Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Recapping -

Got my 401k comp check from my last gig - That worked out well. I told a little fib to BHk, and said that I expected about $500, and we got about eight times that amount. (I was planning for about six times.)

Went to Annapolis and promptly deposited that little windfall in the bank - then stopped off at the Amish Farmer's Market for breakfast. BHK and I split two - ate half and then swapped Chocolate Chip Pancakes, home fries, cheddar cheese omelet, wheat toast - I let BHK eat up all of the bacon, of course.

Opted out of going to a movie - nothing we want to see just this moment.. maybe next week when it's less crowded.  We did get a few other goodies at the farmer's market - cheese, strawberries, trinket's for our 4'th of July cake (gummy stars and confetti sprinkles), a blueberry fritter for me for tomorrow's breakfast (or tonight's midnight snack)

BHK remembered that I was due for shots (skipped when em was here) and we went there for a bit. Adam called, and mentioned that he was coming down for the 3rd's fireworks, an was bringing Anna - so, it was a quick trip to the grocery to be sure he had a full belly.

I was feeling pretty out of it at that point, so I rested in the car. Going to nap now that we're home. sweet dreams, dear journal.

added for no reason, except that I like Em and Otters -

I forgot to mention what we did after getting my allergy shots yesterday! We stopped off at Giant, grabbed some rolls, cheese, mustard and turkey (last one just for BHK), then toddled over to Dunkirk District Park. Pretty cool place - has a nice skate ramp, lots of picnic tables, wooded areas, fields for baseball, basketball, tennis and lacrosse. I get the feeling that as it warms up, it'll be the kids place to be.

We polished off our sammiches, and got back in the car just in time to beat the rain - it was still coming down pretty hard when we picked up our rosebushes - They look like bundles of dirty stick for now, but just wait a month... they'll be in the ground by May 1... after the worst chance of another cold snap has passed.

Went to Sneade's for some more seeding trays, a springtime flag for our pole (it's cute - a beehive - "home is where my honey is" I need to check permissions for putting in a hive of my own out back this year), and a few grilly-items. Saw Larry there, and invited him and Chris over to do some grilling on Sunday... he reminded us that the United States Navy Band was playing - for some reason, we thought it was Sunday night... so we headed home, had a little nap, got cleaned up, and enjoyed some note-perfect music. It was a band, not an orchestra - BHK was missing the strings section, but made up for it by enjoying the percussion and giggling at the high cheese factor of the announcer / vocalist's styling of Man of La Mancha.

The concert was only an hour long - we picked up Chris (who wasn't interested in attending), and all headed to Thursday's. It was quite good.

Anyhow - We did chores and stayed close to home today. BHK worked on the yard, while I got us caught up with last minute Taxes (That's why Chris didn't attend - running last minute scenarios.) My first year of filing jointly as a married sort of fellow - a bit different than filing alone. Lots of deductions this year - health care, homestead, school loan interest... I guess I'm a grownup after all. Good thing is that we're getting some going back, not to mention the "gimme" from the govt that everyone's getting.

We'll sock some of it away, put some towards furniture, I suspect - a new mattress, or upholstering the coming couch, maybe?

BHK beat me at Hacienda again, but it was dang close. If I had one more turn, I might've beaten her. Alas, I did not! Still, it was a good game, and I think we had a lot of fun playing.

Rules of thumb - get as many markets as you can, as fast as you can! Don't bother saving money... the three turn limit cuts what you can spend pretty hard.

I suspect I'll sneak in a game of Wishes Were Fishes next week. Failing that - maybe if we go do paint your own pottery, I'll make us a set of Tally-Ho! (I discovered it at Yucata... it's close to a combination of my plans for Brier Patch and Pumpkin with Icehouse pyramids - likely a better play design, too)

Pizza and Nature documentary time with the in-laws tonight! Until Later, Dear Journal!

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1 year ago - Friday the 13th, picture of me as hector hammond, talkers, palm doodle under the sea, eclairs, shocking cats

2 years ago - get together?, odds & ends mp3, reality settings, on call stuff, dr who remixes (& scooby doo), transit links

3 years ago - headhunter, dr who, hovering sombrero, little cowpoke didn't take, Dworkin, Belle & Jen interested in remixed cds, ADP adds junk, KJ and Oona arrive.

4 years ago - easter afters, THC high enough to be considered hard drugs, rainy photo, leaping gnome scotto

5 years ago - bro issues, jkg, landlord

6 years ago - bigfoot research, local cams, lazy, SANTO!, Yellow pestilence, superhero movies, Bill & Ted

7 years ago - food & feelings, good friday, virtual om

I didn't do much of anything this weekend. I didn't put on shoes. I didn't leave the third floor. I did clean house, laundry, etc.

Watched the heck out of the Kong DVDs... all the special edition stuff... Harryhausen's test footage and the documentary on "the making of" was pretty dang impressive, and Harryhausen's commentary was good on the movie disc, too. A lot of it was interpolated, due to the movie being over 70 years old.. just about everyone remotely involved in the project are long deceased. It worked out quite nicely, however, since the material hasn't changed in that span,either.

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Mr. T doing a happy little dance. (don't sniff the rest of the site unless you're not at work and have a strong stomach.)

In fact, I'll just snag the animated gif from the shockwave,and post it here, instead.



Found it searching for -

Remember kids... believe in yourself, eat all your school, stay in milk, drink your teeth, don't do sleep, and get 8 hours of drugs.

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1 year ago - Rainy lazy mel-day, bonnet house, literati with resilience, fictional substances, fooling around with image searches

2 years ago - Cycloptic Goat, Fontifier, Aesop, etc

3 years ago - Newt Pic, Manatees, Harry potter, palm wait at doc, sanctity of life

4 years ago - cool invention poll, thoughts about human rights progressing, magic spell over Taiwan, books read, How to take a punch, and my first notification that I was being published in UA2.

5 years ago - Custard the Dragon, Beautiful and Not-so-beautiful Words, Botticelli reminding me of mah sweetie, Michelanglo on Censorship, and a few dead links.

6 years ago - Newt was Neutered!

I'd like a comfy linen/cotton blend suit, and a snappy gray fedora. Not sure where that urge for a summer suit in November came from.

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I can't watch TV shows that place in hospitals, at least not around the anniversary of my father's death or his birthday. I had an extended crying jag last night when I remembered that his birthday is coming up in about 2 weeks. First time I've really cried for quite a while. Ultimately cleansing, but think I hurt my side a little bit as a result. Newt was a great comfort to me.

I miss my dad. I miss the way my brother was when he was 12. I think that I get along with my mother better these days than I ever had as a kid.

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The office has decided not to pay salaried folks for time away from work due to Hurricane Wilma... I'm going to point them to Hurricane Wilma Disaster Unemployment Assistance. To determine eligibility for Wilma DUA (or standard unemployment benefits), start by contacting the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (Florida unemployment office) or filing an unemployment claim through same by 11/28/2005. For information about other types of Hurricane Wilma disaster assistance, browse the FEMA and FDEM sites.

I'm safe... I worked every day save for 2, and those two days I gave training and tech walk-through to our rep in Texas. I think that everyone else save for ECN and myself will end up getting docked a little more than week's pay. (I wonder if the Big Kahuna will cut herself, too?)

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D'oh! I left my camera at work! How'd I do that? It must've been because I had my handspring in my pocket. Looks like Bonbon spawn#2 got a talking to for drag racing on company time...not to mention Buddha, Sissy-Greg, and Buddha2 got in trouble for sleeping on the job. Second time in two days. I'm *very* surprised they didn't get fired... just a suspension for a day.

Wachovia now has my proof of residence... I'm probably going to get a call tomorrow, confirming that I can open the account.

One of my dollars made it to Scottsdale Arizona! Ito only took 2 yrs, 238 days, 22 hrs, 19 min to get there... traveled 1963 miles (or an average of 2 miles a day)

I registered years ago with Where's George, and forgot about it about six months later. I registered maybe a dozen bills, and grew bored when none came back. Now that I've finally gotten some confirmation, I'll start registering more, just to see where it goes. I think that I first found out about Where's George via Ana cam, just like I found LiveJournal, though I haven't really been to Ana cam in ages. Danny still has a T-shirt from her site somewhere... it's a great shirt.

I've just found an interesting element of the magic levitation rules...Dave's going to get it, next time we play.( Mage knight rules stuff )

Ten New Wallace and Gromit Episodes are coming! As is the Day of the dead.

This big German boy made little pizzas in a Japanese toaster oven on English muffins, and used jalapenos and Mexican seasoning for din din tonight... There's a multicultural dish for you! Makes up for the blah-ness of my lunch. I'm also having a killian's red... I think that this is the first beer in the new apartment. Only one, however. If I need more to drink after finishing it, I'll have water.

Dan's a go for calling in sick a week from Friday... good. We'll get to goof off, post-Halloween. He's got blood sugar troubles, and his wife has other dietary issues...so I claim his candy in the name of Yetis everywhere! (If he gets any.)

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got up early this morning to walkies, but I'm not quite up to it yet. made it to the gas station and back, but the beach was too much effort for me today, in the tail end of my sick-yuck.

I hope my sweetie's feeling better... the poor girl's had to deal with one pesky trouble after another and certainly deserves the weekend to relax and recuperate.

I really want a digicam. That wacky mp3 player one looks like a nice fun gizmo, and cheap too. a nice thing to take with me on outings... there wasn't anything that called out to me today to take a snapshot of, but I'm sure taking pictures of the airport, or sunrise on the beach would be fun.

Payday. (Last one before the end of the month) That's something to be happy about... my budgeting is working nicely, building a comfortable little nest egg. when I first started my LJ, I was in financial straits... paying the bills for three grownups as well as myself. Thankfully, they've all recovered from the income troubles they were having, and I no longer have to squeak by paycheck to paycheck. I know so many people now that are taking care of adult dependants... Kevin (my boss) with his sisters, nephews and brother in law seems to have it the worst. He's 33 years old, and is tending to the needs of four adults and three children. I wonder how he manages to keep himself fed, clothed and as stress-free as he does. I know of other folks, even younger, tending to the needs of parents or siblings too... I suppose there's one caregiver and at least one care-needer in every family. (Poor Kev just is taking up six other folks' slack)

I found myself thinking of walking with my love, hand in hand...as I'm frequently wont to do...she travels with me in my heart everywhere. thought about swinging arms, and laughing... always makes me walk farther than if I were alone.

Sakes. Didn't I just leave?

New info on Suzy, she has her hearing tomorrow, with a Judge that's apparently not very 'probation-friendly'. From the sound of it, she could lose her apartment, her car, and her job if she spends a considerable amount of time in jail. Right now, the figuring is about 9 months, mostly for breaking probation. Her Hearing is 8:30 am tomorrow, where she's going to try and push the next hearing forward, in the hopes a different Judge will get her and show more mercy than her current one... getting rid of her lawyer and going with a puvlic defender should allow her to move the schedule along. I was talking with pals over at worldwide, and they think that she should get a 'real' attorney. Unfortunately, those cost some $$$... looks like a $5000 retainer is in order. I can't help her there, as I'm not packing that sort of liquid assets. More to follow tomorrow after the first hearing.

Mmmm... it's payday at the old Scottobear camp, and it couldn't have come at a better time. I'm hoping to bug out of this joint early if I can, maybe go see Godzilla or some silly action movie with Robby, and have a nice weekend of Everway, seeing my Brother & Dave, and relaxing with the kitty.

*does a little dance* (The Cha-cha, if you must know.)