My folks live northeast of Houston, about 60 miles inland. I’m naturally anxious that Rita is heading in that direction. When I called, I could hear the TV news on in the background alternating between how crowded the freeways are and the storm’s upgrade to category five. My parents are planning to stay, not that […]
This weekend was uncomfortably warm around the house. Saturday, I finished the major stuff on my car, and am glad I did it myself versus shelling out the $560. Knock on wood. The only tricky part was accessing the spark plugs because I had to remove some funky plastic ducting and the windshield cleaning fluid
Since I last wrote about my car in late 2003, I’ve put another 14,000 miles on it. This means a couple of things. First, I’m (over)due for my 30,000 mile tune-up.
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I’m unable to attend my 20th high school reunion. For those who venture over this way, here’s the last twenty years, in brief.
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Thanks to accrued babysitting karma points, I have an upcoming date night opportunity next Saturday 5-10pm. Five hours is a pretty big time slot. Our first idea was to go to the Seattle Art Museum, but it closes at 5pm. Even the new Seattle Public Library closes at 6pm. The second idea was to take
I’ve been sitting in my dad’s front yard watching the armada of fireworks going off both here and the place next door. Earlier today, he and my brother purchased something north of $150 worth of fireworks. (His neighbor: $500) In Washington (state), fireworks (tax-free alcohol, unfiltered cigarettes, and casinos) are generally only available on the
I made sure we got the bags of candy that included Skittles in case, you know, there’s leftover candy. I’m glad I siphoned off a few for my own continued research purposes because this was the first Hallowe’en since, like, forever, that we ran out of candy. My oldest was dressed in a cat costume,
I first heard about NaNoWriMo from Kristin in July. After looking into it, reading some of the experiences (themselves novel-worthy) by previous participants, and floating the idea by my spouse without incurring a veto, I’ve signed up. The challenge is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel from scratch between November 1 – November 30, 2004.
Anyone else signed up for NaNoWriMo? Read More »