I’m changing offices at work, and as the head of marketing certain members of my staff believe my new office needs to be colorful and creative. Kathy gave me a colorful painting she did that I call “401K”. I framed it this weekend and plan on giving it a prominent location in the new office.
I’ve also added it to the growing number of paintings in the gallery.
Danny recommended I put in a twister area rug. I’ll have to run that by the staff.
One of Claire’s first high school projects was to make a presentation that summarized her summer. A summer summary. She decided to make a T-Shirt shaped poster board with symbols on the front and poetry on the back.
zebra print and giraffe print = zoo
popcorn = movies
blue ribbon = swimming
paint brush = painting new room
yellow curtain = decorating house
splashing person = pool time
cross and sleeping bag = church retreats
Coca Cola = trip to world of coke
spilled nail polish = nail painting
sand blob = beach
moon and stars = staying up late
cake and balloons = birthdays
P.S.
There is a wreath behind Claire’s head on the pantry door, so that is not a strange haircut.
Photos back from the lab. After going to dinner at Ted’s Grill, we ate cake, ice cream, and opened presents at home. Claire made a very elaborate happy birthday card based on a cell phone and text message. See the 4 photos where Danny and Claire act out getting a giant text message. There was a lot of dancing going on during the candle blowing… I can’t remember why. Girls?
For you non texters, here is a key:
- <3 is a heart shape symbol for "love"
- U R is short for “you are”
- Bro is short for “brother”
Can you dejumble these? HINT: If you get one you will quickly get the others.
1. TICKLISHLY ENABLE HAZE
2. SHOD IN JAIL CHEAPENS
3. ANARCHICAL MISERY
4. JAUNTIER, CLASHING
5. RICH ANATHEMA CLINGS
6. IRON-JAWED CHAP SHEDS
7. HIS ILL-CONCEALED INANE
8. REJOICE! LUSH ON TALENT
9. I’M AN ETHICAL HEN HECKLES
10. JAIL NICE SHAME
Called home on my drive back from work and Danny answered. He had a long day at his new job. He was tired and his feet hurt. He wasn’t used to being on his feet all day. He said that he mainly set up the weapon section and the pimp section.
(Can you guess his new job?)
Just pulled a receipt out of my pocket with quotes written on the back:
Ted’s Montana Grill
16oz Sweetwater 420 (2 @ 4.25)
“I’ve never put a razor to my face.” – MCC
“This tastes like a dirty hippy.” — DC
“Some beer dripped in my water.” – MCC
“Nice. I won’t tell anybody.” — The waiter
(Note: Dirty Hippy = a variation of a black & tan. Guinness and something else. Maybe DC remembers.)
I signed up to get a beta invite for Google Voice a couple of weeks ago. I got the invite today, and set up my account. In the setup process I was able to choose my area code and look for a mix of numbers and letters to be my phone. I ended up getting one that was a combination of my first name and birth year. Makes it easy for me to remember, anyway.
This one number can ring multiple phones at once. I was able to set up my office, cell, and home number. You can decide what rings when (weekends, nights, days, however.) While testing, Kathy immediately objected and told me to get google off our home phone.
Grant called me right away and tested it. The Google lady on the phone acts as an operator and screens the calls. She asked me if I wanted to take the call or not from “brothu Grant” which was what he said when she asked his name.
What is amazing is that someone can leave a voicemail message, and a text transcript of the voicemail message goes to youre e-mail and is text messaged to your cell phone. You can also see your voicemails over the web, like an e-mail box. In the attached snapshot you can see where Google Voice did a pretty good job of translating two messages. The little button above each message lets me listen to the original over the PC.
Look in the lower left corner. I’m accumulating credits that can be used for international long distance. I’ve already earned 10 cents.
This is extraordinary. I assume I will see and hear some ads along the way that funds all of this.
Thanks to Danny, Facebook, and Beth, we have some photos of Nicole and Beth in London and Amsterdam. Will add to this collection as they come in.
I messed up. In an attempt to kill tough winter weeds that seem to enjoy Weed-B-Gone, I used Round-Up in January. It did a pretty good job on the weeds, but it was risky, because unless the Bermuda grass is completely dormant, Round-Up will kill/damage unseen green under the brown. This tactic had worked the prior year, but I don’t think this past winter got cold enough to make the Bermuda go totally dormant. Result? I ended up with a bunch of spots where weeds once had been that did not green up.
But, the Bermuda is tough, and filling in the bare spots. I’m hoping to have the entire yard as nice as the pictured section by October. Won’t do the Round-Up thing again.
Spare feet by Claire.
Danny has been helping repair and repaint Gramalie’s deck over the past week. That got Kathy inspired. This is the second time we’ve stained the deck since Grant built it. Seems to hold up ok for about three years, but our dogs’ nails scratching off the red/brown stain make us wish we had gone with a lighter color. But it looks good for now, and the dogs are currently banned from the deck.
My only contribution was these photographs and helping Danny move the grill. I didn’t want to get in the way of the fine job the two of them were doing.
