9039 – Sun

Let’s see… to recap the weekend –


Friday

– Gem show was fairly nifty… I got to fool with a $109,000 aquamarine stone, and ate some tasty dessert with the in-laws and BHK.

Positives : Played with Rocks, Tasty food, Obtained a little knowledge on Lapidary, Got some ideas about what to get BHK as presents, Rock Cutter reminded me of Todd, discovered “sno cone” cut

Negatives: 4-5 hours is too long in a folding chair, Mouthy lady across from me, Had to wear nice clothes, heavy rain, we were tardy, I notice occlusions and stone flaws too easily, BHK low blood sugar, Newt accidentally in the walk-in closet the whole time we were gone.

Final Score: More win than fail. If I had to do it again I wouldn’t complain, but would plan for uncomfy chairs a bit.


Saturday

– We were going to spend a little time doing chores and then go to the flyball tourney with Amy and her sisters, but got sidetracked after we were invited to breakfast with Larry and Chris. Post Bob Evans, we got the tickle to pick up our copy of Zombie Fluxx at Aardvark in Solomon’s…. That sort of turned in to a family trip to BJ’s Wholesale with the in-laws, once they heard we were heading south for a moment. Larry And Chris suffered a little bit from sensory overload at Aardvark’s, but we were in and out quickly. Just fast enough to grab our ZF and go. I found out that they don’t carry warhammer minis, but instead do war machine. I wonder if Eryx and his crew mix and match figures, or if they’re purely WH? Once we got to BJ’s, a quick trip for some tires for Larry’s car turned into Shop-o-rama 2007. BHK and I picked up a few things that we needed, Halloween candy for the kiddies, and two wonderfully discounted wii games ($20 each) – Rampage and Ninjabread Man. Chris decided to play Santa, and bought our cart of goodies as well as their own!

While grocery Shopping, we found some Theme Chocolate –

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Sexual Chocolate I’ve heard of… Forgiveness? interesting. Tranquil and Renew… what happens if you eat all of these at once?

On our way south, there was a trailer on the side of the road hawking flowers, apples and baked goods. By the style of dress, I thought at first that one of the vendors was Amish, but on evaluation of the trailer, she must’ve been Mennonite – Horses would’ve had a tough time pulling the thing, but a truck hitch would be fine. Also went to the post office, and got Danny’s Anniversary Present, and a Fluxx card “Zombies Eat Brains” promo… you use it in the standard deck, but has a Zombie theme, to be sure (The player who has Death on the table wins if the Brain is on the table.) The Boxed version of HEY! That’s My Fish! I was a cruel and heartless player, and beat BHK 3 out of 3 games. I fear my victories will grow fewer in number as we get more players – I’m much better with 4 penguins than with 2.

We also stopped off at Maerten’s to get our wedding rings engraved – inside of mine will be “Wing To Wing” and BHK’s will be “Oar To Oar”, referencing Robert Frost’s The Master Speed – last lines of which are:

Two such as you with such a master speed
Cannot be parted nor be swept away
From one another once you are agreed
That life is only life forevermore
Together wing to wing and oar to oar.

The full poem is on my bio page here.

Positives: Zombie Fluxx obtained (Aardvark sold out and was on it’s second order!), Hey! That’s My Fish!, Free Candy, Free Wii Games, Free Houshold supplies, Social time with the in-laws, ginger snaps and apples, offer to teach me old school biscuit baking techniques.

Negatives: Delayed visit to Amy for a day, no chores done – will probably have to buckle down next weekend, a little skittish about not having my wedding ring

Final Score: BIG WIN! I really can’t find much to complain about getting games, chocolate and a lot of good conversation and giggles out of a Saturday. Tried Ninjabread Man, and the controls are tricky, but not bad once you’re used to ‘em. I bet Bugah will be quite good at it.


Sunday

(Today) – I slept in until 10:30! I never sleep that late, but it must’ve been quite needed.

BHK and I hustled out the door to visit with Amy before she headed back for New York – got to give a friendly wave and offer support. We didn’t ge tto eat together, but BHK and I took in some gorgeous weather, and went for pizza at 3 brothers – Sicilian with ricotta and garlic, BHK got meatballs on the side. Really, really good. Enough left over for dinner and for me to take to work tomorrow for lunch… and for BHK to have a nibble for lunch, too.

Stopped in Annapolis to look at couches at Jennifer’s to replace the pink Torquemada-inspired beasties on the living room wall. Some solid, affordable options there… most light at the end of that tunnel yet. Nothing totally sings, but we have a few ideas about what to do now.

ATW man changed to Spidey for Halloween!

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I dig his boots.

We got home and flopped in front of the TV in the treehouse, caught up with The Office, Earl, and Midnight…. and just enjoyed snuggles with Newt in bed. Chris called to invite us over for Veggie soup, but I was too pooped out to get dressed and head over there. They understood, and BHK worked our way downstairs to catch up with some of the Ugly betty and cake making challenge video we had saved there – got sleepy, and we hit the sack shortly thereafter.

Positives: walkabout, moon pies on the road with diet cranberry splash, super good pizza, maybe a new couch soon, offered Amy a chance to come visit, ATW man, Further along on couch search, lots of nice time with BHK.

Negatives: The day was too short!

Final Score: Solid win. Comfy, Autumnal, lovey day.


1 year ago

– on honeymoon in SC, ripley’s, voice posts
many pages of pictures taken that day! 1 2 3 4 5 Hooray for Honeymoon!

2 years ago

– wilma update, peanuts meets lovecraft
more hurricane fallout pictures taken that day

3 years ago

– adp and ri battle, kamal, punkinheads, clock change, katherine harris run over, willed body lawsuits

4 years ago – hospital trip, mr Charlie

5 years ago – babynamer, Drawbacks of a name, newt-tadpole pics, candy-corn thoughts, cat heroclix sculpts, PBS-SOP

6 years ago – musical coding, Network

7 years ago – Hanging out with buddies. Geotarget

8 years ago – Newt’s eyes begin to turn colorGeotarget

(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)

9037 – sat

The rain is making it feel even more like autumn.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet… I now own a pair of black crocs…. but without the massive amount of swiss cheese holes throughout. They’re pretty comfy, and good for banging around the yard. Mine are fairly conservative… but I’m envious of BHK’s multicolored comfy clown shoes. It’s really impressive to me that they’ve gained such huge acceptance.

Skull masks galore! – I’m a little partial to the Day of the Dead one, here. Another site for Skeletal art.

Vector Magic is still going strong. This site traces bitmap images, turning them into vector art. Just upload your image and they will convert it for you.

30+ Free MMORPGs

yahoo games on the wii

FEMA sets up fake press conference where all the “reporters” were in fact FEMA staffers asking pre-planned questions


1 year ago – honeymoon road trip bot post

2 years ago – wilma curfew, distribution of ice, no power etc, Monkeys and Tiger Penis Wine, life rating, my wilma status, hulk help kitty, grammy b’day, bso overview, old tin can

3 years ago – halloween thoughts, feeling bad for fictional lovers, static blue screen, CoH Halloweenies, blood color, newt battle pic, drone men, scruffy, LJ entry promotes a secret service bust

4 years ago – Twistyland, Hollow celery, New Dawn of the Dead cool Halloween lights web cam, Frankie served notice, body attack dreams, robot-made jack-o-lantern, dick, the albino bowler. palm observations in the office, driver-stink

5 years ago – moon pie contest, the ring, making the bed, Crazy chuck Heston, OrchidThief, imprints of joy, Electra to belly dancer painting begins

6 years ago – Clobbered, caravan dreams, primate psychology, Mexican wrestling game, broken cookies

7 years ago – yahoo hiccups, stupid, crazy & full of shit, Phish MovieGeotarget

8 years ago – Newt learns to use the litter box

(via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)