misc update
Hi Everyone. I know it's been ages. I had a terrific week at work, many items deployed, and thus got a break from the slave driver (me) to take the 3 day weeked I had coming. I'm not at work today, so no droning on and on about MS like usual (darn). Here's what else is happening, though:
iron composer: see link in my previous entry. this looks completely hilarious, and I'm racking my brain on who to nominate for TBD contestants on July 27. Possibly Jimm McIver?
anniversary dinner: for a complete shock, me and my dh are going to actually attempt to cook. From recipes and everything! This is happening tonight. On the menu is a) kentucky mojitos b) pan crusted sea scallops c) biscuits with berries and ice cream. It's our 7th anniversary, which means we've now been married/together longer than we have been dating/together, a real milestone.
trader joes: let me tell you, you can go in there with the best of intentions, but somehow my willpower is zero going in that place. I always come out with something I would never touch in a regular grocery store. Like macadamia nut caramel popcorn, which I'm eating right now and making quite a mess thank you.
thank you notes: we did all of them in one batch. what this means is anyone sending a gift after last week or so won't get a note until xmas probably. I was quite old and gray before I realized not all families are as compulsive about these notes as mine was, anyway.
car: our family is sans car again. We are saving up for a new one. The trick is we want the new one to be non-crappy. So this means quite a hill of cash. Meanwhille, thanks to Volt for letting temps get bus passes, after MS cancelled the program for temps. The bus is now our car. Sigh. I have to sign up for flexcar before we have some sort of emergency.
more about food: does anyone notice that every social event revolves around food? it's very hard for someone, um, "discipline challenged" to manage. If only they made food blinders. Sunglasses that made the visual input of the buffet blocked out with a large black rectangle. We don't need to see it!