Tuesday was kind of a drag.
I took Monday off, and that threw me off...completely.
Consider the following chain of events:
I drive to my usual parking spot on top of the old Troy Laundry building. I pay for 10 hours of parking. As I walk away, I realize:
WAIT! It's 8:30. You have a meeting at 12:30. Why did you prepay for 10 hours??!?
Sigh.
I walk to the side entrance of the office, and get my bag stuck in the turnstile. Upon backing out, I can't reswipe my card, because it "expired" for this session. (Great security tactic - lock your employees out.) I hike around the block to the main turnstile, where the security guard lets me know she saw the whole thing on video and I should have just pushed the buzzer for help.
"Gee, I didn't want to be embarrassed," I mutter.
I then get to my desk, at last, fire up my computer, and find I forgot to put a couple of stories on the story plan, resulting in two hysterical e-mails and one Extremely Disapproving Look.
That happy hour across from The Times?
Looking pretty good about noon.
Family
Happy Birthday, Matt! (6)
Merry Christmas, 2010
Happy Birthday, Jim! (40)
Empire State Building
Happy Birthday, Matt! (5)
Sun comes out...
...when you're on the Monorail
Happy Birthday, Kreamer!
Celebrating at Smash!Putt
Swing!
It came from Puget Sound
When you pour coffee down the drain, this is what happens....
New haircut, new trains
Alex and Ana's wedding
Our nanny, Anastasia, and her fiance, Alexander, were married on Saturday. Lunch followed.
First day of preschool
This year, Matt is attending Shoreline Children's Center.
Riding light rail
Boarding at Westlake station.
Jim 1, Stump 0
Jim is victorious over the stump by the back gate. They said it couldn't be done. They were wrong.
Matt at the Zoo
Golden Gardens Park
Home improvement(s)
The finished guest room. Jim and subcontractor Uncle Kreamo hung a new set of mirrors and Jim hauled up the end tables from the basement. Add a rug and voila! Less junky, more inviting and funky.
The fireplace had a big ugly device ("heatilator," Uncle Kreamo called it) that was supposed to circulate heat from a fire. All it did was blow soot, from the looks of the hearth, and drive me NUTS. It turned out to be a little more work than anticipated to take the whole filthy thing out. It involved a hammer, a screwdriver, scissors and a flashlight. But now the living room is irritation-free.
Another Roadside Attraction
The Teapot gas station (defunct) in Zillah, WA
Extreme Makoever, Silliness Edition
Matt's friend Maya
I'm not having fun, you can't make me.
Oh, OK. I'll have fun.
Mr. Dirt
I built a lot of things. Now can I have lunch?
More from Oahu!
The beach at lunchtime.
The beach about 6:30 a.m.
Matt, hard at work.
A view from the Royal Hawaiian.
Luau grounds. You could eat off the grass.
At the Zoo
Last day at preschool
Daddy came to visit
Matt was the VIP! Here he is, ringing the bell for snack time.
In the VIP chair...
....sharing a train.
Look at us!
Matt's new haircut
Matt being a pirate with a new haircut.
Some improvement
This is what you get when you ask the skylight installer to take down some sheetrock and he says "I got good news and bad news."
NoNo
Serif
April showers
Lake Union
Ferries are Fun!
Off to Port Townsend
Jim is pensive about the crossing.
Museum trip
Matt's room: in progress
Matt's room: done
We'll always have Paris (Las Vegas)
I think Paris is one of the most photogenic casinos on The Strip. Tres bien!
And The Venetian.
For the educational component of our tour...
We visited the Atomic Testing Museum at the Desert Research Institute.
Year of the Ox
Las Vegas is celebrating the Lunar New Year (and attracting tourists) with displays dedicated to the new year.
The Palazzo featured a golden ox; appropriate as the ox is a prosperity sign. Who couldn't use a little prosperity?
The Bellagio went for a topiary ox, made of 1,000 live plants.
Vacation hair hell
Soft water, dry air, no product, Mel's hair. Bad combination. No wonder I look unhappy.
Mel
She loves a mystery
Jim
Man about town, and all about the UO
Jim's birthday
Matt
He's big on trains
Matt turns 4
With a truck cake
Us
Snow of 2008
Antigravity
This is just funny
First day of preschool
Off to school!
Fall 2008
Ready for Halloween
I found the great pumpkin
Changes in latitudes
Sunroom, before
Sunroom, completed
1 comment:
I don't envy you folks that live in the city. The other day I had to wait for two vehicles to pass in front of me when I wanted to go to town. Well, I could have pulled out in front of both of them. In town, that's customary. Here in the boondocks, it's rude. So, I didn't.
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