Month: December 2006

I just made a complete elf of myself!  See for yoursELF!

I spent the day (and night) writing my, what turned out to be six-page typed, holiday letter, and then addressing 54 envelopes for them. Then, I put on return address labels, stamped twenty of them with $.37 + $.02 stamps, and the other 34 with $.23 postage stamps, and put them aside. I am bound … Read more

I drove to Replacements, Ltd. this afternoon, and picked up some Christmas gifts for my sister and her husband. I love that this place is: Gay-owned The owners have a “hallway of fame,” where they have newspaper clippings, awards, and letters about the positive impact and contribution they are making to their community The owners … Read more

I find this idea intriguing, and may sign up for it myself in 2007. [MSNBC: The Washington Post] Attention holiday shoppers! These people haven’t bought anything new in 352 days — and counting. These 10 friends vowed last year not to purchase a single new thing in 2006 — except food, the bare necessities for … Read more

I got up at 7:30, and left the house at 8:15 for an 8:30 meeting, which turned out to be, literally, within walking distance of my house. This was a three-hour meeting for my Service-Learning job, during which I took notes (a.k.a. the minutes). Myra also took some, so that’s comforting. At the break, I … Read more

I continued my editing of Mary’s Users Guide at about noon, and finally finished at 9PM. What a bitch! The edit job, not Mary. I drove out to IBM, where I scanned my marked up document into a PDF sent directly to my e-mail. I saved the attachment, and then attached it to an e-mail … Read more

From grimpoch‘s blog via chasman‘s blog: (If you’re at work, listen with headphones.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA At 9:30, we went down to the lobby to have some of the complimentary continental breakfast offered by the hotel until 10:00. There was a choice of coffee, juice, some mini-muffins and small pastries, and some bananas. Myra and I sat … Read more

I stopped by the credit union this morning to pick up my driver’s license, which was sucked up during my transaction on Tuesday. I’m not saying their process is “bad,” but when she flipped the book open to retrieve my driver’s license, it was stuck in a slot on a page with at least eight … Read more

I worked all day on editing Mary’s Users Guide, making it to page 176 (out of 285). I negotiated a new end date with her, which seems feasible. This book is taking way too long to edit. I worked in the Service-Learning office today, mostly on conflating my and Patti’s notes from the 11/16/06 Engaged … Read more

The first line of the first blog entry of each month in 2006: January We had sausage biscuits and coffee for breakfast. February I mailed a letter today at the post office, and accidentally put the stamps on while I had the envelope upside down. I got back in line to take care of it. … Read more