On Friday my department had its annual summer picnic. Working for a government entity, this is not a lavish affair, but most everyone comes out, and it's a good time. One of the things that we do is hand out an employee recognition award. This around there were four recipients, all of whom I think embody the spirit of the award. I'm a believer in ( Read more... )

Today starts 2.2 weeks of vacation for me. I have a list of things that I want to spend time on. Several were really needing to get done today, and I managed to achieve that, for the most part and am feeling a little less pressured now. Kiddo gifts are shipped from Amazon. I realized that I entered the wrong credit card expiration date. I think ( Read more... )

Me, getting ready to walk to another building for a 1 o'clock meeting, speaking generally to the 4 people in the room: "Is it cold out?"

"Yes."

"No."

"It's chilly in the shade but nice in the sun."

"It's 47 degrees with a slight breeze, and the sun is shining."

My office is funny this way.

I have been tracking my reading list on Goodreads for most of 2008, and on my "2008" bookshelf I have 42 books. Probably will finish two to three more before the end of the year. (I need to finish the work-related ones!) Not a bad year of reading!

I love Goodreads. Being able to keep track of what I've read and when is a gold mine for me. ( Read more... )

"I like this a lot. It’s even better than what I had in mind!"

Go me. :)

Three of us in the office today wore, strictly by coincidence, the same shade of dark teal top. VERY weird. We all looked exceptionally good ( Read more... )

We had a surprisingly short task list yesterday and got through it pretty quickly. We enjoyed a nice day with my mom and stepdad as well. My dad wasn't feeling very well, so I didn't have a whole lot of time with him. All the sibs and friends get here today. Very exciting! I'm going to try to knock out a few more chores this morning before everyone ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent 4 hours at a City Market working to get people registered to vote. October 6 was the last day to register in Texas. It was a really great experience. I got to meet a lot of people in a part of Austin I've only driven through. I saw some neat intergenerational differences within a few families. We re-enfranchised two former felons ( Read more... )

$143 for speeding 1-5 miles over the speed limit???? Really? Geez. I guess I really was lucky that he didn't write me up for the 12 miles above the limit that I was actually going.

... like cotton candy." The nurse describing the results from my last physical. Made me laugh.