nora & me
i know, i don’t post many pictures of myself. i’m humble, that way. to appease those who don’t like this policy – here’s a few shots with my girl-kitty, nora.
no hi-res versions. more therapy is needed, first.
kitties in the sun
posted up a flickr photoset of cat pictures we took sunday. it was sunny for a time, and we opened the blinds in the bedroom, which drew the cats to the bed like … cathair to … everything.
what's in an outlet?
so, i had a conversation with someone, trying to explain what i had to do with the outlets in the office (and formerly, in the bedroom).
here’s a story, in pictures. i didn’t get the BEFORE shot, but imagine the outlet box screwed to the tongue&groove boards inside that hole. (forgive the lack of focus on the first shot — i can’t go back and re-create it now!)
experimenting with comments
this morning you may have seen links to post comments on articles. i’m experimenting with the comment module in my site software. i’ve since turned it back off for a while; my design template doesn’t display it too well so i’ll need to tweak that over the weekend.
i plan to enable moderated comments first, and we’ll see how that goes. after which i may allow anonymous comments.
my fear though is that folks looking to spam or otherwise post inappropriate content might find this blog and go to town. this is obviously unacceptable (both my mom and my mother-in-law read this — hi moms!) so moderation will probably be the rule for a while.
office project begins
it begins again. it seems every late january/early february, we’re hanging drywall.
last year it was our bedroom project which went quite well. only too slowly, as we chose to strip off the horrible old felt paper & wallpaper before applying drywall to the plank walls.
this time, we’re leaving said wall coverings in place and drywalling over them. weird, yes. but – we’ve already got 4 sheets up, and we should be ready to mud by the end of the weekend.
the bedroom, we didn’t finish until st patricks day or so. this one, we’re aiming to be complete on presidents day.
the wood (superficial wainscoting applied over the wallpaper layer) looks nice in the picture, but it’s actually very rough, and it… smells. like that old house smell times ten. when we tore it down, it actually got better because then we were smelling the nice, unfinished wood on the back.
more info and pictures as the project progresses. the plan:
- finish drywall
- tape & mud
- crown moulding
- prime & paint
- floating floor – laminate
- new thermostat & baseboard heater
sunny in seattle in january – no, seriously!
here’s an after/before out the window of my cube, on the left is today (january 24th, 2006) and the right was a week ago.
same camera, no lens/exposure adjustment (cheap, cheap camera).
now you see why people here get Seasonal Affective Disorder? when the sun leaves, it takes all the color away.
sally suddenly obsessed with fish
just a quip to share with you. let’s all mark our calendars: the 17th day of January, in the year 2006 — the day which the dog became aware of the fish.
shortly after this picture was taken, i had to line the floor with a towel to catch the drool/slobber (droobber?)
i don’t generally have a problem with this, but if she suddenly lunges at the tank, we’ll have about 29 gallons of water to deal with, all over the living room floor.
not that i’m a big fan of the living room floor, mind you. but i prefer to keep the fishtank water inside the fishtank. call me ‘old-fashioned.’
taking longer than expected, don't restart!
don’t you hate when things take longer than expected?
anyway. i’m at work on MLK day, in hopes of saving a vacation day next time i have to take some. and i have defects that could use fixin before tomorrow.
it’s raining in seattle, but somehow SEATAC didn’t get any yesterday, so that broke our record-nearing streak of continuous rainy days.
boy, am i glad we didn’t buy the house on the steep hill with the drainage issues. glad glad glad!
(did i mention that i’m glad?)
back from the east, part 2: electric bugaloo
yes, we’ve recently returned from our 2nd trip back east. this time, a visit to carrie’s parents in New Hampshire. (live free or die)
much fun, and many tasty brews, were had by all. details follow.
we're back! phew.
we’re back from our 2nd week of vacation. boy, it’s good to be home.
trip synopsis will follow, right now i’m at work trying to go through eleventy-billion old email messages.