archives: August 2005
paranoia hits hard
August 31, 2005
"I have a completely irrational reaction of panic anytime Dan is late. I’m not talking a few minutes late, but hours. Anything out of the ordinary for him. We usually keep pretty good tabs on each other, tell each other if we’re going somewhere after work, the store or whatever, and when to expect us [...]"
bug bites, painting, and changing focus
August 29, 2005
"I have at least 10 bug bites on my legs and arms from being outside all day yesterday, painting our deck. I’m not sure what kind of bugs they were… it was the middle of the day, full sunshine, breezy- usually mosquitoes and other biting-bugs like that come out in the evening. I vaguely remember [...]"
don’t want to go down that road again
"I think it’s time to get back on the horse, or whatever. I weighed myself yesterday for the first time in months. I knew I had gained a bit of weight (as evidenced by my pants being a little snug) But I didn’t really think it was that bad. Wow. 10 lbs? How the heck did [...]"
bubble girl
August 25, 2005
"Suddenly, my head has exploded into a big allergyfest. My throat is swollen and itchy (and sore now, from all of the itching), my eyes are watery and puffy, my nose is stuffy, and my head is pounding from all the sneezing I’m doing. It started the other day after we turned off the AC [...]"
and Dan thinks I’m a pig!
"A friend just sent me this story. It’s from last January, not exactly timely, but still worth posting about! That girl ate that ENTIRE BURGER, all 11 pounds of it. I can’t believe it. Although, I’m really really hungry right now, so I might be able to give her a run for her money… More posts like [...]"
such a sucker
August 24, 2005
"Dan was working on the laptop in our bed, with Scotty curled up next to him for about an hour or so. Later when I went in and sat on the bed for a visit, Scotty was gone. I asked Dan where his little buddy was. He said: ‘I’m not sure.’ Pause. ‘I think maybe he went to [...]"
mmmmmm
"Some awesome person brought bagels to work today and left them in the kitchen for all of us. YUM! More posts like this: it’s late and I have a headache February 6, 2008 waxing poetic September 2, 2005 I’m no good with interruptions in my routine March 4, 2008 now if only I could find some Laundry Elves for hire [...]"
happy suzie homemaker
August 23, 2005
"Very strange. I was done with my work tonight by 7:30 (this is after being at ‘work’ all day of course). It felt… wrong. I didn’t know what to do with myself! So Dan and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather we’re having this week (low 70s and sunny- FABULOUS!) and take [...]"
the more things change, the more they stay the same
"I am slowly wading my way through my old blog archives and I found this email forward I posted in January of ‘02. I thought I could relate to it then.. now parts of it seem even more relevant. Quarter-Life Crisis It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are [...]"
he’s baaaack
August 22, 2005
"Dan came home from Deep Creek yesterday, and he has proceeded to call me a turdstain several times, grab my butt, and call my website ‘ToiletSplash Designs’. So good to have things back to normal again. :) More posts like this: half-assed November 28, 2006 bachelorette days again August 9, 2005 and the butt-kicking continues… December 15, 2008 such a disappointment [...]"
my ticket to the big time
August 21, 2005
"Just another reason I’ve been busy lately: a complete redesign and overhaul of Inksplash. I think it will give me more room to expand the site later. Plus, it’s bolder looking :) The pastels from the past year (can you believe it’s been almost a year already?!) were getting stale. I’m hoping this will at least [...]"
procrastinatory measures
"Hello. I am procrastinating. I need to clean my disgusting house. There are tumbleweeds of cat hair laying in the hallway that you could TRIP OVER, and the bathrooms have definitely seen better days. And I’m growing tired of stepping on mysterious crunchy things when I walk in my living room. It’s been 3 weeks [...]"
pathetic, I am.
August 20, 2005
"So sad, the panic and sense of emptiness/loss that comes when you realize your internet connection is down because the power went out earlier in the day while you were gone (stupid wireless router thingy that needs reset). Even more sad… the phone call to the husband on HIS VACATION, insisting that he walk you [...]"
take THAT!
August 19, 2005
"Just checked a site design in Firefox, IE, Netscape 4 (all on Windows) and Safari and IE (on a Mac) and ON THE FIRST TRY, it looks perfect in every one of them. Damn I’m good. More posts like this: letters August 13, 2005 I guess this is a sign July 14, 2006 client-copia, driving us to mania February 10, [...]"
friday forum
"THANK GOD IT’S Friday!!!!!! 1] Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you’re going to say? Why/why not? Sometimes, yes. I’m a dork like that :P I’ve never been very good on the phone… I always get all nervous for some reason. I am getting better though. Needing to call clients and deal [...]"
well piss me off
August 17, 2005
"OHMYGOSHIFIONLYHADAGUNRIGHTNOW. I have been working on a site since February- FEBRUARY. It’s a basic, static site with a photo gallery and general info. Nothing fancy, very simple. Why it has taken this long to go live I do not know. Or actually I do know- these people are FREAKING MORONS. They keep changing their mind and [...]"
since he’s not here, I can at least tell stories about him.
August 16, 2005
"In my fit of feeling sorry for myself the other day for Dan leaving me all alone this week, I completely forgot 2 funny stories about my dear husband. The first is from Friday night. We went to my sister’s in-law’s (wow that sounds weird) and Dan had quite a bit of beer to drink. By [...]"
just wait till he gets home
August 15, 2005
"Dan just emailed me from vacation to tell me about the wireless internet they have in the house now, so he is able to use the laptop that he took with him (because he’s never more than 5 ft away from it anymore..) He called it ‘a nerd’s paradise’, because he can surf the ‘net [...]"
43 things
"I found this little site a while back and created a list for myself, but I never got around to adding anything to it. Today I wandered back to it and added some things. I only have about 13 at this point… but I’m thinking hard for more :) More posts like this: client-copia, driving us to [...]"
googling ourselves
"Every once in a while, I get curious about what people might find if they Google my name. It’s usually just my site, Inksplash, and a few other random places- nothing incriminating or funny. Today I Googled Dan’s name. heeeee! Look at that baby face!!! He’s number 49, in the second row. He was only 12 or [...]"
lonely lonely me
August 14, 2005
"So here I am, all alone. Dan left this afternoon for vacation. It’s so quiet without him here.. not that he’s really that loud or anything. But even when we’re separated in the house, working on our different things (me in the computer room and him on the couch with the laptop) he or I [...]"
speckled toes
" We spent most of this weekend painting our deck. I used the sprayer I bought the other day and it worked pretty well! The railings are now finished (thanks to my mom for all of her help today!) After both ’sessions’ of painting, I was completely covered in paint speckles and splatters- my hair, my [...]"
letters
August 13, 2005
"Dear Netscape 4.7, I hate you. Dear People Who Still Use Netscape 4.7 For Some Un-Godly Reason, I hate you, too. Dear People Who Make The Rule That We Still Design Sites For People Who Use Netscape 4.7, Bite me. More posts like this: I guess this is a sign July 14, 2006 take THAT! August 19, 2005 client-copia, driving us to mania February [...]"
I promise I don’t waste time at sites like that.
August 12, 2005
"So I am continuing to browse through my textlog archives when I need a break from work stuff, and I came across a post that says the following: TITLE: a great place to waste time :) I could seriously spend hours here. That is, if I had the time. Which I don’t. *quickly bookmarks the site to [...]"
how do I love thee?
"A direct quote in an email from my newly-married sister (not even a month yet): “I asked my assface of a husband and he didn’t know.” Once you start saying things like ‘my assface of a husband’, you know you’re gonna last forever. More posts like this: home alone December 1, 2007 crossing that bridge March 15, 2006 halfway around the [...]"
