I tried to do this last night and after I had my thing all typed up I accidentally clicked "back" and it all went away.
I'm going to Oklahoma today for RTG and I've been rushing around trying to get my act together. I need to bring more stuff than fits in my "tiny" travel bag -- but not really enough to fit in the gigantic bag. We have no medium bag. So I'm bringing extra shoes and warm things since I'm paranoid about being cold. Probably no blog until I get back.
I'm forgetting the stuff about our itinerary getting completely "adjusted" by United -- I can't believe they didn't expect me to be upset that instead of getting home at 6pm I was getting home at 11:30pm on Sunday. I still have to fly through Seattle but they did get me out earlier. We still have a 4 hour delay in Denver today. But -- I see it all as catching up on my reading time.
I haven't gotten the stuff in here about Alicia. She's going to be in this documentary on PBS called Local News. There's a newspaper article about it here and here. I've gotta run, more later.
Monday, October 08, 2001
Well, I was going to do some stuff online tonight but now that I'm here I don't want to do anything. I'm going to finish my soccer game and do some ironing and watch Angel at 9.
One good thing that happened is that my sister was picked to be a torchbearer for the Olympics in SLC. It was Mom's idea but I wrote the nomination so I'm pretty excited about this.
Also I forgot to tell this earlier but I made this dish this weekend with sweet potato and apple which you cook and puree with butter and whipped cream. It was amazing. I ate bowl after bowl and convinced myself it was because I need the yellow vegetable vitamins.
One good thing that happened is that my sister was picked to be a torchbearer for the Olympics in SLC. It was Mom's idea but I wrote the nomination so I'm pretty excited about this.
Also I forgot to tell this earlier but I made this dish this weekend with sweet potato and apple which you cook and puree with butter and whipped cream. It was amazing. I ate bowl after bowl and convinced myself it was because I need the yellow vegetable vitamins.
Sunday, October 07, 2001
Okay, I just spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to make my blog personalized in the tiniest way. I'm so slow, I still don't have the faintest grasp of tables. I'm sure it's not that hard, my mind refuses to get it.
Today it's cold and wet and grey. I can't believe the heat isn't kicking on. I'd nudge the dial but I hate to be a wimp. I've been working on projects all day including processing about 6 pounds of tomatoes. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Today it's cold and wet and grey. I can't believe the heat isn't kicking on. I'd nudge the dial but I hate to be a wimp. I've been working on projects all day including processing about 6 pounds of tomatoes. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Saturday, October 06, 2001
This morning we got up early and went to the Farmer's Market. I bought a ton of bell peppers among other fun vegetables. Then we went to the Credit Union to open a checking account for Bob. I generally like to avoid doing anything remotely errand like during the day on Saturday but this didn't turn out as bad as I had expected.
I then spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to set up my archives so that they would list on this page. I just can't seem to grasp anything more advanced than basic html. Next will be trying to customize the page a little bit. Later this afternoon I put in some time in the yard and got things pretty much put away for Fall. There is potential to do more but I'm guessing this is it. I watched 1/2 of the Germany v. Finland World Cup qualifier -- I have it on tape so can catch the 2nd half in a second here.
I then spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to set up my archives so that they would list on this page. I just can't seem to grasp anything more advanced than basic html. Next will be trying to customize the page a little bit. Later this afternoon I put in some time in the yard and got things pretty much put away for Fall. There is potential to do more but I'm guessing this is it. I watched 1/2 of the Germany v. Finland World Cup qualifier -- I have it on tape so can catch the 2nd half in a second here.
Friday, October 05, 2001
I just connected my DSL. Yay. As of 3pm today I still hadn't rec'd my modem so I got on the phone and was in phonetree/hold hell when I heard the doorbell ring. I opened the front door and there was my box of loot.
The directions said to expect 60-90 minutes for the install which frightened me, but here I am. More on this story as it develops.
The directions said to expect 60-90 minutes for the install which frightened me, but here I am. More on this story as it develops.
Tuesday, October 02, 2001
I keep scribbling out little notes of things I want to blog and then I don't know where I put them. We saw Douglas Coupland read at Powell's last week. During the day I decided that I wanted to check out the Tour Diary and just punched in www.douglascoupland.com which turns out is some random site that links to this other author -- a squatter on his name. I even tried it again to make sure I didn't screw up. I eventually figured out the other URL and I still haven't had a chance to read the Tour Diary because it takes about 100 years to download so I'm waiting until I get my DSL which will hopefully be very soon and is a completely different story altogether. Back to DC -- at the Q&A or in this case it was an A&Q -- I asked DC about it and he was completely unaware and told me he was going to check it out.
The new book is called All Families Are Psychotic and I read the first 60 pages in line waiting to get it signed. I finished it on Friday. It's over the top and completely funny and, I think, a lot better than Miss Wyoming. FYI -- this is the fourth time I've seen DC read. A little fixation here.
In other news, I tore out all the tomatoes this weekend, and enjoyed doing it. I picked all the green ones so I'll be stocked in tomatoes for at least another month. And I'm processing a few for winter. Next year I am sticking to 2 plants and if one ends up to be a cherry tomato, I'm pulling it out.
The new book is called All Families Are Psychotic and I read the first 60 pages in line waiting to get it signed. I finished it on Friday. It's over the top and completely funny and, I think, a lot better than Miss Wyoming. FYI -- this is the fourth time I've seen DC read. A little fixation here.
In other news, I tore out all the tomatoes this weekend, and enjoyed doing it. I picked all the green ones so I'll be stocked in tomatoes for at least another month. And I'm processing a few for winter. Next year I am sticking to 2 plants and if one ends up to be a cherry tomato, I'm pulling it out.
Saturday, September 29, 2001
I spent an insane amount of time on Friday in Qwest's phonetree bowels of hell. I can't imagine that any company anywhere really thinks they are doing a good thing by making their customers work through a phone tree.
First I had to call and find out the story on my DSL. Actually FIRST I had to call Pacifier (ISP) back and find out what was going on there -- get some additional info and then call QWest. Thank my lucky stars after a couple of transfers and endless being on hold, I ended up with David who was completely competent and was quickly able to see that my order had been screwed up pretty much from page 1 and was able to get me fixed up, anticipate that I'd have billing problems, and told me exactly how to handle it. Yay David.
BUT -- I still didn't have my modem because when the order was put in there was a note that said, don't send a modem. So we had to order it so I won't have a modem for another week, even though my service will be connected on the 1st. But that's fine, I've lived without it this long, I can survive another week.
So my separate Qwest matter was to get that stupid Customer Choice thing taken off. This is some great service that costs $32 a month and I'm not sure if this is the line charge plus all these worthless extras -- or $32 on top of the line charges. I ordered it to get the activation fee on the DSL waived and agreed we'd try it and we loathed it immediately. I don't like call waiting. We don't have a caller ID rig. We still got solicitation calls. And the freaky alternate ring for long distance calls freaked me out every time.
To make a long story short -- I had to be transferred around to at least 5 different people including one jackass who insisted that I should really keep the Customer Choice and learn to like it. What, does this lady get beaten at the end of the day if a customer cancels the special package? We'll see how it all turns out when I get our bill.
First I had to call and find out the story on my DSL. Actually FIRST I had to call Pacifier (ISP) back and find out what was going on there -- get some additional info and then call QWest. Thank my lucky stars after a couple of transfers and endless being on hold, I ended up with David who was completely competent and was quickly able to see that my order had been screwed up pretty much from page 1 and was able to get me fixed up, anticipate that I'd have billing problems, and told me exactly how to handle it. Yay David.
BUT -- I still didn't have my modem because when the order was put in there was a note that said, don't send a modem. So we had to order it so I won't have a modem for another week, even though my service will be connected on the 1st. But that's fine, I've lived without it this long, I can survive another week.
So my separate Qwest matter was to get that stupid Customer Choice thing taken off. This is some great service that costs $32 a month and I'm not sure if this is the line charge plus all these worthless extras -- or $32 on top of the line charges. I ordered it to get the activation fee on the DSL waived and agreed we'd try it and we loathed it immediately. I don't like call waiting. We don't have a caller ID rig. We still got solicitation calls. And the freaky alternate ring for long distance calls freaked me out every time.
To make a long story short -- I had to be transferred around to at least 5 different people including one jackass who insisted that I should really keep the Customer Choice and learn to like it. What, does this lady get beaten at the end of the day if a customer cancels the special package? We'll see how it all turns out when I get our bill.
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