands with the people at the signing!
The future!! WE HAZ IT!!
Although on the down side, we have been having connection troubles off and on for several weeks now. Some days it's fine, or mostly fine. Then there are times like this morning when it would be up for a few seconds, then down for five minutes, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Peeves me off that I am trying so hard to be productive and work out a daily schedule that helps me get stuff done, and then I can't DO what I planned because teh internet tubes have gone flat!
That's been the theme of this week, now that I look back on it. Plans changing. Like tonight...it's MrMike's birthday, and we had been reminding him all week that HE got to pick where he wanted to go for his special birthday dinner. So tonight? He doesn't feel like going anywhere. We feasted on tuna fish sandwiches instead.
And now the wind has suddenly decided to rev up to 30mph, because it is the ONE time this week I want to watch something on TV, Dollhouse. (Strong wind shakes the satellite dish, see?)
No doubt there were other things I was going to tell you guys, but I can't think of any right now. I may not say anything over the weekend, either, because there are actually two can't afford to miss auctions tomorrow and Sunday. We'll see how brain dead I am after....
It was so cool, though. At one point at the end, I was watching my computer screen, which was feeding me images through someone's news camera of someone holding up their Blackberry or whatever to take a picture, and on THAT screen you could clearly see Obama walking along shaking hands with the people at the signing!
The future!! WE HAZ IT!!
Although on the down side, we have been having connection troubles off and on for several weeks now. Some days it's fine, or mostly fine. Then there are times like this morning when it would be up for a few seconds, then down for five minutes, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Peeves me off that I am trying so hard to be productive and work out a daily schedule that helps me get stuff done, and then I can't DO what I planned because teh internet tubes have gone flat!
That's been the theme of this week, now that I look back on it. Plans changing. Like tonight...it's MrMike's birthday, and we had been reminding him all week that HE got to pick where he wanted to go for his special birthday dinner. So tonight? He doesn't feel like going anywhere. We feasted on tuna fish sandwiches instead.
And now the wind has suddenly decided to rev up to 30mph, because it is the ONE time this week I want to watch something on TV, Dollhouse. (Strong wind shakes the satellite dish, see?)
No doubt there were other things I was going to tell you guys, but I can't think of any right now. I may not say anything over the weekend, either, because there are actually two can't afford to miss auctions tomorrow and Sunday. We'll see how brain dead I am after....
Monday, February 16, 2009
Top Ten Eight Twitters of the week!
*MrMike turns 17 in 10 days. The hints are raining down like anvils. It annoys him when I say we have already bought him a box of rocks. 10:37 AM Feb 10th from web
*My sister's leukemia has returned. Docs say 50/50 chance for remission. If that happens, she will get a bone marrow transplant this time. 12:44 PM Feb 10th from web
*Want to trade earworms? I've got "We've A Story To Tell To The Nations", which I haven't heard or sung for 40 years -- UNTIL TODAY!! 11:07 AM Feb 11th from web
*I dreamed someone posted a vid of me dancing in a cartoon to an online channel called Avatarz, Due to #Dollhouse starting tomorrow, I think. 8:30 AM Feb 12th from web
*Shhh! Hard at work on a Sekrit Projek for TheClone for Valentino day! She is hard to shop for, I tell you whut! 10:56 AM Feb 13th from web
*Chocolate. I can not has. But I can has fambly, dog & cat love, and coffee full of non-sugar flavor. And crab for dinner! So that's a win! 1:45 PM Feb 14th from web
*Has anyone seen my brain? Whrrgarbble. (Man, I can't even spell whrrgarbble this morning.) 11:17 AM yesterday from web
*"Thank you for calling the GOP Presidents Day Hotline. We're out of the office right now...." about 6 hours ago from web
*My sister's leukemia has returned. Docs say 50/50 chance for remission. If that happens, she will get a bone marrow transplant this time. 12:44 PM Feb 10th from web
*Want to trade earworms? I've got "We've A Story To Tell To The Nations", which I haven't heard or sung for 40 years -- UNTIL TODAY!! 11:07 AM Feb 11th from web
*I dreamed someone posted a vid of me dancing in a cartoon to an online channel called Avatarz, Due to #Dollhouse starting tomorrow, I think. 8:30 AM Feb 12th from web
*Shhh! Hard at work on a Sekrit Projek for TheClone for Valentino day! She is hard to shop for, I tell you whut! 10:56 AM Feb 13th from web
*Chocolate. I can not has. But I can has fambly, dog & cat love, and coffee full of non-sugar flavor. And crab for dinner! So that's a win! 1:45 PM Feb 14th from web
*Has anyone seen my brain? Whrrgarbble. (Man, I can't even spell whrrgarbble this morning.) 11:17 AM yesterday from web
*"Thank you for calling the GOP Presidents Day Hotline. We're out of the office right now...." about 6 hours ago from web
Trudge, trudge, shriek, shriek
Looking back at my week's postings, I can see why I don't remember too much of what I did last week. Because whatever it was, it clearly wasn't anything worth posting about.
I did cut off much of my hair on a whim. I look kind of like Jon Stewart's grandma, I think.
I've had assorted days of being sub-par physically -- in fact, I'm having one now. Not bad enough to just give up and lay in bed sleeping and reading, just enough to make me grumpy and no fun.
Still. We press on.
One thing that darkly delights me is a new widget for reminding yourself of tasks. It's called Doomi. Seriously. Pronounced, at least by me, Doom-y. You can check it out here, it's free! http://doominow.com/
Speaking of doom, last night I closed my Firefox down wrong and lost all the tabs I'd been saving without actually, you know, SAVING-saving. So now I have to try to think of what they were, and we KNOW how well THAT'S going to work out.
OHH WELLL.
So here's an idea I might try, if I remember to. It's actually something I heard of years ago, but this link explains it pretty well. It's about finding one of your alter egos to front for you on tasks they are likely to be good at.
Here's one of mine I think can handle quite an assortment of things!
You can design your own here! http://marvelkids.marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to Code Neon Blue, you can read one short opinion piece by me, plus see a funny cartoon or hear a scandalous Obama soundbite.
I did cut off much of my hair on a whim. I look kind of like Jon Stewart's grandma, I think.
I've had assorted days of being sub-par physically -- in fact, I'm having one now. Not bad enough to just give up and lay in bed sleeping and reading, just enough to make me grumpy and no fun.
Still. We press on.
One thing that darkly delights me is a new widget for reminding yourself of tasks. It's called Doomi. Seriously. Pronounced, at least by me, Doom-y. You can check it out here, it's free! http://doominow.com/
Speaking of doom, last night I closed my Firefox down wrong and lost all the tabs I'd been saving without actually, you know, SAVING-saving. So now I have to try to think of what they were, and we KNOW how well THAT'S going to work out.
OHH WELLL.
So here's an idea I might try, if I remember to. It's actually something I heard of years ago, but this link explains it pretty well. It's about finding one of your alter egos to front for you on tasks they are likely to be good at.
Here's one of mine I think can handle quite an assortment of things!
You can design your own here! http://marvelkids.marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to Code Neon Blue, you can read one short opinion piece by me, plus see a funny cartoon or hear a scandalous Obama soundbite.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Love = fun!
So let's have some! One fun thing I am doing is getting my Picture files cleared up a little. (OK, for varying values of 'fun'. But still.)
I took this one after straightening up my work area a little last week. No, seriously, it's WAY better now.
I decided it looks like one of those puzzle drawings from Highlights magazine, the one that was in all the doctor and dentist offices back when we were kids. (And may still be today, for all I know.)
So here's the questions:
1. How many pop culture items can you spot?
2. How many animals?
3. How many relatives?
4. Is this the desk of Goofus or Gallant?
5. What is your vote for the weirdest thing in the picture?
These pics are actually from last years Valentine's Day.
The clone got me a chocolate trout, and I got her a fuzzy ferret.
Mike liked this, but was so taken with my trout, that that is what HE got this year.
I took this one after straightening up my work area a little last week. No, seriously, it's WAY better now.
I decided it looks like one of those puzzle drawings from Highlights magazine, the one that was in all the doctor and dentist offices back when we were kids. (And may still be today, for all I know.)
So here's the questions:
1. How many pop culture items can you spot?
2. How many animals?
3. How many relatives?
4. Is this the desk of Goofus or Gallant?
5. What is your vote for the weirdest thing in the picture?
These pics are actually from last years Valentine's Day.
The clone got me a chocolate trout, and I got her a fuzzy ferret.
Mike liked this, but was so taken with my trout, that that is what HE got this year.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Top Ten Twitters of the week!
{Forgot to do this yesterday....)
*Started my day with a sighting of that rarest of creatures, a dependable, capable and honest car repairman. All hail Rick the Car Doctor! 10:33 AM Feb 3rd from web
*I fear that the Kitten Klocks of The Clone and I are synching up. We will be easy prey for the first available cutie that comes along. 1:33 PM Feb 3rd from web
*I'm very 12 this morning. Can't resist a joke about net surfing with one hand only because the other is on my...emotionally needy cat. 11:02 AM Feb 4th from web
*A wedding, a dopey prince, 2 goldfish and Death on the guest list. My dream last night was written by Terry Pratchett. 9:34 AM Feb 5th from web
*The mailboxes at our corner always make me laugh, ever since the Rowans moved in. Right next door to the Martins. Sock it to me! 4:55 PM Feb 5th from web
*Congrats to @jaredpolis for making Top 5 list of hottest congressional freshmen! Way to uphold CO's rep, Jared! http://tinyurl.com/cpjjgp 10:08 AM Feb 7th from web
*NotOurPup may be getting an official change of status. At least one of her 'owners' is now in the pokey. And not the hokey-pokey, either. 1:44 PM Feb 7th from web
*At least the internet is working. Unlike yesterday. I need recombobulating. 8:51 AM yesterday from web
*I'm mailing a book to someone who lives on Pillow Road in a town called Sunset Valley. Suddenly so sleeeeppppyyyy about 23 hours ago from web
*Would have enjoyed Obama's talk more if the darn wind hadn't bumped the satlink off every 5 minutes. I think he did well. #obamapressconf about 17 hours ago from web
*Started my day with a sighting of that rarest of creatures, a dependable, capable and honest car repairman. All hail Rick the Car Doctor! 10:33 AM Feb 3rd from web
*I fear that the Kitten Klocks of The Clone and I are synching up. We will be easy prey for the first available cutie that comes along. 1:33 PM Feb 3rd from web
*I'm very 12 this morning. Can't resist a joke about net surfing with one hand only because the other is on my...emotionally needy cat. 11:02 AM Feb 4th from web
*A wedding, a dopey prince, 2 goldfish and Death on the guest list. My dream last night was written by Terry Pratchett. 9:34 AM Feb 5th from web
*The mailboxes at our corner always make me laugh, ever since the Rowans moved in. Right next door to the Martins. Sock it to me! 4:55 PM Feb 5th from web
*Congrats to @jaredpolis for making Top 5 list of hottest congressional freshmen! Way to uphold CO's rep, Jared! http://tinyurl.com/cpjjgp 10:08 AM Feb 7th from web
*NotOurPup may be getting an official change of status. At least one of her 'owners' is now in the pokey. And not the hokey-pokey, either. 1:44 PM Feb 7th from web
*At least the internet is working. Unlike yesterday. I need recombobulating. 8:51 AM yesterday from web
*I'm mailing a book to someone who lives on Pillow Road in a town called Sunset Valley. Suddenly so sleeeeppppyyyy about 23 hours ago from web
*Would have enjoyed Obama's talk more if the darn wind hadn't bumped the satlink off every 5 minutes. I think he did well. #obamapressconf about 17 hours ago from web
Monday, February 09, 2009
Weird wet weekend
One thing did work out as planned. I got a lot of Stuff done over the weekend. Maybe even too much on Saturday, which would explain Sunday.
I kept telling myself Friday the only thing I had to remember on Saturday was to go pick up the wood for the signs, which I did. The rest of Saturday disappeared into a mad whirl of book-mending. See, there are some books in my database I can't find, which is driving me crazy(er). I had the happy idea that some of them might be on the mending shelf, and sure enough, some were!
So I pulled all the listed ones, grabbed a few others as well for luck, rousted up my supplies and got busy. I'm not good enough to be turned loose restoring genuine valuable antiques, but I can take an ordinary book with split seams or loose pages and turn it into a nice tight reading copy. Although I do sometimes practice on a really old one. I'm still working on a 1889 home veterinary book that has lost both covers, and all but the title and author section of the spine cover (which are loose, not attached). The first 100 or so pages are pulled off, too, and about 10 of those are missing entirely. The fold out charts of teeth used for telling an animal's age are still tipped in, though. Go figure.
It will never have the value of a complete one, but when it's done I will at least have something that's interesting to look though. It's one of the books I am selling on behalf of our Friends of the Library group, so probably they will at least get SOMETHING for it. And I get the practice.
Anyway, I started doing that on Saturday and before I knew it, I'd been at it for hours and hours, and although I'd remembered the wood, I'd hardly done anything else. Like post stuff or answer email.
Then Sunday darned old CenturyTel was sputtering on and off, mostly off, nearly the whole day! It wasn't even for the usual reason of two drops of moisture in the atmosphere, because when it actually and weirdly started to for reals rain that night, the connection cleared up!
Maybe this week I will get more done in the communications part of my life. She said with a hollow laugh of no confidence.
I kept telling myself Friday the only thing I had to remember on Saturday was to go pick up the wood for the signs, which I did. The rest of Saturday disappeared into a mad whirl of book-mending. See, there are some books in my database I can't find, which is driving me crazy(er). I had the happy idea that some of them might be on the mending shelf, and sure enough, some were!
So I pulled all the listed ones, grabbed a few others as well for luck, rousted up my supplies and got busy. I'm not good enough to be turned loose restoring genuine valuable antiques, but I can take an ordinary book with split seams or loose pages and turn it into a nice tight reading copy. Although I do sometimes practice on a really old one. I'm still working on a 1889 home veterinary book that has lost both covers, and all but the title and author section of the spine cover (which are loose, not attached). The first 100 or so pages are pulled off, too, and about 10 of those are missing entirely. The fold out charts of teeth used for telling an animal's age are still tipped in, though. Go figure.
It will never have the value of a complete one, but when it's done I will at least have something that's interesting to look though. It's one of the books I am selling on behalf of our Friends of the Library group, so probably they will at least get SOMETHING for it. And I get the practice.
Anyway, I started doing that on Saturday and before I knew it, I'd been at it for hours and hours, and although I'd remembered the wood, I'd hardly done anything else. Like post stuff or answer email.
Then Sunday darned old CenturyTel was sputtering on and off, mostly off, nearly the whole day! It wasn't even for the usual reason of two drops of moisture in the atmosphere, because when it actually and weirdly started to for reals rain that night, the connection cleared up!
Maybe this week I will get more done in the communications part of my life. She said with a hollow laugh of no confidence.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Snorting cinnamon smoke
It's been that kind of a day. I had to get up earlier than usual because Cowboy had a vet appointment for his monthly cortisone shot. Not that he lets arthritis slow him down when something IMPORTANT is on the line -- last night he and Climber mixed it up over who was going to get some dog food with scraps that was set aside in the big crate. Which of course was NOT EITHER OF THEM anyway! (It was for Poppy the NotOurPup.) (I know. Shuddup.)
Once I got home, I took my meds and supplements. I don't know why, but there is ONE kind, the powdered cinnamon, that sometimes sticks in my throat without me feeling it. Like a little capsulated ninja. Eventually moisture causes the gelatin of the capsule to give way, and suddenly I am snorting out cinnamon smoke! Disconcerting, and not that comfortable, I can tell you.
The forecast today was 73 degrees, so I thought I would get outside and do a little sorting in the shed. But I forgot to note the part about the 30-40 mph wind. So much for that plan.
In case you couldn't tell, I'm behind again. I'll spare you my usual ranty complaint about it, and instead get back to work DOING something about it.
For people to love to go AWWWWW, here is a link to a live webcam of a hummingbird with a nest and two newly hatched beebeewuns!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hummingbird-babies-webcam
Once I got home, I took my meds and supplements. I don't know why, but there is ONE kind, the powdered cinnamon, that sometimes sticks in my throat without me feeling it. Like a little capsulated ninja. Eventually moisture causes the gelatin of the capsule to give way, and suddenly I am snorting out cinnamon smoke! Disconcerting, and not that comfortable, I can tell you.
The forecast today was 73 degrees, so I thought I would get outside and do a little sorting in the shed. But I forgot to note the part about the 30-40 mph wind. So much for that plan.
In case you couldn't tell, I'm behind again. I'll spare you my usual ranty complaint about it, and instead get back to work DOING something about it.
For people to love to go AWWWWW, here is a link to a live webcam of a hummingbird with a nest and two newly hatched beebeewuns!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hummingbird-babies-webcam
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Progress is progressing
I kept putting off sitting down to post yesterday. Then when I finally did, LJ was off the air for maintenance! So I gave up and went to bed. :/
Monday night's interview went almost TOO well. I had planning to kind of phone it in, since I had only decided to apply because their situation was so dire. Since they now had plenty of applicants, they didn't need me, right? But I mentioned fatally attractive skills like running a VISTA literacy program in the 80s, and recently doing Voter Reg, and knowing how to write a grant. So I may be doomed.
At least we got Dreamcloud back from Rick the Car Doctor okay. He needed a new fuel filter. It's not that weird for a 12 year old car to be needing part transplants, even one as low-mileage as Dreamy. And while I'm not nuts about three-digit repair costs, it's much better than a car payment! So that's all good.
Here's something really cool I wish I had.
The lights move around in response to the motion of the people at the table! I saw that on a webpage about innovative yet 'green' decor lighting, which you can see HERE.
Well, off to run errands, then back to my eternal catching up quest.
Monday night's interview went almost TOO well. I had planning to kind of phone it in, since I had only decided to apply because their situation was so dire. Since they now had plenty of applicants, they didn't need me, right? But I mentioned fatally attractive skills like running a VISTA literacy program in the 80s, and recently doing Voter Reg, and knowing how to write a grant. So I may be doomed.
At least we got Dreamcloud back from Rick the Car Doctor okay. He needed a new fuel filter. It's not that weird for a 12 year old car to be needing part transplants, even one as low-mileage as Dreamy. And while I'm not nuts about three-digit repair costs, it's much better than a car payment! So that's all good.
Here's something really cool I wish I had.
The lights move around in response to the motion of the people at the table! I saw that on a webpage about innovative yet 'green' decor lighting, which you can see HERE.
Well, off to run errands, then back to my eternal catching up quest.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Top Ten+ Twitters of the Week
(Yeah, it's over ten this week. I left some extras in for continuity.)
* Any signs of spring out there are buried under snow or huddled away from -2 wind chill. NotOurPup hoydening around inside bugging cats. 10:23 AM Jan 26th from web
* Like the old Steven Wright bit, I didn't sleep well. Made a few mistakes. I think our air is all dried up from the furnace running so much. 9:20 AM Jan 27th from web
* NotOurPup and the Incident of the Exploding Dog In the Crate In the Night! This shocking thriller rated PT for Paper Towels! Stay tuned! 11:26 AM Jan 28th from web
* Afternoon Break Recommendation: Sit outside in the sun. Blow bubbles for a big doofus half-lab to try to retrieve. Hijinx WILL ensue! 10:20 AM Jan 29th from web
* Yay! My Obama/Spiderman comic has arrived, thanks to the fabulous HAWK! Well, and the US Mail. And MrMike bringing it from the mailbox. 5:06 PM Jan 29th from web
* On my way to Denver for RootsCamp! Or should I say Woot!Camp? 1:58 PM Jan 30th from txt
* Wow! UNBEATABLE snack display for SuperBowl party, WITH instructions! Check it out! http://tinyurl.com/balrwv 8:27 PM Jan 30th from web
* #RMRC09 People doing intros in 3 word phrases. Some real good ones. NOW is a popular one. 12:33 PM Jan 31st from txt
* #RMRC09 Since MrMike can't be here, I'm at the rail group in his honor. Trains are progressive! 12:36 PM Jan 31st from txt
* #RMRC09 is happening at a church. People keep saying they're going to the chapel. You know what I've been singing all day. 8:36 PM Jan 31st from txt
* Just opened the grapefruit I brought all the way from Lamar on Friday with my fingernail clippers. Worked surprisingly well. 9:00 AM yesterday from web
* Think I saw an Am eagle on a sign along I-70 near mm350! Brown body, white head, eagley shaped. I know, huh?! 4:04 PM yesterday from txt
* RT@neilhimself on twittaddiction: during an interesting dream, you think "I must twitter this", and start looking in dream for your phone. about 6 hours ago from web
* Any signs of spring out there are buried under snow or huddled away from -2 wind chill. NotOurPup hoydening around inside bugging cats. 10:23 AM Jan 26th from web
* Like the old Steven Wright bit, I didn't sleep well. Made a few mistakes. I think our air is all dried up from the furnace running so much. 9:20 AM Jan 27th from web
* NotOurPup and the Incident of the Exploding Dog In the Crate In the Night! This shocking thriller rated PT for Paper Towels! Stay tuned! 11:26 AM Jan 28th from web
* Afternoon Break Recommendation: Sit outside in the sun. Blow bubbles for a big doofus half-lab to try to retrieve. Hijinx WILL ensue! 10:20 AM Jan 29th from web
* Yay! My Obama/Spiderman comic has arrived, thanks to the fabulous HAWK! Well, and the US Mail. And MrMike bringing it from the mailbox. 5:06 PM Jan 29th from web
* On my way to Denver for RootsCamp! Or should I say Woot!Camp? 1:58 PM Jan 30th from txt
* Wow! UNBEATABLE snack display for SuperBowl party, WITH instructions! Check it out! http://tinyurl.com/balrwv 8:27 PM Jan 30th from web
* #RMRC09 People doing intros in 3 word phrases. Some real good ones. NOW is a popular one. 12:33 PM Jan 31st from txt
* #RMRC09 Since MrMike can't be here, I'm at the rail group in his honor. Trains are progressive! 12:36 PM Jan 31st from txt
* #RMRC09 is happening at a church. People keep saying they're going to the chapel. You know what I've been singing all day. 8:36 PM Jan 31st from txt
* Just opened the grapefruit I brought all the way from Lamar on Friday with my fingernail clippers. Worked surprisingly well. 9:00 AM yesterday from web
* Think I saw an Am eagle on a sign along I-70 near mm350! Brown body, white head, eagley shaped. I know, huh?! 4:04 PM yesterday from txt
* RT@neilhimself on twittaddiction: during an interesting dream, you think "I must twitter this", and start looking in dream for your phone. about 6 hours ago from web
Oh, yeah, NOW it's cloudy at mid-afternoon....
I don't know why going away for a one day meeting wipes me out so much. I mean, it's mostly sitting, and I didn't even undersleep hardly at all. Yet here I am dragging through the day like a slugged slug.
It's lucky I did decide to go through my 'paper brain' and make lists of what I should be doing this week, or I would have TOTALLY forgotten that I am supposed to go to an interview tonight! I volunteered to be on the board of the Lamar Housing Authority when I read an article in the local paper lamenting that it couldn't even do business right now because someone moved away, leaving only two members of a five person board. Can't make quorum from that no matter what you do. So since I have SO MUCH Copious Spare Time, I filled out an application. Happily it seems like a fair number of others have too, so whether I get on or not, it will be okay.
The event I went up to Denver for was called Rocky Mountain RootsCamp, which is exactly what it sounds like, a daycamp for grass roots progressives. Unlike the day camp I remember attending as a Brownie, I did not come home with cash totaling twice my weekly allowance because some of the older Girl Scouts actually sleeping over paid me to collect them a bunch of caterpillars. Ahem. But I did come home with lots of interesting info and ideas. Got to learn about a new youth outreach video project, hear the report from the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, which is doing a study on feasibility and costs for developing passenger rail in Colorado, and a bunch more. People can also spontaneously suggest sessions, and I was asked to help with one on how to use Twitter, which was gratifying but alarming. No one's phone caught fire or anything, though, so that was okay.
All in all, it was fun and informative, plus I got to catch up with a bunch of friends I don't get to see very often. Not just on Saturday, but on Sunday, when I stopped by to visit the Two Carols of Bonnie Brae. Good times!
The only negative things for the weekend were me FAILING to catch up with all the back email and such that I took with me on Lappy the Laptop for that exact reason, and also the Check Engine light coming back on even though Dreamcloud had JUST been in the shop last week having that light extinguished. So tomorrow Rick the Car Doctor and his guys will have another look-see.
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to Code Neon Blue, you can read my posts on Obamania, and also our upcoming Reorganizational meeting of the Prowers County Dems. See, I really didn't post much at all ANYWHERE last week!
It's lucky I did decide to go through my 'paper brain' and make lists of what I should be doing this week, or I would have TOTALLY forgotten that I am supposed to go to an interview tonight! I volunteered to be on the board of the Lamar Housing Authority when I read an article in the local paper lamenting that it couldn't even do business right now because someone moved away, leaving only two members of a five person board. Can't make quorum from that no matter what you do. So since I have SO MUCH Copious Spare Time, I filled out an application. Happily it seems like a fair number of others have too, so whether I get on or not, it will be okay.
The event I went up to Denver for was called Rocky Mountain RootsCamp, which is exactly what it sounds like, a daycamp for grass roots progressives. Unlike the day camp I remember attending as a Brownie, I did not come home with cash totaling twice my weekly allowance because some of the older Girl Scouts actually sleeping over paid me to collect them a bunch of caterpillars. Ahem. But I did come home with lots of interesting info and ideas. Got to learn about a new youth outreach video project, hear the report from the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, which is doing a study on feasibility and costs for developing passenger rail in Colorado, and a bunch more. People can also spontaneously suggest sessions, and I was asked to help with one on how to use Twitter, which was gratifying but alarming. No one's phone caught fire or anything, though, so that was okay.
All in all, it was fun and informative, plus I got to catch up with a bunch of friends I don't get to see very often. Not just on Saturday, but on Sunday, when I stopped by to visit the Two Carols of Bonnie Brae. Good times!
The only negative things for the weekend were me FAILING to catch up with all the back email and such that I took with me on Lappy the Laptop for that exact reason, and also the Check Engine light coming back on even though Dreamcloud had JUST been in the shop last week having that light extinguished. So tomorrow Rick the Car Doctor and his guys will have another look-see.
Past Posts (Political, not Personal): If you want to click over to Code Neon Blue, you can read my posts on Obamania, and also our upcoming Reorganizational meeting of the Prowers County Dems. See, I really didn't post much at all ANYWHERE last week!
