Stuology

We are finally in Branson! It took forever between stopping for Ada and then having a tire blow out in Springfield. So, not only is gas expensive, we had to buy a new tire. My grandparents loved seeing Ada though, even though she was mega grumpy. She didn’t get her normal naptime since she was [...]

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I just received a meeting request for a major project at work for Monday Dec. 19th 11:30 am – Tuesday, Dec. 20 4:30 pm. I know they meant to end the meeting at 4:30 pm on Dec. 19th, but instead of the business appropriate response that politely asked the intention of scheduling a 29-hour long [...]

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Today is our anniversary. Last night, I took Mac out to Pachamama’s for dinner: Spicy Peeky Toe Crab Layered Sushi, Exotic Mushroom and Fingerling Potato Pan Roast, Black Bean Roasted Breast of Duck, and a bottle of 2002 Stoller Vinyard Pinot Noir. Then we shared a Dark Chocolate-Caramel Tart for dessert with a Mochachino for [...]

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The Take Charge Challenge KC started on Oct. 2nd. I don’t remember how far I am on my goals, I’ll have to look again. One of the daily goals though is to clean up some clutter in your life. I’ve done that with my kitchen, and today I started the daunting task of cleaning my [...]

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Squanto ran away early this evening. My typical routine, close to picking up Ada, I go out and check the mail, and then come back and take Squanto on a short walk. I talked to Squanto when I got the keys for the mailbox. When I got back, I couldn’t find Squanto. The front door [...]

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A co-worker of mine recently resigned to go work on the web team at JCCC. Fine, says I. They will have to backfill that position. He does too much to lose him. Well, they did backfill that position today: half with me and half with somebody from my old team before they re-orged right before [...]

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Mel: 3 Soda: 0 I’ve given Ada a bath and have her in her feetie jammies and then I took a nice long shower and am in my jammies, so I don’t think that I will cave and go out for soda tonight. I don’t even want it right now, but I did at dinnertime. [...]

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Does anybody want to babysit the weekend of Sept. 30th? I want to go see Serenity. Badly. And I want to take my husband with me.

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Oh, my stand mixer is here! Pretty cool for free shipping. It must have been shipped out of Coffeyville, KS. You know, a hear a lot of people complain about UPS, but I’ve never had a package arrive to me damaged or not at all, and all of my recent UPS delivery people have been [...]

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Day one without soda: so far, so good. I typically have a 12oz soda with lunch. Today, ice water. No headache, but I had a cup of coffee at breakfast. I should create a cheesy ticker somewhere so I can let everybody see when if I have to reset it. I also am part of [...]

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