archives: December 2005

  

every day just gets better

December 29, 2005

"I love graphs. I love charts. Anything that allows me to visually track changes in numbers is fabulous to me- I don’t like math and numbers on their own, but combine them with a nifty Excel spreadsheet and I’m happy as a pig in slop. It’s one thing I sort of miss from my days [...]"

getaway

"May 13 to May 21, Dan and I will be here. Our hotel. Click on the photos… oh wait- is that the Colosseum I see from the ROOF TOP POOL?!?!?! Yes, I think it is. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! General itinerary so far: Imperial Rome sightseeing Follow in the footsteps of Caesar during a guided sightseeing tour of Rome’s Imperial landmarks. Highlights include [...]"

year in review

December 28, 2005

"When I was younger, in junior high/high school, I kept a paper diary. I would go months without touching it, and then I would write furiously for a few weeks. Then the cycle began again. (Funny how I tend to do the same thing with my weblog, heh) But I always tried to write a [...]"

Christmas

December 26, 2005

"I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah or whatever it is you may celebrate this time of year. My family, we celebrate Christmas, and it was a great one. Saturday, Christmas Eve. My parents’ house around noon to watch the Steelers beat the crap out of the Browns, homemade chicken noodle soup, tons of [...]"

diary of a snow shoveler

December 22, 2005

"December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. [...]"

it’s official

"Dan got his final grades today from graduate school, and he has graduated with a 3.194- not bad for working full time while going to school for 3 and a half years :) Love you sweetie, I’m so proud of you!!!! More posts like this: almost finished December 7, 2005 waxing nastalgic. or something. October 19, 2006 happy new year [...]"

I just love Pittsburgh in the winter

December 17, 2005

"Yesterday just kept getting more interesting. Right at 5, the weather decided to unload a white-out on us. Rush hour on Friday a week before Christmas- EXCELLENT time for that! I would like to say that I drove home, but it was more like ice skating. For an hour. For 8 miles. When I was almost [...]"

does anyone know a good shrink?

December 16, 2005

"Today was seriously the weirdest day. It was our work Christmas party, complete with a grab-bag ‘Yankee’ gift exchange. I was off sick yesterday (girl stuff / mental health day / felt like crap crap crap) so pretty much that was the big reason I dragged myself out of bed again today. Anyway, the party started [...]"

idle hands

December 15, 2005

"I was bored tonight (yeah I know- doesn’t happen often!) so I blew the dust off of my CafePress store and made a new calendar. I’d like to make some other products… journal? poster? mug? but this calendar took so long! I’m so bad at deciding on images. I originally was just making it for [...]"

if only it weren’t the truth

"If this weren’t so true, it would be freaking hilarious. Actually, it’s still hilarious. And the comments from the people who are taking it WAY too seriously are even funnier! I cannot tell you how many clients, both at my full-time job and freelance, have done stuff like this. It makes me want to SCREAM! More posts [...]"

updates

December 14, 2005

"Things have been so busy at work lately. My manager is out for 6 weeks recovering from surgery (everything is okay now) so we’ve all had to pick up the slack and take more control of our own projects. The flipside of that is I’ve been a little slower with Inksplash work. And while that might [...]"

I win

December 12, 2005

"The kitties are now safely locked in the basement. They have food, water, toys, and blankets. But no tree. They may have done a number on my tree, but I have opposable thumbs which allow me to carry said kitties down the stairs, open the door, and shut them in. TAKE THAT! More posts like this: two kitties, [...]"

pointless meme

"Borrowed from Cyn: Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is. *Note: I’m doing this at work, where I only have some of my music… so at home, my answers would be a bit different. How many songs? 416 Sort by artist First artist: Alanis Morisette Last artist: Vanessa [...]"

things I want to do in 2006

December 10, 2005

"Is it too early for a list like this? I’m just thinking of things, so I thought I’d write them down. No particular order, just when they pop in my head. And it’s not a resolution list- just a ‘to do’ list. Go to Europe. Clean out our junk from our house and garage, have a sale, [...]"

dork dork dork

December 09, 2005

"Gmail has now added an RSS-feed ‘ticker’ (though it doesn’t scroll annoyingly like traditional tickers, so yay!) to my email. Fantastic! So is it dorky that when I realized I could add ANY RSS feed I wanted, I added my own? Just so I could see it up there. I took it down right away. Really. I [...]"

almost finished

December 07, 2005

"Dan had his last graduate school class today. His final test (not really a final, just a last midterm) is next Tuesday. Then he just has to wrap up a few things with his thesis project, and he’s done. In honor of that, this is what he emailed me this afternoon after his class: Class can lick [...]"

I have my reasons

"I wish I could fast-forward time. Just a little bit. More posts like this: time flies when you’re having fun. or when you have a baby. May 9, 2008 random Friday December 19, 2008 hi. remember me? August 28, 2006 see yinz guys later October 11, 2005 amen, sister. December 6, 2007 "

bring it, bitches.

December 05, 2005

"My cats both just crapped themselves, I think. Yesterday, I made a decision. I got out the Christmas tree and put it up. We didn’t put it up last year, since the kitties were little and we weren’t having anyone over, and really- it’s just us, we didn’t mind. But this year, I want to put [...]"

dreams are weird

December 02, 2005

"How should one react when a male coworker tells you that you were in his dreams last night? It wasn’t said in a perverted way, just a matter-of-fact way. ‘Hey Jen… you were in my dreams last night.’ while shaking his head. ‘Dreams are weird.’ Very odd. But it led to a discussion about how dreams in fact [...]"

cut-n-paste post

"It’s been a while since I’ve posted… since I’m feeling lazy, here’s a cut-n-paste post for ya! TEN random things you might not know about me. 1: I once ate a chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A that fell onto my garage floor. I was hungry and didn’t care. I survived! 2: I had kidney surgery when I was 10. [...]"