As of yesterday, I’ve completed posting a new layout (well, with the same banner) at the MacGyver site.
July 31, 2009
July 20, 2009
watch for falling…
Last week, my mother and I were out in her yard picking up twigs from a recent windstorm.
At one point we stopped and stood chatting by our wheelbarrow, underneath some trees. We heard the sound of something falling above, but we didn’t think anything about it, because as I said, we were picking up twigs. (With all those trees, something’s *always* falling.)
And then – PLOP! – a snake landed not four feet from us. I screamed and Mom took a quick step away. We both calmed down when we recognized it as a smallish green snake, and it wasted no time in hurrying away from us.
I think I can say with certainty that if it had landed on me, I would never work in her yard again. Even now, I’m still casting a cautious eye upward when I’m under the trees.
June 23, 2009
new layout, kinda
I recycled the eclectic layout at rusted-crush.com so that I could focus on organizing and upgrading the content. (Which, I’m happy to report, is done!)
I also updated the MacGyver site, and I posted my first MacGyver fanfiction.
June 10, 2009
new layout
I just completed a major overhaul of my so-called personal site. I started this project months ago, but I’d work on a layout for a while and then decide I didn’t like it. I did that three times (or was it four?), and I find it ironic that the theme I started out with was “Perfection is my enemy.”
In any event, after *hours* spent finalizing it – both yesterday and today – it’s ready.
Now I can move on to the next overhaul…
November 25, 2008
pit of random II
*Three times in the past two weeks I’ve been woken up by an alarm sounding somewhere outside. Thankfully, all three times it was within 30 minutes of the time I was going to get up anyway.
*After researching the cameras that will soon be on sale, I’ve decided on one that I want. Now, I’m preparing myself that the store will probably have sold out of them by the time I get there on Friday.
*Today, I cooked “over well” eggs for the first time, and later I plan to finish the latest email to my epal, Michele.
*Recently, I have been busily working to accomplish some website To Dos.
*Although it was April when I changed my hairstyle, I’m still not used to seeing myself with this look.
*I eagerly await the – so far unscheduled – release of season two of The Young Riders on DVD.
*A few weeks ago, I started eating fish again, but I haven’t told the people at work. It would simply mean too much to them.
*On Sunday, I bought six new pairs of socks. (Two packs of three.) The socks that I previously bought on two separate occasions were too tight in the ankles. So far, the new ones seem to work okay.
*When I renewed my apartment lease last month, they raised the rent $10.
*My boyfriend and I are planning to go to the new Greek restaurant in Huntsville this weekend, but I don’t think he remembers that.
*Does anyone know of a store that sells a parallel-to-USB printer cable? I’d rather not have to order it on-line.
*The stretch of Interstate 65 that crosses the Tennessee River in Alabama is really beautiful in the spring and fall.
*I hope that all of you have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving. 
November 12, 2008
what goes around
At work, as we try to adjust to our new owners’ way of doing things, a typical exchange with the people reviewing our projects goes like this:
Us: Do you have a standard way of doing this?
Them: There are *no* standards.
Us: I understand, but is there a way you usually do it?
Them: There are *no* standards.
Us: [Picks a way and does the task.]
Them: That’s not how we do it!
Us: [Fights urge to hurt Them.]
The bright side of this is that the two people who were previously in charge of checking the projects are now getting a taste of the frustration that the other trainee and I have been experiencing since we were hired.
The dark side of the bright side is that neither of them is aware of the connection.
October 22, 2008
time marches on
“Sister calls herself a sexy grandma.
Brother’s on a diet for high cholesterol.
Mama’s out of touch with reality.
Daddy’s in the ground beneath the maple tree.
As the angels sing an old Hank Williams song.
Time marches on, time marches on.”
~Time Marches On (by Tracy Lawrence)
August 19, 2008
what lies beneath
On Saturday, my boyfriend and I visited Wilson Dam. At one point, we were walking near the railing, about 15 to 20 feet over the murky water. My imagination got the better of me.
Me: “What if something was to come right up out of the water and attack us?”
Jeff: “You mean, like a freshwater shark?”
Me: “I’m thinking more like a freshwater Godzilla.”
April 8, 2008
by the numbers II
Recently, currently, or soon:
0 – jeans purchased after trying on a dozen ill-fitting pairs
1 – notice left on my door by the Sheriff’s department
1 – phone call made to the Sheriff’s department that the person they’re looking for no longer lives at this apartment
1 – number of times I’ve made French Toast (first time ever, btw)
2 – I plan to post quotes from episode 2 of The Young Riders tomorrow.
2 – number of items on this list I plan to blog more about, at some point
3 – times I’ve left a radio station because it’s broadcasting some sporting event instead of playing music
3 – boxes of tissues currently open at my apartment
7 – days I’ve been taking medicine for my messed-up sinuses
8 – ounces of orange juice I’m trying to drink every day
14th – day my OfficeMate leaves to go to Nebraska for a month
18th – the seven year anniversary of the day I started my first website
1985 – the theme for an upcoming website layout
30 – approximate number of hours my mother spent at the hospital having some chest pains checked out (thankfully, she’s fine)
6:30 – time of the upcoming company banquet and my non-date with a fellow employee
$1.36 – amount of money I spent today (at Dollar General on lotioned tissues)
March 17, 2008
Monday one, Anne zero
I’m having one of those mornings where nothing is going the way I want it to, and I am finding this very, very, very annoying!
