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Stealing Jane – Outside

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Being in New York I’m faced with the reality of my past. It’s not a bad hit for me, it’s a good one. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my friend Lucy, and I’m itching to get in touch with Pat but he’s been very busy lately. His band, Stealing Jane, is doing absolutely amazing work these days and they just recently launched their first ever video. I’m so proud of these guys. I remember going back to my high school days and hanging out at the Rock Lobster to watch these guys perform. They were great back then, and they’re even better now. So to give their band the extra push that I think any band needs, I’m linking their new video here.

I can assure you that you’ll enjoy what you hear, so head on over to StealingJane.com and show your support.

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Happy Easter!

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

It’s Easter Sunday and while I haven’t really done anything yet, I have accomplished quite a bit over the past weekend so I can sit back and relax for a while until I start all of the cooking for dinner tonight. I’m not going too crazy with dinner. I’m throwing a ham in the oven, and making up a few sides to have with it and that’s about it. Yea, there’s going to be like five sides and some rolls or something. While that may seem like a lot, I’m Italian – I’m used to large meals for a small number of people.

I’m still waiting on news about the job interview on Friday. I assume that since they’re a Monday – Friday service that I’ll hear something tomorrow, or at least I hope. I’m really anxious about it. With the way money is going right now I could really use this job. The interview itself went pretty well, at least I personally thought it did. I like the environment, and those whom I spoke to seem pretty nice. The drive wasn’t that bad, I’ll have to factor in summer travel in a few weeks but that just means I’d have to leave around 7am as opposed to 730ish to make it there by 8. I figure a 20 minute drive will take about 45 minutes when it comes to the summer traffic down here. That’s what you get living in a tourist town though. Either way it’d be a Monday to Friday 8-5 position. I’d get home around 6pm on the summer nights and since it’s year round I really think I could do well there.

As far as my own stuff is concerned, I managed to get the new template up on acidgloss.net, something I’m very happy about. I really like the way things turned out. There was a template just like it for sale for about $90 but I was able to recreate it with no real trouble. The spacing is off on a few things depending on the browser you use but it really isn’t anything that major so it doesn’t matter too much to me. I’m working on getting a few more link options in order there, hopefully I’ll be able to get some of my lost traffic back. It’ll take some time but I do have a few tricks up my sleeve, you can only depend on SEO for so long before you have to get back into gear on commenting on things.

In any event, it’s now about 2:15pm and I’m hoping to relax for a few hours before I have to get in gear on the kitchen. So a quick straighten-up around the kitchen so I have some surface area to work with and the rest is cake…literally – I think I’ll make cup-cakes to have as an after dinner treat. We’ll see how I feel though, my stomach is already bothering me from too much coffee today anyway – heh.

So, Happy Easter to everyone, hope you have a nice relaxing day with family and friends. If you celebrate of course.

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Tags:AGn Designs, Cooking, Holidays, Web Design, Work
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Happy New Year!

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Getting up here was interesting.¬† The car was over packed with presents for everyone.¬† For the most part, everything gift wise (including our luggage) fit nicely into the trunk.¬† The backseat was filled with a computer, monitor, a lot of booze and a gift for Karen’s sister.¬† The laptop was tucked behind the seat, it was almost the perfect placement for it considering there was no room for anything else.¬† Going home should be pretty easy considering gifts were minimal this year.¬† It’s not that they were cheap, it was mainly gift cards and other small items that can easily fit in the trunk so that we don’t have to have an overloaded car on the drive back.

There is about an hour and a half left of 2007 and Sean (as well as everyone else in the house) is fast asleep.¬† I’ll wake him up in about a half hour so we can head over to my aunts house.¬† He’s been sick and the allergy meds that he’s been taking have knocked him out.¬† I feel bad about waking him up but he also understands that I haven’t gotten to spend any time with my aunt in quite a while, so he shouldn’t be too annoyed by being woken up.

I went over to my mother’s last night, we had dinner and she cut my hair.¬† It’s way too short for me but everything she cut off of me was dead end, more than six inches worth so it’s going to take some getting used to.¬† Unfortunately my hair is so thick that it’s borderline afro unless I flat iron it, so while I once thought that shorter hair meant less maintenance, I’ve certainly been proven wrong with my new do.¬† It took about 30 minutes to get it straight with my new wet/dry iron from Remmington.¬† At first I was a little apprehensive about getting one that dries your hair while it straightens but it’s actually pretty decent.¬† It would typically take me about 45 minutes to blow my hair out and then another half hour or so to get it to the desired straightness.¬† Either way the time has dramatically been cut down, that’s all that matters.

When we got back here I wound up relaxing on the couch for a little while and passed out from about 12 to 2.¬† Then Sean woke me up to say he was going to bed, I followed and wound up sleeping until about 2 this afternoon.¬† I guess that had something to do with my lack of sleep for the last few days so catching up on things wasn’t so bad.¬† It’s not like I had any work to do today so there was no real reason for me to wake up.

The original plan for today was to go out east to see his aunt and deliver some gifts, but we decided that the traffic just wasn’t worth it on New Years Eve, so either tomorrow or Wednesday we’ll make the trip out there and that’ll be accomplished.¬† I’m probably heading downstairs to visit with my grandmother and aunt, and see how my grandfather’s doing, he has about a week left on his radiation and I heard he hasn’t been feeling very well.¬† So while it’s nice to see family, the situation kind of sucks.¬† But he’s knocking on 70’s door and people just have to accept that everyone ages, no matter how much it sucks.

So we stayed here today, had pizza for dinner¬† (which made Sean happy) and have basically been flipping through channels for the last few hours until it’s time to get out of here.¬† The only thing that seems to be on is Family Guy, and while I love the show I was hoping on seeing something interesting but no big deal.

My aunt is doing OK, thank you for all of the little notes and I’ve received.¬† She was a little shaken up and a bit sore but it’s been a few days and she seems to be doing OK.¬† I’ll know more tonight though.¬† I need to get all of my packages together, there are about 8 boxes going over to her house – plus a bottle of wine.¬† At least the car won’t be over loaded, everything should fit fine in the trunk this time.

In any event, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year.¬† Hopefully everyone can stick to their resolutions this year,¬† I know I will be.

Happy New Year!

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Busy with Resolutions?

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I’ve been keeping myself busy to make up for the financial loss of the holiday season. I’ve gotten a lot of posting done, a lot of design work and even some personal things as well. I hope to be able to bring in the New Year with friends and family and not have to worry about any actual WORK until the 2nd or so. I’m heading up to New York this weekend and unfortunately got a phone call tonight that set me in a tail spin. My aunt was in a pretty bad car accident, her car is more than likely totaled. I did get in touch with her tonight though, she says that she’s fine, but she’s also a stubborn Irish woman so who knows if that’s actually the case. I know she’s a little sore from the accident but she’s assured me, a few times, that she’s absolutely fine with just a few bumps and bruises. I found out from my sister, she called me from work and told me I need to get back up to NY to see her, I’m thinking something is very wrong but a second phone call to verify information told me that I can wait until Saturday.

I went to the DMV yesterday to get my ID changed over, I’m officially a Delaware resident. I was apprehensive about surrendering my NY ID because I was unsure of the wait time for a new ID card. In NY you go through the motions and then you wait a few days and it shows up in the mail. In DE, however, the card is instantly given to you so I don’t have to worry about not having proper identification on me when I’m traveling this weekend. My next big task is to get a car and some insurance down here and the rest is cake. So that’s one goal for the year.

Another goal is heading back to school. I’ve decided on DeVry and luckily with my situation I’m eligable for full financial aid from 2-3 different resources. I just need to make sure to get all of the paperwork in around the first of the year. It’s only going to be an associates but it’ll carry over for when I’m going for my bachelors (maybe masters) somewhere down the road. So on top of an 8 hour work day, I’m adding a 3-4 hour school day. Then the other 12 hours can basically be spent relaxing and sleeping. Not too shabby – I know I can handle it.

On top of the first two goals, quitting smoking is certainly on the list this year. With a lack of health insurance and increasing lung issues, it’s time to stop beating the dead horse and moving on. I picked up “The Easy Way To Stop Smoking” because I’m a reader and figured a book could tell me more than those damn “Cold Turkey” techniques. I have to say that I can understand why so many people have read this book over the last 20 years. I completed it in about 3 hours and I’m confident that once I begin his methods I’ll succeed in quitting for good. Cold turkey and the patches and that horrible gum – none of it is worth it to me. You quit when YOU are ready to quit and you consider yourself a “Non Smoker” the second you extinguish your last cigarette. I’ll pick a day and then go from there. As of right now there’s a little too much stress in the air for me to pull this off completely. I know you’re sitting there like “Ha! Talk about another excuse” but that’s just how it is for me. I’ve got the little monster in my brain that won’t shut up and I’m going to have to slowly learn how to stop listening to him, that’s all.

And then of course there’s the weight-loss resolution that everyone has. The difference is I’m already ON a diet plan (and doing quite well, thank you) so it’s basically just keeping the concentration, continuing with my small-portion meals during the day and going on from there. Even Sean is going to get in on it with me, who knows – maybe by this summer we’ll spend more time at the beach than in the back yard – heh.

In any event, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, I won’t be around until Tuesday afternoon so hopefully everyone has a fun weekend. Be safe!

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Starting off…bad.

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

It’s been a pretty bad day so far.¬† Now, nothing has really personally effected me but there’s a lot going on around the world that has me concerned, annoyed, and heart-broken for someone else.

A Tornado has touched down in Florida, thousands of people are without power at the moment.¬† My reason for being concerned is not only are there homes a wreck, Sean’s brother is currently in the area but Sean (with his fabulous memory) has no idea where exactly his brother is at the moment.¬† So the logical thing to do would be to CALL his brothers cell but I guess that’s because I actually think about things, unlike my significant other at the moment.¬† I’m also a worry wort about things like this.

I received an email this morning from an old high school friend informing me that a mutual acquaintance of ours has passed away due to a drug overdose.¬† Now, I didn’t know this person very well, we only passed paths in the hallway or randomly at lunch depending on whether this person was sober or not to even realize where she was.¬† It’s unfortunate to hear that she’s passed away but based on how heavily she was into drugs in high school, it really was only a matter of time after school let out that someone would hear of this news.¬† My heart goes out to her family, I know how hard it was for her mother.¬† There are just some people in the world that you really can’t get through to.¬† No amount of therapy or detox did any good for this girl, and trust me – she was in a lot of it.

As for the annoyed, there’s just a series of things going on that are getting to me.¬† It’s nothing overly important, mainly work related, but the stress doesn’t help my stomach right now.¬† There aren’t enough tums in the world to calm it down.¬† I swear there’s an ulcer coming on.

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Old friends doing really well!

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

My friend Pat is in a band that’s been traveling basically everywhere. They started off as local hotness and has now skyrocketed to a large success, especially among college campuses. They were once Hyjinx but now known as Stealing Jane. I asked him about coming down to Dewey because it’s a massive college town and he said that there’s some big band thing going on in September that they’re waiting to hear back on – YAY!.

Either way their music rules and based on the last I heard they were doing really well on merchandise sales too, shirts are flying off the rack it seems. Their EP is about to drop so they’ve been looking into expanding their merchandise to include baseball caps, mouse pads, pens, stickers, bags and other fun stuff. So this is where my actual point comes in.

When it comes to band based merchandise, owning a shirt just won’t cut it sometimes. What would you like to see with a band name on it? They want something unique, I’m sure. They used to do thongs but those went too quickly and strangely lonely boys were the only ones actually buying them – lol.

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Planning a party?

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

I don’t know about you but something I really enjoy is planning a party for friends/family members. If I happened to be in New York for the past couple of months I would have probably had a hand in planning a shower for my friend who is about a month away from giving birth. It’s her first child and she’s so happy about being a mother that the glow on her face could light up a room.

She’s having a girl so I’ve kind of been poking around on sites like partypail.com looking for extra cute and extra girlie baby shower decorations. I just wish that I could actually give her the party but our friend seems to be handling everything. Kim doesn’t know about the party itself, but thank god for AIM or I wouldn’t know anything going on with these people anymore! I’ve always been a fan of cute little ducks for some reason so when I came across this Baby Duckie Baby Shower theme I almost instantly bookmarked it, I sent it over to Jamie first – naturally. She fell over too heh.

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Alcohol Rehabilitation

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

What some of you may or may not remember about me is that up until September of last year, I had the luxury of living with an alcoholic who knew nothing more than random excuses to come up with in order to keep herself out of Alcohol Rehab.

She was a difficult person to get along with. I haven’t spoken to her in almost a year and I’m unsure if she’s even still alive at this point considering the drugs she was taking as well. I never liked any of her friends because they all came across as boozers as well. I try, very hard, to give people the benefit of the doubt but when you’re a vicious person who is beyond help – it’s hard to get to that point of understanding.

Many people can be effected by just one person in their lives being an alcoholic, I felt horrible for her children because they were the ones who had to grow up sooner than they should have. Her teenage daughter was more responsible than her and she was cut absolutely no slack in the process. She was going through AA meetings but hitting up a bar afterwards kind of made no sense to anyone.

I came across alcohol-rehab.mobi but unfortunately it was just too late for me. It’s a blog site that shares stories, experiences and knowledge on alcohol addiction. I would have loved to get her to this website but when you’re too far gone for change, I guess there’s no need to help.

I’m sure you’re sitting there thinking that I’m heartless, that’s really not the case. I spent years attempting to help her but none of my efforts, no matter how hard I pushed, really did any good. You can only help someone who’s willing to meet you half way – she wasn’t one to meet you anywhere, unfortunately.

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Prescription Drug Addiction

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

I’ve spoken about substance abuse for quite some time now, many of you know this. One subject that I haven’t touched on yet was Prescription Drug Addiction. I strongly believe, while many people say otherwise, that my friend Diana passing away a few years ago was based on her addiction to prescription drugs. She was on anti-depressants and muscle relaxers for many years after an accident that she’d had when she was 14 years old. Her and her boyfriend at the time came face-to-face with a mac truck, she was the only surviver. Naturally this put her through a horrible depression, watching someone you love die in front of you because of a careless driver is nothing anyone should go through.

She suffered with extreme back pain, shoulder problems from where the seatbelt jerked her back and a cracked rib from the air-bag. She was a very thin girl, ate like a pig but never gained an ounce kind of skinny. The meds she was later placed on only aided to further weight loss. She’d never had body issues before, but at the rate that her body was shrinking, you wouldn’t have known it. For years after this accident, everyone who knew her, went out of their way to insure that she was going to get the help she needed. She went to see counselors but with her insurance plan all they were really doing was throwing more pills at her and calling it a day. We did finally get her into a detox clinic but by then, the damage had already been done. Three days after her release from the clinic, she over-dosed on an entire bottle of muscle relaxers and Paxil.

She’s been missed for many years, her mother obviously taking it the hardest because she tried everything she could to insure that her daughter was getting the help she so desperately needed. It’s just a shame that no matter how hard you try, she was just too far gone for the help.

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Publically answering emails…April feel’s special.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

I got an email from my friend April asking what Graphics Card I’m going with when I start upgrading everything. I’ve decided to stay in the $115 range and the one I came across in that range ( that Sean claims is fairly decent ) is the Diamond Radeon X1650 Pro / 512MB GDDR2 / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / CrossFire Ready / Video Card the one I was considering earlier was in the $400 range but that’s because it’s a NVIDIA card and I’ve worked primarily with them over the years. Either way I’m almost positive that this is where I’m going to end up going. For now I’ll stick with poking through Tiger Direct, but I’m sure other resources will show up with time, I need to get some other purchases taken care of first.

As for the monitor, I’m still searching for it. April also recommended that I just go back to where I bought the first one. I then asked her if she really thought I was that stupid for not looking there FIRST. Microcenter no longer has the 17″ X2Gen monitor. Now they only have a 15″ in silver and a 19″ wide screen. They’ve told me that they no longer carry the 17″ so naturally I’m stuck in a hole at this point. I can either buy two of the exact same ones from another source and just give this one to Sean or I can spend only $150 on ONE and get the one I’m looking for. Either way I’m spending more time searching than I feel I should. Why couldn’t I have just been smart and bought both of them in the beginning? :ugh:

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Virtual Sand Castles

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

PPP When it comes to birthdays and holidays and I know I’m not going to be around, I typically enjoy sending e-cards to friends and family. Yes, the bulk of the time some may find these cards to be annoying but my family sends them back and forth to each other excessively so naturally I’m always looking for a new and better site to send the cards from, that’s when I came across virtualsandcastle.com. Yes, you can literally build and send Sandcastles to your family and friends on their special day – cool huh?

I played around with the site for a little while, yes it’s completely free, you even get to play with a beach-ball while it’s saving. It’s really simple, you select the “Build a Sandcastle” icon and then start playing around with the different designs, changing the colors, adding accessories and a plethora of other options. Once you’ve gotten it to where you want it, you go ahead and click on the save icon and then while it’s capturing the image you’ve created, you can bounce a ball around with your mouse to keep you entertained. I thought it was a lot of fun, it’s a very simple process though. You can choose to save it as a wallpaper, send it to a friend, or just disregard it and move on. I saved it as a wallpaper. It’s a little bit pixellized for my taste but either way I’ll send her the link and have her play around with it for a little while.

Maybe you can have some fun with it as well, just head over to virtualsandcastle.com.

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It’s a shame.

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

A friend of mine recently announced that she was going to place herself into drug rehab. I know she’s been on kind of a downward spiral for a few months now but when you go to college and don’t know how to deal with things and are surrounded by drugs and booze it makes it difficult for you to stear away from it when you’ve never really been able to stand your ground. She’s always been easily influenced, something she openly admits to. It’s hard for her to not get addicted to things because she’s under the assumption that things can’t effect her no matter what she does. After almost over dosing on cocain a few weeks ago, she decided to check herself into a clinic. Being as she’s only 18, she realizes that she does have the rest of her life ahead of her and needs to move away from everything that’s a bad influence on her.

I’ve recommended StopYourAddiction.com to her, it’s a brand new 28 day drug treatment program located in Michigan. They treat addicts from across the country and I hope that no matter which place she happens to go – she gets the help she desperately needs.

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She’s pregnant!

Friday, April 27th, 2007

PPP I was told yesterday that an old friend of mine is 3 months pregnant. While I wish her all the luck in the world I know that it’s going to be difficult for her. Her husband isn’t exactly the best provider in the world but I assume that baby clothing and diapers will be added to his to-do list without any real complaints. I just hope that he’s able to give her and her child the life that they deserve. She didn’t have such a great upbringing, her father was a real annoyance in her life, hopefully her baby gets a better deal.

So I decided to email her and ask her how she was doing, how she’s feeling about everything, and we got into a conversation about baby showers, baby supplies, baby clothing and a lot more. I pointed her to BabyCZ. It’s not a run-of-the-mill baby clothing store, the clothes that are sold here are hand-picked by people who know about baby fashion. You’re not going to find the same lack of quality clothing here that you would at Wal-mart. BabyCZ has cashmere and luxury baby clothing, even gifts for young ones. IE: No thin tee’s with Elmo plastered on it.

This site isn’t just for baby clothing though, you can also find outfits for adults. A lot of kids like to wear their mothers clothing, and I know a few mothers who look at baby clothing and think “If only they made this in my size!”, welp – they do. BabyCZ has a section for adults that match the same prints as their children. Mother and Daughter can match no matter where they are. There’s also a mens section so fathers and sons can match as well. It’s a pretty interesting site, especially for similar clothing in Christmas Cards! My cousins in NJ always send out a family photo for Christmas and they’re always wearing the same clothing. I always thought it was a cute idea, maybe it’s something you can do with your little ones for the holidays, or just year-round in general.

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Happy New Year!

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Just wanted to leave a note for everyone!

I’m spending the evening with the boyfriend. We’re going to dinner, heading over to my aunts for a little while to wish everyone a Happy New Year and then we’re heading over to his aunts house for a New Year’s Eve party. So I’ve got a pretty busy day ahead of me.

I’ve been working – a lot – over the course of the last couple of days. Quite a few clients emailed me and requested New Years launches on their websites. Of course most of the emails came in on Friday. Talk about cutting it close, right? Thankfully I was able to get everything done. I’m still working on two accounts though. I’m getting the non-profit site up for Alicia’s fiance and I’m working on a WordPress template for another client that I most likely won’t have done until Tuesday afternoon. I don’t want to take that long but I just won’t have any time for it over the course of the next couple of days. I did about 4 hours of work with it today, I have maybe 4 more hours to go. I’m leaving in a half hour though so I can’t really get much work done now, unfortunately.

In any event, I need to take a shower and get myself ready to go. I hope everyone has a safe New Year, lay off on the booze if you know you’re driving home, eh?

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Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 25th, 2006

A little note for everyone celebrating this special day!

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When you give up…it shows up.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

I didn’t really want to update until Saturday when I put up the new theme, but I have exciting news that I believe just can’t wait.

For the past month and a half I’ve been waiting for Freepay to process my approval form for the Digitial Camera. I’ve logged in every day and haven’t seen the status change. BUT – TODAY it finally did.

I jumped up and down and instantly sent a screen shot to anyone who was online. Christie, Heather, Stacey, Tom, Stick Boy, and Sean. The one person I wanted to send it to was Jackie but she’s currently on her way to New Jersey for a wedding. I already knew my choice though, the Olympus SP-350 · 8 Megapixel camera. The reason is because it looks more like an SLR than the rest of the cameras to choose from. It’s also got better stats than the Fuji 9mpxl that was on the site. Not to mention, it’s just nice looking too.

It takes approximately 7-10 business days to process and then 3-5 to ship. I’m going to assume that I won’t have it until sometime after I’m at my aunts house, so that’s ok. It would have been nice to use her house as my first pictures but I’ll get over it.

Dad’s currently in Atlantic City, he left early Sunday morning and I’m going to assume that he’s on his way back up here now considering he has work tomorrow morning. When he called on Sunday he said he was up and very happy. When I called him on Monday to wish him a Happy Birthday he was down, which is typically how it happens for my family anyway. He saved enough to tell me that he was getting a new vanity for the bathroom this week.

I did my planting on Saturday, it was pouring but that didn’t make it any less fun. The kids helped me out, I do have a picture of the ‘after’ but I don’t have any pictures of the process. It was raining too hard to have anything electronic out here. Sure we were under the awning but it was windy so it would have gotten soaked anyway. Thankfully, with all the rain everything was watered so I’m pretty happy with that. They’re already starting to bud so hopefully in a few weeks I’ll see some flowers show up. I can’t wait.

BUT while we were planting dad noted that there needs to be some kind of gravel in the bottom to keep the soil from draining out of the holes. I figured “Okay…I’ll just use what’s left from the fish tank”. Unfortunately, that tank was thrown out, along with all of the gravel. Then I realized that since mom was such a pack rat, there was still some tile left over from when she redid the tile in the bathroom like 10 years ago. So I went into the bathroom, opened up the cabinet, found the tile and then saw it was covered in mold. I made Dad get it out so he could see just what kind of crap we’re dealing with in there. It then convinced him to get a new one. So, I’ll be going to Home Depot sometime soon to pick out the one I want.

On the 7th to the 14th, I’m going to be at my aunts house. I’ll have my laptop with me, so I can still work. She’s going to Vegas because one of her friends has a time share or something out there, I’m not sure what it is. I just know that the room is free for the week so her and some friends are hopping on that opportunity.

Normally when I’m house sitting I’d have Joe over, so it’s going to be a pretty rough week for me. I’m slowly beginning to get over his death, because I know he’s in a better place away from the doctors and all of the disease that over ran his body for many years, that doesn’t mean I still don’t miss him just the same. I just want to pick up the phone and call him to say “Come on over!” but I can’t anymore and reality is finally starting to kick in for me and I know that I have to let it go. It’s not easy, but over time I’d assume that I’ll be ok.

Work Related
I’m trying to pick up as many jobs as possible but it’s taking a little more time than I would have liked. No one has really shown total interest in the $30 deal. I’ve gotten a few emails about it, but no return emails about going through with it fully. I’m hoping something will pick up soon though, this way I have money set aside for the BBQ.

BBQ
At this point though, I’m not sure if it’s going to happen to the scale that I’d like it to so I haven’t said much about it. My goal is to have it sometime around the 22nd but depending on financial status it may be pushed to a week or two later. I do still want to have it, I’d love to see Christie and Heather in one big group setting but I guess I’ll just have to see what happens there.

Code Guru
I’ve had a very productive week though. I re-did a few of my cliques and I also put the final touches on my July theme. After doing some reading, thanks to the links Sean sent me. I was able to find out why my style sheets would validated but had warnings. I’ve managed to now master CSS2 so there are absolutely no warnings on any of my style sheets and that’s something I’m very happy about. I almost changed the theme to XHTML Strict so that I could be super elite but I realized that since I have to link my banner rotations in an I-frame (for some god forsaken reason) that the theme wouldn’t validate to strict so I guess I’ll just stick with Transitional. I’d prefer to have links target to a new window anyway.

In any event…my next update will most likely be on Saturday when I put up the new theme. I’ve re-entered myself into the blog rotations so I’ll be around to comment and what not.

Later gators.

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