The One Where My Friend Comes For A Visit

I have an update on the battle with the mouse situation, but I'll do it in a day or two since I have to upload the picture first. Yes, it's what you think it is. In the meantime...So last week I was lucky enough to get a surprise visitor. My first DC friend Sailor Moon was in town for a deposition. When I say she was my first DC friend, that’s not an exaggeration. We actually met during

The One Where I Revive the Ninja News Skits

Since I haven't done Ninja News in a a while I figured this would be a treat. First up, is a film that has to do with powertools, but I'm posting it anwyay. I think is the greatest commercial for Power tools ever made…in the history of mankind. After watching this the first time, I was literally speechless. My mind nearly exploded and as I struggled to cobble together a coherent thought,

Weekend Recap

Well I didn’t get much done this weekend, and by “much” I mean nothing. Still, as far as weekends where you veg out go, it wasn’t so bad. I’ll try to do an actual plumbing post (with pics!) this week as penance. Damn you, Catholic Guilt!I ALMOST did some actual work when, in a fit of perpetual boredom, I called a DC blogger I know and offered to fix her toilet. And, no, that’s not a euphemism for

Busy weekend leading into a busy week

Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough hours in the day to do everything I need to do. I haven't posted in a few days, mainly because I haven't had time.

Thursday night Bev and I went to a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. It was a singles auction, and was really a lot of fun. Everyone keeps asking me if I "bought a date" and the truth is, I probably would have if I'd had some extra money. I mean, it was for charity after all, and it's not like I'm meeting guys every day.

Friday after work, Rhea, Bev and I went to Stix, a fabulous Asian restaurant. the food was great! They were too busy, though. It's really better on week nights rather than weekends.

Saturday morning I participated in another fundraiser, standing on a street corner asking people to donate money to a local homeless shelter and soup kitchen. It was fun. The day went downhill from there, though. My dad was bitten by some kind of spider and had to go to the emergency room. His arm was swollen (almost to the size of a tennis ball) within a few hours. The ER doc didn't know what kind of spider, but said to watch it for 48 hours in case it was a brown recluse. My dad says it looks okay today, so I think there's nothing to worry about. I did get to spend several hours with my sister's kids Saturday, so that was good. They are getting so big, so grown up! It's amazing to watch them grow.

Today, I tried to relax but it didn't quite work out that way. I ended up having to go shopping for some work-related stuff. I went to a craft store and bought 60 feet of red ribbon for our ribbon-cutting ceremonies, and a fairly large pair of scissors. Not as large as I really wanted, but oh well.

Managed to get the 45 minutes of cardio I'm required to get every day. My first week on this diet, I lost 5 pounds. My second week I only lost 1 pound, but did manage to lose 2 inches in my waist and 1 inch in my hips, which I'd say is pretty good progress. Losing weight is extremely hard work! And you really have to plan ahead. So to further my efforts in that area, I packed tomorrow's lunch tonight. Well, everything except the sandwich, which I want to make fresh in the morning. I included such treats as strawberries, cucumbers, baby carrots and an apple. I think that, along with a sandwich should be enough for lunch. And so much better than french fries! Tuesday and Wednesday I won't have to pack a lunch, because I'll be at lunch events, so there will be food there.

Speaking of Tuesday, it's going to be a loooong day. We have an event in the morning, one at noon, and one at 6 p.m. I know I'll be exhausted by the end of that day. I think I'll plan to skip the exercise on Tuesday and make it up throughout the week. I can do a lot on Thursday, since I'll be off that day, thank God!

Anyway, this post is getting very long and it's almost 9:30, so I'm going to go and start getting ready for bed. I'll post again tomorrow.

The One Where I Pontificate About Home Buying

I saw this article on the Real Estate Market, which I thought was interesting. Except for this part: "High prices are sewing the seeds of their own demise." It's sowing, as in "what ye sow, so shall ye reap." How the hell does someone sew seeds. Moron! Anyway, back to my twisted diatribe.I’ve been saying the housing markets were due for a correction since ’03, but like the tech boom, I

The One Where My Sister Comes to Visit

Since I still hadn’t killed the mouse, I was worried about my sister visiting. I don’t think she bought the story about the little piles of poison I had the kitchen being blue breadcrumbs from some exotic dish I made. My sister’s a bad cook, but not even she will believe that.Still, despite my not being able to kill the ninja mouse, (which I have named “Sho Kosugi”) yet, I thought we should make

The One Where I Do Some Actual Work For a Change

Well, since my sister was visiting I decided to install some shades in the master bedroom. I know what you’re thinking: You mean you just walk around in your tighty whities without having actual window shades. Yes, I do. Part of the reason that Ninja Fortress is so secure is that burglars are deterred because when they see me in my tighty whities, they are either so intimidated by my musculature