Skipping Frog - North Texas: October 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tried to move the rest of our house on Saturday = massive bad weather.
Lost a lawnchair on 287 @ 70MPH = Semi drove over it.
Time to unpack.
Went into Jack in the Box (while trying to move) and just as I am about to open my mouth to order the power goes out... typical.
Saturday evening it cleared up and I was presented with a certificate of recognition at Hangman's House of Horrors for charity work.
Totally missed the chance to get Rebecca Miller to sign my Cyberpunk CCG card of her (it is actually about her).
She is very short in person.
Filmed the 'Thrill the World' event.

I am in a VERY bad mood today.
I detest the 'lettuce heads' that come and go at the gym where I work.
Too bad I have to use that entrance to come to work.
What is the point of getting an egg white omlet if you are just going to load it up with other junk?
Those people irritate me.
Their addiction to excersise is just as bad an addiction as mine is to food.
ANYWAY.... happy thoughts.
Had to haul the cats back one at a time to the house (an hour drive) crying all the way.
I am listening to Hannibal Rising in the truck at the moment. I am enjoying it.
Space is running out in the shed. I need just a bit more room...
When I think hard about it I *think* that about 50% of the time my order at a fast food drive throughs are wrong (in some way).
Nothing will ruin your 'on the go' meal than missing that sauce for your nuggets.
Nothing will ruin your 'on the go' meal MORE than getting Diet Coke instead of Coke.

The wife is out of town this week... TIME TO... move stuff back to the old house.
Did you think I was going to say PARTY?
Am I the kind of person that would be within 1000ft of a party?
I finished Black Adder 1 last night. It's gets a lot of crap but it is funny.
Noticed the Wendy's is open but no big grand opening event (yet).
There is a skunk under the house... I can smell it. Yuck.
Gonna have to trap it.
I will be so glad when I get the skirting on the house replaced.
Doing a lot of moving this week. One truck load a day then Sunday the big stuff.
Have to get all the utilities transferred back. That will be a pain.

So I was sitting at my desk on the phone on a trouble call when I felt my office shake and shimmy. I thought it was just someone moving heavy equipment upstairs in the surgery area (it happens) but apparently it was an Earthquake in Oklahoma!
I am tired of all the bad driving I have been experiencing lately. It's mainly city folk.

I shall say once more... this last week was the WORST for bad drivers. People need to chill the F out.
Work is getting stressful for no good reason.
We had a garage sale on Saturday. Brought in about 300.00. Didn't sell nearly as much as I had hoped for.
Packed the rest up for some other time.
I could probably make 2x or 3x more if I spent the time to put it on Ebay.
Chris wants us to focus on selling stuff on Ebay...
Yuck. It takes soooooooo much time for so little profit to do that.
Plus Ebay triple dips on you. You pay to list the item, you pay when it sells, and you pay a fee on Paypal payment (which is almost the only way people can pay anymore).

This week has been 'the drivers from hell' week. People have been behaving so badly recently.
Do you remember that really old Goofy cartoon where he changes into an evil thug when he gets behind the wheel? Those were some great cartoons. Here it is!
I am having a garage sale on Saturday. I dread 'early bird' shoppers. Wish I could just put it all outside during then night.
I have discovered my wife has just as much junk as I do... just in boxes, not spread throughout the house.
Remember when I talked about doing that interview for Hangman's House of Horrors? Here it is!
Here is the accompanying blog post about my visit too.
We are supposed to go eat at Texas De Brazil tonight. I don't care for it all that much... too much hype. Women love it though.

My free time seems so little. I am always doing something.
The imaging center at work flooded out last night, I know how they feel.
The insurance company paid off the car (the current value) but the bank has yet to remove the 4,500 balance (cause i have GAP insurance). I hope they don't try to get out of it or I have to make an October payment (since I have a payment due on the new car too).
I didn't even notice a Family Dollar go in where Weatherford college was in Decatur. I never shop there so it was no big thing.
The Candlewood suites is about 50% done. It's off Eagle drive behind the hospital. I can't imagine them doing ANY business (unless it's hospital business).
There are so many hotels in Decatur as it is I don't see how any of them stay in business.