I overslept this morning. Got up at 7:40. Have to be at work at 8. 10 minute drive. 10 minutes to get ready, no problem. I have got to get to sleep earlier tonight. And kick Alice out of the bed...she takes up too much room.
We're having our septic tank looked at tomorrow. I hope they can find it. It's in the backyard "somewhere". Hopefully it can get emptied and life will go back to normal, because everytime I run the dishwasher the toilets start making a racket. This probably isn't good, huh? My guess is that the tank hasn't been emptied in probably 10 years or so. I know we've never had it done, and the people who lived here before us weren't exactly into maintaining things, so I'm sure it needs to be done by now.
Listening to: Hawthorne Heights - Niki FM
Drinking: Hot chocolate
Reading: http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/plumbing/septic/pumping/tank.htm
Thrilling stuff, eh? Heehee
Back from my mom's. Watching American Dad...this has got to be one of the dumbest shows on tv.
I had a pretty good day today. The drive back from Southern Illinois was quick, traffic on I-57 was around 90mph and 64 was pretty brisk, too. I think I made the trip in less than 3 hours which is a first. Didn't stop, though.
Alice had a great time at Grandma's, and even learned a new trick!
Listening to: Chris Cornell - Sunshower
Reading: nothing
Drinking: nothing
So I'm at my mom's for the weekend, and finally got my laptop to connect with her dialup. Dialup. Bleh.
However, the chances of getting her to spring for DSL anytime soon are probably pretty slim. So for now this will do, I guess. Not that I can get DSL at home either, but that's because it's not available in our area. If it was, I'd have it. Hear that SBC?!
Mostly spent the day going through stuff at my grandfather's house. He died last June, and there's still a lot of junk that needs to be sorted through. We made decent headway today, so I'm told. I dunno...it still looks like a lot of junk to me. My mother tried to pay everyone for their help in clothes hangers.
Finished updating the church's website, I think the symphony page is up to date, and I'll mess with this one some more later. I think the vtr page is going pretty well without my interference, so I'll just leave it for now.
Hi Tom! *waves*
I have one. Bleh.
Can I just say I love my hubby? He's a good egg. :)
And I made him a turkey pie.
Yep, she's 3. 21 in dog years, I suppose. Not that I'll be taking her out for a drink or anything. Instead she's going with me to my mom's this weekend. Maybe I'll make her a hotdog :)
Listening to: Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy
Reading: Bella Milano's menu
Drinking: ice water
Yeah, so I'm late for a new year's post. And I missed the Christmas one, too. I'm aware. I took the week off in-between Christmas and New Year's. Not that I accomplished anything really profound.
Going to my mom's for the weekend. We need to work on the turbans for the chemo project, and it's my turn to go there.
I got some good gifts for Christmas (not that that's what it's all about, it's just that this year turned out to be extra-good in the gift department for us): Viking Designer 1 (in August, but that was for my bday and Christmas), new laptop (hoping that Carl would forget that about the sewing machine), Jeep Wrangler (thanks mom!) and new family room carpet (thanks again mom!). Carl got a shopsmith that he's been lusting after for a long time.
I think Alice is going with me to mom's this weekend. Tomorrow will be her 2nd birthday with us. We picked her up from the pound 2 years ago, and she stunk, MAN did she stink! She'd been spayed and they didn't give her a bath first, and I couldn't give her one for a week. We cheated on that a little bit, she smelled so bad! Over the last year she's really come into her own, though, after a rough start the first year. She's definitely my dog. But she needs to stop eating my glasses. 2nd pair of new ones again.
Listening to: Enigma, Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi. Yeah, I know, I know. but I used to listen to this all the time when I worked on the boats. I'd go sit out on the helipad and watercolor paint after work. It was really relaxing and I didn't know any better about the music. Funny how those sounds can bring back a whole range of sensations. I can almost smell the sea.
Drinking: nothing. I should be drinking water.
Reading: again, nothing. Thinking about cracking into another Tom Robbins book, but can't decide between re-reading Jitterbug Perfume or starting Wild Ducks Flying Backward. At any rate, I highly recommend him. Even Carl appreciated Still Life with Woodpecker.
Okay, I think you're all caught up. Gotta pack.