I got a break in my going-on-4-day-long headache last night, so I sat downstairs (where its cooler) and watched a couple minutes of tv. There was a show on called "Ten Things You Must Know" and this particular episode dealt with skylights. I have no intention of putting one in; however, it's what was on, so I watched.
From the title of the show, I assumed that it would be a tips, tricks, and "must know" kind of thing. For example, when you play the flute, there is something you can do called overblowing that will turn one note into another note in a higher octave. Overblow a G and you get a high D. an A is a high E; B is high F; C is high G, etc. Handy little tip to know; all those happy little runs in The Hounds Of Spring (Alfred Reed) just got that much easier.
So, anyway, that's the sort of thing I was expecting from this show. I don't really remember what numbers 10 and 9 were, (though I am sure I could find them if I could remember the network the show was on and check out their website), but I remember number 8 because that is where I started to become concerned.
Number 8 was something along the lines of - If you remove a supporting beam to install the skylight, make sure you replace it. Huh. Seems kind of obvious to me. But, maybe somebody didn't put together enough gingerbread houses to know that leaning 4 walls and a roof together with a frosting adhesive is not enough to keep a house from falling. Okay, I'll let this one go, and wait for good ol' number 7.
Number 7 Check your local weather to be sure it isn't supposed to rain before cutting the hole in your roof.
Alright, what?
Dear person who needs to be told to not cut a hole in your roof if it is raining,
Hire someone else to install the skylight. And consider sterilization.
Thank you,
Me.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Happy Fathers Day!
So, I'd like to take this opportunity to say Happy Fathers Day, Dad. Since I completely bailed and didn't make it out there to see you yesterday. We had an employee miss 2 days last week, and I'm not sure if I'm fighting off what she had or if I was just tired and lazy because of the weather. Either way, hope you had a great day!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Vacation!
We have our next vacation dates scheduled. Now all we need is a place to go. Absolutely loved Savannah, Georgia, and would love another vacation like that. There was so much to see and we could walk just about everywhere. If you have any good ideas PLEASE let us know!!!
Also: Michelle, Marni, Dad and Grandma--you have been tagged! <---for the weirdness meme. If you don't have your own site, get me your answers and I'll get them posted.
Also: Michelle, Marni, Dad and Grandma--you have been tagged! <---for the weirdness meme. If you don't have your own site, get me your answers and I'll get them posted.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
What I dislike
Here's a post that could go on forever. However, I have one particular story to share with you:
A man's wife has his picture on her desk for a while. It eventually gets moved to a drawer as there is not a lot of desk space and the picture gets knocked around. The husband does not really care, but one day offers to get her a frame so she can put it up on the wall, or somewhere out of the way, but still visible. The wife says "No. I don't really want to bring my personal life to work, and it would give everyone around me something else to talk to me about and I don't want that."
The husband doesn't think much about this until the next day when he remembers that her walls are full of "personal-ish" items (cartoons, calendars, and other odds and ends that would cause plenty of conversation.)
Is it really that big of a deal that she can't just tell him, I don't want your picture up. There doesn't have to be a reason.
I dislike fake answers.
That is all.
A man's wife has his picture on her desk for a while. It eventually gets moved to a drawer as there is not a lot of desk space and the picture gets knocked around. The husband does not really care, but one day offers to get her a frame so she can put it up on the wall, or somewhere out of the way, but still visible. The wife says "No. I don't really want to bring my personal life to work, and it would give everyone around me something else to talk to me about and I don't want that."
The husband doesn't think much about this until the next day when he remembers that her walls are full of "personal-ish" items (cartoons, calendars, and other odds and ends that would cause plenty of conversation.)
Is it really that big of a deal that she can't just tell him, I don't want your picture up. There doesn't have to be a reason.
I dislike fake answers.
That is all.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Happy Birthday, Dad
Oops. So, I get online today to write another post, and I find that my Happy Birthday, Dad entry from Thursday (his birthday) is still in Draft and was never actually "published". So now it is an I'm Sorry, Dad post. And Happy Birthday, too.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Bellevue
There's a street in our favorite-to-walk-through sub-division called Bellevue. I want to live on that street just so I can say I live there. Anyway:
"Seven Weird Things About Me"
1. OCD-level-organizational/cleanliness. One day a week I spend several hours cleaning, dusting, sweeping, mopping, etc. (that's not the weird part...) Sometimes I will try to make my once-a-week cleaning easier and clean 1 room a day that week. However, when that week is over, I still feel as though the house is a mess. I have to clean all of my house all at once in 1 day or I don't feel it is clean. And if I break that up during the day (do half in the morning-leave the house for whatever reason-then come back and finish) I don't feel like it's clean because it wasn't all done at once. (that's the weird part) also-see previous post.
2. NyQuil does not work for me. In fact, it has the opposite desired effect; it keeps me awake.
3. I don't like ice cream. I do love the coffee ice cream drinks that all the major ice cream chains carry, though.
4. I learned how to type in a chat-room on a local BBS when I was 10. (Technically, my parents bought me typing programs so I could learn when I was 10, but, even though I used them, I spent way more time on-line, so I attribute it to that) Not unusual now-a-days, but I was 10 in the late 1980's. I had a brief flirtation with MySpace.com (yes, that is embarrassing to admit), have a blog, and use instant messaging like my life depends on it, but none of that will ever inspire the anxious watching for the cartoon keyboard (or was it a disk; a computer; a phone?) that would run across the bottom of the screen half-way through the software loading process to dial into whatever local BBS was the place to be at that time. I will never again feel the incredible rush of anger as one of my sisters friends asks me to get off after I had just spent 15 minutes redialing through busy signals just so that they could call her. I will forever remember the feeling I had the day that I was no longer known as "Dena's Sister" and heard her introduced as "Wanda's Sister". Ahhhh. Good times.
5. I am actually really good at dealing with people. I can make anybody feel good about themselves (if I want to); I can motivate, calm down, reason with, etc. just about anybody. I believe I have actually had this ability for a long time, but I was not aware of it until recently, during my brief 6-month period in Human Resources where my job was people and I was actually good at it. But I can't stand people. That doesn't mean that I am not nice to them, when I have to be.
My knew motto is not to waste my time waiting for a person to prove to me that I don't like them, and to instead dislike them from the beginning and see if they prove me wrong. It's much easier this way.
6. Whenever anyone says "Bird" (think Bambi-learning-to-talk) I always laugh (and think of my mom.)
7. Of all of Kenny Rogers' songs, "Lucille" is and always will be my favorite.
Tagging is coming. Be prepared.
p.s. the cat's picture is on my desktop, but the screensaver was turned on so you can't see it. And also, I hope you are not delusional enough that you actually think you are winning points with him... he still hates just about everyone. :)
"Seven Weird Things About Me"
1. OCD-level-organizational/cleanliness. One day a week I spend several hours cleaning, dusting, sweeping, mopping, etc. (that's not the weird part...) Sometimes I will try to make my once-a-week cleaning easier and clean 1 room a day that week. However, when that week is over, I still feel as though the house is a mess. I have to clean all of my house all at once in 1 day or I don't feel it is clean. And if I break that up during the day (do half in the morning-leave the house for whatever reason-then come back and finish) I don't feel like it's clean because it wasn't all done at once. (that's the weird part) also-see previous post.
2. NyQuil does not work for me. In fact, it has the opposite desired effect; it keeps me awake.
3. I don't like ice cream. I do love the coffee ice cream drinks that all the major ice cream chains carry, though.
4. I learned how to type in a chat-room on a local BBS when I was 10. (Technically, my parents bought me typing programs so I could learn when I was 10, but, even though I used them, I spent way more time on-line, so I attribute it to that) Not unusual now-a-days, but I was 10 in the late 1980's. I had a brief flirtation with MySpace.com (yes, that is embarrassing to admit), have a blog, and use instant messaging like my life depends on it, but none of that will ever inspire the anxious watching for the cartoon keyboard (or was it a disk; a computer; a phone?) that would run across the bottom of the screen half-way through the software loading process to dial into whatever local BBS was the place to be at that time. I will never again feel the incredible rush of anger as one of my sisters friends asks me to get off after I had just spent 15 minutes redialing through busy signals just so that they could call her. I will forever remember the feeling I had the day that I was no longer known as "Dena's Sister" and heard her introduced as "Wanda's Sister". Ahhhh. Good times.
5. I am actually really good at dealing with people. I can make anybody feel good about themselves (if I want to); I can motivate, calm down, reason with, etc. just about anybody. I believe I have actually had this ability for a long time, but I was not aware of it until recently, during my brief 6-month period in Human Resources where my job was people and I was actually good at it. But I can't stand people. That doesn't mean that I am not nice to them, when I have to be.
My knew motto is not to waste my time waiting for a person to prove to me that I don't like them, and to instead dislike them from the beginning and see if they prove me wrong. It's much easier this way.
6. Whenever anyone says "Bird" (think Bambi-learning-to-talk) I always laugh (and think of my mom.)
7. Of all of Kenny Rogers' songs, "Lucille" is and always will be my favorite.
Tagging is coming. Be prepared.
p.s. the cat's picture is on my desktop, but the screensaver was turned on so you can't see it. And also, I hope you are not delusional enough that you actually think you are winning points with him... he still hates just about everyone. :)
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