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It's finally warmed up! For two days we had warm temps and rain. This means we also now have a puddle in the basement and a floor that goes squish squish squish when walked on. Every year same bat time same bat channel! When the melt is over and the floor is dry, I think a little home improvement project is in order: finding the crack, reaming it out, filling it with special cement, and patching the wall. Ripping out the carpet is probably a good idea, I'm not as much into toxic mold as I am other more friendly fungi, a nice thick resilient vinyl floor is probably more practical for the basement than thick carpet, especially when a river runs through it.
Dave and Dan both have a flu with cough, sore throat, fever, the whole nine yards. Dave stayed home yesterday and spent the day sleeping, barking and clearing his throat. Today Dan is staying home. So far Ben and I are flu free.
Dan got his job contract. He'll be working from end of April this year to end of May next. He's getting a good salary and he's really looking forward to the job. he's going to probably buy an XBox or a Wii with his first paycheck, likely the XBox because he has software to make games for that system. He's also going to need a business casual wardrobe, so we'll be shopping for that together. He has a fashion expert at home and he's decided to take full advantage of me. I don't know if that's good or bad... But it does mean I got to go shopping! Now we are debating how much to charge him for rent. I think a few hundred a month is good, so does Dave.
I mentioned the black lace and spandex top that used to be my favourite, etc...so yesterday I cut out and made a replacement. Yay! i now have one of my favourite items of clothing again. It took about an hour and a half from beginning to end, and that included replacing the neck because i did it wrong the first time.
It's Autism Awareness Day. We are very aware of Autism, especially Asperger's.
It also an anniversary for Dave and me. April second was the day of a friend's birthday and we met at his 21 birthday party, the one I didn't want to go to because it was in the middle of the whole Paul debacle and disaster. Still sort of sad and mad over all that --too many people sticking their noises where they didn't belong...even all these years later I'm still mad and sad. Whoever said time makes thing better and heals wounds was an idiot. As The Dixie Chicks so succinctly said, I'm not ready to make nice, I'm not ready to back down, and I'm still mad as hell etc. As I said, that was the one bright spot in that whole miserable time, meeting Dave. I was quite honest and told Dave I was just in a horrible pair of break ups and I needed rebound time. We ended up dating after a year and a bit wait, and the rest, as they say, is history. I think it would have been 25 or 26 years ago. So today is the anniversary of when we met.
And Happy Birthday to Randy Wilson because it's your birthday today, where ever you are Right now! We owe you a big one, don't we?
It's also Peanut Butter and Jelly day. It is Children's Book day. It's also nation reconciliation day. I don't think so, not after quoting the Dixie Chicks! Tomorrow is tweed Day, so get out you woollies and don't forget the anti itch cream.
There are new episodes of CSI on. Wow. Wasn't that amazing how Super Cop and his time warping Sunglasses of Justice shot all those bad guys before any of them had time to react? It's like he was moving in real time and they were in slow motion. He does that with explosions to, where he walks away in real time and the *whatever* blows up in slo-mo. And they allow him to teleport, too! That whole two part episode was obviously to bring Calliegh and Eric closer together, wasn't it? And Elizabeth Berkley...former star of Showgirls, worst movie featuring boobies, she really makes the CarusoBot seem less wooden as an actor, doesn't she? There's a difference between minimalism and the inability ot act, as these two so ably demonstrate. Tonight New York ends the Second Life story line. If they wanted it to be really like the on line cyber world of second life there should have been more giant walking and talking dicks. And Furries. And Furry dicks. honestly, why do people waste their time on Second Life? To prove they have no first life?
Here's a link to more free needlework patterns, including knitting, crochet and sewing. It's the Coats yarn and thread website and there's plenty of patterns: Click the pretty coloured letters here! There are some really nice crochet clothing patterns.
And that's all for today! Dan is home and needs to do homework! Later
