My Weekend

My weekend went well, if you ignore the fact I went way over budget on groceries (I was filling out my spice rack again, and buying some food for the end-of-year barbecue) and slept a bit too much.

My surge protector also blew out -- I think. I noticed that my computer wasn't starting up on Sunday morning*, but everything else seemed to be working. I started to fiddle with the surge protector, when I noticed the power button was lit, but the switch wasn't. I pushed at it, and then the switch fell out, with a spark. Needless to say, I quickly unplugged it and high-tailed it to Best Buy and got a new one. The computer was fine, once I got it plugged in again. I also got some new dishes to replace the bowls and plates I've broken, and a slow-cooker. Yay, more culinary adventures!

* Well, for loose definitions of morning.

I've also been working on a present for my cousin Dylan's baby-to-be (so my first cousin, once removed) -- he and his fiancée are expecting this summer, and are also getting married. Well, technically they are marrying civily, but my cousin doesn't believe in marriage as a religious institution or something, so it's just a civil marriage plus a party. Or something -- he used an unfamiliar term for it. Anyway, the shower is in three weeks, and I'm hoping to have things finished by then. Which means I'm crocheting like a mad woman. I'll post pictures when I'm done.

Never realized that first cousin once removed refers to both my parents' cousins and my cousins' offspring. Probably because I'm not used to thinking of my cousins as having kids, despite the fact that this will be the fifth*.

* I have nine first cousins on that side of the family. I'm the fifth oldest of twelve kids in that generation. And that's ignoring my second cousins. We're a clan.

My Weekend

My weekend went well, if you ignore the fact I went way over budget on groceries (I was filling out my spice rack again, and buying some food for the end-of-year barbecue) and slept a bit too much.

My surge protector also blew out -- I think. I noticed that my computer wasn't starting up on Sunday morning*, but everything else seemed to be working. I started to fiddle with the surge protector, when I noticed the power button was lit, but the switch wasn't. I pushed at it, and then the switch fell out, with a spark. Needless to say, I quickly unplugged it and high-tailed it to Best Buy and got a new one. The computer was fine, once I got it plugged in again. I also got some new dishes to replace the bowls and plates I've broken, and a slow-cooker. Yay, more culinary adventures!

* Well, for loose definitions of morning.

I've also been working on a present for my cousin Dylan's baby-to-be (so my first cousin, once removed) -- he and his fiancée are expecting this summer, and are also getting married. Well, technically they are marrying civily, but my cousin doesn't believe in marriage as a religious institution or something, so it's just a civil marriage plus a party. Or something -- he used an unfamiliar term for it. Anyway, the shower is in three weeks, and I'm hoping to have things finished by then. Which means I'm crocheting like a mad woman. I'll post pictures when I'm done.

Never realized that first cousin once removed refers to both my parents' cousins and my cousins' offspring. Probably because I'm not used to thinking of my cousins as having kids, despite the fact that this will be the fifth*.

* I have nine first cousins on that side of the family. I'm the fifth oldest of twelve kids in that generation. And that's ignoring my second cousins. We're a clan.

Ugh...

Spilled some tea on my desk. So I had to not only mop it up, and hope nothing important got wet, but also make sure my computer was still okay. Given my laptop looks like it's been through the war, Sharvari, my officemate, was not terribly surprised that the worst protest it had was a bit of a hum that died off. (I swear, this laptop has done more to cement my brand loyalty to Apple than anything else -- I've had it 3 years now, and have dropped it, spilled things on it, and generally mistreated it. Aside from a CD drive that likes to make funny noises occasionally, and a case held together by duct tape, it still runs fine. (Granted, I am on power cord #4 and battery #3, but I'm told all laptops have problems like that -- and I lost battery #1 to a recall.)

Ugh...

Spilled some tea on my desk. So I had to not only mop it up, and hope nothing important got wet, but also make sure my computer was still okay. Given my laptop looks like it's been through the war, Sharvari, my officemate, was not terribly surprised that the worst protest it had was a bit of a hum that died off. (I swear, this laptop has done more to cement my brand loyalty to Apple than anything else -- I've had it 3 years now, and have dropped it, spilled things on it, and generally mistreated it. Aside from a CD drive that likes to make funny noises occasionally, and a case held together by duct tape, it still runs fine. (Granted, I am on power cord #4 and battery #3, but I'm told all laptops have problems like that -- and I lost battery #1 to a recall.)