7 Quick Takes (Vol 4)

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I left Facebook. Completely. It's crazy and liberating all at once. :)

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Jason's parents screened in our side porch so that we could spend some hopefully cooler, more time outside.

[caption id="attachment_589" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Most of the length of the porch[/caption]

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Unfortunately, it is extremely hot outside and Dominic doesn't handle the heat very well. :( So, despite having a water table, he gets hot really fast and we have to come inside.

[caption id="attachment_590" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dominic gets thirsty, what can I say??[/caption]

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Then we got a little climber with a swing and a slide too. So that it can be put on the porch and Dominic can get some fun sliding and swinging in, despite not being able to go out on the big one.

[caption id="attachment_591" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Look at that happy boy![/caption]

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But alas, too many hot days and some heat exhaustion for Dominic. :( So....

[caption id="attachment_592" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This was right before Dominic shoved him off.[/caption]

We brought it inside. It makes life exciting. :-/

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I managed to clean the whole kitchen and the living room including sweeping, dusting and vacuuming. Of course the boys did not enjoy the vacuuming. Christopher followed me around while crying. It was so sad. And funny. Mostly funny.

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We had an eye appointment on Monday. And my vision is apparently so much better that I don't need glasses. Go me. I don't know what caused it, but hey, I'll take it. :)

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A New Project

So, if anyone who reads this (do people read this??) knows me in real life, they will know that I only wear skirts. There are various reasons for this, but primarily it is because I feel more feminine and because they fit my body better. Since I wear skirts all the time, I'm pretty hard on them. So, I go through them quickly. This has gotten expensive. :-/

I have attempted sewing in the past and it has been....um less than successful. We have a quilt that I made for Jason that is...kind of small, and really crooked. Also, it's ugly. :) But it's warm! I attempted making a dress for a friend's wedding. But when I tried to put the elastic in, well, did you know that you have to stretch out the elastic??? Hmmm, well I didn't. Oh yes, and the cutting. It helps when it's cut straight. So, you're asking, why on earth would I try again?? Well, clothes are expensive. We want a big family. It will be a helpful skill to have to be able to sew some of our clothes.

So, I bought a pattern for a skirt (no elastic), and some fabric (by the way, I don't recommend ordering fabric online. My pattern said "linen" would work and it was cheap so that is what I picked out. It kind of looks like curtains.) online and it has been sitting on our table for a few weeks. Two weeks ago I got the pattern cut out. Today I am washing and drying the fabric. So I might get started this week. Well that's the plan anyway. ;-)

Tomorrow Is Coming Too Soon

Tomorrow (Wednesday, January 27th) is going to be a very crazy/busy/hectic/trying day at work.  When my coworker quit in November, he left a huge mess (make that SEVERAL huge MESSES) at work.  I am currently in the middle of one of those messes with the WelchAllyn patient monitoring system.  This is why I have been running so much cable at PMC breathing in all the nasty particles above the false ceiling.  Tomorrow WelchAllyn is coming down to install the system.  I just found out that they want a VPN connection to get into the Acuity workstations they are installing.  My realistic deadline is having it in place and working by tomorrow morning.  I can already tell that's not going to happen.  As a fall-back plan, I have an old-school US Robotics 56k external modem that I can connect to their UNIX box and let them dial in.  It's not ideal, but it should get the job done.  I think I'm ready to find a low-stress burger-flipping job somewhere...