Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Catching up!
I might move the blog over so it matches my current Google account, but maybe not. There are only a couple people reading this anyway.
Slowly getting ready for Christmas. Have to buy a couple of gifts. Really looking forward to the time off, although I believe I'll be spending most of it reading about Oracle trying to learn as much as possible for work.
With being busier at work and learning new things, I'm trying to limit my distractions. I have recently deleted lots of my RSS feeds because it's a big time waster. I have also seriously limited my internet time while at work. It's so easy to get lost in browsing and Wikipedia that, before you know it, an hour has passed.
Concurrent with using my time more wisely I have tried to think of a worthwhile resolution for the New Year. This blog entry entitled "7 Highly Effective Resolutions for the New Year" is useful, in my opinion. In particular, I would like to spend more time with family (and friends) and develop a new hobby. I do enjoy reading, and I really want to spend more time reading books rather than spending time in front of the computer just surfing aimlessly. As far as the hobby goes, I'm not sure what it will be, but I will do a bit of research and think about it more.
I have also toyed with the idea of no more instant messaging. It is another distraction and time-waster. I do enjoy talking with some of my coworkers, so I might try to pare down my list and that way, when I do chat, it's worthwhile.
Slowly getting ready for Christmas. Have to buy a couple of gifts. Really looking forward to the time off, although I believe I'll be spending most of it reading about Oracle trying to learn as much as possible for work.
With being busier at work and learning new things, I'm trying to limit my distractions. I have recently deleted lots of my RSS feeds because it's a big time waster. I have also seriously limited my internet time while at work. It's so easy to get lost in browsing and Wikipedia that, before you know it, an hour has passed.
Concurrent with using my time more wisely I have tried to think of a worthwhile resolution for the New Year. This blog entry entitled "7 Highly Effective Resolutions for the New Year" is useful, in my opinion. In particular, I would like to spend more time with family (and friends) and develop a new hobby. I do enjoy reading, and I really want to spend more time reading books rather than spending time in front of the computer just surfing aimlessly. As far as the hobby goes, I'm not sure what it will be, but I will do a bit of research and think about it more.
I have also toyed with the idea of no more instant messaging. It is another distraction and time-waster. I do enjoy talking with some of my coworkers, so I might try to pare down my list and that way, when I do chat, it's worthwhile.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Weekend Wrap-up
Awesome dinner at Al Fresco Saturday evening. Food is delicious and copious amounts of good wine and conversation.
6 hour meeting, er, "retreat" tomorrow. Can't wait for that shit.
Decided that we won't be having any roommates here.
Need a new computer desk. Trip to Ikea very soon.
Mondays can suck it.
6 hour meeting, er, "retreat" tomorrow. Can't wait for that shit.
Decided that we won't be having any roommates here.
Need a new computer desk. Trip to Ikea very soon.
Mondays can suck it.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Bad blogger!
Oh my, this is really sad. I have fallen behind and now I need to update...
I got a new 15" MacBook Pro at work... 2.4Ghz and 4 GB of RAM! Sweet...
I am thinking about getting a new 2.8 Ghz iMac at home...
My Apple slim BT keyboard shipped from Hong Kong today... but I might take it back and use my $100 iPhone credit towards the purchase of the iMac, should I decide to buy one.
There is a possibility that we might get another roommate. I am reluctant to say too much because it's not in stone, and it's a little more than just a normal roommate situation. Details to come...
I am very very (VERY) frustrated with Halo 2 on the 360. The damn controller is too hard for me to master. Maybe I'm old fashioned, or just a clutz but I cannot get the hang of the controller. Perhaps I'll just buy the version for Vista and load it on my iMac and play around with it.
I bought a new car!!! Johnnie bought my GTI and I bought a BMW 325xi. I will try to upload a pic shortly.
Tonight we are going to eat with Jim because he has been working out of town for a few weeks.
More to come. Please keep watching this channel for updates...
xo
I got a new 15" MacBook Pro at work... 2.4Ghz and 4 GB of RAM! Sweet...
I am thinking about getting a new 2.8 Ghz iMac at home...
My Apple slim BT keyboard shipped from Hong Kong today... but I might take it back and use my $100 iPhone credit towards the purchase of the iMac, should I decide to buy one.
There is a possibility that we might get another roommate. I am reluctant to say too much because it's not in stone, and it's a little more than just a normal roommate situation. Details to come...
I am very very (VERY) frustrated with Halo 2 on the 360. The damn controller is too hard for me to master. Maybe I'm old fashioned, or just a clutz but I cannot get the hang of the controller. Perhaps I'll just buy the version for Vista and load it on my iMac and play around with it.
I bought a new car!!! Johnnie bought my GTI and I bought a BMW 325xi. I will try to upload a pic shortly.
Tonight we are going to eat with Jim because he has been working out of town for a few weeks.
More to come. Please keep watching this channel for updates...
xo
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Sorry!
I have really neglected the blog lately! What have I been up to?
I visited a good friend in Montreal and saw the city and the sights. I have been working. I have been spending time at home and doing some things around the house and playing with the dogs.
Johnnie and I put up a new (to us) light fixture in the kitchen over the new (to us) kitchen table. It looks good! There are a couple more things left to do in the house right now and we might finish them up tonight. There are boxes still left out from where we put boxes under the dining room table to keep the puppies from using the table as a hiding place to do their "business." Also, along with the kitchen table and light fixture we got a wall hanging from our neighbor Jim and I want to put that up in the master bedroom over our bed. It'll be different and it's a bold red which I like.
Today there was a suspicious box on campus and we had to be evacuated to another building on campus. That was a little exciting; certainly nothing like that has ever happened on campus before. After we spent a few minutes waiting, some of us went to Panera for lunch.
Also this evening I think we're going to harness up the dogs and take them to the park; they need experience riding in the car (and not going to the vet!).
I will try to update the photo gallery in a few days as well.
I visited a good friend in Montreal and saw the city and the sights. I have been working. I have been spending time at home and doing some things around the house and playing with the dogs.
Johnnie and I put up a new (to us) light fixture in the kitchen over the new (to us) kitchen table. It looks good! There are a couple more things left to do in the house right now and we might finish them up tonight. There are boxes still left out from where we put boxes under the dining room table to keep the puppies from using the table as a hiding place to do their "business." Also, along with the kitchen table and light fixture we got a wall hanging from our neighbor Jim and I want to put that up in the master bedroom over our bed. It'll be different and it's a bold red which I like.
Today there was a suspicious box on campus and we had to be evacuated to another building on campus. That was a little exciting; certainly nothing like that has ever happened on campus before. After we spent a few minutes waiting, some of us went to Panera for lunch.
Also this evening I think we're going to harness up the dogs and take them to the park; they need experience riding in the car (and not going to the vet!).
I will try to update the photo gallery in a few days as well.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Album Updates
Dork alert! iPhone photos can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gti5driver
iAmCrazy
iAmWantingMoreWeekend
http://picasaweb.google.com/gti5driver
iAmCrazy
iAmWantingMoreWeekend
Saturday, June 30, 2007
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