I missed it in real time, but I DVR'd it and will be checking it out later tonight. Even though not all of my views are in accordance with our new president, I do have to give him props because ( Read more... )

Like whoa, it's been forever since I've posted here. To be frank, not sure how often I'll blog in 2009, but I'll give it a shot...extremely long post ahead under the cuts...lol

( 2008 recap )

This is related to my prior post.

In this picture, notice the line at the bottom of the clock? That's where the flood level got up to in this workshop.


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I'm a little bit sore from last Saturday. I should've stretched out more before starting, but I think that anyone that did what I did would be sore if it's not something they do for a living. We went back down to the Chehalis, WA area for another work party to help the flood victims. Initially I was scheduled to do some inside kitchen demolition of ( Read more... )

Had a great time with family on the Oregon coast this weekend. We spent it with hubby's sister and her family. It was a fantastic house - right on the coast where you have an 180 degree unobstructed view of the ocean from the living room ( Read more... )

Ok, get your mind out of the gutter! You know who you are ( Read more... )

Last night hubby and I dropped off a bunch of toys for the Salvation Army and toys/clothing for an organization called Treehouse. When we dropped off the toys for the Salvation Army, it was at the facility where people were queued up to receive toys. It's amazing the scale of the operation - that there is such a need for toys for parents who ( Read more... )

Well, it's the day after the big auction that hubby and I had worked on ( Read more... )

The only thing that can be a pain during the holiday season is walking through malls to do shopping. I don't mind being in the stores, but when people walk extremely slow, that annoys the crap out of me. Maybe I just want to get to the stores I need to hit so I can leave quicker, or maybe I'm just used to walking fast because I'm short and ( Read more... )

When people get all upset because a comment was made to nobody in particular and they apply it to themselves and get all upset about it, they need to relax and realize something broadly said isn't all about them ( Read more... )