Still sniffley
Yup, I still have a cold, and today I was graced with an allergic reaction to wearing a winter coat (for that is the ONLY thing I did different...). Oh well, at least I can tell I'm getting better. Now, to just get the right amount of sleep tonight and throughout the weekend, and I should be fine for the home stretch of this semester! I can't wait to be "graduated" officially! I'll be re-enrolled within a month, but still. I will be doing something entirely different. And, with the exception on my cousin Mike Jr., I think I'll be the only one of the first cousins to get a Masters. (Maybe one other has one, but I don't know about it)...
My house is cold tonight for some reason, and making funny noises. I'm not quite sure what to think of that. I think perhaps there is a ghost, or something. That would account for both cold and noises. AND the cabinets opening themselves when I tell them to stay closed. Perhaps the ghost likes cookies, I know I do. I'll have to make him some more. I ate all of the pumpkin-oatmeal-raisin-walnut cookies. Perhaps that is why he's mad.
Ok, so I don't know why I'm just babbling on, probably it's the medicine head! I'm off to go stall and do homework, and then try to get to bed before midnight!
Monday, November 24, 2003
Saturday, November 22, 2003
I'm dreaming of a white Thanksgiving
With every word I sit and write. Where tree tops, glisten. And children hasten, to make snowmen with delight....
Ok, so I changed it a bit. I know it's not the first "official" snow we've had this yaer, but the last snowstorm didn't last nearly long enough, ro leave nearly enough snow. Thistime the roads turned white and snowy too, unlike last time where the ground was just too warm. We're apparently in for our first 'snow storm' right now though. Up to 12 inches, or so they say. We'll see. It certainly felt like the air was heavy enough to produce that much earlier tonight when I took the trash out. (I didn't want to do it tomorrow, if we did have a foot of snow, I would have gotten covered trying to open the garbage cans)
I bought a bookcase today. My first one ever! "I am still awesome. Seriously." ( --strong bad from the "new hands" email ). I put my bookcase together all by myself, and now all my books have a home. In fact, I got the bigger one, and I still have room!!! I can put MORE books on my bookcase. This nice new bit of furniture in my home makes the floor much cleaner. There is even a floor to vaccuum now! Wow, that means more housework**sigh**. Well, I've had about enough of today-really! I've been up since 8 since I had a fight with my bed, and a strange dream (something tells me one begot the other). I have been working on cleaning, and organizing since then--AND I have the sniffles and a sore through, so bedtime would be a good idea just now. Hopefully I can sleep past 8 tomorrow. I have homework, yes, but not so much that I need 14 hours of a day to do it.
Goodnight everyone, and hopefully you have snow where you are too!
With every word I sit and write. Where tree tops, glisten. And children hasten, to make snowmen with delight....
Ok, so I changed it a bit. I know it's not the first "official" snow we've had this yaer, but the last snowstorm didn't last nearly long enough, ro leave nearly enough snow. Thistime the roads turned white and snowy too, unlike last time where the ground was just too warm. We're apparently in for our first 'snow storm' right now though. Up to 12 inches, or so they say. We'll see. It certainly felt like the air was heavy enough to produce that much earlier tonight when I took the trash out. (I didn't want to do it tomorrow, if we did have a foot of snow, I would have gotten covered trying to open the garbage cans)
I bought a bookcase today. My first one ever! "I am still awesome. Seriously." ( --strong bad from the "new hands" email ). I put my bookcase together all by myself, and now all my books have a home. In fact, I got the bigger one, and I still have room!!! I can put MORE books on my bookcase. This nice new bit of furniture in my home makes the floor much cleaner. There is even a floor to vaccuum now! Wow, that means more housework**sigh**. Well, I've had about enough of today-really! I've been up since 8 since I had a fight with my bed, and a strange dream (something tells me one begot the other). I have been working on cleaning, and organizing since then--AND I have the sniffles and a sore through, so bedtime would be a good idea just now. Hopefully I can sleep past 8 tomorrow. I have homework, yes, but not so much that I need 14 hours of a day to do it.
Goodnight everyone, and hopefully you have snow where you are too!
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Why always me???
My computer broke at work again today. It just started to randomly restart itself. Of course, when I called the nice Help Desk people, it started behaving. Then the printer broke, so we fixed that. Now I think everything is working the way it is supposed to. (shhh, don't tell it.)
Today I had to put thirty boxes together for the project I'm working on. Corrogated Cardboard ones. Made me think of Katie, and her summer at the box factory. I have sooooo many little paper cuts on the hands and forarms right now from them. I'm sure Katie could sympathize. I'm now waiting for the printer, which has taken an abhorence to printing, to finish the color job I sent to it (in small increments so as to make it THINK it was doing less work.)
Eh, what a day!
My computer broke at work again today. It just started to randomly restart itself. Of course, when I called the nice Help Desk people, it started behaving. Then the printer broke, so we fixed that. Now I think everything is working the way it is supposed to. (shhh, don't tell it.)
Today I had to put thirty boxes together for the project I'm working on. Corrogated Cardboard ones. Made me think of Katie, and her summer at the box factory. I have sooooo many little paper cuts on the hands and forarms right now from them. I'm sure Katie could sympathize. I'm now waiting for the printer, which has taken an abhorence to printing, to finish the color job I sent to it (in small increments so as to make it THINK it was doing less work.)
Eh, what a day!
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Little Ms. Housekeeper
That was me this weekend. Saturday I cleaned the house before going out with my neighbor downstairs. We went to Kierans and the Tims were playing! Yummy food, a Strongbow cider, (I like Blackthorn better than Strongbow, though Strongbow makes for a nice pint) and good music. Today I woke up and decided to play Betty Crocker. I made a pumpkin pie, and pumpkin-oatmeal-walnut-raisin cookies. I couldn't decide what I wanted in them, so they got everything. I forgot the chocolate chips, or they would have been added too. The whole time I was baking, I was listening to my Mannheim Steamroller "Christmas Extraordinaire" CD. I know it's not even December yet, but it wall all grey out and I found myself humming christmas songs anyway, so I ran to my room and threw the CD, very nicely of course, into Katie's CD player that I'm babysitting. I wouldn't want it to feel neglected after all. Then, since I didn't want to start work on my paper yet, I iced them with powdered sugar frosting. I did already finish that paper I was dreading, it is entitled "Property For Sale--On Mars???" It's about overpopulation. Ok, now that I've made you all hungry, I'm off to finish up some other homework.
That was me this weekend. Saturday I cleaned the house before going out with my neighbor downstairs. We went to Kierans and the Tims were playing! Yummy food, a Strongbow cider, (I like Blackthorn better than Strongbow, though Strongbow makes for a nice pint) and good music. Today I woke up and decided to play Betty Crocker. I made a pumpkin pie, and pumpkin-oatmeal-walnut-raisin cookies. I couldn't decide what I wanted in them, so they got everything. I forgot the chocolate chips, or they would have been added too. The whole time I was baking, I was listening to my Mannheim Steamroller "Christmas Extraordinaire" CD. I know it's not even December yet, but it wall all grey out and I found myself humming christmas songs anyway, so I ran to my room and threw the CD, very nicely of course, into Katie's CD player that I'm babysitting. I wouldn't want it to feel neglected after all. Then, since I didn't want to start work on my paper yet, I iced them with powdered sugar frosting. I did already finish that paper I was dreading, it is entitled "Property For Sale--On Mars???" It's about overpopulation. Ok, now that I've made you all hungry, I'm off to finish up some other homework.
Monday, November 10, 2003
Not so Super
Two things
1. My parents computer which can't keep up with my typing this blog entry.
2. The Super Saturn.
Yes, that's right, I thought she was fixed, but Sunday she didn't want to start...at all. So now I missed a day of classes trying to sort that out. I changed her battery, the bad one had a corroded-off possitive terminal, it fell right out of the battery. Now she starts like a dream. I'm just hoping that it was only the battery and not the alternator. Time shall tell, good thing I have a cell phone, a blanket in the car, and good auto insurance.
Here's to hoping I make it home safely. I'm gonna leave GB about 1, so I should be back to the cities about 5:30--right during bloody rush hour, oh well. I know the way through town. I'm off to drive in to the great blue (grey) yonder (rainstorm coming, maybe snow...oh, the joys of driving in Fall/Winter in Wisconsin/Minnesota). Good news is the packers play tonight, and I'm sure they will win. GO PACK!
Two things
1. My parents computer which can't keep up with my typing this blog entry.
2. The Super Saturn.
Yes, that's right, I thought she was fixed, but Sunday she didn't want to start...at all. So now I missed a day of classes trying to sort that out. I changed her battery, the bad one had a corroded-off possitive terminal, it fell right out of the battery. Now she starts like a dream. I'm just hoping that it was only the battery and not the alternator. Time shall tell, good thing I have a cell phone, a blanket in the car, and good auto insurance.
Here's to hoping I make it home safely. I'm gonna leave GB about 1, so I should be back to the cities about 5:30--right during bloody rush hour, oh well. I know the way through town. I'm off to drive in to the great blue (grey) yonder (rainstorm coming, maybe snow...oh, the joys of driving in Fall/Winter in Wisconsin/Minnesota). Good news is the packers play tonight, and I'm sure they will win. GO PACK!
Monday, November 03, 2003
White as snow
Yes indeedy folks! Today marks the first official big snow that I've seen this year. I'm sure that there have been others, just not here, in the MSP area while I've been in town. It was so pretty, and very very wet. I threw a snowball and made a small (about 1 foot high) snowman. I didn't make a snow angel-can't do everything on the first snow, or what will you do the next time. It was nice not having the plows out right away, to see WHITE snow, not brown or black snow (or even yellow snow). I don't know about others, but I happen to like winter, especially the skiing part, and big snowstorms, so I say-bring it on Old Man Winter. I have my "LJ's" and my hat (I need a scarf again). I want a 30 or 40 in storm. That would be great. Ok, so it would suck to drive, or dig out cars, or walk around in, and the logistics of cleaning that much snow up suck too, but I'm not worried about that. I want a 30-40 in snowstorm with packy snow, so I can make a fort, and a snowman and...well you get the idea.
Katie, can't wait to you get back so we can make an even bigger snowman this year!
Yes indeedy folks! Today marks the first official big snow that I've seen this year. I'm sure that there have been others, just not here, in the MSP area while I've been in town. It was so pretty, and very very wet. I threw a snowball and made a small (about 1 foot high) snowman. I didn't make a snow angel-can't do everything on the first snow, or what will you do the next time. It was nice not having the plows out right away, to see WHITE snow, not brown or black snow (or even yellow snow). I don't know about others, but I happen to like winter, especially the skiing part, and big snowstorms, so I say-bring it on Old Man Winter. I have my "LJ's" and my hat (I need a scarf again). I want a 30 or 40 in storm. That would be great. Ok, so it would suck to drive, or dig out cars, or walk around in, and the logistics of cleaning that much snow up suck too, but I'm not worried about that. I want a 30-40 in snowstorm with packy snow, so I can make a fort, and a snowman and...well you get the idea.
Katie, can't wait to you get back so we can make an even bigger snowman this year!
Saturday, November 01, 2003
Super
The super-saturn is once again super. Today, with Lance's help, she got an oil change, more power steering fluid, more coolant/antifreeze, and a new serpantine belt. The serpantine belt was a chore. I found out that my hands fit very well into the engine compartment, so I did most of the putting on of the belt, but it still took two of us, and two belts--the idiot at pepboys gave us the wrong one at first. So, after struggling with that one and cutting my hands up, we went back and got the right one. Amazing how much easier that one was. Once we got the thing around the crank shaft--poof, it was on. Then Lance grilled stakes while I made acorn squash and fried potatoes with mushrooms and onion and pepper, and a bit of my finger (not realy, but it was a near miss). Oh, don't worry it's still all attached. I was cutting the pepper and cut through my thumb to the bone. BUt, it's a thin cut even though deep, and it's my left thumb, so I don't use that one while typing :P Always thinking of my blog, yeah, that's right. So, all is well. I simply put down the knife and calmly asked Lance for a bandaide. He then ran around looking for one while I bled all over since there were no napkins to stop the bleeding with. It worked out though, I didn't season the food with my finger really, it didn't start bleeding til I was well away from the pepper. I really need to have a chit chat with the knives of this world and see just why, exaclty, they have it in for me. Oh well, now I'm off to clean my room.
The super-saturn is once again super. Today, with Lance's help, she got an oil change, more power steering fluid, more coolant/antifreeze, and a new serpantine belt. The serpantine belt was a chore. I found out that my hands fit very well into the engine compartment, so I did most of the putting on of the belt, but it still took two of us, and two belts--the idiot at pepboys gave us the wrong one at first. So, after struggling with that one and cutting my hands up, we went back and got the right one. Amazing how much easier that one was. Once we got the thing around the crank shaft--poof, it was on. Then Lance grilled stakes while I made acorn squash and fried potatoes with mushrooms and onion and pepper, and a bit of my finger (not realy, but it was a near miss). Oh, don't worry it's still all attached. I was cutting the pepper and cut through my thumb to the bone. BUt, it's a thin cut even though deep, and it's my left thumb, so I don't use that one while typing :P Always thinking of my blog, yeah, that's right. So, all is well. I simply put down the knife and calmly asked Lance for a bandaide. He then ran around looking for one while I bled all over since there were no napkins to stop the bleeding with. It worked out though, I didn't season the food with my finger really, it didn't start bleeding til I was well away from the pepper. I really need to have a chit chat with the knives of this world and see just why, exaclty, they have it in for me. Oh well, now I'm off to clean my room.
