Monday: more misc

Well, I'm waiting for a raid to start. Sometimes I wonder how much longer I'm going to play WoW. I think it depends on the book that I'm reading. If I stopped playing, I might go to the library more.

Today...was today. It went by really quickly. The person I'm subbing in for started her maternity leave. I had to change the order for one whole operation. I'm hoping that it stays like that. And it's only a four day week!

Saturday: misc

Good evening.

Still not a lot is new. Ben and I resealed the kitchen counter top today and that was surprisingly easy. We still need to do the bathroom, but that should be even easier.

I might ramble for a bit now. I'm playing WoW, but am doing a lot of just running around so there is time to type.

It really annoys me when a TV season ends up putting only one or two episodes on the last disc. We have to wait to get the disc, quickly watch them, and then have to send it back almost right away. Not cool.

Speaking of cool, our basement is still cool. It had cooled off for a bit and it was cold down here, but it has warmed up again so I'm glad we ended up moving the computers.

Ben and I are reading a good new sci-fi series. The problem is that we're currently reading the same book.

Thursday: today

Well, today was again fine. Not great, but fine. Actually, it was really busy. Too many meetings :(

One of these days I'll find some more real pictures to post...

Well, today went fine. Not great, but fine. Ben mowed again and the lawn looks a ton better...he chopped up a lot of weeds. At least, he chopped up the tall ones. We still have some small ones, but they are harder to see and as long as the lawn looks lawnish that's all that matters now.



from XKCD.com The tag goes as follows: "I bet my future kids will read this someday. TO FUTURE KIDS: how did you get internet in the cellar?"

Tuesday

..."on dere feetz"

Monday: not much new

Well, not much new happened today. I realize I haven't posted a picture lately either, but there haven't been many good picture taking opportunities. So...

hi.

Monday: Pep talk II

Today we all need to be like trees. Magestic, enduring, and huggable. Trees are able to bend in storms but still remain intact. Just like trees, we need to grow a little bit with each attempt that we make. We must strive to not become firewood. Tonight, trees will not be scared of the shadows..no! We make shadows. We will overcome the shadows.

Saturday: Strawberry festival

Today Ben and I went to the Owego Strawberry festival. It sadly didn't have many strawberries and did have a lot of people. It seemed to be more of a reason to have a bunch of craft vendors on the streets than to celebrate strawberries. But, we did have some strawberry shortcake and some chocolate-covered strawberries so not all was lost. Also, even though it was busy they did a good job with traffic control and shuttling people, so that was nice.

Friday: tools

Yesterday I learned about my new favorite tool...an automatic zip-tie puller-to-the-right-tension and smooth-cutter. It was amazing.

Ben is trying to fix his computer. It is frustrating, as normal. :( It doesn't help that I haven't unpacked some of the rarely used boxes yet.

Tuesday: one thing

Today I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. At one point I was convinced that I had lost a part. This meant looking stupid in front of a bunch of people, but not really anything else. I told God I needed one things to go right, and then wondered at myself because several things were going right...it was just that the things that were going wrong were going wrong. Anyway, it turns out that the things I thought I was missing hadn't even been received yet. This totally brightened my day and even helped today. I guess I got my one thing from God. :)

Monday: Work

I'm trying to teach myself that a stressful day doesn't equate to a bad day. I'm also trying to leave work at work for the night.

I'm going to be helping out on another project (MH-60) while someone takes maternity leave. I'm excited that I can talk about this one a bit more, but the program is much more stable so there might not be much to talk about.

Sunday: shopping

After church today, Ben and I went shopping. This is actually a pretty normal event since they shopping stuff is about 25 min away from home but only about 5 min away from church. Anyway, stuff took a little longer than normal, and Ben and I hate shopping. It was annoying this time too.

But, we now have a lawn mower, food, and some more extension cords.

With the lawn mower, we were able to mow about half the lawn. The other half is still to squishy. (Too little grass, too much damp dirt). This is Ben mowing the lawn. I was trying to be sneaky so it is taken through a screen)

Saturday: a lovely day

Today was a lovely day. We did some chores, but I just had a really good time hanging out and doing stuff with Ben. The chores included some quick cleaning of the basement that resulted in a much better looking basement. I love cleaning that does that.

Friday: basement

Well, Ben wasn't feeling well today and we were thinking it might be the heat. It isn't super hot out, but it's been warm. And the computer room is even warmer. So, we moved the "office" to the basement. Not quite as pretty, but more windows if needed and naturally cooler.


Here is Flurry enjoying the fact we're downstairs now too. That fur coat is probably a pain sometimes.

Thursday: Try 2

Well, today wasn't great but it did go better than expected.

I had meetings from 9-3 today. It's a personal record. However, I was late to 4, skipped one, and made it on time to one. It was kind of crazy.

But the decision that made yesterday bad was reversed today. This helped my day go much better.

Thursday: awake

Well, Ben was right. I slept until my alarm went off. I was having a lot of dreams near the end so I think I even got enough sleep.

Here's hoping that today goes better than yesterday. I have some doubts though. :(

Wednesday: sleepy

After a hard day at work I'm sleepy. And Ben convinced me that it's ok to go to bed at 9. So I'm going to read a bit and I expect fall asleep quickly.

meals for hot days

We're looking for some good meals for hot days. ideally cold foods but microwavable foods would be ok too. Any ideas?

Monday: hotness

Well, today I got my haircut and joined facebook. I thought I should join since everyone else seems to. and it'll give me another way to waste my time while playing warcraft.

In other news, it is absurdly hot over here and I'm in an upstairs room with two computers. We're going to move the computers to the basement, but in the meantime I'm a ball-of-sweat.

The Weekend: Watkin's Glen

This weekend we went camping to Watkin's Glen with some friends from church. We of course picked the first hot weekend of the year, but we managed to stay mostly cool. Saturday we went on a hike in the gorge. I think I liked this one better than the one in Ithaca...there was more dripping water and we were able to walk closer to the river.


Here we are by a waterfall that we could walk under

Here is the campsite. You'll notice we have a piece of plastic over our tent. That is because we had a 5 minute rainstorm, but enough to show us that our rain fly leaked. Ben looked at me and said, "Did we ever water proof the rain fly?" I just gave him a strange look. So, now we need to add that to the list. :)

We also played a fun round of frisbee golf, ate some good food, played some games (the girls did a lot of winning) and just had a good time with our friends.

More photos.

Wednesday: landscaping overview

By popular demand: http://picasaweb.google.com/amanda.hilldore/Landscaping

Tuesday: the weird, the gross, and the exciting

The weird: The dream I was having last night before I woke up...I was on a tour in the desert. But it had a ton of oases. Oasises? Anyway, the camels were really nice, kind of like ridable dogs. There was also a Burger King every 1-2 hours so we won't get dehydrated.

The gross: I saw my first ant in the house today. Yuck.

The exciting: Betsy got engaged!

Monday: more house projects

Today Dad and I did more house projects...we painted the office and fireplace and fixed the bathroom.
We took a walk around the loop and met some neighboors. I should probably get out more so I'm not meeting people 9 months after I move in.

Sunday: mini golf and finished room

Today we went to play mini golf . I enjoyed the course as it had a lot of cool sculptures.

We also finished the the room we were painting. (Re-hung the door, vacuumed, etc.)