Woke up at 10:40. Looked at the clock again. Looked at the clock on my phone. Checked to see what my alarm was set for, being that it was off. Discovered it was 6:00, which is when I had to be up yesterday, as opposed to 7:00, which is when I had to be up today. Cursed like a career military man for about five minutes.

Had an executive board meeting at 9am. Had a general membership meeting at 10am. I'm the recording secretary.

Not a good way to start my day.

My best friend's fiance eats toast while doing one of the S's....
But shhhh...you didn't hear it from me!!

I am currently sitting watching a huge fire in the distance, trouble is I have to drive that way. I am expecting a HUGE traffic jam

Either leave now...

Or don't leave at all!!

I just registered for some AMD thing.

If I actually attend the event, I hope there's new info...

Hmm...could be a good place to meet geeky men...

Your going to be in geek heaven

Well, at least the nerds won't be out...unless they just want the free food. The nerds will know everything about AMD64 anyway and won't feel the need to go!!

Placed an order for official Stalley Photography wear. T-shirts, caps and henley shirts.

Ordered a new mixer



KitchenAid Professional 6-Quart Stand Mixers

Driven by a potent 525-watt motor, KitchenAid's largest, most powerful mixer can handle even stiff, heavy mixtures, and the 6-quart stainless steel bowl is large enough for double batches of cookie dough.
• Rugged all-metal construction for long life and stable operation.
• Soft Start helps prevent ingredient splashout at startup.
• Planetary mixing action moves the beater clockwise and the shaft counterclockwise, so ingredients are thoroughly mixed without frequent scraping or rotating the bowl.
• Comes with a burnished metal flat beater and dough hook, a wire whip, and a clear two-piece pouring shield with enlarged chute for easy addition of ingredients.
• Just flip up the hinged hub cover to install attachments.
• Bowl is dishwasher safe. Seamless housing wipes clean easily. Wire whip, flat beater, and dough hooks should be hand washed.
• 11.25"W x 14.5"D x 16.5"H.
• Made in the USA.

Left work early... if I have to do four other manager's work without their payscale (3 make more than I do) let them do it for a change.

Not much today really. The classroom we're supposed to tear into now was still occupied - apparently Marines can't get the clue when we tell them to pick up their sh!t and move into the classroom right next door.

Oh well - they won't be in tomorrow, and imagine their surprise when they come in Monday morning to an empty classroom. No computers, no desks, no nuthin'.

Planted my first tomato garden in 5 years.

Cool, what types and how many?

4 Beefstake
4 Rome
3 Cherry

decided it wouldn't be the worst idea ever to emulate WD here shortly. Wife's been talking about a garden of her own for years.... now's the time!!

-laid down just for a minute, to have my son walk on my back before I went outside to wire in a trailer harness on my Jeep and the wife's Jeep. Woke up 2 hours later. Pfeh!

- now trying to convince my 3 year old that if he goes to sleep I'll have a surprise for him in the morning <of course, being my son, he wants to know EXACTLY what this surprise will be>, and the little scratch on his elbow isn't going to get worse as he sleeps. Also trying to relate to him that he will have his own bedroom soon <actually, he already does, but the wife never makes it an issue since my travel schedule means I am often not home> and needs to learn to be a big brave boy and go to sleep in his own room. Ah well-- there are worse problems a 3 year old can give you than wanting to cuddle all the time.

ohyeah- this evening when I got home <the wife and kid had already gotten home, as I had to go drop off the change of address form and inquire about availability of a trailer for moving> my son had apparently been into one of the boxes that weren't taped up yet and gotten the air mattress bellows air pump. He had figured out how to use it- handle on the ground, feet on the stirrups, and pump the main body up and down> and had the air hose in his mouth.... I called the wife over and asked-

me: "son-- what are you doing?"
Wil: ::pumping like mad:: "Daddy!!! I'm getting BIGGER!!!"

it was a good minute or two before we could breathe properly, we were laughing so hard

Day went downhill from where I was. Did the first show, and all four of my girls blew out part of their costumes at some point, so I had to quick repair them before they could go onstage.

Went to dinner, discovered I was too early to have an actual dinner, so had to sit there for 40 minutes until I could get something other than an appetizer.

Did the second show, during which I found out that the underground parking ramp as well as the elevators leading to it were flooded. Only about six inches of water, but one never knows where it's going to stop. Luckily, it held at six inches so we could all get to our cars via the stairway and drive away quickly after the show.

Discovered on my way home that the main route I take is now closed due to flooding, so had to backtrack and detour about six blocks out of my way to get home.

The river crests tomorrow afternoon, according to the weather guessers....

got up 30 min before i had to leave for work

I hope you know how blessed you are.

Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Expected types???

Got my brakes fixed, cost less than I thought it would. Found out I need new struts and mounts on the back, costs WAY more than I thought it would.

rdm now at lvl 26... i can go invisable ^^

*runs to work

Worked, took equipment to our service guys, did some stuff for my mother. Home now, can't decide what to eat and I will sleep on it.

Was a half down day on base, so didn't do much except install MS SQL 7.0 on a server.

BBQed burgers for the grrls.

Absolutely~!

now if I only could get a permanent feed fom my eyes and ears to a video camera.....

-went dramaticaly in debt, much as I don't like to....

Yep-- bought a house!

Congratulations, BK! May it frustrate you less than most, and please you more than most.

Since I got my brakes done, what did I do...

Made some lunch, took a nap, dug up some wild yellow roses, took a shower, discovered MY chiropracter no longer works on Fridays (his partner does instead) so walked away from my appointment with plans to bitch him out on Tuesday (my rescheduled appointment), went to work, got rid of the roses I dug up, did a ton of ironing, did a show, went to the bar, got myself in WAY over my head, ran home to hide.

Oh? What happened?

After work, I went to dance class, did some grocery shopping, and watched a movie.

Trying to balance the budget and then a friend rang asking for help....an oh did I mention that mother pop round in the middle?......Choas regins today! And it raining....

Woke up and am waiting for the mulch delivery.

Fought away a pack of vultures to obtain free compost at a depot. Had to scratch and claw for my little patch of earth. Who would've thought seniors would be so ruthless?!?!?!

Fule!!! They are the most dangerous of all. All, wily, grumpy and experienced and motivated to get what they want by hook or by crook.

you're telling me. . .good thing I brought one of my own along with me (Sic 'em Dad!) .

And he speaks as a member of that group...

You're cruising and I'm not talking about your Sunday night leather parties either.

Opened yesterday's mail...

WTF? Our house is being auctioned by the town??? <Opens second letter> Feckin' mortgage comapny!!!!!!!!!

Apparently the losers at our mortgage company never paid our 4Q03 taxes... 20 minutes on the phone and now they're due to be paid in 5-7 business days... I'll be calling everyday. Mother*******....

Do you just love nice surprises in the mail like that? So heartwarming. Or is that pant warming?

I'll warm their pants... with this:

Good call.

Time to make a speech to the Democratic National Convention...

Ummmm....no comment.

My dad and I mowed the lawn. My left arm is numb from the Weed Eater.

pfeh. I don't even want to think about it.....

Might a suggest an opener?

"WTF are you people thinking, running Kerry? He can't be your best and brightest....."

Well, then...booooooo hissssss

Edit: Why is it that everytime the smilie gets quoted, it turns into the one with the sign?

BOOKED MY FIRST WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went to work, did a bunch of ironing and then a show. During the show, I read about 250 pages of my book (yeah, I'm really that busy on this one).

After the show, tried to go out for dinner, but there was a 45 minute wait for a table for one with no preference as to smoking or non.

Came home, had a tuna salad sandwich and some potato salad. Have to go back to work in an hour.

Congratulations Varth!!! Woohoo!!!

I... I... I cheated on 4peeps and had a life today.

I feel so cheap and dirty!!!!!!!

Sat around on my ass all day at the Auto Hobby Shop waiting for this guy from Hawaii (via San Antonio) to show up so I could help him work on his Jeep. Geez! The whole day - shot.

And he shows up a half hour after I get home. Now, I gotta babysit him all night so we can work on his junk tomorrow and hopefully get it done. GAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!