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Chrismas Lights
December 03, 2006

Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to hang them? What a fiasco.

At first we didn’t know how our new neighborhood would decorate. Would they decorate conservatively or would they trow lights on top of everything? Well, after the last couple weeks of warmer weather, everyone had plenty of time to put up whatever lights they wanted, and we’ve been left with a display that is not conservative, but also doesn’t consist of multiple lighted, moving, and sound-producing lawn creatures.

Perk
November 30, 2006

One of the more interesting “perks” of working from home is that I get to take Abby to Kindergarten in the early afternoon.

Just around lunch time we start our procession. Actually, the most painless part of the production is getting Abby ready, which one might expect to be the most difficult part of the process. Abby is actually very helpful in the process, and has yet to complain about going to school. Give her a year or two, right?

The Mad Dash
November 27, 2006

Black Friday. One one of my virtual co-workers showed up online, and only for about an hour. So, I finished some miscellaneous stuff I wanted to get done and went out to do some errands.

Riley’s electric car part came in at Mom’s office, so I ran over there and we had lunch at the mexican place that used to be Pizza Hut, where I had a job interview with this crazy dude that wanted me to write tax software but gave me the impression he was going to stab me suddenly during our two-hour pizza interview.

Light Thanksgiving
November 22, 2006

We’ve been having a family debate about this year’s Thanksgiving. In addition to changing the venue from Nana’s house to our house, we’re thinking of having a different menu for Thanskgiving dinner. Explaining what I’m after when I refer to a “light” dinner has been a challenge.

Every year, we have the traditional turkey dinner. Our meal usually includes stuffing, mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, corn pudding, biscuits/rolls, sweet potatos, perhaps some other vegetable like green beans, and pumpkin pie. All of this is served family-style, and there is often much more food than we really need. I guess that’s the seed of discontent.