Furloughs are almost here. Next week maybe ( Read more... )

There has been a lot of talk around work about furloughs and layoffs. The fact is that the CSU needs to cut, and salaries and benefits make up 80% of the budget. If all unions agree on furloughs (which is what I think the CSU wants), all employees will be furloughed 2 days a month. They say it will reduce pay by about 10%. Layoffs are a little ( Read more... )

This year's list of movies I want to see in the theater isn't as grand as last year.

Angels & Demons - May 15
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - May 22
Up - May 29
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - June 24
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - July 15

Anyone interested?

There have been changes all around for the past year. We moved to a bigger place. Both Persiphone and Sarah died. Tigger, the whiney boy, came to live with us and is much happier. We got Kiki, who has easily moved into Sarah's vacant Queen position, and has an attitude that only a Persian could. Laura and Gary got a new car. I got a new car and I' ( Read more... )

The "Service Engine Soon" light ended up being a bad catalytic converter, which had to be special ordered. Great timing! I need to get my car smogged this month so I can pay the registration, so it has to be fixed. It was supposed to come in today and I was hoping to get my car fixed tomorrow so I could go to the Sonora Celtic Faire on Sunday. But ( Read more... )

It must be this time of year. Every year when my bank account is full of my tax refund, my car breaks down. This afternoon, as I was pulling into the Kaiser parking lot, my "Service Engine Soon" light came on. So I take my car in tomorrow. Luckily my mom is on a cruise this week and I have her car as a backup.

Ten years ago I would watch wedding shows and dream of my own wedding.

Now I watch shows that feature high-priced, glamorous weddings and dream of being invited.

Times have certainly changed.

As a kid I would laugh at my mom as she plucked white hairs from her head. I vowed to accept my white hair when it came.

And yet, there I was this morning, tweezers in hand, trying to pluck the one white, shiny hair that like to haunt me.

I am more like my mother every day.

A while ago I noticed one of my fish was pregnant. At least I thought she was pregnant. Then she disappeared into the castle for a few days. When she emerged, she still looked pregnant. Then today Laura and I noticed 3 very small babies in the tank ( Read more... )

I am waiting on one last piece of information from the bank so I can do my taxes, but I'm pretty sure I know the ballpark figure of how much I'll get back from the feds. The state? Well we'll have to see if the state is even giving refunds (Damn California can't balance a budget ( Read more... )