The subject says it all, really. We had rain, rain, and more rain all morning and afternoon. Fortunately, the forecast for the coming week is looking pretty good with a minimal chance of precipitation. The only other thing of note concerns laundry. There were veritable mountains of laundry at our house - mountains that I had to literally scale ( Read more... )

It's just past 11:30 PM at the time of my writing this - that's pretty late for me. I played an "oldie" computer game on my computer, Alpha Centauri, for about 3 hours. Now I"m answering emails and reading over Live Journal entries. Friday is usually my one, consistent late night of the week ( Read more... )

That's right - no money. At least not until next week when payday hits. I've yet to do my income tax return as well, so hopefully the government will give me some of MY money back - that would help. My 7 year old daughter probably has more money than I do at the moment. She's collected a pretty decent amount of cash from the tooth fairy alone, ( Read more... )

No sexual innuendos in the subject - I'm talking about Wednesday, the middle of the week. I hear that's what they call it. This week is Spring Break for the school district my daughter attends, so she's been staying with my wife's mother since Monday. The little guy stayed with the sitter Monday, my mother yesterday, and today he's back at the ( Read more... )

To briefly chronicle the 5 days since my last Live Journal entry:

My daughter's birthday was Friday, the 5th; she turned 7. We had her birthday party on Saturday, though, since both parents work on Friday and it would have been hard to get something going then. The birthday party was a bowling birthday party, meaning we had it a local bowling ( Read more... )

I've been a bad Live Journal poster - it's been many days since I last updated. Sorry ( Read more... )

A thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. But how does it do it? This is a question that has vexed me for a long time, and I've never taken the time to read up on it. I'm not sure why this is the case, but it probably has something to do with the fact that there's a veritable mile-long list of things that I "intend" to get done that ( Read more... )

Friggin' bills . . . they multiply like an aggressive virus until the entirety of your abode is consumed - paper everywhere. And when you get behind, it gets worse. Again, I don't understand the logic in adding charges to an already outrageous bill that hasn't been paid in full because the customer DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY IT ALL IN THE ( Read more... )

And now for some random thoughts ( Read more... )

Tonight I took the family to the local Mardi Gras parade. It was COLD! Not exactly the lowest temperatures we've had the past few months, but you're wearing a short sleeve shirt and forgot to bring a jacket, well . . .

The important thing is that our daughter had fun with the parade. I think it's amazing (see stupid) that grown adults will ( Read more... )