| Itinerary |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|09:32 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
Greetings! It's 4AM Sar time! Couldn't sleep! We have doughnuts!
We ran out of propane at 8:30 last night. Using the electric stove in the landlord's house to make coffee.
I don't like it. It's one of those flat glass top ones. It's wonderful that we can use the electric stove, as opposed to leaving THIS early to get propane when we've got work to do. The electric stove makes me nervous. You see, I can tell when our stove is on and hot because it's ON FIRE. This thing, ya gotta kinda squint, hold your hand over it... Eh.
Our schedule is starting to get a little more hectic, as it does this time of year...well, usually we're rushing around on our machines, in this case we'll actually be ON THE ROAD! Imagine, two people living in an RV actually GOING PLACES. *gasp*
/Sarcasm
This afternoon: Off to Mountlake Terrace for a bit of Debauchery followed on Saturday by a Birthday party for our favorite soon-to-be 5-year-old.
Saturday night/Sunday morning: Return to GB.
Tuesday: Off to Burien for early Thanksgiving with Badass Dave & family.
Wednesday: On to Olympia, spend the 26th @ Joel's.
... Not clear on what happens before Saturday evening, HOPEFULLY return to GB and pick up any stray mail that's arrived
SATURDAY: Spend the night at Bob's, go to Seatac at O'dark30.
Sunday, Nov 29th: Voy a México!
Dec. 6th: Return to Seatac 11:30PM, supposedly. (This IS air travel we're talking about)
Mike is staying here, I'm leaving my phone with him. With any luck I'll have access to E-mail while I'm there, but no guarantees I'll be checking it regularly, or be able to do anything if there's a problem. (Read: If you need something web-wise, call/e-mail Mike).
PLz 2 keep half an eye on my precious English muffin while I'm gone and make sure he's eating & stuff. Thx. |
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| Amusing Spam of the Day |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|03:20 pm] |
"...If you didn't make this payment and would like to decline it, please download and install the transaction inspector module (attached to this letter)."
Ah, a 'Transaction inspector module!' I think I will keep this phrase for future entertainment. |
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| Oh, is THAT what is says? Really. |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|09:28 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Frazzled | ] |
Almost profound... my day in a nutshell:
The last three days have been completely insane.
TONIGHT I send out invoices and get some paltry penance for all this brain damage. |
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| Feelin' Secure? |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|03:46 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | *facepalm* | ] |
So we discover that you could, theoretically (we didn't actually DO this), register a domain with a stolen credit card and a hotmail e-mail address, and still get a "Secured by GoDaddy" SSL certificate.
Just sayin'.
Comodo guarantees it's checks up to $1 million, GoDaddy, up to $2000. I guess they're just playing the numbers.
In our years of dealing with GoDaddy, I have to say I would eat raw chicken before putting my domain into their hands. The former only provides a few days of discomfort, nonretention and weakness. |
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| Sunrise Landscaping, LLC |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|09:28 pm] |
The long-awaited official launch of
Sunrise Landscaping and Tree Removal
Sunrise landscaping is based out of Olympia, Washington. They lay their lives on the line removing and prune dangerous trees -and if you don't think trees can be dangerous you haven't been out here during a wind storm- and create lovely gardens, rockeries, patios and retaining walls.
Their site is complete with an admin tool that allows the owners to add, edit, and delete portfolio pictures, category names, and text any time. |
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| R.B. Olson Construction |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:46 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  relieved | ] |
At long last, I welcome to the web
R.B. Olson is one of the most respected and renowned construction companies in Eastern Washington. They focus on new technology, efficiency, and accessible housing. I'm really impressed by how eager they are to explore and look into new ideas and new technology, and their experience helps outline the advantages and pitfalls of new, -or revisiting ancient- building materials and techniques. They have earned and maintained and excellent reputation not just with lenders and banks, but within Eastern Washington's close-knit communities.
The web site is, for the most part, simple old HTML. While most clients take advantage of the admin tool so they can update their own sites, R.B. Olson elected to have their web designer do it.
I've been really impressed with the Olsons, they've been great to work with. While chances are I won't be building a home any time soon, I would not hesitate to recommend them. They are refreshingly ethical, easygoing, informative and professional. |
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| Preparation |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|02:54 am] |
( Thoughts on Puerto Vallarta )
I had a talk with the lady that works at Sultan bakery who was in PV in 2006. She said to use American dollars for everything... What about pesos do they take pesos should I GET pesos? Anybody know anything about preferred currency, or even better, what's going to get me the most for my money?
Still, I can't wait, it's going to be awesome. |
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| Phew. |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|03:26 pm] |
New hard drive, 1TB Seagate from Staples: Acquired.
Sleep: Had.
Websites launched: Not yet.
Spanish: Been practicing, still a lot to learn.
To work! |
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| Guh. |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  annoyed | ] |
Today can suck my butt.
Got no sleep.
Mike's hard drive has died.
Monroe offers sweet FA in the way of computer hardware, though Staples may have one, waiting to hear back.
STILL haven't launched those two sites. Waiting to hear from people.
Good: Fresh doughnuts at Sultan bakery at 5:30AM, Friendly barista at 6:00AM. |
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| Attention: Artists |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|12:41 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  excited | ] |
Rustycon's Art show info is updated!
Sign on in and get yourself a spot! If you've created steampunk, science fiction, science, or fantasy themed artwork, sculpture, jewelry, or photography, sign on in. This is a great opportunity to sell your work, your prints, and get recognized!
Rustycon is the Northwest's first science fiction convention of the year, it runs January 15-17th, 2010. The hotel is awesome, and this year promises to be the best so far. If you want to stay and party(and you should), Hotel rooms are a worthwhile $99 a night. |
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| Rave in a bowling alley |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|12:19 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | Jumpy | ] |
Thunderstorm rolling in, rain just starting. Holy shit. I'm wondering if the worst will stay South of us. I know damn well it's going to back up against the mountains here and dump, though.
One of the house denizens just said her friend in Mukilteo lost power. Time to do a save all.
Not jumpy. notjumpyatall whywouldIbejumpy?
Oh yeah: Happy Bonfire night, Brits! Hope you're having a good one!
Update: Most of it missed us. Fine by me, though my adventurous side is a little disappointed. That's OK, I have brownies! |
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| Retail Swine Flu! Invention that needs to happen. |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|12:42 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
Oh, I'm just going to stop off at Wal-Mart to get some party decorations, some diet coke and a case of flu for me and the kids.
I hope this flu epidemic helps people take a second look at attendance policies. -But what do we do?
I'm a business owner. There are a LOT of burdens put on us if we want to take on a full-time employee. That employee would basically have to bring in over two times their salary for us to break even. I think it's ridiculous that the employer is responsible for health care- mostly due to the fact this has made employers take a little too much interest in what I'm doing outside of work, not cool. Employers also have to pay social security and insurance. To simplify, an employer can pay you $10 an hour legit or $20 under the table (So if you're unemployed, you might want to take a second look at contracting).
Everyone calls in to work, I've seen countless people take unfair advantage of the sick leave policy at employers' expense, and I've seen a lot of people who needed a more lenient policy.
What needs to come about in this country -especially for the retail industry and part time people- is basically a pregnancy test type device that will turn color if someone's contagious. Pink! Woohoo! You're getting paid to stay home.
No, this doesn't help the partyers, the people with non-contagious ailments, or the ones with sick kids so much, but it's a start. Though gawd help us if they start using it on airplanes or something... huh |
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| Corned Beef, Tarot, Fishing, Gardening, |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|12:24 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
So yesterday we worked, and pretty much did sweet FA as far as festivities. I dressed up for about an hour, and had a nice chat with the landlord when she got back from trick-or-treating. Borrowed her giant saucepan for a corned beef brisket.
( Corned Beef )
( Tarot )
Today I woke up at what I thought was horribly late and was actually 11AM (by horribly late I mean 1PM or later). I made coffee, packed up my stuff, kissed my slumbering partner and said "Coffee's in the pot, I'm going fishing." I got into the haunted, quirky car, willing and begging it the whole way there and back to behave itself. It did.
( Fishing & socializing with strangers )
( Dinner & gardening fail. )
( Spanish lessons: Nincompoop ) |
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| Boondock Saints II |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|06:14 pm] |
What do you MEAN its not playing in WASHINGTON?! Are you SHITTING ME? I haven't been to see a movie in six months! I was really looking forward to this.
I am severely disappointed.
Glad it's getting good reviews. Maybe I'll catch it in Mexico.
Bastards. Grr. |
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| Stationary |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|04:02 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Gold Bar, WA | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Resigned but hopeful | ] |
Well, Mike's brain has taken a trip to codeland, and it's not coming back any time soon, so it looks like we're staying here tonight.
I'm actually glad its raining, as that means the hoard of children that are here for the landowner's Halloween party are in the house and not out here messing with our electric cable or something equally likely to send Mike bursting out of here with lazer eyes and bony, tree root hands in throttle position.
Corned beef is in the pot, three hours to go, and I think I'll slip into something more festive...
Perhaps Madame Sarah will entertain the harried adults with the Tarot Deck. |
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| Swine Flew |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|05:59 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
One of the last things one expects to see when stepping out your front door is a pig running by at full tilt, pursued by a crazed network engineer.
This turned into a full-blown keystone cops (reverse keystone cops? After all, the pig was the pursuee) scenario involving four residents, two sticks, a wet, muddy backyard, a goat -who also escaped during the fiasco- and finally, a pitcher full of popcorn.
Pig: Returned to her pen upon sighting food. Me, Mike, Jerry & Keigan: Wet. |
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| Pratchett! |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|01:49 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | happy | ] |
Dad got me the new Pratchett Unseen Academicals! Thank you Dad!
I'm off to go read now. |
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