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Since I am posting a week at a time, if I get this posted tonight, I will be offically caught up - according to my rules.
March 17
It was such a sunny day, how could I resist taking a photo of my shadow. I must be standing in front of something, because that is not my figure. A few days after I took this, I saw that someone else had done the same thing as one of their Project 365 photos. It must be a great idea.
March 18
We have our very own e-waste pile. We really need to get this and the extra monitors to the hazardous waste disposal location one of these days. They are taking up so much room and gathering way too much dust.
March 19
Cats are always good for a photo. I really enjoy trying to get good shots of them. Ususally they start to turn away just as I press the shutter button and all I get is a profile.
March 20
We won this quilt at a silent auction and it is hanging on the wall in our bedroom. I thought about hanging it over the bed, but the headboard is too high. It would not have looked good. It is on the side wall, so I can see if when I get up in the morning.
March 21
My head must have been in a cloud recently because I had not noticed that the azaleas had bloomed. Once we get all the work done to the outside of the house, I really need to concentrate on the garden. Both front and back have been so neglected, it is sad.
March 22
Boy, I have really run out of ideas if I am taking pictures of my feet. There are marks from the straps of the shoes I wore all day at work. I worked late and did a lot of walking in heels and had to put my feet up to watch Grey's Anatomy.
March 23
This is one of the new buildings the company is in the process of moving into. The first group of 800+ moved in last weekend, the second group of about 80 moved in this weekend and the last group probably about 900+ will move in next weekend. I have had a small part in all phases and will be totally exhausted at the end of it. The overtime pay is nice, however.
Posting three weeks worth of photos in one day is not something that I want to become a habit. I have got it to the point where I can breeze through it, so maybe I will be able to keep up better in the future.
March 10
The Pacific Life Open was really fun this year. It was hotter than it really needed to be - in the high 90s - but we still had a great time. We watched most of our tennis from the Pacific Life suite, but did walk around the grounds to see more tennis. We were lucky to see Roger Federer practicing on one of the courts. It was very hard to get close enough to get a good photo, so this one will have to do.
March 11
The inside of my microwave is embarrassing, but I had to get a shot of Dennis' cream of wheat. I don't know if he cooked it too long or had too much in the bowl, but this was the result. While he got the towels, I got the camera.
March 12
Cat butt is something we see frequently. Here is Lucy showing me her 'not best' side. We have had her since September and she is very cute.
March 13
When I first learned about Crocs, I told myself that I would never own a pair, they were way too ugly. I needed a pair of red shoes for our Red Move Team wardrobe, and my Keds were not working - they rubbed against the little toe on my right foot and I knew I would never make it with them. I needed a pair of shoes that would be extremely comfortable while I was on my feet for two days. I read lots of reviews on Zappos.com and was convinced enough to buy a pair. Everything I read was true. My feet did not hurt at the end of either day. I still think they are fairly ugly (Erin calls them hideous) but they worked for me.
March 14
The movers stacked these dollies in the halls the day before the big move. I was intrigued by how they looked. They stacked several boxes one each one and rolled them to the elevator out to the truck. The boxes stayed on the dolly until they got to the destination and were rolled into the new building to the office where they belonged.
March 15
These orange bins were for paper product trash. They sat in the halls for a couple of weeks without getting filled up, but in the last couple of days, they reached overflowing levels several times. It is human nature, I guess, to wait until the last minute to clean out your crap and pack.
March 16
Instead of moving people's chair with the rest of the belongings, they were all moved together. Employees were instructed to label everything, so it was easy to put things where they belonged. This is only a small number of the chairs that had to be moved into our building that weekend.
March 3
Dennis and I had to look at homes that had work done by the company that will be doing our new windows and tex-coat. Naturally, they were all in Los Angeles county, so we went for a drive. I loved this view of the Los Angeles skyline and was lucky to get this shot while riding on the freeway. It was frequently blocked by trees.
March 4
This little bike on the bicycle rack on the back of an SUV gave us both a chuckle. They must have not wanted to get the inside of the car dirty, because I am sure it would have fit in the back. Too bad I had to take this photo while driving because I was caught in the side-view mirror.
March 5
I went into the bathroom after I got home from work and was amazed to see the reflection from the mirror on the wall and ceiling. In the three and a half years since the new bathroom was completed, I don't ever remember seeing this. I thought it was pretty cool.
March 6
Somehow, I think I washed a pad of paper with the darks. When I took the clothes out of the washer, there was lint everywhere. I figured the dryer would suck it off of everything. It sucked a lot of it, but there was way too much for it to handle. The result was a lot of lint that burned out the coil which caused the dryer to not dry. It ran all night and the load was still not dry. The repairman was able to come out that day and fix it. $220 later, I had a functioning dryer again. I pay very close attention to what goes in the washer.
March 7
My craft table is shrinking. There used to be plenty of room for me to do my thing, but I have been keeping lots of stuff on it that should have a home. I can't decide how I want to store some of this stuff, so it just piles up. I go through phases where I try to clean it up, but the almost neatness doesn't last too long.
March 8
Our morning routine - at the gym by 5:30 (5:15 now because my commute to work got longer on 3/19/07) Dennis has been great, he hasn't missed a work day since the middle of January. I have missed five, as of today. As much as I hate getting up so early, I have to admit that it feels great to get it out of the way. I haven't lost any weight and my clothes still fit the same, but I know I am doing good things for my heart.
March 9
The guys started packing up the lab about a week before the move. The halls were packed with gondolas full of their equipment. It was crazy how much stuff they had. The halls got worse before they got better.
More every day photos.
February 24
Our new toy! The old television took up so much room in our little living room. The HD channels are beautiful, but the standard channels look worse than on a standard television. The guys love sporsts in HD, so I guess it is worth it. We got it in plenty of time for March Madness and the Masters. I enjoy watching my shows in HD, too.
February 25
Yet another example of work needing to be done on the house. The gates are really beaten - termites have had a great time with them. The house was tented last spring, so hopefully that will slow down the destruction. This summer we will get new gates.
February 26
THE RED TEAM! Another photo not taken by me. This is one of the move teams I was a part of this spring for our huge company move. We are moving almost 1900 people over three weekends and this is most of the team I worked with for the first weekend. It was a lot of hard work, but we had a really good time.
February 27
I loved the way Lucy looked. I know she shouldn't be on the table, but this was such a cute photo - two of my favorite things, cats and Corona.
February 28
At this point, it was still a little over two weeks until the big company move. There was a closet on our floor that had not been looked at in over a year and it was my responsibilty to clean it out. I threw away so much crap! Some of it I gave to the guys in the lab, lots got put in the shred bin, much got tossed. It was dirty and dusty and I know no one will ever ask for any of the stuff.
March 1
I had not seen the blue screen of death in a very long time, so this was a surprise. Fortunately, this was at work, so the help desk had to deal with it, not me!
March 2
I love this time of year, the Girl Scouts are out in force. We bought so many cookies this year and 22 days later, we still have some. I was a nice mommy and bought two boxes of Tagalongs to send to Steve. He doesn't have Girl Scout cookies in Tokyo. I haven't heard from him yet, so I don't think he has received them yet.
February 17
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We have enough DVDs to open a small video store. This is only a small part of the collection. Jim bought most of them and they are stored in a bookshelf in his bedroom. I really like the curve of the rack.
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February 18
Our poor house is in dire need of some refurbishment and updating. The front windows are wood framed and don't work well at all. Some are stuck shut, others won't stay open. The caulk is falling out of many of them, you can feel the wind through them. So we are replacing the five in front and the one on the garage so they will match. The installation was supposed to happen today (3/24/07) but the installers were out sick. The interesting thing about that is they knew on Friday night that they would be sick on Saturday. I guess if they don't want to work, I don't want them installing my windows.
February 19
Over the years, I have opened up many computers, but I have never taken a photo. Dennis had this one open, so it seemed like a good idea.
February 20
Dennis and I have been going to the gym before work since the middle of January. For a very short time in February, Erin went with us. Obviously, I didn't take this photo, Dennis did. My baby girl is about 5 or 6 inched taller than me. She is 19, so I think she has stopped growing.
February 21
Breakfast at home is pretty boring on workdays. This one is pretty typical, coffee, of course, cottage cheese and a banana. Sometimes, I will have wheat toast instead of the banana.
February 22
Too often, the dishes don't get done. One of my pet peeves is how little others do the dishes. Of course, when I throw a fit, someone will step up, but what I like better than that is initiative. I know, I know, we all work, Jim two jobs, Erin goes to school, we are all busy! Oh well, I will continue to whine and the dishes will continue to get done sooner or later.
February 23
Another example of work needing to be done on the house. We used to have stairs up to the balcony. When the wood on the balcony got too bad, Dennis took done the steps, but it left this mess. After the windows go in, we will get the entire exterior tex-coated. During this process, they will repair all the cracks, fill all the holes, doing whatever they need to do to make the surface even.
I have been keeping up with taking the photos, but have gotten behind in posting them. It is getting harder to find new and different things to photograph - I don't live a very exciting life.
February 10
Lucy had so much fun playing in the packing peanuts. She knocked the box over and spread them all over the living room floor. Another time, she worked her way into the box that I thought had been shut up tight.
February 11
Dennis and I drove to the Inland Empire on the 11th to visit his sister and my mother. The sky was beautiful and I took this photo from a moving a car. We were eastbound on the 60.
February 12
No, Erin does not have a tatoo! She has a tendency to write on herself and this was her latest effort. She went to work with this on her wrist. I hope her long sleeves kept this covered.
February 13
One of the nice perks at work is the unlimited drinks. We get all the bottled water, soda, juice, milk, coffee we want. The Sparkletts is stacked next to the drinks cooler waiting for the cafeteria staff to put it away and for those folks who like their water at room temperature.
February 14
Happy Valentines Day! Dennis sent me three dozen roses to work from ProFlowers.com. The funny thing is that they arrived in a box and I had to put them in water. 36 roses because it was our 31st Valentines Day and he could only buy in dozens. They were beautiful and he certainly impressed the girls at work.
February 15
I have been going to Dr. Swanson since 1994 and this is where his office is located. This was a good appointment, because I learned that the blood pressure medication is working. I was very surprised in December to learn that my blood pressure, which had always been low, was getting higher than the doctor wanted.
February 16
One of my pet peeves is people not cleaning up after themselves. Everyone living in this house is an adult and to me that means responsibility. Erin has a habit of waiting too long to start getting ready for work and ends up not having time to put the iron and ironing board away before she leaves for work. Makes me crazy!
