After work, Lisa and I went to Target. On the clearance shelf I found a Logitech spycam for under 20.00! Even though my spycam works, I couldn’t resist buying a new one. The packaging says it tracks the face and zooms, although I have been unable to get those features to work. I think the quality is a bit better; however, what would help more than anything is better lighting.
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Mroning Coffee with a light cool breeze
Last night I opened my bedroom windows. It was such a pleasant night. I love it when it’s slightly cold. I sleep a hundred times better. I am so excited that October is almost here. It’s my favorite month!
TO DO LIST
Send a Thank you note to Joe and Judy
Mail thank you note to Joe and Judy
Write an email to Lenka
Fill the Dishwasher and Load it
Expense Reports aren’t gonna write themselves!
Bake something for the neighbors! (goes with 1)
Urgh
I just had a bitch of a time posting that last entry. MT kept telling me I didn’t have permission to rename files. I had to fire up the old FTP app and reset permissions. How the heck everything changed overnight is beyond me. This Web site is held together with nothing but string, saliva and a touch of html. I wish there was a cheap program out there that made it easy to manage a Web site. When I was setting up Lisa’s abumpyroad.com I played around with some of the applications that the Web hosting company provided for free but none of them were easy to use or easy to figure out. Perhaps one day…
$240 worth of puddin’
What kicks me is that I was not only at a dollar store but also Michael’s Arts and Crafts yet I didn’t pick up any white buttons for the Mike Nesmith cap I’ve been working on for the past week.
I dreamt a woman told me she was at the end of her lifecycle and because she was jumping off early, she would be reincarnated into whatever body they had available, “Such as a bowl of jello or a slug.” She didn’t seem to mind this so terribly which I thought was quite wonderful since it gave me a belly ache thinking about ending up as a bowl of jello.
On Sunday my mother made an incredible bread pudding. Instead of bread she used pound cake. It was so delish! When I asked her for the recipe she said she whipped a couple of eggs together with a can of condensed milk. In a small pan she layered the pound cake. She then drizzled the egg and milk mixture over the pound cake slices. She baked it at an unknown temperature for an unspecified amount of time. Voila! Incredible pound cake pudding.
Wool Hat!
This evening Lisa and I went to our local Dollar Store and I bought 6 skeins of dark green yarn. I bought two skeins last week and from it I made a lovely Mike Nesmith hat. Now I can make 3 or 4 more Mike Nesmith hats. I’ve decided that I will sew buttons on the hat in tribute to the second season of the Monkees.
I am so tired. The thing is, I really haven’t done anything. I guess I am just getting old.
Beaver utterance
“Would you believe … ?”
San Genaro
What a weekend! I am sad it is over. We had a lovely time at San Genaro. I will probably load the viewmaster with some images later in the day.
My father gave me some Bercherovka Becherovka last night. With autumn weather coming and Bercherovka Becherovka in my tummy, I am missing my cousin Lenka! I should send her an email.
Breakfast
I leave tomorrow! I leave tomorrow! I can handle anything today because it just brings me closer to going home.
I have to keep getting ready. My hair is soaking. I want to be out of this room and at breakfast by 6:30. When I checked in Tuesday, the woman noted I was a Platinum Priority Club member and she gave me coupons for free drinks and FREE BREAKFAST. I thought it was Continental and I was prepared to eat a muffin and drink some orange juice but when I got down to the restaurant it was an honest to goodness Breakfast Buffet! Simple things like that just make me so happy. Especially because the other Holiday Inn where I normally stay charges me 15.00 for a comparable meal.
Purl it!
I didn’t accomplish anywhere near what I had hoped. Instead I listened to Serge Gainsbourg and knitted. My knitting is horrible. Absolutely horrible. I purled where I should have knitted and knitted where I should have purled. When I did get it right, I would then drop a stitch. Oh well. At least I am trying.
I ate more than enough yet I am hungry for something sweet. Finally I raided my purse for mints I pilfered from restaurants. It didn’t help.
My belief is that I will wake up early and get ready. Breakfast should take a 1/2 hour. I can be in the office by 7:30. That gives me an hour and a 1/2 to prepare for the trainings I am conducting. That should be enough time. Besides, I work better under pressure.