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Aug. 3rd, 2005
House update: Wednesday
Aug. 3rd, 2005 02:55 pmMy aunt reports:
Although he will not see this, Happy Birthday to Dan!
Today had corn on the cob bought from Vince's on the way home from the cottage. Also rye and French bread, with three cheeses, tomatoes and cucumber. John mentioned the lack of protein.Woohoo! My pass-through is done! I'm all excited. Borrowed J's Big Book o' Colour Schemes, but have not yet finalized anything. I've never had so many rooms and halls and stairs to think about before!
Dan has finished R's pass-through. He says the proportions are very good. John bought screws. John is wiring this afternoon.
John went looking for Dan's check. Couldn't find it. Realized he'd deposited it himself, along with a batch of others. Restitution has been made.
Daniel said that, with David away yesterday, his self-esteem had risen. David said he came back just in time.
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Although he will not see this, Happy Birthday to Dan!
so, what else?
Aug. 3rd, 2005 06:06 pmThe ice-cream store did not burn down. It is one building away from the building that burnt, which is not looking so good, although a lot of the antiques actually look OK at a distance. Apparently a lot of other people were also worried, because the ice-cream store was packed. The girl who served my scoop of Bordeaux cherry chocolate in a sugar cone said the fire department didn't let them go into the building until 3 in the afternoon. The burnt-stuff stench is still pretty powerful.
I sat by the reflecting pool in front of City Hall to work on today's Sudoku, which I managed to screw up the first time (it was the 6s, not, as I had previously thought, the 3s and 7s, that did me in). A woman passing with a stroller said "I had to do today's over, too."
I spent most of yesterday helping our taxonomist (we have a taxonomist) create a card-sort test, and most of today working on our fall publication schedule, which has fallen to me. I confess that I am pleased about this, because I love to meddle and I never felt that the e-zine was being run entirely right, and people kept asking me about it anyway. Now it's mine, all mine!
I am unexpectedly going to a wedding in Ottawa, not this weekend but next. I will be going as proxy for my grandmother and parents, who are not going, but also because the bride and groom (another cousin -- told you I had a bunch) thought it was a pity they hadn't invited me. This has meant messing up the schedules of rather a lot of other people, but what the hell. I also need to call my Ottawa friends to see if they can get together and figure out what to wear. I'm at least moderately confident that, having bought three pairs in the last two weeks, I now have enough shoes for this operation.
My sinks and taps and things are ready. I forgot to call the guy back again today, although come to think of it he may still be there. I also called to see how the building permit was coming along, but haven't heard back yet.
I will not be moving this month, which gives me a golden opportunity to clean my apartment.
Veronica Mars is back on CTV Thursdays at 8 (and Sundays at 5), where she should be.
Life, she is pretty good.
I sat by the reflecting pool in front of City Hall to work on today's Sudoku, which I managed to screw up the first time (it was the 6s, not, as I had previously thought, the 3s and 7s, that did me in). A woman passing with a stroller said "I had to do today's over, too."
I spent most of yesterday helping our taxonomist (we have a taxonomist) create a card-sort test, and most of today working on our fall publication schedule, which has fallen to me. I confess that I am pleased about this, because I love to meddle and I never felt that the e-zine was being run entirely right, and people kept asking me about it anyway. Now it's mine, all mine!
I am unexpectedly going to a wedding in Ottawa, not this weekend but next. I will be going as proxy for my grandmother and parents, who are not going, but also because the bride and groom (another cousin -- told you I had a bunch) thought it was a pity they hadn't invited me. This has meant messing up the schedules of rather a lot of other people, but what the hell. I also need to call my Ottawa friends to see if they can get together and figure out what to wear. I'm at least moderately confident that, having bought three pairs in the last two weeks, I now have enough shoes for this operation.
My sinks and taps and things are ready. I forgot to call the guy back again today, although come to think of it he may still be there. I also called to see how the building permit was coming along, but haven't heard back yet.
I will not be moving this month, which gives me a golden opportunity to clean my apartment.
Veronica Mars is back on CTV Thursdays at 8 (and Sundays at 5), where she should be.
Life, she is pretty good.