Life
Posts about life. Mostly vacation, friends and family.
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Thanksgiving Nostalgia
view post →: Thanksgiving NostalgiaThis weekend I was digging through my file cabinet looking for something and I ran across this crumpled piece of paper I had saved. It was a list from Thanksgiving that Erin wrote our freshmen year of college on what we were grateful for. It had a few things on it I had forgotten about…
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Egg on my Face
view post →: Egg on my FaceI was running late this morning and had to be at work for an 8am meeting. So I grabbed some food that I could make in our work kitchen; one of those things being a hard boiled egg. So at lunch time I start trying to peel the egg over my keyboard and realized after…
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Egg Salad Sandwiches
view post →: Egg Salad SandwichesI had been getting bored with my usual cold cut or peanut butter jelly sandwiches at lunch so my Mom encouraged me to try making egg salad. It was incredibly gross to make – eggs and mayonnaise smashed up – but ends up tasting great. I feel like a new man, daylight savings, I got…
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Win a Small Boy
view post →: Win a Small BoyThis article is hilarious. Apparently a little boy crawled up and got inside one of those claw arcade toy machines.
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My Past Week in Review
view post →: My Past Week in ReviewFriday lunchtime is pretty quiet today at work. I’ve finished my soup and crackers so it’s time for a post. We’re officially back in winter up here in Minnesota and had two of worst storms of the year Sunday and Wednesday night. I was really surprised with the storm on Sunday since I went to…
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Work Changes and New Park
view post →: Work Changes and New ParkWork has been busy. Last Friday our manager announced that she was taking a job with another group in our company which has left our team without a manager. I’m a little uneasy about it since my guess is we will be pulled into QE or the core development groups which would make us lose…
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New Furniture
view post →: New FurnitureLast October I hired Ammar the owner of Dwelling Designs as an interior decorator since I didn’t know anything about how to buy furniture for the condo. I found Ammar through our condo building (RiverWest) since he did all the furniture and decorating for our lobby which I really liked. It worked out great since…
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Cleaning on My Day Off
view post →: Cleaning on My Day OffSymantec likes to be a little different so they gave all their employees Presidents’ Day off (today) instead of Martin Luther King Day in January. While I was angry we didn’t have off in January, it is really nice to have a day off in the middle of February. This is that time of year…
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Paris Trip
view post →: Paris TripAh, it’s Friday and I’m ripe for a post. This was a pretty eventful week. Bri and I bought tickets to Paris so we’re going over in May to visit Brigitte and it will be the first real vacation I’ve taken since I started working. I’ve already started making a list of cool things to…
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Fuji Ya Development
view post →: Fuji Ya DevelopmentThis weekend was pretty low key. Friday night was spent watching the end of Arrested Development with Mark and Bri at my place. I nearly cried when they made the joke with Gob burning the bush. It’s sad to see such a good show go away since I feel like I never find out about…
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Killing Me Softly on Hold
view post →: Killing Me Softly on HoldI’m definitely listening to an elevator music version of Fugees “Killing Me Softly” while on hold right now with customer service. I never thought I’d reach the day that hip-hop would be turned into dull boring waiting music. The reason I’m on hold is to get a quote for a windshield replacement. I was on…
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Site Meter & Thinking of Grad School
view post →: Site Meter & Thinking of Grad SchoolI put in a site meter up on the blog out of curiosity last week. I was shocked to read the results today. I thought there would just be the usual friends and family but I had a hit from Israel! It’s encouraging since people seam to be blogging less. Dave has been the only…
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Start of 2006
view post →: Start of 2006I never really realized it before but I love the beginning of a new year. Something about it makes me feel fresh and ready to try new things. This year should have lots of fun and exciting things to look forward to. 2005 ended well. Chris and Jes came over for a fancy dinner and…
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Milwaukee Safehouse
view post →: Milwaukee SafehouseTonight I called up as many people as I still knew that were in Milwaukee and we went down to Water Street to hang out while we were all back in town. We started off at McGullyCutties (sp?) which I had been to once. Nothing to special, you’re typical college-esque type bar. I was impressed…
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Christmas Cookies
view post →: Christmas CookiesTonight, after helping Chris fix his computer, I went home and made Christmas cookies. I couldn’t wait for this weekend to get some so I had my Mom email me a recipe for buttermilk cookies since they were easy to make. I’m bringing them into work tomorrow so if you’re reading this from Symantec stop…
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First Holiday Party
view post →: First Holiday PartyThursday night was my first of hopefully many Holiday Party’s I hope to host. It went well thanks to my Mom showing up at the last minute to help make food. I ended up making way more food than I needed so I can go from Thanksgiving leftovers to holiday party leftovers. Friday was pretty…
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Holiday Plans
view post →: Holiday PlansI can’t believe it’s December already. It’s been snowing like mad up here lately too which is really nice since we didn’t get any snow until January last year. The bad part is that I no longer have underground parking at work like I did in November. No more jacket-less days at work. In fact,…
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Bathroom Remodel
view post →: Bathroom RemodelHere are some before and after photos from the recent bathroom remodel we finished. Rex did most of the hard work but him and my Mom helped me put in a new black vanity, new slate tile floor and a glass sliding door around the bath tub. We also painted it a dark red which…
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Camry is Found
view post →: Camry is FoundI got a voicemail from the Minneapolis police this morning saying that my stolen car was recovered. Assuming the worst, I called back expecting to hear about how it has been stripped for parts and I can come pick up what was left. To my surprise though, it’s mostly ok. All I know is someone…
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Condo Closing
view post →: Condo ClosingI am now in debt for many years but this is what I have to show for it. I’ll be doing some painting and bathroom work so I’ll post more pictures when it’s done but I own a condo now!