Birthday Weekend
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jadecatWent very well, despite the weather. Friday was the finishing of the cleaning frenzy. The place looks so much better now! Part of the cleaning involved de-cluttering, and that's going well. I do have something like 6 boxes of books to get rid of. (I know! I can't believe I'm saying that either! But rather than let them languish in the closet, I figure it's best for others to have a chance to enjoy them.)
Re: Books, if I were to post a list online (a few at a time) for people to claim- would anyone be interested? I may have to ask for some shipping costs, but wouldn't ask for anything for the books themselves. The collection of books spans just about everything...
Right, Friday was cleaning- got almost all of it done, just have to finish vacuuming. Unfortunately on Saturday the Dyson made a weird noise when we were almost all done, but not quite. Didn't have a chance to look at it to figure out why. Saturday started okay, and then it began to snow, and then just kept snowing. In the end, the Ann Arbor contingent had to bail on coming to visit- the roads were just too bad. A bummer, but I understood, and given my view of the snow, I wasn't surprised. Luckily![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zen_kitty and her hubby, who were planning to come over too, don't live that far away and were able to make it. So we feasted on turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc.
There was a great deal of conversation and laughter- an excellent evening. Oh, and games! We played Guillotine (zen_kitty brought that one) and Apples to Apples. One of the things I like about Apples to Apples is the laughs it provokes. (especially when things happen like my attempt to claim that Red Raspberries were 'Charismatic' :) )
Then the Big Day! *laughs* Turning 29 for the 6th time (making me 34...), I'm getting pretty good at it now. Okay, the turning 29-again thing started a few years ago... and lives despite my not encouraging it any further. given that, I think I'll keep saying it until people just give me the 'humor the crazy old lady' look.
I did wake up with a migraine, but took some Zomig and Aleve, and went back to bed. Hubby took the dog out, and then fed the critters before coming back to snuggle with me for a while. Getting up was lazy, but so nice. Futzed around for awhile- had coffee and mint-chocolate cake stuff for breakfast... 'Cause it was my birthday. :) Lunch/dinner was at Outback. It was yummy. Though the hostesses (there and at many other restaurants) don't seem to understand what we mean by 'as far from the smoking section as possible.' Once at Applebees they said they had tables in the bar available- even though smoking is allowed AT the bar, but not at the tables.... o_0? That's 'not as far as possible' in MY book. But perhaps I'm not speaking English. In the end yesterday, I was persistent, but really nice about it, and got a booth that met our approval. Lunch was very yummy!
Then it was home- and prezzies! *laughs* Hubby is very good about how we celebrate my birthday, something I'm very grateful for. Since we're not going to Ireland this year, last week he mentioned that we could think about getting me a Mustang. I said no. (*gasps* I DID! I'm not sure I was feeling well...) So instead he got me a little Mustang (2006 GT! in RED!) that's about 3-4" long- wrapped in a box with an envelope with a gift certificate for an hour long massage. :) I've been to this place before, and their massages are sooo good. And I got a pretty dress w/sweater/jacket that I had been admiring. It's wonderful for work, and I think very nice. But the biggest prezzie was in the box we were expecting from UPS last week. It's this that I've named Lucy (as in Van Pelt). Lucy is beyoootiful, and I got an extra 1GB of RAM too. I was able to install that myself! (ooooh) She's so light, and the screen is just amazing. Typing is easy too- something I was worried about with a laptop of that size. (I did get it with XP, NOT Vista. *blech*). So a great deal of time was spent over the weekend playing with Lucy.
(Dylan, my HP is a little too unstable. Also, for a laptop, it's pretty big and not all that portable. I have since learned my lesson about naming computers after unstable characters. Lucy may be something of a meanie to some, she's also consistent, and smart. ;) )
So that was the birthday weekend- excellent by most accounts. The Ann Arbor folks have been rescheduled, and all it good.
I was very touched by all the birthday greetings I received here and on Facebook- thank you all so much! :)
Re: Books, if I were to post a list online (a few at a time) for people to claim- would anyone be interested? I may have to ask for some shipping costs, but wouldn't ask for anything for the books themselves. The collection of books spans just about everything...
Right, Friday was cleaning- got almost all of it done, just have to finish vacuuming. Unfortunately on Saturday the Dyson made a weird noise when we were almost all done, but not quite. Didn't have a chance to look at it to figure out why. Saturday started okay, and then it began to snow, and then just kept snowing. In the end, the Ann Arbor contingent had to bail on coming to visit- the roads were just too bad. A bummer, but I understood, and given my view of the snow, I wasn't surprised. Luckily
zen_kitty and her hubby, who were planning to come over too, don't live that far away and were able to make it. So we feasted on turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc. There was a great deal of conversation and laughter- an excellent evening. Oh, and games! We played Guillotine (
zen_kitty brought that one) and Apples to Apples. One of the things I like about Apples to Apples is the laughs it provokes. (especially when things happen like my attempt to claim that Red Raspberries were 'Charismatic' :) )Then the Big Day! *laughs* Turning 29 for the 6th time (making me 34...), I'm getting pretty good at it now. Okay, the turning 29-again thing started a few years ago... and lives despite my not encouraging it any further. given that, I think I'll keep saying it until people just give me the 'humor the crazy old lady' look.
I did wake up with a migraine, but took some Zomig and Aleve, and went back to bed. Hubby took the dog out, and then fed the critters before coming back to snuggle with me for a while. Getting up was lazy, but so nice. Futzed around for awhile- had coffee and mint-chocolate cake stuff for breakfast... 'Cause it was my birthday. :) Lunch/dinner was at Outback. It was yummy. Though the hostesses (there and at many other restaurants) don't seem to understand what we mean by 'as far from the smoking section as possible.' Once at Applebees they said they had tables in the bar available- even though smoking is allowed AT the bar, but not at the tables.... o_0? That's 'not as far as possible' in MY book. But perhaps I'm not speaking English. In the end yesterday, I was persistent, but really nice about it, and got a booth that met our approval. Lunch was very yummy!
Then it was home- and prezzies! *laughs* Hubby is very good about how we celebrate my birthday, something I'm very grateful for. Since we're not going to Ireland this year, last week he mentioned that we could think about getting me a Mustang. I said no. (*gasps* I DID! I'm not sure I was feeling well...) So instead he got me a little Mustang (2006 GT! in RED!) that's about 3-4" long- wrapped in a box with an envelope with a gift certificate for an hour long massage. :) I've been to this place before, and their massages are sooo good. And I got a pretty dress w/sweater/jacket that I had been admiring. It's wonderful for work, and I think very nice. But the biggest prezzie was in the box we were expecting from UPS last week. It's this that I've named Lucy (as in Van Pelt). Lucy is beyoootiful, and I got an extra 1GB of RAM too. I was able to install that myself! (ooooh) She's so light, and the screen is just amazing. Typing is easy too- something I was worried about with a laptop of that size. (I did get it with XP, NOT Vista. *blech*). So a great deal of time was spent over the weekend playing with Lucy.
(Dylan, my HP is a little too unstable. Also, for a laptop, it's pretty big and not all that portable. I have since learned my lesson about naming computers after unstable characters. Lucy may be something of a meanie to some, she's also consistent, and smart. ;) )
So that was the birthday weekend- excellent by most accounts. The Ann Arbor folks have been rescheduled, and all it good.
I was very touched by all the birthday greetings I received here and on Facebook- thank you all so much! :)
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-12 05:21 pm (UTC)I hope your hubs is feeling better!
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:26 pm (UTC)I actually did a fair bit of cleaning in my room (at home) this past weekend. Donating a lot of clothes and all that.
As for books, I would totally be interested.
Glad your birthday stuff turned out well, too! Sounds like it was a lot of fun, and that new laptop looks absolutely spiffy. ;)
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:35 pm (UTC)And thanks. :) It was good.
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:41 pm (UTC)Happy birthday! Sounds like you had a wonderful day!
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-12 05:50 pm (UTC)re: books, have you considered paperbackswap.com ? I get lots of books moved that way. And if you don't want books in return you can just store up the credits or give the credits away or whatever.
But if you want to just post them here, yeah, I'd be interested. Book geek was my first kinda geek :)
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:26 pm (UTC)Oh, and thanks!! :)
I recommend . . .
Date: 2009-01-12 05:52 pm (UTC)www.bookmooch.com
And another one is:
www.swaptree.com
Both sites are great, but BookMooch is better for books because that's all they swap. Swaptree lets people trade CD's, video games, and DVD's, too.
Another reason I like BookMooch better is because you aren't doing direct trades - you post what you have to share, and someone else asks for it. When they report that they got it from you, you get a "credit" which you can spend on something you want from the site. With SwapTree, they are real trades involving up to 3 people - for someone to get a book from you, they have to have something you want, or something that another person wants who has something you want.
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:27 pm (UTC)The main thing is- I don't want anything in return. I don't want to add to what we currently have. Plus, if I have something no one wants, I have to hold on to it- and I'm trying to get things out fairly quickly.
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Date: 2009-01-12 06:03 pm (UTC)I wouldn't pitch Dylan just yet. You could install Ubuntu Linux on it and use it to broaden your tech skills a bit. Also, having a spare is often a good idea. How old is the thing, anyway?
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:30 pm (UTC)*laughs* Yes, my sis might be annoyed- since she's the one that sent me some of these books!
Dylan isn't going anywhere- he's just not stable enough for me to depend on. So I will take Lucy with me, and still use Dylan for less essential things. And yeah, maybe throwing a Linux version on there and trying it out. Dylan's only about 3 years old.
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Date: 2009-01-14 03:43 pm (UTC)Big Sis
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Date: 2009-01-12 06:04 pm (UTC)Happy belated birthday!
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Date: 2009-01-12 07:44 pm (UTC)I knew what the date was, but then laundry and life distracted me! :)
Glad you had a good day!
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:47 pm (UTC)Trust me- I get life interfering. I'm just glad to know you're still out there! *grins* I loved the Christmas card by the way.
Hey, you've got my e-mail yeah? Shoot me your phone number, I'd love to chat with you.
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Date: 2009-01-12 08:52 pm (UTC)Hope I was a part of that happy feeling.
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:36 pm (UTC)I'm totally geeked to hear what kind of books you've got available :D
(oh, and like, happy birthday and stuffs)
*smooch*
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:54 pm (UTC)And the books are varied- coming from both me AND hubby. ;)
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