Our wedding anniversary is coming up next week – April 29th is our 12th! Now, Rob and I are pretty much “unromantic” – we do birthdays and Giftmas, but we don’t do Valentine’s day or anniversary gifts. We do things – weekend away, a more “special” date night – but we don’t do gifts. Heck, we rarely exchange cards for that matter. So the other day I remembered that April 29th was coming up and I was curious to see what the traditional gift for the 12th is supposed to be (Silk, Silk & Linen, Pearls), how they’ve changed over…
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So today I bought three small lego sets, you know, like you do, and was happily putting them together tonight. The first one I did was a squirrel treehouse; I finished it and set it aside. The next one was a truck/trailer/bulldozer thing. I finished the first part, which happened to be the bulldozer. I set that aside and started to work on the truck part, when I looked up, and, well, this happened:
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Rob: http://static.neatorama.com/images/2012-04/doggerhosen.jpg Jen: Oh lord. Jen: that poor dog. Jen: As an unrelated question, where are your clippers? Rob: under the sink :-P Jen: Protip: You should not have told me. :D Rob: I want to see what you’ll do :D Jen: I’m so posting this.
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I’m trying to prepare for my oral interview in Spanish tomorrow, fighting my own rampant avoidance behaviour when the following conversation occurs: Rob: Want me to put headphones on while you’re studying? Me: Yes, please, if you don’t mind. Rob: No problemo. Me: (absently) No probleMA. Rob: So what you’re saying is that all problems are female? Me: No, words that end in “ma”….. shut up. Rob: (snickers)
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My Friday night, in bullet points: Company holiday party @ buffalo billiards! Fair warning of possible drunk tweets ahead! 7:15 PM Dec 12th from txt Putting chambord in JD is a Bad Idea. Maybe it was the sweet & sour 7:38 PM Dec 12th from txt The husband is doing tequila shots. This can’t end well. 8:34 PM Dec 12th from txt … I can’t remember exactly how many drinks I’ve had 9:00 PM Dec 12th from txt I have to pee. 9:07 PM Dec 12th from txt Sourdough rolls are great for soaking up alcohol! 9:57 PM Dec 12th…
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Who says cats are graceful? They must have some massive PR budget, because my cats, at least, are decidedly not graceful. Proof lies in the tale I’m about to relate. OK, take a look at this picture. This is an old picture; now there is another bookcase along the wall between the light and dark bookcases. It fits snugly – the corners of the book cases meet, creating a square behind them that is blocked off. Nothing is there, can’t get to it. The plastic containers on top of the bookcase aren’t there any more, but the monkey with the…
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<snork> I attempted to make the following tweet: “LiveJournal down until 2pm – probably longer for me due to TimeWarner’s notorious name server issues.” … only to get this message: Twitter is currently down for database maintenance. LiveJournal AND Twitter down at the same time? COINCIDENCE?? I think NOT!
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The things I carry
Bag Meme! Stolen from Ponks 01. Take a picture of your bag. 02. Now dump everything out and neatly adjust them, and take a picture [no matter how embarrassing]. 03. Talk about the items inside. Details, plz. 04. Tag 6 people. My current bag. Bought it a week or so ago at Charming Charlie, and so far it hasn’t annoyed me much at all! This is unusual. Perhaps I’ve found a bag I can live with? Click the image for notes on everything.
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Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there. So I’ve been playing with my Wii for a couple of days now – my arm hurts!! What??
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Nonsense
Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there. I <3 xkcd. :) In other news, I'm way too easily amused: 1:12:19 PM jenc9998: spell ellucidating 1:12:20 PM smarterchild: Here are some spelling suggestions for “ellucidating”: 1 elucidating 2 elucidation 3 elucidative 4 eliciting 5 felicitating Type more for more suggested spellings for “ellucidating.” 1:12:59 PM jenc9998: hello 1:13:00 PM smarterchild: Hey jenc9998. Welcome back. What should we chat about? 1:13:03 PM jenc9998: How are you? 1:13:03 PM smarterchild: I’m doing well. How ’bout you, jenc9998? 1:13:08 PM jenc9998: fantastic! 1:13:08 PM smarterchild: Fantastic? That’s good! 1:13:26 PM…