Category Archives: Life in General

Another Person in the World

A hearty welcome to Charles (Charlie) David Bates, born on January 17th at 6:18 PM, 5 pounds 14 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. He’s a couple of weeks early and had some trouble clawing his way into the world, so … Continue reading

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My Car is HOME!

I can hardly believe it. After one last test drive and a couple of hours worth of paperwork at the dealer, I got to drive my beautiful new car home tonight! Yes, I will get some pictures in the next … Continue reading

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My Car!

I nearly forgot to mention that we received a call from the Honda dealership today and they were able to trade another dealer for my car, so it’s in. We’ll go over tomorrow to inspect it, talk about financing, figure … Continue reading

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A Good Day To Be Sick?

Right, there’s never a good day to be sick, but today was definitely the lesser of possible evils. I had nothing scheduled that required me to be in the office, so when I woke up with a cough and vague … Continue reading

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Ups, Downs, New Car and Model Happy Dance

Yes, you read that title correctly. I am very relievedly happy dancing over the completion of my latest model project. I was very nervous over the last step that I had been working on (filling stitches), so I sent a … Continue reading

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Big “I” Versus Little “E”

If you have never been subjected to one of those corporate, touchy-feely, “let’s all get to know ourselves better”, personality tests, than the title may not make any sense. Have no fear, gentle reader, all shall become clear in time. … Continue reading

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I Claim a Victory!

A one-day triumph over the headaches! I just wanted to declare that I did not have a headache yesterday!!! And I didn’t have to take any headache medicine of any sort (over the counter or otherwise). Ha-hah! 😀

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Postal Craziness

So, loyal blog readers, I don’t know if you knew this or not, but the United States Postal Service increased its rates, effective yesterday. That means today was the first business day with the new rates. And I had 9 … Continue reading

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2006 New Year’s Resolutions

2006 New Year’s Resolutions: Exercise! Stop (or at least severely limit) swearing! Don’t be a stress puppy. Try not to overreact to situations; take lots of deep breaths; listen to music to help distract and soothe whenever necessary Don’t be … Continue reading

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2005 Resolutions in Review

Well, you can tell that it’s been a rough year when you blow just about all of your resolutions… Usually I’m better than this! 🙁 2005 New Year’s Resolutions: Stop (or at least severely limit) swearing! – FAILED (and this … Continue reading

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