I read about Block by Block today at KCRG.com, Cedar Rapids’ ABC station. This group is organizing former/current neighbors by block to help rebuild after the devestating 2008 floods (June 2008 on this blog.) After dealing with my own flood, I understand how hard it can be to regroup. Block by Block is trying to [...]
Archive for November, 2009
A group that definately needs holiday giving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cedar Rapids, flooding, holiday donation on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Announcing the arrival of a baby blue laptop…
Posted in technology, tagged anti-rant, laptop on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Name: Three
Official Name: Inspiron 14 Notebook 1440
Nickname: 3.0
Born: November 10, 2009
Parent: Dell
Owner: Pam
Operating System: Windows 7
Browser: Firefox
I am proud to announce the arrival of Three, my third generation laptop. So far, 3.0 hasn’t overheated, hasn’t loudly hissed, and hasn’t nastily interrupted me with a blue dump memory screen. [...]
The holiday soufflee…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, holiday disappointment on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The holidays are like a soufflee for me. A great buildup in November and an inevitable deflation come the middle of December. I’m in the air pumping stage now. I love planning. I love thinking through the gifts and scoping the ads and web sites for deals. I love getting the Christmas stamps and getting [...]
A stressed out crab (how appealing!)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crabby, rant, stress on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This computer is on its last legs and hisses continually and constantly. I hopefully will be happier once I get the replacement in place. I haven’t enjoyed having to log in and out constantly when it overheats. Then I have certain people in the medical profession who have been stressing me out lately when they [...]
Playing with the new feature…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, geotag on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
WordPress says that my location can be detected if I opt-in to their new geotag system. So I’m trying it out via the blog. Find me!
Follow up: I played with the new feature last night, and took a look at where it actually points me today. I did an auto detect geotag and didn’t [...]
Humor is not funny…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dating, humor on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I read this article today and unfortunately, agreed with it:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/family/chi-1108-funnygirlnov08,0,5882566,full.story
The article talks about how men are often intimidated by women with a good sense of humor. The author was prompted to explore the topic when he felt a bit intimidated by his girlfriend’s ability to build on his humor – “God forbid, that this [...]
Another blogging lull…
Posted in blogging, tagged blogging, iPod on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, not too much new or maybe I’m too inhibited to come up with something. I did enter the 21st century yesterday and got my first iPod! I love being way behind the curve. Now I’ll have to master it. I’m sure I’ll be able to pull it off – it’ll just take some concentrated [...]
Getting emotional in the health club…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, strength, USS New York on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The health club is not a place I usually get emotional. If I’m feeling any emotion, it’s usually hatred at my body or the treadmill because every now and then I feel like I want to fall off the treadmill due to fatigue. Other than that, I’m concentrating on getting the workout done and am not [...]
