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Don’t know nothing about stereos

Random question -

I’m thinking about upgrading our house’s stereo system sometime soonish, but I’ve never bought anything other than the standard shelf system (with no input jack, grr). Anybody got any suggestions?

I already know I want one of these, and I think I’m going to go ahead and order it soon.

Snow in Sevierville

Tags: snow

I heart snow

Sleepiness

C is having one of those days when she only really sleeps if she’s in your lap. I’ve repeatedly had her fast asleep just to have her beautiful blue eyes pop wide open the second I try to put her in her bed.

It’s not that I’m complaining, really. Yes, I could stand to be getting more done. But what really bothers me is how sleepy I’m getting, watching her sleep so much!

I need to get up more

I spend way too much time sitting at this desk.

I’m not saying I spend too much time working, and I’m not saying it’s bad that my work puts me in a desk. I’m saying I need to make myself get up and walk around more, especially on Mondays.

On the typical Monday, I sit in the same spot for nine hours, with only the occasional excuse to get up for a minute or two. Starting next week, I’m resolved to take a walk during lunch.

Anybody else spend way too much time in one spot? How do you compensate?

I made a fire last night

I made a fire last night, and I didn’t think to put on a clean pair of pants this morning. I keep wondering where the fire is.

Oops!

Won’t someone tell me

Why is it that some people are so good at getting by on little sleep, while others of us almost can’t function on less than 7-8 hours?

The joys of home ownership

I got home from work today feeling exhausted. Katie wasn’t feeling well, and we thought we’d have a fire. So after eating some delicious supper, supplied by my parents, I headed out for some firewood.

At our house, we keep the firewood under the mudporch. It’s a nice little outdoor room with a ceiling, 2 1/2 walls, and a brick floor. And it’s really nice, too, that I can get to the firewood via the basement - if it’s raining, I don’t have to get wet, and I don’t have to be outside in the cold for long.

So I wandered down through the basement, opened the back door, and reached up to pull the chain to turn on the light … and the light was gone. Someone actually stole the light bulb from the fixture. Bizarre.

Feeling a bit stressed about the theft, I decided it was time for my monthly inspection of the basement (I try to look it over pretty carefully at least once a month). And what did I find in the? Not only is our refrigerator taking the fast road to the great beyond, in a completely unrelated stroke of good luck, it’s also pouring water down the wall behind it and into the basement. Apparently, there’s a hole in the water line for the ice maker.

Argh.

FYI

It’s really hard to work to the soundtrack of baby snores.

Things I desperately need to do today, if you care

• Inspect our new fence for any defects - they’re coming by tomorrow to make any necessary corrections
• Give myself a haircut
• Clean the kitchen
• Clean the van
• Get to bed at a decent time (yeah, sure).

Ok, this is getting old

Our power has been off for over an hour now, and I’m over it. It’s hard for us to get any work done without computers, printers, calculators, etc, and I can only assume the UPS will only keep the internet running for so long.