1000 Words

My supervisor for this photo shoot:

A scarf for Grilltech

Swatch for my sweater

Glove for parents to sell

Grilltech's cursed sock, yes, there is a story there but I'll tell it later

Remember the peacock shawl?

I ripped it out. Will try again later.

It's not a good idea to...

....take first place on the board when you've never done the event before. The other players get crabby, especially when they've been practicing and own it.

New High Score...

I decided to take a minute and play basic soccer on the Wii. 525 points later, I'm number one. #@$% two misses...

List Day!

• There were only two cars at the bar this morning
• The full moon was breath taking
• But then full moon's usually are
• Today is SandTech's birthday
• Sunday is Grilltech's
• It has been getting almost downright cold in the building in the morning
• It's 0905 and I'm still wearing my jacket
• I keep walking by the board and thinking the date (09/XX/2010) is wrong
• Thought it was October for some reason
• I have over six gigs of music on the iPhone and this is the second time today I've heard this song
• Not that's it's a bad song mind you, but there are a bunch of different ones I could be listening to
• Perky decided she was going to show me who really rules the board
• We watched Prince of Persia last weekend, thought it was sweet
• Had to put my jacket back on, it's chilly
• I need to find some dark green sock yarn to finish Grilltech's scarf
• Called Twisted Ewe to see if they had more, but I don't think they do
• She hasn't called me back yet
• 40 minutes on the Wii is a killer

Why I Rule the Board....

I'm a child of the 80's. I cut my video gaming teeth on cutting edge games like Pong and Mario Bros. The kids have a Wii with a Wii Fit Plus - well they have Wii Fit, we picked up the plus. Anyway, the Wii really speaks to my I’m playing a video game! and I have high score, don’t really notice I’m exercising!. Shhh high score at stake here.

I've gotta say, I really, really like the Wii Fit Plus. Not only does it have the games, but additional benefits like it can design workouts for you. Harder games - WTF?! What do you mean I have to walk and pay attention to remote? That's crazy talk!! that not only work you body but mind as well. Hopefully it will keep me motivated to stay with an exercise program.

Oh and Perky... I'm eight steps away from taking over first place on Wii Step Plus Seriously? That's not me, but it would be awesome if it was.

List Day!

• There was only one car at the bar this morning
• Which is odd because Wednesday had five cars plus a bike
• Today this system is dragging
• I should save often
• Grilltech is scheduled for Saturday out patient surgery
• The day is almost over
• My tooth is still a bit sore from Monday
• I was asked if I can run across the park on Saturday, can I game?
• He was told no...
• I moved seats at work, but didn't set-up the computer before I left
• Wow, Just Desserts

One of those days

Grilltech has a kidney stone. Not one of those run of the mill-average ones, but a 7mm one. Which means, Friday he's going to the doctor to have it removed.

More knitting time for me.

List Day!

• I counted five cars at the bar this morning
• I never realized, you'll need to go look yourself actually means yes, please email us to ask the same question I just answered
• C1 (Computer 1) crashed hardcore and needed a manual shut down, which means, I lost quite a bit a data
• You know, important things like a blog post (I write it in notepad then e-mail it home) and a SQL query I was in the middle of writing and hadn't saved
• I was told not spam the support group with negative comments
• I can see how making the statement calling the help desk is useless can be taken negatively
• Maybe the guy on the other end shouldn't have said, we only create tickets and assign them
• No knitting tonight, my arm is still sore
• OMG!! Not work safe

1000 Words

Fran* loves her job.

It's not blocked yet, but the colors POP!

I started a swatch, but didn't like how it was turning out. I thought the cables was lost in the colors.

So it's been ripped back. I started another one in black...

It's blocking!!

Close up of the point.

Thankfully it's at the end of the season, so no birds were harmed in the defoliation of our yard. However, the butterflies were dive bombing everyone.

* She hid while the tree was coming down, because she is pretty smart.

Recap

This morning wasn't the best, thankfully I wasn't overly crabby or annoyed at the overall situation. Someone stole my chair, so I went down and traded for an icky chair, that's actually fairly comfortable. Couldn't get logged into the chat program. I went and changed my password, was able to get in after that. iTunes had an update come down, so I dutifully installed it. Now Outlook doesn't run, unless it's in safe mode. I'm hoping they - those guys in black suits - fix it soon. If I do the uninstall of the Apple Mobile Device fix, then I can't sync. I think that's my whining done and out of the way, but I might be wrong.

Donna Lee posted some pictures of the Whoopie Pies she made. (Okay she posted pictures of from Epicurious.) They good really good. I wonder how a cream cheese filling would work instead of using marshmallow. I'm not a real big marshmallow fan.

Grilltech and friends spent most of the day Sunday cutting down the tree in the front yard. (Go read about it on his blog.) I stayed in the house with SandTech and we played on the Wii*. While the tree was coming down, Grilltech was making ribs and chicken thighs. They turned out pretty tasty.

The server is also up and running, so I'll be able to post pictures. Because some people would like to see what I've been working on.

* Remember need to pick up size AA batteries and bring gum to work

List Day!

• A day late, does that mean I lose 10% of the total grade? =^.^=
• Drove a different route to work, so I don't know how many cars were at the bar
• I hope my East coast friends are safe and doing well
• They shut down East coast operations until noon today
• They it conjures images of men in suits, dark glasses, ear pieces, guns and black helicopters
• It's Friday before a three day weekend, it should be dropping off around here about noonish
• Plus the whole hurricane thing...
• I must be watching too much Food Network, because I'm having strange cooking dreams
• The palm of my left hand is itching like mad
• One of the songs from the Matrix Reloaded came up in queue, can totally see Neo kicking ass
• Maybe it will be a Matrix weekend
• Today is almost over... I'm so glad
• The Gnome was awesome today, allowed me to cut out early
• Had house burgers and pasta salad for dinner
• The Eldest came over to show me her shawl project
• Love the deep burgundy color
• I still haven't picked up Grilltech's blanket
• I started a simple scarf instead
• Yea, I know, just how much do I have on the needles now?
• I've been wearing my shawl at work, I also wore it tonight when we walked around the block
• Meanest Wife in the World! Grilltech's not feeling well but I made him come with me anyway

Worst Mommy Ever!!

Fran has decided she hates me, because I held her down to brush her.

Up and Running

My computer is back up and running. Instead of good ol' familiar XP, I got an upgrade to Window$ 7. For several days, I had lost all my emails. Grilltech being the amazing wonderful bestest tech and husband got it back for me. Mentioned something about make a PST file so this won't happen again, but who listens?

I finished a hat for my parents. Still need to work on the gloves. Also, since Grilltech is being so amazing wonderful, I should finish up his blanket. Plus today is the last day of the 20% off sale at the LYS, so I should swing by there and pick up the yarn I need to finish his blanket.

Since the server is now back on line, I can post pictures of my FO's. But I'm a slacker and will get to it some other day.

Busy

Grilltech is the bestest husband ever. Today we moved out two old desks and a dresser. Moved in a new - heavier - desk to the back storage room. Pulled out large table in the kitchen and put the small round one in it's place.

Now it's time to rest. Might even knit once my arm stops throbbing.

The Dead Pool

On Saturday night, a storm blew through the area. It knocked out the power in our section of town - some places are still without power. My computer lost it's power supply. Sunday Grilltech spent most of the day troubleshooting the issue. Finally he pulled the hard drive out of my system and put it in the almost completed new server. So the old server which has a fan going out in it, has to last another two or three weeks.

Grilltech finally was able to get his iPhone 4. We offered his old one to the Eldest. It was going to be a couple of days before she could make it over to pick it up, so the phone floated around his desk. I picked it up and put it on top of one of computer books sitting on the arm of his chair. I heard a thunk, noticed both the book and phone where gone. I assumed both landed on the floor. Turns out the book was on the floor and the old phone went into his glass of water. We're still waiting to see if it will work or not.

I'm going to bed before anything else dies.

List Day, Double Shot

• There was one car at the bar this morning
• Grilltech received his new toy last night
• He's very happy
• I have a strong urge to cast on for this sweater (Ravelry)
• It doesn't matter I don't have the pattern, I can make it up
• And it would be black bamboo
• Yes. Yes, I know I'm still working on Grilltech's blanket
• And instead of short sleeves, they'll be three quarters length
• I never did find the checkbook
• Oh ya, it's time to change passwords
• I was a lunch playing on FB, one of my leaders came over and had to verify I was at lunch
• Havoc's name has now been changed by the microchip people to Havol
• Grilltech has started calling him Havol Barkoff
• Stupid Wii, says I gained 2 pounds since yesterday
• Granted I did it after I ate dinner...

List Day!

Wrote the post yesterday, but posted early this morning.

• It seems we hit every red light between home and work this morning
• Reports have died, so I'm dead in the water
• I have the pleasure of working help desk tickets
• Grilltech and I must have been kicking each other in our sleep last night, both of us are stiff and sore
• I'm having orange juice on the rocks at work, I think I need more vodka
• I've got pictures of the finished shawl, but I'm currently too lazy to post them
• Plus, I don't have the final picture
• The answer to which report is he talking about - is not I don't know, he just tells me I'm wrong
• I hunted for the checkbook this morning and couldn't find it
• I'm hoping it under piles of knitting somewhere
• Grilltech is dealing with an icky customer
• There is thirty more minutes of my day left, I hope he'll get out on time
• My desk has been mostly shoved off and I still can't find the checkbook
• When should I start worrying about it?

Clean House

The guys showed up and is hauling stuff away. I almost feel bad about just pointing and saying this needs to go away.

Almost, but I'll get over it. Maybe I'll go block my shawl.

Pictures

Havoc's new hair cut. I think he looks uber cute.

I finished another shawl. Another Haruni. Not quite as big as the first one, but pretty close. It still needs to be blocked, maybe this weekend.

I'm back to working on Grilltech's blanket.

Worst Mommy Ever!

Lured the cats out of the bedroom by getting out good food, then went back and shut them out while I made the bed. Every animal in the house is on good food alert.

I'm going to take Havoc out for a drag.