Ah, the old toilet-papering-houses trick...

My sister and toilet papered houses tonight...on Facebook, that is...

School Concert

It was the first school concert of the year tonight. They had all three grades, with choir, orchestra, and band for each grade. The orchestra has improved a LOT this year, all of the grades. It was really amazing.

The orchestra did a fun piece called "Remote Control", where they had a sound effect representing a remote control, where the orchestra would change tempo and piece. They did quite a few little bits of songs, and even had singing and screaming! It was pretty funny.

The band teacher played the saxophone on one of the choir's songs, that was pretty cool.

Chloe is in band, and we were *just* able to see a little bit of her during the concert. It was cool to hear the pieces this time, since I was able to hear her practice them last month when I was home. All in all, a pretty good concert.

We got home in time to watch the very last part of Survivor, hopefully they'll have it OnDemand tomorrow night so we can see the whole thing.

Joined Facebook

I joined Facebook last night, I'd heard a lot about it and thought that I don't need another place to go online, lol. Then I heard they have games, and a lot of people on the boards I'm on have been talking about it...so I took the plunge. I see a lot of people on there that I know!

Already this morning, I got a treat from my Aunt Maggie (thanks!). So I threw a gummy bear at her. hee hee

Car Trouble

<-Dead Car Getting a Lift

Ray and I carpooled today, and on our way home from picking up Chloe, having dinner, and running some errands, his car just stopped working. Right on our way up a hill. A nice man helped push the car into the parking lot of City Hall (which was right nearby).

I called AAA, and they said it would be about an hour for a tow truck to come and pick up the car (it was actually about an hour and a half). Luckily, one of the AAA guys heard the call on the radio and came by and tried to help us fix it. He eventually figured out it was the timing belt, so he couldn't help us get going (he seemed genuinely disappointed, too). But he was nice enough to take Ray up the hill to our place and have him get my car so we could all get back home after they towed his car.

I have to say that Chloe was a real trooper - she didn't complain once, and was in fact very upbeat and positive. And I just have to say how grateful I am that I had AAA coverage, that people were very kind and helpful, and we all made it home safely.

Now to figure out how the logistics on fixing the car and carpooling until the car is fixed...

Too Much Something

I saw this in the kitchen at work one morning last week and thought..."either someone has too much pride in their job, or too much time on their hands..."

Either way, it gave me a little laugh. :)

License Plate Game: 100

Well, we reached 100 in the license plate game. Last year, we met some people that had started finding license plates, in order, counting to 999 (they were currently at 152).

We all decided that would be a fun game to do. And now, a year later, we saw 100. Now we're on 101.

Rules are that you need to start with 000, then 001, etc, in order. If you see a plate that has a bunch of numbers in a row (like trucks), the last 3 numbers need to be the ones you need. Ray and Chloe see the most of them. When Chloe was in Hawaii, she saw about 5 in a row for us.

When Ray's parents were in town, his Dad helped us out and found a couple of plates for us. Now he's started doing his own countdown.

It's weird how it works sometimes. Sometimes you're looking for, say, 067. You'll see 068, 069, and 070 in a row, but they don't count. You need to find 067 first, then find them again.

More Political Humor

When reading through some blogs tonight, I found this picture, which led to this thread on fark. I'm still reading through the entries...

Target...and Weird Al...

My first full week back to work, and I had 3 large reports to work on, so I was pretty busy and pretty tired. Plus I had a head cold, so I wasn't feeling the best. I left a little early on Friday because Chloe had no school, and she and I stopped off at Target on our way home from my parent's house. I like the little Halloween guy they have in their ads.

But they also had Christmas stuff out already! Yikes!




In other news...Weird Al Yankovic has announced that he's going to be releasing songs as they are recorded, instead of waiting to release an album. The first one to be released this way is "Whatever You Like", based on T.I.'s song of the same name. I really enjoy Weird Al's songs, and have seen him in concert twice, thanks to Ray.

Love the lyrics in this one!

"You like Top Ramen, need Top Ramen
Got a cupboard full of 'em, I’ll keep 'em coming
You want it, I got it, go get it, just heat it
Dump the flavor packet on it and eat it "

Sunday

Well, my first week back to work was fine. I'll have a really busy schedule next week, as I have some major reports due, along with getting the month started again.

My new office is located on a very quiet floor, as there are a few empty offices around me. A very large Roy Lichenstein is located out in the hallway from my office. Across the hallway, through the elevator lobby, there are automatic doors that *fling* open when you press the "open" button (hee, I think this is very cool still).

I'm on a different bank of elevators than I used to be, so that's been something to get used to. I'm also on the different side of the building, so I almost always get turned around when getting off the elevators.

Carrie did a great job while I was out, so there's not a lot held over from the previous month, just the usual stuff that has to be followed up on. She was sweet and filled my little fridge with Diet Coke, all ready for me.

I think the thing I hate the most about going to work (besides not being home when Chloe gets home from school) is the commuting. I like my job, I have a good boss and nice people to work with, but the getting to the bus, waiting for the bus, getting on the bus, walking in the rain to the building, etc. gets real old. It would be nice if we could work from home sometimes.

Anyhoo - today, I'm planning on playing with some new stamps and stuff I got the other day and haven't used yet. A roast is in the crockpot (trying out a new recipe), and I got some laundry going. The Amazing Race is on tonight, too! Looking forward to that!