Pid Chronicles

Here's a potentially scary, but happy-ending kitty story.
Cat Accidentally Travels in Dad's Suitcase

House Update

I forgot to update before now, but we actually did close on our house!! We are now officially homeowners (and gain all the extra bills that entails).

Quotes I like

New Stuff

I inherited some jewelry from my great aunt and my grandma yesterday. Most of it is costume, I'm sure, but it's all gorgeous. I could totally see myself wearing them, too. I got to pick pieces out of a HUGE amount of jewelry. I'll have to post pics of them when I can.

The funniest thing I got out of that deal was that my Great Aunt Helen was a classy woman with TINY fingers. I don't have man hands or anything, but the rings I saw of hers MIGHT fit my pinkie.

Oh yeah. We're supposed to close on our home tomorrow. Wish us luck that everything goes well without anymore hiccups. We have had plenty enough of those for two mortgages. If all goes well, we will be homeowners by this time tomorrow.

Clutter

I am consumed with getting rid of clutter lately. Tonight, I am accomplishing that by scanning my music. Anything that is not bound up in a book is getting scanned, page by page.

Don't worry, all you copyright fiends. This is my music... bought and paid for. Find someone else to sue. Ha!

Anyway, it doesn't really look like I am doing much with de-cluttering, but I really am. You have NO idea how much music I have hanging out here. I took it with me from my parent's house and I never really dealt with it. I just pulled some out to play now and again, but never took it further than that. Some people have comic books. I have sheet music.

We organized our DVDs last night as well. Wow, that was a task. We bought a third case for our widening collection. What would have taken up literally a large half of someone's closet now fits into a 2x2x2 cube. I think it's somewhere around 400 DVDs, at last count. Yikes. All good stuff, though. I can't blame us for pretty much any of those we bought (except a couple!).

7 hours later and I am done scanning for tonight. On to the kitchen and bathroom floors. I might need an old priest and a young priest.

Marine's Silent Drill Team

Being in marching band for half of my life, I'm a sucker for a good drill team. The opening scene of "A Few Good Men" is a great example. Here's a live version for your viewing pleasure.
USMC Silent Drill Platoon

2nd favorite news post

Let me preface this article with "no kidding!"

The Wii Elbow

The lazy buggers are finally getting up and doing something quasi-strenuous! Bless their little hearts. They have tired muscles. It's called a workout.

Mr. Potato Head runs for VeePee

This is my favorite news post of the day (so far!)
Mr. Potato Head

Precious Snowplow?

I never thought I'd say 'aww' over a snowplow, but check this out.
Autonomous Snowplow

Quiz fun

Ooo - go to Fun Trivia. I get to play daily quizzes against my co-workers. You can, too (but not against mine). Have fun!

2008 #1

Happy New Year!

My first post of the new year. I missed Christmas here, but that's cool. I didn't miss it at home! Josh got me a Kitchenaid mixer (woohoo!), and I got him a PSP. I think I have played it more than he has, though!

We just got back from D's for New Year spaghetti. Yummy stuff, though I am about as full as I can be. I don't want to look at any other food for days.

I haven't decided if I want to have any resolutions. The only one I can think of at the moment is 'stop keeping stupid stuff.' As in duplicate items, junk, unnecessary bills, old clothes, etc. I think I am accumulating too much. Oh well, this is for another time.

After a very rough year for me, I have decided to not only go back on CRON, but to continue my 101 in 1001 list. These are two things that are important to me, and I have let them both go due to stress. I do have to review the 101 list to see if I have accidentally done any of it. That would be a nice oopsie.

Yeah... anyway... Happy New Year and all! I must get some things done tonight before bed, so I'm calling it early. Nighty.