Wednesday: nada

Today nothing very special happened. I had a hard time staying awake around 2pm but then a second wind kicked in and I got quite a bit done in the last two hours of work. We forgot to put the trash out which normally wouldn't be a big deal, but the trash can was much fuller than normal. I'm sure we'll somehow make it through another week, but it might get a little tight. We also have a computer chair that died so we're hoping the trash people will pick it up too, although I have my doubts.

Tuesday: language

Her's my favorite sentence of the day:

"Shrink all sleeving with the robotic shrinker and all shrink labels"

That's right...I used one word as a verb, noun, and adjective.

Small group party at our house tonight. With a snack-luck. I really like the word "snack-luck." It was a lot of fun, although the boys won the game. :(

Sunday: Ben's home!

Ben's home! He was gone all weekend and definitely missed.

Saturday: puzzle night!

Tonight some friends came over for the express purpose of putting a puzzle together! :D It was a lot of fun.

Pre-puzzle

Puzzlers (along with Heidi, who was taking the pictures)

Finished puzzle!

Friday afternoon: someone understood my problem

So I'm going along, looking at specs from the web, and find this:

Well, it doesn't take much to figure out that something is wrong. So I call the company. Except that it is before business hours in California, so I get someone without a clue.

Amanda: can you open the file from the website? It'll make things easier to explain

Clueless: ok, I see the dimensions

Amanda: so you see that .690 doesn't equal .325+.150.

Clueless: but that is how you're supposed to cut it.

Amanda: but the dimensions don't add up.

Clueless: I don't understand. Cut it to those dimensions

Amanda: is there a dimension I'm missing?

Clueless: no, everything is right. Can you tell me your problem again?

Amanda: .690 doesn't equal .325+.150. How am I supposed to cut it?

Clueless: using the dimensions that are there.

After about five minutes he says he'll get with his boss and they'll call me back. They didn't. So I called today, asked the person to look at the drawing and he understood right away. All I had to say was ".690 doesn't equal .325+.150". It made my day.

Wednesday: fishing

Since I went with a serious topic yesterday, today I'll go with a funny one.

Someone at work has a wildlife calendar. Probably wildlife that you might hunt, but it's only January so I'm not sure yet. Anyway, some days have this weird symbol on them...either white, grey, or black. The symbol kind of looks like one of those long, skinny balloons on it's side.

At first I assumed it had something to do with the moon, but then it just didn't line up correctly. So I looked at the key...they stand for good, better, and best fishing days. How does one tell about six months in advance when the good fishing days are? I know almanacs do some of that, but what makes for a good fishing day? Was it coincidence that no Wednesdays were even good fishing days and the weekends were often good fishing days?

Tuesday: options

Today I thought of lots of things I could talk about, from inconsequential to very serious. I think I'll go with the plain "serious" though.

Small group is on Tuesdays. However, we canceled it tonight because the weather was looking iffy. The roads were fine when I was driving, but it was a little above freezing with a light precipitation. So we canceled group. I especially felt bad about this because we were going to be at a new house and it was a party night so it would have been fun to see everyone. But I also want everyone to be safe. It was kind of one of those no-win situations.