We got a new light for the dining room at The Home Depot today and Joe put it up just a bit ago. I really like it, even though the hole in the ceiling is not over our table. We can swag the light and hang it from a hook sometime in the future, which we’ll probably do, but I’m just happy to be rid of the horrible silver ceiling fan. I see no point in having a ceiling fan over the dining room table to begin with. I don’t particularly like a breeze blowing on me while I’m trying to eat. Also, with the bulbs facing upwards instead of straight down, the lighting is softer.
Month: January 2005
Today in review
Woke up this morning to a ton of snow, so I called my doctor’s office to reschedule my appointment. The receptionist, who is my doctor’s husband, told me to go play in the snow. He was in rare form, as while he is friendly, I wouldn’t call him cheery or talkative. After that, I slept til 10:30 am and then ended up taking a nap after lunch for a few hours.
The kids played games, had lunch, and made thank-you cards for their Christmas presents while I was sleeping. Joe is not your typical father, i.e. he isn’t helpless (or some would even say hopeless) like some men are where they need the woman to tell them what to do. He even had the sense to put a table cloth down on the table and have them draw on something hard so there wasn’t a chance of scratching the new table.
The kids just went to bed because we played Life and it’s actually a long game. I don’t remember it at all even though we had it when I was a kid. Now Joe is doing some shoveling outside.
We were both getting really pissed off earlier because in our association fees, we pay to have snow removal done, and for the second snowfall this year, it seems like everyone’s driveway BUT ours had been cleaned. What is that all about? I left a concerned voicemail with the property manager around 3pm and at 6:30 pm they came by and cleaned off the drive-way. It’s a good thing too, because I almost left another message, and this time I wasn’t going to be nice about it.
I just don’t get why they keep skipping us. It makes me wonder if everyone else is giving them extra money on the side or something. I know it can’t be because of the van in the drive-way as I saw them removing snow from the apron of the drive-way across the street that had two cars parked in it. They didn’t do ANY of our drive-way until after I left my message, even though they had been removing the snow across the street from us earlier in the day, and then left without doing ours. And we were told they start in different areas of the complex each time for fairness reasons, but the people across the street always seem to get taken care of first. It’s frustrating.
In other news, my camera is in Chicago, so I wonder if they are still delivering it on Tuesday, or if I will get it Monday instead. I’m having it shipped to work so it doesn’t end up sitting outside in the cold. I can’t wait to get my hands on it! It seems to take really nice portraits and I want some current photos of Joe and the kids. Joe is anxious for me to get the new camera too because that means he gets the 5700 which is much nicer than his 885. That will bring us to a total of 4 digital cameras – 3 Nikons and 1 Canon.
P.S. I upgraded to the free version of MT 3.14 last night and I’m really liking the new look and features.
Spider
I’m not totally freaked out about spiders, as long as they don’t come near me. But it is rather disconcerting that there’s one on the ceiling, 20 feet directly above me right now, and there’s not a damn thing I can do other than imagine him coming down right onto my head when I’m not paying attention. *Shudder*
Maybe I should get off the computer.
Coming Soon
I’ve been up since 4 am because I had a stomach ache that wouldn’t go away until I was ready to leave for work. I wonder if it was from all the excitement of finally ordering this last night before going to bed. It’s due to arrive on Tuesday!
It’s true: I won’t spend $400 on an iPod, but I’ll drop almost $1400 on a camera. :)
Mickey Mouse is waiting
We recently starting planning our wedding/honeymoon in Florida for later this year and there is a plethora of information out there from what times of the year Disney World theme parks are least crowded, to detailed restaurant menus in the park so you can plan your dining in advance. I’m starting to get really excited about it all. It’s amazing how many people are addicted to the Disney experience. I found this site with a discussion board and many of the frequent posters have been to Orlando several times over the years. I’ve been there three times as a kid, so I know the feeling. This will be my first time back in over ten years, though.
The hardest part is scheduling what time of the year to go. I kinda had my heart set on having a September wedding date, however, the more I read in regards to the heat and humidity in Florida at that time of year, the less I want to go then. At the moment we’re looking at the two weeks of November preceding Thanksgiving. We’d actually be coming back home the day before.
In a way it kinda stinks because that means we’ll be celebrating our anniversary in cold November, but hey, it’s a good excuse for a November trip to somewhere warm, right? We visited the west coast in November 2002. :)