Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Pondering the Aftermath of the Last 2.5 Days
My afternoon cup of coffee is sitting on the cup warmer and I’m taking a break before I dive into an article on an seo tool. We have — knock on wood — finally achieved some degree of stability around here. Enough for me to pause and consider what I’ve learned over the past two [...]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
So We Trade Roofers for Yard Men
While I’m not the kind of gal who spends her time surfing around looking at Orlando vacations online, “getting away” sounds better every minute. The closest I can come are the NC headphones. I’m thinking about naming them and writing them into my will.
Oh, we got rid of the roofers alright, and then the Stupid [...]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Afternoon Report: Roofing Siege Day 2
Well, R. managed to sleep until almost 1, which was a big help for all concerned. However, she awakened with a headache, a consequence of (1) our recent cold front (2) dirt and dust stirred up by the roofing, and (3) stress. I’ve made her as comfortable as I can in the kitchen with CSI [...]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Morning Roofing Report
We have every conceivable treatment for acne under the shining sun and the best over-the-counter ear plug I can get only blocks 33 db? Just for the record? Roofing hammers exceed 33 db.
Yep, they’re on my end of the house today — and have been since 7:30.
In graduate school I wore ear plugs all the [...]
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Afternoon Update
Tomorrow may be a completely different story, but I’m actually having an unusually productive day behind my Uber Sound Blocking System. I have my extra lcd monitor plugged into the laptop (displaying some research material I need to read while I write on the main screen), a cup of hot coffee on the warmer, and [...]
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
A Heaven-Sent Budgetary Infraction
Yes, I admit, I committed a budgetary infraction yesterday, an act of desperate dread in anticipation of the roofing today. I spent $50 and bought a pair of Sony MDR NC7 noise canceling headphones. They may not get top reviewer marks, but compared to the $200 Bose unit I had 15 years ago, they are [...]
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Attack of the Migrant Roofers: Episode 1
Monday morning has dawned and I am in a state of self-created deafness that I hope will keep me from shifting into rabid dog [a condition also known as "menopausal woman"] at any second.
Yes, the roofers are here and I am wearing noise canceling headphones on top of ear plugs rated to shut out 33 [...]
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Your Blog Master is in a Very Bad Mood
Extended silences on this blog have been fairly rare over the eight or so years I’ve been writing online. The last three days can be explained by the fact that I’m just in a truly bad mood and little that is going on right now is working to improve it.
I found out yesterday that the [...]
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
First Text and Down
Last night I attended two high school football games. One was in Wall, Texas, which is 249 miles away. The other was in Harper via Cleburne for a total distance of 293.4 miles. Yes, the text message is a wonderful thing.
Normally I’d follow the Little Town Team via updates on Facebook, but my source was [...]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Desktop Follies
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“Um, Mom, there’s a spot on this wall.”
Yes, Little Feline, and if you weren’t on top of the desk where you’re not supposed to be, you’d never have noticed it.
I don’t know if they make safety products for cats, but Andy needs some — like a net for starters. His new [...]
