On Thursday, Dad texted me and said one of our chickens had laid her first egg!! He took this photo:


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I got up this morning feeling pretty darn upbeat. It's payday! (Yesss!) It's Friday! (Yesss!) I finally had the molah to purchase the camera I've been eyeing... and it was on sale! (Double yesss!) PLUS the Troll went with me to acquire the camera and have lunch, which always takes my day from 'meh' to 'worth getting up for ( Read more... )

Constantin FINALLY sent an email about the baby!! The due date was Monday, so everyone kept asking me if he had called or messaged with news (not sure why I was dubbed the messenger-maybe it was the BA baby shower?) I immediately forwarded his email (and baby photo!) to the office since they were all getting concerned. The Troll had told me not to ( Read more... )

Today was Thai food with the Troll. We have eaten there so many times that the guy who usually seats us looked up, saw we'd walked through the door, and said, "Sit wherever you'd like ( Read more... )

I made the plunge. Here she is!


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Today I began a quest (which should have started months ago, but I'm cheap, lazy, and borderline indecisive): the search for a new-ish car ( Read more... )

After numerous sneaky e-mails, texts, and planning sessions, the baby shower came to fruition, and it was the best Top Secret, Low Budget, Slightly Awkward Office Baby Shower I could have ever hoped for. There were also some kickin' decorations crafted by yours truly (see below). The tassel garland was fun to make, even though I had to string it ( Read more... )

It has been a long, long time since the Troll and I have been able to spend any considerable amount of time together. 1-2 hours is the average, about once or twice a week, and I am okay with that mostly because there's nothing we can do about our schedules. But today was Labor Day, which meant we were off work, and he wasn't teaching, and he didn't ( Read more... )

I spent today editing footage for my client. We are trying to time it so that I can get three done an hour. The videos are maybe three or four minutes, with a music track and some animation B-roll. However, it does take a bit more time if I have to fix any audio issues or cut out areas where someone speaks out of turn. Throw in a few transitions ( Read more... )

Chili Wars was a success. Someone did bring bowls (and sour cream! And cheese! And crackers!), and there was an elaborate points system that I didn't fully understand. Either way, Frank won Chili Wars, but he later claimed that the trophy itself was the real winner. (Jason seemed surprised that I'd made one, even though it was requested. By the way ( Read more... )