tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39996742012-02-16T12:04:48.803-06:00It began as a way to whine about life issues, turned into a double whine with a new hubby, and now is a whine about moving across 3 states to begin life anew in Texas.Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.comBlogger5371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-72325883036830587172009-09-20T02:36:00.002-05:002009-09-20T02:38:46.977-05:00

The kittens are more cats than kittens now, and their bodies got freakishly long over just a week. They got their last round of shots and came in at 4.6 and 4.8 pounds. Wow, how they've grown.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-3004673767394300392009-08-29T20:39:00.002-05:002009-08-30T02:40:22.660-05:00

Not much more news. The kittens weighed in at 3.4 and 3.5 lbs at their last vet visit. We went to BlizzCon, had great fun, but we're glad to be back in Austin. Been working too much so I've been too tired to post. Siiighhhh.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-41786478013850509792009-07-26T14:17:00.002-05:002009-07-26T14:23:09.104-05:00

Not much news in the kitten front, other than they're getting really big really fast. They're certainly more cat-like than kitten-like. Now the hard task of trimming their claws is at hand.We recently got some brown rice bowls from Costco, and they're really tasty! (And a really quick way to make dinner.) Our fancy rice cooker has a brown rice setting, so we got a bag of it and made some the

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-17255948199488655422009-07-20T23:02:00.002-05:002009-07-20T23:17:38.847-05:00

The things I do while waiting for my energy to replenish on Mafia Wars (a Facebook app game).We took our kitten in for their first round immunizations today. They seem to be just fine, unlike their brother. We're dropping off a sample of their poop to check for worms but otherwise, they have a clean bill of health. I was rather relieved. Hopefully they'll be our companions for many years to

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-4289530269024660822009-07-18T23:57:00.007-05:002009-07-19T00:29:14.621-05:00

Rest in peace, Dorian Gray.He had a good 8 weeks, where people loved him and an entire staff of veterinary professionals tried everything they could to keep him alive. But in the end, his trauma was too great and he was just too little to operate on.The vets had a last ditch effort where they decided to stick a catheter in him and stitch it on so he'd have a permanent hole to pee out of. That's

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-58084507038756809102009-07-13T02:25:00.003-05:002009-07-13T02:51:17.669-05:00

Wow, where has the time gone!In the time since my last post, my family has come and visited us in Austin, we've gone back to California to visit and for a friend's wedding, and then we got 2 kittens, returned one and got another.Well, I can't write about it all, but I'll write a bit about our kittens. Our friend Kathrenne found three feral kittens on her back porch in the middle of May. They

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-50181412233794822262009-05-30T10:15:00.002-05:002009-05-30T10:38:24.118-05:00

Whateley here with another "bored while the wife is asleep" blog.It finally happened today, I am officially over this remaking movie craze that Hollywood is in. I could feel the nails start to slide into the coffin back when Keanu did "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Which if you are into classic film, you really owe it to yourself to see the original. Sure it's good all the B-movie Sci-fi

DG Eyes Onlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934979697728584284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-36302872825167413412009-05-16T11:06:00.002-05:002009-05-16T20:06:05.350-05:00

Horrible storm is brewing outside, but at least it's broken the heat wave!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-44000747664548699292009-05-07T20:28:00.004-05:002009-05-07T22:24:31.475-05:00

Awww... the kitty is gone. Xeo came back from California and the little ball of allergies has gone back to her master.It did make us want to get a pet, though. Whateley is a pet lover without a pet. But with our schedule the way it is, we can't have a dog cuz we'll end up leaving him alone for 12 hours a day, and the dog will go crazy tearing up the house. Whateley did some research and found

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-70790585572872413122009-04-13T00:22:00.003-05:002009-04-13T00:43:38.658-05:00

We've got a kitty!Temporarily though. Our friend Xeo had to go see his family back in California, so we offered to take care of his cat while he was gone. Rather than stop by his place every day (which, while it would be on the way during a work day, it would be out of the way during non-working days) we opted to cat-sit by bringing her to our house. We were a bit worried since cats can get

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-49033221178101441292009-04-06T15:36:00.004-05:002009-04-06T19:04:07.240-05:00

We had an eventful game night last night.Yellowbeard's younger brother, DreadPirate, turned 21 that day, so of course, we got booze. Lots of it. Our friend Kathrenne even got a baby-sitter so she could come over to hang out. Our dinner option came to be a frozen lasagna which we popped in the oven shortly before the game began. We had fruit and salad shortly before the game started, but it

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-36835292105007022372009-04-05T01:04:00.002-05:002009-04-05T01:16:22.203-05:00

Some of our friends and co-workers are freaking out cuz of what Time Warner Cable plans on doing. Mainly, the people who don't have TV and the internet is their main source of entertainment are afraid their monthly bills will skyrocket. Especially since their largest cap is 40GB per month, which can easily go over if you watch a lot of streaming video.The biggest issue seems to be that cable

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-34383614900972075492009-03-30T10:24:00.002-05:002009-03-30T10:43:03.861-05:00

Hello readers, this is Dr Whateley posting because... well I'm a tad bored and the Artiste is sleeping. I just wanted to pat myself on the back real quick because I feel a bit spiffy. I don't remember if the normal author mentioned this but we recently invested in some home exersize equipment. We decided to get something really nice and high end because we could afford it (our company has

DG Eyes Onlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934979697728584284noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-78569347570255077882009-03-29T01:24:00.002-05:002009-03-29T01:37:06.935-05:00

One of the things we inherited from buying our house was a slow cooker. Two of them, actually. I finally put one to use. We had gotten an onion-and-garlic-marinated pork loin from Costco awhile back, and after sitting in the freezer for awhile, I decided to experiment and cook it in the slow cooker. Let's just say, I've been researching slow cooker pork loin recipes for days.Pork loin's not

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-72121448902871007292009-03-21T19:57:00.005-05:002009-03-22T00:41:18.953-05:00

Life's been the same, I guess. We were finally taken off mandatory overtime, so Whateley and I have been enjoying our full weekend. Though today we had to work overtime, and I'm afraid we might end up on it again. Sigh. Well, it's better to have too much work than none at all.I've been prohibited from listening to NPR at work by Whateley cuz he says it makes me all paranoid about the economy.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-28335234523674640382009-03-02T00:37:00.003-06:002009-03-02T01:06:43.745-06:00

There's been multiple articles out there about whether or not running a guild in WoW can help you get a job or not. Some say that WoW sucks up your life, so you'll never get full commitment from these people and they're more likely to pretend to be sick to play or something. Others say that managing a guild builds valuable management skills and shows that you can successfully handle the needs

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-90327644796751656792009-02-23T15:54:00.003-06:002009-02-23T16:08:17.504-06:00

My 30th birthday came and went, and all in all, it was a pretty good birthday. Whateley had no idea what to get for me as a present, so he just said, "I'm forcing you to spend money, now get what you've always wanted but never bought."So I got myself a sewing machine.I'm so lame, but ever since I started watching Project Runway, I've always wanted to make my own clothes. Well, I've been "

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-43067269730902567452009-02-09T02:34:00.003-06:002009-02-09T02:44:11.489-06:00

My computer's back to the way it was. I ended up reinstalling Windows XP on Xeowolf's loaned computer, but there's an odd issue with XP. Mainly, when it first shipped, it really didn't know how to handle networking. I believe all that got resolved with service pack 1. But the stupid part of XP out of the box is, it usually can't connect to the internet to download all the updates. So after a

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-39791900870975423162009-01-26T01:11:00.002-06:002009-01-26T01:29:02.158-06:00

So I am convinced I am cursed when it comes to computers.My current computer, which is less than 2 years old, has decided that it no longer recognizes USB drives. Or more like, it's perfectly willing to give it power, but that's it. It doesn't want to acknowledge that anything connected to it wants to have anything to do with it other than draw on it for some juice.Anyway, a week ago, I put my

DG Eyes Onlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934979697728584284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-5973396580143067852008-11-24T11:42:00.002-06:002008-11-24T11:48:05.215-06:00

Update on my computer woes:The main problem seems to be that Vista doesn't recognize my monitor as a PnP monitor, and will only install the drivers as a generic non-PnP one. So even though its native resolution in 1680 x 1050, it's insisting on telling me the monitor can't handle it.Funny enough, I go to the monitor's website, and it doesn't even offer drivers since the whole point of these

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-79362429584867859602008-11-10T23:27:00.002-06:002008-11-10T23:42:08.046-06:00

Argh. Too much computer troubles!So the other day, after a perfectly normal night of WoW after a long day at work, I shut down my computer. A notice came up saying that it was installing 1 of 2 updates, and then it would shut down. There had been a lot of Windows updates lately, so I thought nothing of it.Well, the next time I logged in, my screen looked horrible. My monitor is a generic, PnP

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-12482222811973019482008-10-27T22:02:00.002-05:002008-10-27T22:05:54.211-05:00

I got yet another character to level 70 today. That's it, no more leveling alts for me. With Wrath of the Lich King coming out in 3 weeks, I hereby vow never ever to get another character from 1 to 70 again.I hunger. Latez!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-47451185431365024552008-10-24T21:31:00.003-05:002008-10-24T23:21:00.999-05:00

Halloween is coming! We got a couple of pumpkins which we're going to carve jack-o-lanterns with, and I'm excited about toasting the seeds. Odd thing to get excited about, perhaps.There's a zombie invasion going on in Azeroth! It looks like the zombie apocalypse is upon us. Are you prepared?I'm so tired from working too much. No overtime this weekend. Sadly, looks like there's no end in

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-28889526424261636952008-10-18T21:17:00.003-05:002008-10-18T22:12:42.167-05:00

My realm's down, so I actually have time to post!This will a more thoughtful post. Anyway, I was thinking earlier tonight about my job. It's been kinda tough since today was overtime day. Technically we've been working about 46 to 48 hrs on the week we have it. And it looks like there is no end in sight. Things picked up for us and will only get busier as the holidays approach.Still, as I

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-91929723411100595602008-10-14T23:09:00.002-05:002008-10-14T23:44:30.325-05:00

WoW overload. Too much WoW this weekend. It took us three nights to finish Karazhan due to guild members not being there and/or getting sick. And as good guild leaders, Whateley and I sucked it up and showed up all three nights and ran it. Which basically meant that we got virtually nothing done this weekend.Well, part of it was due to patch 3.0 dropping. That means a new profession, which

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-61757648821562076752008-10-06T21:39:00.001-05:002008-10-06T21:39:51.807-05:00

(Sorry for the delay in getting this post out!)Austin City Limits recap:FridaySo I didn't bother to find out exactly where Zilker Park was, and Whateley had a vague idea where it was, and thinking that we may take the free shuttle from a nearby downtown park, we just drove to downtown and parked at the first lot we found (for an outrageous $20, what a rip-off!). We then started walking... and

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-56665693671994149852008-09-12T21:23:00.000-05:002008-09-12T21:27:07.445-05:00

No need to worry, my gentle readers, Hurricane Ike will only be a drizzle for us. The newspapers had even been warning us that traffic would get bad because of all the evacuees, but we didn't actually see it during our drive to and from work today.Anyway, just wanted to share that. I've been dead tired lately for some odd reason. I'm just really glad that it's the weekend.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-5970362636442597492008-09-01T01:38:00.000-05:002008-09-01T02:09:17.780-05:00

So I have to make this post cuz Whateley thinks I'm over-reacting, and I think all my readers from California would totally understand:I had a hankerin' to make curry for our game night tonight. We haven't had curry in awhile, and I was also in the mood to make a rice dish. Anyway, I checked our pantry and found that we had used up the last of the curry mix the last time we cooked, so we needed

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-4045034072371251452008-08-29T22:34:00.001-05:002008-08-29T22:47:21.300-05:00

Las Vegas was fun. I won $150 in one pull from Megabucks. Of course, that was only one pull, and we definitely put more in than we got out. Sigh.... Why does the Millionaire lifestyle elude us?Whateley and I were talking about how when we have kids, we probably won't be able to go to Vegas until we can saddle them on someone for a weekend or else they're old enough to take care of themselves

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-18468750954743711192008-08-11T18:59:00.000-05:002008-08-11T19:05:42.482-05:00

It's been a glorious overtime-free weekend! And next weekend is Vegas trip!I know, I might've mentioned before that we're trying to save money after the cash-drop that was part of buying a house. But the Star Trek bar is closing!The Star Trek bar (and the experience) is one of the first things Whateley and I did together when we went to Vegas, even before we were dating. And we went there

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-4637088367744751762008-07-28T19:26:00.001-05:002008-07-28T19:57:12.939-05:00

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted.Whateley got worried that I was complaining about our marriage in my last post, so I told him I'd make a post about how he's a great husband. It took awhile since last weekend his parents came to visit (which I'll post about on a later date.) Since then, we've seen Mamma Mia (which is a fun movie) with his parents. And he's even taken me out to sushi a

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-12591006739668123722008-07-07T01:22:00.001-05:002008-07-07T01:55:50.887-05:00

Our 2nd wedding anniversary is coming up in less than 24 hours. Weird. On one hand, it feels like we've been together forever. On the other hand, I remember our wedding like it was yesterday. Two years, though. That's hardly anything. Though to be fair, we've known each other for 13 years now.We've been lazy about getting errands done and cleaning the house. We've run out of excuses,

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-88482838507686237772008-06-15T15:23:00.000-05:002008-06-15T15:24:17.554-05:00

Gotta get cleaning for game night....But it's been so nice to have a lazy weekend day where I was finally able to get some sleep!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-5641518267720693492008-06-09T22:06:00.000-05:002008-06-09T22:26:41.673-05:00

Ugh, this past week has been a nightmare. I'm not sure if I really suffer from DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome), but my body has always preferred going to bed after midnight (preferrably between 3 am to 6 am), and waking up after 8 or 9 hours of solid sleep. No matter what schedule I kept, my body would just naturally fall in to that pattern if given the chance.Anyway, this past week,

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-43408606481184099922008-06-03T22:41:00.000-05:002008-06-03T22:42:26.767-05:00

It's already 41 minutes past my bedtime....Whateley and I officially became daywalkers today with our new shift that begins at 8 am. Let's just say, switching to the new bio-rhythm is sucking hardcore. After two nights of trying to go to bed early and still waking up at 2:30 am, I resorted to sleeping pills last night, and it actually worked. I felt like a baby that slept through the night for

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-12749923661428182822008-05-18T04:31:00.000-05:002008-05-18T04:54:45.262-05:00

So I don't know if you had heard, but central Texas had some really bad weather just a few days ago. Tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms, actually. Whateley and I ended up having a pretty scary experience.The day began normally, the night before it rained, but otherwise it's a typical May. The air was really humid and warm though the sky had been filled with gray clouds. After running

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-35572296777723982802008-05-07T06:14:00.001-05:002008-05-07T06:23:49.490-05:00

I realized that the first anniversary of our move to Austin came and went and I didn't blog about it. It was 4 days ago, on May 3, 2007, that we crossed into Austin and drove up to our new apartment and signed the lease. That trip was difficult but exciting, and I still remember most of it. And thinking back, it was the craziest thing we could do, but sitting at Whateley's desk in our new

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-74199496736140559202008-05-06T06:29:00.001-05:002008-05-06T06:46:36.895-05:00

We took another step into adulthood today... we got one of those box-o-wine.I know!!!The box-o-wine is one of those things you joke about cheap people pretending to be classy things, though it does make sense to keep wine in such a container to keep air from oxidizing the wine after you open it. Besides, you can just keep it in the fridge, and it's really easy to pour.Whateley and I joke about

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-91093685349724554082008-05-02T05:14:00.000-05:002008-05-02T05:28:18.376-05:00

We're just unpacking... slowly.While I do have to say it's a thousand times better to live in a house rather than an apartment, there are still drawbacks. For one thing, an apartment is small, so when Whateley gets thirsty, he can go to the kitchen himself to get a drink. But in our house, since our computers and our room is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs, when Whateley gets thirsty, he

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-13848863227434277912008-04-30T06:36:00.001-05:002008-04-30T06:47:09.138-05:00

Wow, it's been awhile since I've updated. That's what moving will do to ya!Last week we bribed our friends with pizza and beer to help us move our furniture to our house. Funny, the week before it was cold, the week after there's a cold front so it was cold, but on our moving day weekend, it had to be swelteringly hot with tons of humidity.... I felt really bad for the guys doing the heavy

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-19422486266514221732008-04-10T23:39:00.000-05:002008-04-11T00:03:53.406-05:00

Okay, something in the universe is preventing us from using our dryer. I swear it must be the fates conspiring to keep that dryer from ever being turned on, and possible destroying two-thirds of the universe.After we got our new dryer delivered, the delivery guy said, ooh, looks like the socket's wrong, we can't plug the dryer in. But he suggested going to Home Depot and just getting the

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-42520978714213645882008-04-09T06:09:00.000-05:002008-04-09T06:19:59.289-05:00

Boy, owning a house is a lot more work than you figure. The seller left a fancy vacuum cleaner behind, and we thought, ka-ching, free vacuum! Well, it turns out, everything he left behind, he did for a reason. Mainly, the vacuum was broken.Basically, the seller must have bumped the vacuum against something hard and broke one of the sides. That dislodged the brush enough so that it wouldn't

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-51243459478065864782008-04-02T06:09:00.000-05:002008-04-02T06:16:08.687-05:00

It seems like there's a never-ending list of things to do when moving into a house of your very own. We've been taking boxes over there, but we're realizing that we've got less than month left to completely move out of our apartment. The thing that's been holding us up is partly due to my OCD. (I don't really have OCD, just obsessive tendencies. I don't want to offend anyone with actual OCD.)

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-59683004883301782772008-03-26T06:18:00.001-05:002008-03-26T06:32:18.053-05:00

So now that we have electricity in our new house, we discovered the source of the nasty funk emanating from the garage. It appears that the previous owner left not one, but two bags of food when he was cleaning out the refrigerator... using rather thin plastic trash bags... which he left untied... on the floor of the garage, so that trash juices seeped through and made a puddle on the garage

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-33689090065530927582008-03-22T03:38:00.000-05:002008-03-22T04:23:32.496-05:00

Wow. We love our new house!!!The seller of the house was moving in to his girlfriend's fully furnished house. So when we went on our final walk-through, he was still packing and offered us a nice couch, his dining table set, and a few other items. The couch is fantastic (he says at retail it was worth $2000, though with the stains on it, you certainly couldn't sell it for that much) and it's

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-37737529716777438492008-03-21T03:53:00.000-05:002008-03-21T03:54:01.187-05:00

T minus 10 hours until Whateley and I become homeowners!!!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-88942690406738926042008-03-15T06:12:00.000-05:002008-03-15T06:33:48.227-05:00

Wow, we got the final figure for our closing costs. Whew! Good-bye savings!We also renewed our Costco membership today. A slick salesman had convinced us to upgrade to the Executive membership a few months ago, so we thought we'd give it a go. Turns out, even though Costco is the Asian mecca, even I don't spend enough to justify the extra $50 per year. But then we realized that we were going

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-56146508071553240442008-03-13T04:14:00.001-05:002008-03-13T04:14:58.028-05:00

Okay, we've got our closing date: March 21st!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-37181080041397114092008-03-11T06:32:00.000-05:002008-03-11T06:46:34.933-05:00

Texas sure has weird weather. The past week it fluctuated daily from warm, to almost-freezing cold, to rainy. Poor neglected Pip at least gets the bird poo washed off of her during the rains. Can't wait to have a proper garage to park her in.Just waiting for closing at our end. It's the second weekend in a row where we didn't have to get up early and do yet another house-related thing. All

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-85337150723924487302008-03-03T06:37:00.000-06:002008-03-03T06:46:30.449-06:00

A little more news on the house front. The mortgage lady is working to close by the end of the week. If not, then we have until the middle of March to do so. Then we'll be homeowners!To answer your question, Bleusky, we probably won't start moving until April-ish, and if we can help it, we'll take a whole month to do so. The work never ends. After we close on the house, we have to set up

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-81413741530107945122008-02-26T17:01:00.000-06:002008-02-26T17:22:25.382-06:00

We're dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's in the war front. We've filled out a bunch of paperwork with the realtors, a bunch of paperwork with the title company (which isn't that much, but I'm being poetic here), and the bunch of paperwork with the mortgage company (which is just a hair over an almost-literal mountain of paperwork). We're still not done with the mortgage stuff (Damn,

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-20505719326352439672008-02-19T19:32:00.001-06:002008-02-19T19:44:45.866-06:00

Hello everybody, this is the husband hijacking the Blog for a bit. So don't read this unless you have Delta Green clearance or better ;p Money is a funny thing, in general you are pretty happy when you have extra money. But you really never think about money costing you anything. But yeah apparently we made just a little bit to much money last year, and because of that we can't get into this

DG Eyes Onlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934979697728584284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-53565831413768359452008-02-14T04:50:00.000-06:002008-02-14T05:19:04.823-06:00

We got a house!!!Well, the story requires me to rewind a bit. Anyway, so we had found a nice 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom house (though, that 4th bedroom is meant to be an office, or a tiny room for your least favorite kid) within a subdivision that we really liked. It had a spacious living room and a formal dining room which we were going to use for a gaming room. (That's D&D for you non-gamer-geeks

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-35944008141542581072008-02-07T00:55:00.001-06:002008-02-07T01:13:53.719-06:00

More news on the house front!We found a house we liked in a nearby suburb that will address all our space needs for now as well as the future. I don't want to go too much into it since we just made a bid and haven't heard back from the seller yet. The house has been on the market for awhile now, as many houses seem to be nowadays, probably because it had tenants so it didn't show as well, and

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-55211430048867985072008-01-31T02:36:00.000-06:002008-01-31T02:42:14.839-06:00

So we found out the reason we didn't get the house we bid on.First off, a short sale is basically when you're trying to sell the house for less than you owe to the bank. Usually, that's due to declining house prices or if you got an outrageous ARM that just increased your payment beyond reason. Well, it turns out that there's a law or something from the FHA where they won't allow short sales for

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-67027739759266704022008-01-24T03:37:00.000-06:002008-01-24T03:41:32.106-06:00

Cloverfield is a great movie. Genuinely scary, and a lot like how you'd expect things to be if your city is attacked by a giant monster. My only gripe? I should've taken some Dramamine before going in to the movie. It didn't take long for the shaky, hand-held footage to get me nauseous. And I was feeling too queasy to have more than a glass of the pitcher of Woodchuck cider we got at the

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-86489065926887192982008-01-19T04:28:00.000-06:002008-01-19T04:39:27.384-06:00

So there are a few of you that know that we put a bid on a house shortly before Christmas. It was a house we were severely low-balling since it was on the verge of foreclosure so they were going for a short sale, and the house was pretty trashed (cosmetically, anyway). Anyway, we got news back, and sad to say, the sellers were not approved for a short sale. I'm not sure if that means that the

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-70066935568168050752008-01-14T06:21:00.001-06:002008-01-14T06:45:43.894-06:00

Okay, so more on Christmas....We stayed with Whateley's parents since we figured most of our friends were in the OC area or else it'd be closer from there than my parents in Chino. We were suppose to take a family picture with my family, but we couldn't get it all organized in time, so it's postponed. It's kinda sad, though, cuz we weren't sure if we could make it next year for Christmas. I

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-85478506511129905572008-01-10T02:35:00.000-06:002008-01-10T03:40:52.592-06:00

I keep checking the blogs I usually frequent and wishing that they'd update. And then I realized that I haven't updated my blog in awhile. Ehhh, whatevah.So how was our Christmas? Pretty good. We bought our tickets before we had a finalized schedule, so we ended up having two days off before our flight. We spent one having game night with some friends, but after a couple of people flaked out

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-24786756751064798752007-12-28T04:21:00.000-06:002007-12-28T04:22:47.045-06:00

Back in Austin....Christmas was mostly good. I'll go into more detail later. Right now I just want to get into bed and be comfortable for the first time in a week. Since when did they start making mattresses with rocks? Ah... blessed, blessed memory foam mattress topper!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-32131587938626625492007-12-23T03:20:00.000-06:002007-12-23T03:36:20.547-06:00

Hello from sunny (in theory, at least) Southern California! So far we're enjoying our holiday vacation here. We miss our bed (it has a memory foam mattress topper) but it's been fun catching up with our friends and Christmas Eve/Day is coming, so there will be craziness from that. It's weird, like the past 8 months has been just a dream. It's like we never left... except that new stores have

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-75887784550020297872007-12-15T06:12:00.000-06:002007-12-15T06:20:44.300-06:00

Just a quick update:We found a house we like, and we've put in a bid for it. It's not a standard sale, though, so it will take awhile before we hear back. It may take up to 60 days for it to close, though our realtors gave an arbitrary deadline of January 31st.Speaking of realtors, we figure the one that kinda pissed us off was having an off day, and so far she's working well with us on this

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-41641552612880094472007-12-06T06:59:00.000-06:002007-12-06T07:02:20.106-06:00

A bit of drama with our Realtors... though I hope it's just a misunderstanding on their part. Technically, our only issue is with one of them. The one that's been showing us the houses (I think he's new and learning the ropes from a veteran) is great. I just hope this isn't a situation where just because our price range will result in a lower commission they'll treat us like crap. I'm sure

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-83436447172143524242007-12-03T06:56:00.000-06:002007-12-03T07:03:32.901-06:00

Saga continues in our home search. A few of our choices are getting snapped up, and there was a cute house in Cedar Park that went under contract... which means that barring anything major, that house is as good as sold. Ah, sad....A part of me would like to live in South Austin since that's where all the hippie vibe is greatest. It's also closer to downtown. But traffic in this city is

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-66777483173160538532007-11-24T03:53:00.000-06:002007-11-24T04:14:18.972-06:00

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!Ours was okay. Since we had to work on Thursday, we got together at a co-worker's on Tuesday for some Thanksgiving fajitas. She makes fantastic fajitas. We also got to see her in action with her kids. Dang, she's five years younger than me, and she's already got four kids. Well, to be fair, the last two were twins, but that's a lot of kids. And having

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-14547798502305658402007-11-11T06:41:00.000-06:002007-11-11T06:52:01.447-06:00

Christmas is coming....There's a bit of drama with my in-laws about gifts this year. They want to make it a no-gift-card rule, but there is no way we're gonna pack a dozen gifts in our luggage and take it on the plane with us unless they can all fit in an envelope... a gift-card-size envelope. I think they'll see it our way, especially if we threaten to get everyone just Magic the Gathering

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-57702547728339940912007-10-29T06:37:00.000-05:002007-10-29T07:01:24.229-05:00

Last weekend Whateley and I talked to our bank to be considered for a home loan. We got approved for a modest amount, and in Southern California, that wouldn't buy us squat. Actually, no, it would let us purchase a manufactured home. What are also called mobile homes. Yeah... not much choice there.But surprisingly (or not-so-surprisingly), we could get a decent house here in Texas. I'm

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-53487206564312927662007-10-18T02:33:00.000-05:002007-10-18T02:52:05.761-05:00

Okay, I think I finally have a work schedule that will not change for awhile. It's now... 4 pm to 3 am, Thursday through Sunday. Yep, you figured it, we're on the 4-10 schedule. That means four days of work, 10 hours each day. So far, I'm liking it better. Before, we'd lose a day to running errands and such, so you'd feel sad when your only day to play is marred by thoughts of having to

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-66438877709592945002007-10-03T03:31:00.000-05:002007-10-03T03:33:25.063-05:00

It's Brewfest in Azeroth! I swear, that's why I love this game. Schedule change, yet again. I'll post it once it becomes final.On another note, we got Christmas off, and we're flying to SoCal to see family and friends! Send me an e-mail if I don't get in touch with you about hanging out!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-65621183664524166942007-09-25T03:45:00.000-05:002007-09-25T04:02:49.639-05:00

It's kinda scary thinking about Whateley and my future in Austin. We're looking to buy a house (as soon as we get off our duffs and go visit some banks for pre-approvals), and from what I've read, once you buy a house, you better plan on living in it for at least 5 years before selling to make sure you don't lose any money when you sell (it's 7 years in a falling market, like we've got now). So

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-53390600132520873122007-09-21T05:00:00.000-05:002007-09-21T05:01:34.923-05:00

Yet another schedule change...Tuesday through Saturday, 3 pm to 12 pm... CDT.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-2581695557646681302007-09-05T23:25:00.000-05:002007-09-05T23:34:39.659-05:00

Awww... no comments about my and Whateley's poo conversation. :(My company's been trying to be helpful in regards to our future and possible career paths. But the sad fact is, customer service is 80% of the company staffing, and while it is one way into the other aspects of the company, it's not a guaranteed route, and the skills needed for that end requires so much more other training/

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-2470580395076612072007-08-31T23:35:00.000-05:002007-08-31T23:51:51.817-05:00

****** POSSIBLE GROSS-OUT ALERT *********Some snippets from my conversation with Whateley while we were driving home from work (edited for clarity):Whateley: "Ugh, that poo was so big... well, let's just say, the same amount was out of the water as in it."Me: "So, it's like you gave birth to a baby..."Whateley: "No, I gave birth to it's uncle."Whateley: "I could have kept looking at it longer

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-28875734139623122472007-08-28T04:25:00.000-05:002007-08-28T04:26:32.771-05:00

On a weird note, I made Whateley some naeng-myun and he wasn't crazy that the soup is served cold. The package came with some mustard and we both put a bit too much in it. And now, for some strange reason, I have a craving for naeng-myun. It may be the shrimp chips we got today. It's spiked with wasabi flavor.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-90950720467593344782007-08-28T04:13:00.000-05:002007-08-28T04:20:19.675-05:00

Too many things I need to do!- get oil change- get a haircut- write the IRS to get my money back- schedule an appointment with the bank for mortgage pre-approvals- get RAM for my computer (this is more of a should I or shouldn't I thing)- install Photoshop and Maya again- find my tablet and fancy dice set- make sweet tea- call Cigna and demand a new insurance card- find out where the DMV in this

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-11612168772521854172007-08-21T04:12:00.000-05:002007-08-21T04:26:03.850-05:00

I was telling Whateley today how weird it was that I got used to the patches of grass on the side of freeways being green. In SoCal, the world was usually brown, and it wasn't until after a huge storm, or even a very wet season, that the wild grass would be green and you wonder why the world looked so vibrant that day. I think I made a post a long time ago about driving home from church one day

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-70718539027022371502007-08-06T18:20:00.000-05:002007-08-06T18:28:20.575-05:00

Update:So, right after Whateley finished training, I got called in for a meeting and got offered a position in another department, different from Whateley's but on the same level in the overall company strata. And before I knew it, I the last two days of my week ended up being training for the new department (at 8 in the morning... but I'll get into that later).So my new schedule will be

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-81733859946101081512007-07-31T02:03:00.000-05:002007-07-31T02:24:27.723-05:00

Today was Whateley's first day of training for his new position at work. He's going to a different department, which will look good on his resume when he tries for the higher positions later on. Our department's growing like mad, and they didn't get enough supervisors to come over from SoCal, so it seemed like a lot of people were getting promoted in a much quicker time. So Whateley's got a

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-81879247844216270682007-07-23T18:24:00.000-05:002007-07-23T18:26:46.179-05:00

I admit it, we got our Harry Potter books from Walmart. Where else are we going to get them at 1 in the morning without a pre-order?Not much to report right now, just trying to get all the things we need to do done. Erg.More later... I swear!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-60552964494068822742007-07-17T03:29:00.000-05:002007-07-17T03:35:40.808-05:00

Ergh. I'm not sure how costs compare when paying a mortgage versus rent, but at least when we have our own place, we will have our own washer and dryer, and we won't keep losing money to machines that will suck up our money but not work! Argh!Vegas was great, btw. Sigh. I'll make a bigger post about it later. But in 13 hrs, we gotta go back to work again... and we won't be able to take any

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-72669841043735533802007-07-09T23:28:00.000-05:002007-07-09T23:29:49.087-05:00

Wow, as of yesterday, Whateley and I have been married for one year. How time flies.And we're headed off to Vegas to celebrate tomorrow! Wish us luck in Megabucks!

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-76627715128550663472007-07-02T03:55:00.000-05:002007-07-02T03:59:13.538-05:00

Our couch from IKEA broke. Luckily, we can still return it. But we realized that one of the "load-bearing" parts of the couch is actually made up of pieces of wood glued together, and that's not enough support, it seems. It actually split along one of these seams.Anyone know of a good furniture store in Austin? I've never bought furniture before except from IKEA, and personally, if all of

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-40983696559634224282007-06-27T04:52:00.000-05:002007-06-27T04:56:36.929-05:00

Whateley tried Tuna steaks for the first time today! Of course, he had it fully-cooked, which isn't as good as it could be. And next time, I will make sure to make it rare instead of medium-rare, which I realized cooked out too much of the yummy goodness inside.I'm very proud of Whateley for his willingness to try new foods, especially fish. I've heard of a Thai place w/ an all-you-can-eat

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-14727507494551575282007-06-23T04:26:00.000-05:002007-06-23T04:38:40.404-05:00

We had an interesting talk with the Chase Bank representative today regarding mortgages. Apparently, first time home-buyers that are planning on buying a home to live in have pretty good opportunities available to them. Mainly, we don't need the 20% down payment that Homebuying for Dummies says we need. Yay. So there's a good chance that at the end of our 6-month lease here, we'll actually

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-62927714599359749782007-06-11T05:29:00.000-05:002007-06-11T05:49:41.840-05:00

Ugh. This month's Discovercard bill is gonna suck. Not only does it have many of the hotel charges for our drive to Texas, it also has all the shopping trips to Target and Ikea to set up our place. And it also has our new car insurance payment, since we had to switch over to Texas liability limits, etc. And... it also has the charges for the plane fare for our trip to Las Vegas for our

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-22383649951655737332007-06-10T05:41:00.000-05:002007-06-10T06:11:04.018-05:00

So far, I have mixed feelings about Austin. I like our new office building, I love that we can afford to live on our own without forking over half our paychecks to rent, and I'm starting to like the quirkiness of a college town. It remind me of Berkeley... without as much homeless people. And since it's the summer, it's actually the quiet time of the year, which is the opposite of places like

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-22608848465619961742007-06-03T05:53:00.000-05:002007-06-03T05:58:04.523-05:00

Quick entry:Whateley compared Mabo Tofu to Hamburger Helper, especially since we upped the amount of ground meat (turkey) and served it over rice.I was trying to find an eloquent way to express that Mabo Tofu is not Hamburger Helper, but words escape me. If anyone else wants to try, please do.... I mean, he's talking about making Mabo Tofu without tofu! You... you can't do that. That's like

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-54307739670969849062007-05-27T21:38:00.001-05:002007-05-27T21:40:25.488-05:00

Oh, and we found a Korean market here! Several asian markets, actually. And Whateley had his first taste of Choco-pie. And he'll soon have a taste of mabo-tofu, shin ramyun, chapagetti, and Home Run Balls. I'll turn him Asian yet!And of course, we've found a couple of boba places, although only one with the barley that Whateley likes so much.

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-86673138215386219172007-05-27T21:00:00.000-05:002007-05-27T21:37:12.733-05:00

Wow, I've gotten some positive responses (okay, only 2) about my road trip description. Which is kinda funny since I described the worst of it and not the more interesting parts of it. :) So here's more about our drive to Austin:When we made our first lunch stop, we were looking around for places near Phoenix, and that's when I realized that not only are the Phoenix freeways weird (similar to

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-57012768804627428972007-05-20T19:27:00.000-05:002007-05-20T19:47:27.534-05:00

Okay, another post! I wouldn't mind talking about our drive here, actually:So the day before we took off the movers were coming, so we had pretty much stayed up all night finishing up the packing. We crashed at 6 am, but fortunately, the movers didn't come until about 5 pm, so I was able to sleep 'til noon and get at least some sleep. But Whateley, as I found out, used to be a nervous,

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-90484257597404407082007-05-17T02:08:00.000-05:002007-05-17T02:18:41.153-05:00

Dang, it's been such a long time since I posted!Anyway, for those of you that don't know, Whateley and I moved to Austin, Texas. I know, why the frak would we do that? Hmm... why did we?Well, our company opened up another center here, and we decided that the cost of living is much cheaper out here than in SoCal, and we have a decent chance of buying a house within a year instead of 5 years

Artistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133985382399699520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999674.post-86539581737684182007-03-26T04:31:00.000-05:002007-03-26T04:52:18.708-05:00

Okay, okay, I sure haven't been good about keeping up with this blog. I've been busy. More on that later.Anyway, today we had my dad's 60th birthday bash. His legal birthday was actually before mine on February, but we decided to have the party closer to his lunar birthday (the actual day they remember it being) since it would give us more time to plan. We tried to keep it as simple as

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My computer died recently. It's been horrible. WoW-withdrawls!Luckily, my new computer will be arriving tomorrow. Yay!Anyway, there's been much going on, but I'll blog about it after I've had a chance to make sure I've broken the news to everyone I know in real life first.

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4-day weekend ahead!Whateley and I took a couple of days off in addition to our normal weekend, and we're gonna spend that time going places and relaxing. We need it!Our shift is so timed that around the last couple of hours of our shift we go from "hey we're taking volunteers!" to "you have no choice, you're staying on overtime" to just as we leave overtime they say, "hey, it's back to

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Dang, it's been almost a month since I posted!Not much has been going on. Whateley's birthday passed and he lamented about turning 28, which is so damn close to 30. He also got really sick and had a 103-degree fever at one point. He was miserable for a week. There were a couple of days where I went to work without him. That's when I discovered this: work sucks. The only reason why it was

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So I'm reading this article which was basically a summary of Terry Irwin's (Steve Irwin's wife... or widow, I guess) interview on TV, and there's a picture of her on the verge of tears with a sad expression on her face... and all I can think is, boy, she's got a lot of wrinkles on her face! Dang, she looks like she's going on 60!I know, I know, I'm going straight to hell.But this only proves the

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I'm in love!!!Yeah yeah... Whateley... vows...'til death... whatever. No... I mean, sitting in front of me is a thing of beauty, a sight to behold, something that stirs love in even the coldest of hearts.Yes, it's a new widescreen LCD monitor. *love ya!My old monitor had gone fuzzy. Literally. I kept having hard time reading the text in WoW, and I thought, boy these designers sure picked an

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My blog, my rules:1. I don't respond to stupidity and name-calling.2. Neither does Whateley.Don't make me take further actions to stop your annoyance, Anonymous.Can I get an amen from the regular readers (who don't post comments anonymously for one)? I mean, why is an anonymous troll criticizing my values on my blog? I wonder if s/he'd criticize me if I said work is my life and I value that

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Ooh, flame war. Or is it Troll Wars: the Last Dope. The second poster, my the way, was Whateley and I have no idea why he posted as anonymous.Anyway, I'm not sure what the first commenter was talking about, but he was rather snarky like I was whining about money. First of all, it's my blog, I can whine if I want to. Second of all, I'm not destitute. Hell, I'm not even in the working class

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Two hours overtime today... and I think we'll be getting two hours every day for the coming week. Erg.I remember when Whateley was going through a solid month of overtime in the summer. It sucked. Hopefully, it'll be better this time around cuz we're actually working together at least.

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