| November is over. |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|03:32 pm] |
( NaNoWriMo news )
The trip to Michigan was mainly uneventful. The snow that was predicted
didn't fall, so we had nice travelling weather both on the way there and on
the way back. We went up on Wednesday and came back on Saturday and barely
made it back in time to attend the variety class at Arthur Murray. The
class ended up being Salsa styling and it had a mixture of bronze and
silver level students, which was very cool. Sarah made it a fun class.
( Revelation ) |
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| Thanks for all the memories. |
[Nov. 26th, 2007|03:19 pm] |
Had a great holiday weekend. A big thanks goes out to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) blairhippo for bringing over Car Wars. Especially since it was such a pain to do so. Any more Car Wars gaming should probably be hosted at your house (hope you don't mind if we also bring Karyn and Scott when they do happen).
Saturday was a day spent with Jay. We cleaned the house, since Friday's
activities made it a little messy, and did laundry. Most of the day was
spent with me reading Silver's Bane. I thought it was cumbersome
reading at times, but once I figured out who was who and how they affected
the whole, I was fine. Now I want to read the other book in the series
explaining how the Caul that was un-made was actually created.
Jay and I also played Wii on Saturday. I tried the "Big Brain Academy"
that I rented and found it silly. Now I'm glad I didn't get it, I'd be
trading it in for something else. My motto for Wii games is rent before
you buy (just like my motto for movies).
On Sunday we went to see the matinee performance of "Avenue Q" with Scott,
Karyn and Cyndl. Scott had tickets he had to scalp and we were thought of
first. I'm really glad we went to see it. Laughs throughout. Got Jay
packed and let the birds out for socialization time.
This morning I got up at 5:00 after going to bed a little after 11. I'm
not as tired as I thought I'd be, although I'm pretty sure I'll be turning
in early tonight. Time for me to go home! That's what happens when you
get to work at 6:30. |
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| Boy am I dragging |
[Apr. 25th, 2007|02:13 pm] |
I got home just before midnight last night after a fun night of gaming at
blairhippo's house. There were a total of six of us playing
Settlers of Catan (the expanded edition). The game lasted a little over
two hours and was lots of fun! Thanks blairhippo for having us
over! I'm seriously thinking about getting my own version of one of the
Catan games. Does anybody have a recommendation on which one to get? So
far I've played Starfarers and Settlers and liked them both. Suggestions
welcome!
I'm really dragging right now. I bought a full caffeine beverage thinking
that would pick me up, but after a nice filling lunch at Sesame Inn I'm
finding it hard to keep my eyes open. Only two hours left of work and I'm
dreading every minute of it. |
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| Feeling good, even though muscles are sore. |
[Apr. 23rd, 2007|04:02 pm] |
The 4.2 mile hike I took on Saturday was invigorating. It was exhausting,
but in a good way. I'm now ready for the next training hike, even though I
thought I slowed everyone down. Karyn said it wasn't enough to notice, so
I guess it's all right.
On the way back to my house we picked up a cake and a cookie cake for Jay,
since his birthday was the next day. We ended up having a nice dinner of
grilled chicken, baked potatoes and snow peas. The cake and cookie was
eaten while we played Star Munchkin. Fun was had by all!
Next time I hope Jay comes along. I could have used him as backpack
carrier for the second mile. The river was high so I ended up getting my
foot wet, it dried as I hiked.
Currently my thigh and calf muscles are a tad sore. They were worse
yesterday. |
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| Frustrations |
[Mar. 15th, 2007|03:22 pm] |
It seems that what was thought of as planned is definitely not. Sleeping
arrangements included. Oh well, somehow I think everything will work out.
Of course, that is the optimist in me talking.
My car was making noise Tuesday on the way home. It sounded like it was
coming from the back, so I didn't mention it to Jay. He heard a pinging
noise yesterday and decided to look under the car today. Well, he found
that the right front coil spring was broken. The noise I heard wasn't a
ping, so that might have just happened. Jay went to Import Export Tire to
get all of them replaced since he didn't want to deal with it himself.
Don't know how much it cost.
Lynn has to go to Harrisburg to get training next week for the SAP system
she works with. I'll be going over to her house to take care of the cats
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it
to WorD on Tuesday. I might be just dropping off my critique and scooting.
*sigh*
Things are getting hairier at work now. I'm trying to make changes to java
code that I have to study first to understand. It's slow going.
Thankfully I have another 18 hours left on the request. Back to work with
me! |
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| Busy weekend |
[Mar. 9th, 2007|03:30 pm] |
Do you have days where you're busy all day and then at the end of the day
think, "What did I do?" I'm having one of those days at work today. A lot
of things are happening, but I feel like nothing is getting accomplished.
This weekend is busy for me. On Saturday I have a morning chiropractor
appointment in Greensburg, a Bowl-A-Thon benefitting Junior Achievement
from 11-2, then an appointment at Saturn of Monroeville at 3 for the Vue.
I'm hoping to get laundry done after getting back from Saturn. As for
Sunday I get to go grocery shopping and plan something for dinner. I'm
going to be having a voice lesson from 5 to 6 while Jay works on Jim's car
and Karyn hangs out at our place. Chicken parm is sounding good right now.
I might try my hand at that.
Next weekend is my writer's retreat and I'm still leaning toward taking the
full day off instead of a half-day. I desperately need to get some writing
done on my novel.
Fertility wise it is day 48 and counting. Haven't taken a pregnancy test
yet, probably should. |
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| Success! |
[Mar. 6th, 2007|02:57 pm] |
Last Saturday was a looooong day for me. The reason? Because I took keleyat out on a clothing shopping spree. We went to many
different stores with a side trip to Saturn because the hazard light switch
in the Vue broke away from the console. I pushed it to turn it off and the
button kept going in. Not good.
( Our adventures are behind the cut if your interested. ) |
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| This past weekend |
[Feb. 26th, 2007|04:07 pm] |
Hubby and I went to see Cabaret with Scott and Karyn on Saturday.
The Pittsburgh Public Theater performance was a lot less raunchier than the
one we went to see at Point Park's, thankfully. The singing was really
good and everyone gave a great performance.
As we were leaving the theater I heard "Hey, Levino!" coming from the
direction of the street. I poked Jay and pointed toward where I heard the
sound and we saw Larry Cervi sitting in a parked car beckoning us over. He
stopped to see if he could gain standing room only tickets since everything
was sold out. Hubby mentioned the fertility thing to Larry and I asked him
if I was going to be backstage manager for my dance recital again. Larry
looked confused and asked, "You did it last year?" I replied in the
affirmative and he said, "Then yes. It's June 9." He didn't seem phased
that I was in two dances this year instead of one like last year. At least
I can plan well in advance for that very hectic day. If anyone wants to
visit me at Gateway High School on June 9 I'd appreciate the company, I'll
know more as the date gets closer if you're interested. Perhaps you can
even watch me perform.
On Sunday we went over to blairhippo and valancy17's house to help them put together furniture. Jay ended
up assembling three bookcases with some help from various people while I
mainly ripped up the cardboard boxes they came in while talking with fireborn and Christine and occasionally keleyat. There
was a game of Munchkin played while we waited for blairhippo to
come back from IKEA. He ended up joining the game and winning it. Jay and
I didn't get home until 9. Made it to bed by 11:00, didn't fall asleep
until 11:30 (hence being tired now).
I now get to leave work! |
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tired
peaceful
frustrated