Weblog » Archives » January 2004

  • Holy cow. I spent a couple of hours organizing all the Mr. S posts from my blog, and doing word counts. I have 33,800 words on the subject so far.

  • Took Alex to get her blood drawn this morning. She fainted on the way out. It was actually kind of funny because I knew it was nothing to panic about--I've done it myself before. She went white, her knees buckled, and I …

  • I didn't think I would even consider doing it again, but I'm thinking about doing another Novel-in-a-Month thing in February. I had an idea for a chick-lit kinda story yesterday, and I want to write up all the Mr. S stor…

  • I just have to give another plug to this great website. So funny.

  • In the Beginning Before I went to work for Mr. S, I worked for an international manufacturing company. I had only been working there about eight months (after leaving a different job and what I thought for sure was the…

  • Last night I was procrastinating about finishing the article I was working on (done!), and I read back over some of my Mr. S stories on this blog, and y'all have convinced me. This is some funny stuff. So. I'm going to …

  • A busy day today. Actually the whole weekend has pretty much been spent running around. Yesterday was full of errands and basketball games, and a sleepover at our house with Alex's friend. Today I had to go to Powe…

  • Well, I told you Mr. S would be up to his old tricks before the end of the day yesterday. I had written a contract for him the day before, and then yesterday he asked me to make changes, e.g. the effective date and chang…

  • I've been busy the last couple of days. The kids' basketball practices are in full swing again, and I have to drive them four nights a week. Tomorrow is the start of games, which should be interesting. Mack is less than …

  • Yay! Jefferson is my favorite Founding Father. Which Founding Father Are You?

  • Good day at work today. Mr. S left me alone and I got a lot of things done. I love days when he just lets me do my thing. You'd think he'd notice how much more productive I am when he doesn't have his paws on everything,…

  • Work today was OK. Spent a couple of hours at the S residence showing Mrs. S how to send an e-mail and use Google. She's been using a computer for about five years. Really. No mention of shutting down the business an…

  • Can't believe the weekend is all but over already. Even harder to believe is how little I accomplished. I played some tennis, did a little laundry, slept, read, watched football, wrote a little bit, and now here we a…

  • I have an old friend on my mind tonight. And this song: Occurred to me the other dayYou've been gone now a couple yearswell, I guess it takes whileFor someone to really disappearAnd I remember where I wasWhen the …

  • Very stressful day at work. I'll tell you about it sometime over the weekend. Let me tell you today about yesterday's ill-advised trip to Office Depot with Mr. S. If you weren't around the last time I went shopping…

  • I weighed myself this morning, even though I wasn't going to do so for a couple of weeks. I wanted to eat a piece of toast for breakfast, and I told myself that if I hadn't lost any weight, then screw it, I was having t…

  • I have to admit that I'm a little cranky about this diet thing. I guess I'm one of those carbohydrate addicts because all I can think about is bread, crackers, rice, stuff like that. I hope those cravings pass soon, beca…

  • I have an article due tomorrow and still have a lot of work to do on it. I do't think it will be a problem to finish it, but a stress-free night would be good since my days don't seem to be going that way at all. I s…

  • Not a great day at work. And I tried so hard to start things off again on the right foot. It turns out that some people just have no right foot. I don't want to go into it, but suffice it to say I'm damned if I do and da…

  • Just sent my first query of the year to a new market. My goal for the year is 60 new markets, so I only have 59 to go. I worked extra hard on the query because it's the biggest magazine I've ever even thought of querying…

  • We can go places again! There's just a wet, slushy mess outside now and it's melting fast. I was able to actually drive the car to the grocery late yesterday afternoon. My neighbor gave me a jump yesterday and my bat…

  • School's closed and the road is still slick out there. I think today the temps will be higher and the thaw will continue, and more people will venture out. The road should be much better by this afternoon. My car bat…

  • Another exciting day. I'll spare you the temperature report, but even though it's above freezing, I cannot get my car to move yet. Believe me. I tried. Several times. Several. Times. I tried to dig it out, but I'd ha…

  • Snow days are fun for about a day and a half. This is day three, and indications are that tomorrow isn't going to be much better. I was planning on being snowed in for one day. The South Beach Diet is totally out the…

  • I'm home again today. We had about 15 hours of freezing rain yesterday, last night and this morning. It's very slick out there. The dog was slipping all over when I took her out this morning. Definitely a good day to st…

  • The storm effectively crippled the city today and probably tomorrow as well, because the snow is supposed to melt, leaving us with very icy conditions. I left a message for Mr. S tonight that it's doubtful I'll be in tom…

  • It was a busy day around here yesterday. The cold weather makes me tired. There was this huge storm predicted for yesterday and last night--snow, freezing rain, flying frogs, the whole bit. The snow was supposed to s…

  • This blog of eFairy's made me think of something that happened a long time ago. Mackenzie was an unexpected, but not unwanted, baby, in 1991. I found out I was pregnant in October of 1990 when, ironically, I went to …

  • I return to work tomorrow, and I'm having a productive day today. I'll give you a diet update tomorrow or Tuesday. I helped Alex make cookies last night, chocolate chip made with vanilla pudding mix that yardenxanthe…

  • South Beach Diet Update Days on Diet 2 Pounds Lost 2 I fell asleep on the couch last night and woke up this morning to find Alex on the other end of the couch. She's a pretty small girl, but tha…

  • South Beach Diet Update Days on Diet 1 Pounds Lost 2 The weight loss is a little suspect because I didn't eat much yesterday. Knowing I was going to be in the house and relatively inactive most o…

  • Official snow measurement at Casa Confidential: 6 7/8 inches at 1:10 p.m. It tapered off for a while, but is now coming down at a pretty good pace. Supposed to have more on Saturday and Monday. In a way, it sucks, beca…

  • Happy new year, yo. Woke up to about 3 inches of snow (I measured, it was just over 3"), don't recall this being in the forescast. It's very un-Portland-like. I'm sure the local news is going nuts. I wonder if they've n…