Must do today. Must do today. Must do today. Change sheets Put away laundry (Mostly done. Close enough.) Clean off kitchen table/Moneydance Make dent^W deep scratch in kitchen

I learned something today. I learned that real maple syrup goes bad, even unopened. I think it was well on its way to being some kind of alcoholic beverage. And not a good kind. Luckily, I smelled it and tasted it before I put it on my french toast.

So my bestest, oldest friend finally got an LJ account. We've been friends since 7th grade, which was at least an eon ago. According to our last phone call, her little sister's (who is 14, I swear she's 14, she can't possibly have grown up and had kids and..) daughter is nine years old now. That can't be. I have a baby photo of that kid, she can't be nine. So yeah. Eons. Anyway, welcome ! (psst. Don't scare her.)

List of stuff to do, so I don't lose it. Not in priority order – just bluesky dreaming. replace flooring downstairs – stone tile? Cement? replace flooring upstairs – hardwood? Stone tile? Dog & Cats! bookshelves in library – all available wall space bookshelves in bedroom? bookshelves in computer room? new work areas in computer room. Better racks for computers. New monitors? turn spare room into exercise room, w/ TV and Playstation for DDR. Replace xbox yourself!Fitness w/ PS2? redo stairs (no carpet) turn front room into game room/bar. pool table, dart board, bar stools, DVD storage system front room…

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I just took 33 pictures of nothing in particular in an extremely short period of time. Got a fantastic shot of Jake&apos;s face, and a somewhat interesting picture of treebark. Yep. Just graduated from my point-and-shoot digital camera to a dSLR with all sorts of buttons. I&apos;m the somewhat baffled owner of a Nikon D50 – w/ a 28-80mm lens. Now I gotta learn what most of those fancy buttons do! <GIR>What&apos;s that do!? What&apos;s that do!?</GIR> I&apos;ve gotta save up for 70-300mm lens. I have no idea what, exactly, that means, except it means ZOOM and MACRO and neato-keen…

Your Political Profile Overall: 65% Conservative, 35% Liberal Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal How Liberal / Conservative Are You? Hmm. Interesting, really. There were a couple of questions that I answered not with my gut reaction – for instance, the death penalty. Hell yes, I believe it should be used for some crimes. The only problem with it is I do not trust my government – federal, state or local – to apply it fairly,…

Here&apos;s the last of 2005&apos;s reading. I&apos;m going to try to stretch my horizons a bit more this coming year. 063. Chosen Prey – Sandford, John 064. Mortal Prey – Sandford, John 065. Naked Prey – Sandford, John 066. Hidden Prey – Sandford, John 067. Broken Prey – Sandford, John I finally picked up the rest of the “Prey” books that I was missing, so I read them straight through. Good fun, well drawn characters. 068. Rachel & Leah – Card, Orson Scott Say what you will about the man, but Card writes really good novels. His religious fiction is…

Which reminds me. Six years and one hour ago, asked me to be his wife. I said yes. That very well could be the best decision of my life. Love you babe. <smooch>