Currently moving dominates my spare time. I haul empty boxes. I haul full boxes. I research options for hooking-up two travel trailers. I sort. I throw away. I pack. I have fun!
We have the travel trailer situation more-or-less figured out. Now it's just the implementation that remains.
The garage has been cleaned and prepared to receive the packed household goods. Extra shelving has been purchased and assembled.
Stuff is being given away, thrown away, or packed-up.
Timelines have been established (not that we are depending on keeping them to the letter).
Decisions are being made.
I am grateful for having the most wonderful Dad in the world who has been an invaluable helper and consultant!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Moving
I am having a moving experience. The literal kind. I am moving.
However, I am not moving far.
The lady I stay with during the week is going to remodel her house. The serious, take off the roof, add another floor, and put the walls in all sorts of different places kind of remodel. The developer, designer, and project manager love her design.
Our current plans involve packing up the whole house, storing almost everything, and living with only essentials in two travel trailers. One trailer will be the "main" house. The other is a very small "bedroom" where I will sleep. I'm looking at this as an adventure. It will, after all, only be for 3.5 months. The only part of this adventure I am not really looking forward to is...regularly taking a shower in a tiny little space (sitting down) with a 6 gallon hot water heater.
However, I am not moving far.
The lady I stay with during the week is going to remodel her house. The serious, take off the roof, add another floor, and put the walls in all sorts of different places kind of remodel. The developer, designer, and project manager love her design.
Our current plans involve packing up the whole house, storing almost everything, and living with only essentials in two travel trailers. One trailer will be the "main" house. The other is a very small "bedroom" where I will sleep. I'm looking at this as an adventure. It will, after all, only be for 3.5 months. The only part of this adventure I am not really looking forward to is...regularly taking a shower in a tiny little space (sitting down) with a 6 gallon hot water heater.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Contacts vs. Glasses
In case you haven't guessed, things are relatively quiet here at work and I am actually taking a lunch break (and writing for my blog). There are still lots of things going on, but nothing that keeps me working straight through lunch.
Last Friday I went to the eye doctor and was "fitted" for a new pair of contact lenses. I wore soft contacts regularly from age 11 to 33. I stopped because of minor eye irritation issues. I only have one set of eyes and want to take care-of them!
During the last few years I only wore my contacts for special occasions. However, my eyes seem to dry out by the end of the day, so I really hadn't considered going back to them full-time.
Because I will be doing more video stuff, I decided to ask my eye doctor if he had any suggestions. Not surprisingly, there have been many advances in the area of contact lenses. He suggested I try a different type of lens that is designed to let in a lot more oxygen than what I had been wearing. So I got a pair to try out.
I like them! Wearing them takes me back to my many years of wearing contacts and now I remember why it seemed so natural. Having the right "tool" for the job makes such a difference.
It is kind-of funny to be around people who only remember me in glasses. It took me a while to adjust to being in glasses. Now I am going through the reverse process, with the exception that it isn't taking me any time at all to get used to wearing contacts again.
Last Friday I went to the eye doctor and was "fitted" for a new pair of contact lenses. I wore soft contacts regularly from age 11 to 33. I stopped because of minor eye irritation issues. I only have one set of eyes and want to take care-of them!
During the last few years I only wore my contacts for special occasions. However, my eyes seem to dry out by the end of the day, so I really hadn't considered going back to them full-time.
Because I will be doing more video stuff, I decided to ask my eye doctor if he had any suggestions. Not surprisingly, there have been many advances in the area of contact lenses. He suggested I try a different type of lens that is designed to let in a lot more oxygen than what I had been wearing. So I got a pair to try out.
I like them! Wearing them takes me back to my many years of wearing contacts and now I remember why it seemed so natural. Having the right "tool" for the job makes such a difference.
It is kind-of funny to be around people who only remember me in glasses. It took me a while to adjust to being in glasses. Now I am going through the reverse process, with the exception that it isn't taking me any time at all to get used to wearing contacts again.
SFAD
This year Valentine's Day reminded me of past years celebrating this day as a single female. Several years ago some single female friends and I decided to start celebrating SFAD (Single Female Awareness Day) instead of Valentine's Day. It is ironic to me that most of the attendees to these celebrations are now married and most have more than one child.
In memory of those bygone days, here is a copy of the invitation to our first SFAD party:
Dear Fellow Single Females,
At this time of year when everyone is celebrating the glories of love, it is time to celebrate the glories of being unattached. It is time to recognize the singular benefits we realize by not having someone else's dirty socks on our bedroom floor, by not needing to care about who won the Super Bowl, and generally by being footloose and fancy-free.
To this end, we invite you to a celebration of Single Female Awareness Day at our house (yes, we are now on our own). We shall eat garlic & chicken pizza to ward off suitors. We shall eat chocolate to remind ourselves that romance is a pallid substitute for chocolate. In addition, appropriate games will be played.
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The appropriate games included Old Maid and one of those "you get so many safety pins and lose one every time you _____." For us the _____ was saying any masculine pronoun or name. It was lots of fun. I also find it mildly ironic that I won Old Maid even though I had never played it before.
I attempted to get together another SFAD party this year, but few were available.
In memory of those bygone days, here is a copy of the invitation to our first SFAD party:
Dear Fellow Single Females,
At this time of year when everyone is celebrating the glories of love, it is time to celebrate the glories of being unattached. It is time to recognize the singular benefits we realize by not having someone else's dirty socks on our bedroom floor, by not needing to care about who won the Super Bowl, and generally by being footloose and fancy-free.
To this end, we invite you to a celebration of Single Female Awareness Day at our house (yes, we are now on our own). We shall eat garlic & chicken pizza to ward off suitors. We shall eat chocolate to remind ourselves that romance is a pallid substitute for chocolate. In addition, appropriate games will be played.
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The appropriate games included Old Maid and one of those "you get so many safety pins and lose one every time you _____." For us the _____ was saying any masculine pronoun or name. It was lots of fun. I also find it mildly ironic that I won Old Maid even though I had never played it before.
I attempted to get together another SFAD party this year, but few were available.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Closest Book Meme
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people & post a comment here once you post it to your blog, so I can come see.
Here goes:
Kenneth C 11339 Prairie Court SE Olympia 98512....456-1751
Odell & Heidi 297 W Steelhead Ln Elma 98541.......426-2117
Paul 4224 Kyro Rd SE Olympia 98503................459-1586
Yep, you guessed it, it's a phone book. It was the only book on my desk actually.
If you are reading this and haven't done it yet, consider yourself tagged.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people & post a comment here once you post it to your blog, so I can come see.
Here goes:
Kenneth C 11339 Prairie Court SE Olympia 98512....456-1751
Odell & Heidi 297 W Steelhead Ln Elma 98541.......426-2117
Paul 4224 Kyro Rd SE Olympia 98503................459-1586
Yep, you guessed it, it's a phone book. It was the only book on my desk actually.
If you are reading this and haven't done it yet, consider yourself tagged.
Monday, February 04, 2008
What Time of the Day Am I?
Not that it is 100% true, but since I took time to take it I thought I'd take the extra few moments to post it on my blog.
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