Well, xmas cards didn't get mailed today, because I got called in to do some work around 1400. Now, this was from Denver to meet a shipment in DC (at a site to which I'd been previously) around 1430, except there was no way the truck was getting from Fredericksburg to DC in half an hour; in fact, the estimated delivery time was 1545. Given my ( Read more... )

I don't like the kind of dry weather that induces a lot of static electricity, causing me to get zapped every minute by something I touch. :P

That said, here's my Christmas haul:

( Books, DVDs, CDs, Clothes, Ornaments, Games, Jewelry, Glassware, Tools, Art, & Drink )

Man, that was close--I almost had to do some work today! ;) (At least, I fielded a few phone calls from the busy-maker regarding one of the ongoing projects, who scheduled a con call and had it cancelled out from under him, all in the span of half an hour or so. :) So, I've cleared about half the crap off my carpet that's been sitting in semi- ( Read more... )

Sunday: Slept in, went out to brunch at IHOP with family, replaced a battery cable on the truck (next step in improving the starting system), went with mom to Burlington Coat Factory/Baby Depot to get some stuff for Steph, listened to my new Propellerheads album, and eventually packed up all my gifts and stuff and headed for kelwyn's in Inconvenient ( Read more... )

Christmas at Nancy & Miguel's was rather delightful! Attendees included Chris and Julia (who drove in from Boulder, CO over the last few days) and several of Miguel's relatives (two of whom spent most of the evening watching a game in the basement), plus Pat & Bill (the former hosts, for the past ~30 years) and the usual crowd of immediate and ( Read more... )

We fish ewe a mare egrets moose, panda hippo gnu deer!So dad came in to wake me up shortly after the kitten did (kitten!), about 0845, saying mom was already up (in order, I believe, to steam carrots for several hours before dinner this afternoon), so Shauna and I dragged ourselves from bed to begin the festivities. And we made out, one might say ( Read more... )

Nothing like a little late-night gift wrapping over crappy, crappy late-night TV.. gifts which included several from dad to mom (one of which is distractingly decked in bows, not to draw attention from Shauna's half-one-paper, half-another wrapping job, no), and one bulky, beat-to-hell box (that I had to duct-tape into some semblance of rectangular ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, y'all ( Read more... )

Man, that was awesome. Ran into plenty of people I knew at Alchemy--Jen, anizee, lilscotchgirl, cheshirrrecat (!! haven't seen her in months!) and her boyfriend and Liz; lanikei, grannyglasseye, and their friend Corinne; underfiend, meekstranger, xspookykittyx, faeriemage, and Cristy--and quickly concluded that sleepwear/fetish/fantasy is a fantastic set of themes for girls to dress in. ;) (Personally, I was wearing pajama pants, my ( Read more... )

In order:
1) At home, sifted through my address book to count card recipients.
2) Toys 'R' Us, where they didn't have what I was looking for for my nephew Brendan, but I ran into blankkittyblack shopping for her kids, and checked out some rather nice photos of her from Alchemy last week ( Read more... )