From the archives:
10 Things I Thought as I Vacuumed My New House For the First Time:
10) Wow, this place is bigger than my old place.
9) This is going to take forever.
8) I wonder where my employer gets those carpet zambonis from.
7) Maybe it'll be better when we actually have furniture.
6) I wonder if I can vacuum a giant VT into the center of this room.
5) I bet they make ride-on carpet zambonis, too.
4) Am I taxed by the square foot?
3) If I walk forward and then back, I can make my footprints disappear.
2) A housekeeper can't be THAT expensive.
1) THIS VACUUM SUCKS!
Explanation: I have a LOT of time to think while I'm vacuuming. This would also be how I concocted Hoover's Paradox. I should also note that now that we have furniture, vacuuming is not much more fun.
Oh, the joys of home ownership! Today's chore: raking the yard.*
*I should note that raking the yard will still be a slightly more fun activity than Monday's scheduled periodontal surgery.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Mmmmm... Pony
From the archives:
"Today, I've personalized each of your meals. For example, Amy, you're cute, so I baked you a pony."
Source: Bender from the Futurama episode, 30% Iron Chef.
Explanation: You can find a brief (and very confusing) episode guide here and sounds from the episode here.
Side Note: On Thursday morning, I was so hungry I could eat a horse. Now I'm so full, I feel like I've eaten a horse. No horses were actually harmed during this process, of course, of course.
"Today, I've personalized each of your meals. For example, Amy, you're cute, so I baked you a pony."
Source: Bender from the Futurama episode, 30% Iron Chef.
Explanation: You can find a brief (and very confusing) episode guide here and sounds from the episode here.
Side Note: On Thursday morning, I was so hungry I could eat a horse. Now I'm so full, I feel like I've eaten a horse. No horses were actually harmed during this process, of course, of course.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Actionscript Flash minigames
I rode recently some post about the ten most addictive flash games in Crave. So I decided to study about it.
First of all is that they advice you about the risk you are taking watching these links in your job. You could be fired!
The list was composed by: Bejeweled, Chimgam, Bow Man, Desktop Tower Defense, Neopets Hasee Bounce, Line Rider, The Last Stand, Portal, The Helicopter Game and YetiSports.
It´s a long time since I used to play games. What could I say? Well, there are no my preferred ones (Rastan Saga, Lemmings) but talking about colours is as talking about colours
I shall say that my ex workmate used to spend hours playing Desktop Tower. About Line Rider all of us have heart, I dunno if it was last year or the year before. Last Stand reminds me of the games of first generation of personal computers. Lastly I found Hellicopter Game as "Fly the copter" in other site.
I surfed a little more and found more attractive Flash games as Stackopolis or Weewar. You can find more in minijuegos, Kongregate or Newgrounds. If you are interested in playing as Wall Street with websites try Urladex.
By now I let you this parody of Star Wars with a very cool intro!
Haunted House Candy Hunt
Help Jek Porkins and Ponda Baba to get into the enchanted mansion. Move with cursor. Press A to start!
First of all is that they advice you about the risk you are taking watching these links in your job. You could be fired!
The list was composed by: Bejeweled, Chimgam, Bow Man, Desktop Tower Defense, Neopets Hasee Bounce, Line Rider, The Last Stand, Portal, The Helicopter Game and YetiSports.
It´s a long time since I used to play games. What could I say? Well, there are no my preferred ones (Rastan Saga, Lemmings) but talking about colours is as talking about colours
I shall say that my ex workmate used to spend hours playing Desktop Tower. About Line Rider all of us have heart, I dunno if it was last year or the year before. Last Stand reminds me of the games of first generation of personal computers. Lastly I found Hellicopter Game as "Fly the copter" in other site.
I surfed a little more and found more attractive Flash games as Stackopolis or Weewar. You can find more in minijuegos, Kongregate or Newgrounds. If you are interested in playing as Wall Street with websites try Urladex.
By now I let you this parody of Star Wars with a very cool intro!
Haunted House Candy HuntHelp Jek Porkins and Ponda Baba to get into the enchanted mansion. Move with cursor. Press A to start!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sunday Summary
(Sorry no pictures, as we are without our computer, but aren't you thrilled I'm blogging on vacation?)
We'll do some of the week's highlights:
Parent Teacher Conferences
Besides the fact that the kids are on half days for like a month (okay, 6 days, but it seems like forever...nothing throws off your day like a half day), the conferences were enjoyable. Emma is a smart girl, hard worker and as her teacher said, "comes to school eager to learn". I read one of her journal entries and she was writing something and in the middle she wrote this: (deep breath) to illustrate feeling anxious about something. It was darling and I just saw future blogger written all over it. Gabe is also doing well...he's a young second grader, but I was happy to hear he's reading on grade level this year. He's good at math and got extra notice from his music teacher for being so well behaved in music class...it's from all those hours in Primary Singing time, right? Basically, I just left that room feeling SO grateful that my kids are blessed with such good teachers.
Million hour drive to California
So we obviously arrived and actually it went really well. Seth buckled Elmo safely into his own chest buckle (kind of like a baby bjorn) and rode a good four hours that way. It's nice to know EVERYONE in the car was safe. A big Dollar Store toy hit was the frog guns that shot foam discs...bought me a good 45 minutes of happy violence in the back of the car...it stopped when all of the discs had been shot up front at me, where they were un-retrievable. We only stopped for one meal and even for that meal, Emma suggested a drive through (again, following in her mother's footsteps). We arrived in 14 and 1/2 hours and then poured into my dad and Genie's house and proceeded to bounce of the walls for an hour (sorry, guys!)
Other notable events:
Seth thought everything was "a-skusting". "Mom, this owie a-skusting." or "Mom, Katie a-skusting."
Jane had the temper tantrum of her life (because she got a consequence for crying for no reason). Serious gurgling, kicking, screaming, ripping clothes off. Seth, of course, wanted to know "What wrong a Jane, Mom?"
A yummy Sunday dinner at Grandma Nut's house and church (Ryan's parents live in the ward I grew up in) where everyone told me I look just like my mother.
We're glad we're here on vacation and hopefully it will provide a WAY more interesting summary next week. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
We'll do some of the week's highlights:
Parent Teacher Conferences
Besides the fact that the kids are on half days for like a month (okay, 6 days, but it seems like forever...nothing throws off your day like a half day), the conferences were enjoyable. Emma is a smart girl, hard worker and as her teacher said, "comes to school eager to learn". I read one of her journal entries and she was writing something and in the middle she wrote this: (deep breath) to illustrate feeling anxious about something. It was darling and I just saw future blogger written all over it. Gabe is also doing well...he's a young second grader, but I was happy to hear he's reading on grade level this year. He's good at math and got extra notice from his music teacher for being so well behaved in music class...it's from all those hours in Primary Singing time, right? Basically, I just left that room feeling SO grateful that my kids are blessed with such good teachers.
Million hour drive to California
So we obviously arrived and actually it went really well. Seth buckled Elmo safely into his own chest buckle (kind of like a baby bjorn) and rode a good four hours that way. It's nice to know EVERYONE in the car was safe. A big Dollar Store toy hit was the frog guns that shot foam discs...bought me a good 45 minutes of happy violence in the back of the car...it stopped when all of the discs had been shot up front at me, where they were un-retrievable. We only stopped for one meal and even for that meal, Emma suggested a drive through (again, following in her mother's footsteps). We arrived in 14 and 1/2 hours and then poured into my dad and Genie's house and proceeded to bounce of the walls for an hour (sorry, guys!)
Other notable events:
Seth thought everything was "a-skusting". "Mom, this owie a-skusting." or "Mom, Katie a-skusting."
Jane had the temper tantrum of her life (because she got a consequence for crying for no reason). Serious gurgling, kicking, screaming, ripping clothes off. Seth, of course, wanted to know "What wrong a Jane, Mom?"
A yummy Sunday dinner at Grandma Nut's house and church (Ryan's parents live in the ward I grew up in) where everyone told me I look just like my mother.
We're glad we're here on vacation and hopefully it will provide a WAY more interesting summary next week. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Tips from the Road Trip Queen
**after posting this, I realized I neglected to emphasize: I WILL BE DOING THIS ALL BY MYSELF. Now, read on, appreciating me appropriately, please.**
Do: go to the Dollar Store and buy tons of $1 toys and books to give to kids every few hours so they have new stuff to play with.
Do: fore go your McDonald's weekly lunch date when you realize that you will be eating three meals at McDonald's tomorrow, because you'd rather gag down that food while your kids burn a bunch of energy on the GermTower/play equipment.
Do: buy a bunch of snacks because you'd rather have them eat in the car and play at the stops.
Don't: eat these snacks yourself, as you will be burning NO calories sitting on your rear end all day.
Don't: feel guilty when you do anyway, because a mom must have some small pleasures in this hellish trip.
Do: dream of the day when you will have an in-car DVD system instead of your bungee-corded, ancient mini TV/VCR that only works with the remote, because soda was spilled on it.
Do: wish for that DVD player again, when you head to the library to rent videos and realize they are truly phasing them out and all you have left are OOOOLD movies.
Do: download the following books so you can drown out arguing kids all the way to California:
Don't: Ever make a bathroom stop. Really. If they've been potty-trained for a year, they can hold it. Trust me.
Do: Make the unscheduled bathroom stop in the middle of the field while trucks whiz by so it's EXTRA un-appealing.
Don't: Worry about how many times your 2 oldest kids unbuckle to open drinks, clean up spills and shake a toy in front of the youngest 2.
Do: Thank Heaven for those oldest kids.
Do: Get a major oil change and say yes to every suggestion the guy makes because you are terrified of your van breaking down while you are all by yourself in the middle of Oregon.
Don't: Speed in Oregon. I am speaking from multiple experiences here.
Do: bring along some Mountain Dew and be thankful you never drink it normally, because that stuff is magical when your body is not used to it. You'll need it around 1pm when you are normally napping at home.
Don't: Allow your kids to pack for themselves. They are not aware of what constitutes cute-showing-off-your-kids vacation clothes. They will pick old soccer T-Shirts if you leave it up to them.
Do: Plan all your stuff in one stop. You eat, gas and pee ALL AT THE SAME STOP. Kids always have to pee, even when they say they don't. Make them.
Don't: worry that you have no stereo and wonder what in the heck you are going to do when they are all whining and crying and you really really want to blast some Gwen Stefani to get them to pipe down.
Do: be thankful you have a husband waiting for you who will clean out the car (because he's a little OCD) and will like the kids (because he hasn't seen them for 3 days).
Do: be thankful that so many fun relatives (and blog friends) are waiting to see you during your trip.
Do: check in soon to see if I survived!
Do: go to the Dollar Store and buy tons of $1 toys and books to give to kids every few hours so they have new stuff to play with.
Do: fore go your McDonald's weekly lunch date when you realize that you will be eating three meals at McDonald's tomorrow, because you'd rather gag down that food while your kids burn a bunch of energy on the GermTower/play equipment.
Do: buy a bunch of snacks because you'd rather have them eat in the car and play at the stops.
Don't: eat these snacks yourself, as you will be burning NO calories sitting on your rear end all day.
Don't: feel guilty when you do anyway, because a mom must have some small pleasures in this hellish trip.
Do: dream of the day when you will have an in-car DVD system instead of your bungee-corded, ancient mini TV/VCR that only works with the remote, because soda was spilled on it.
Do: wish for that DVD player again, when you head to the library to rent videos and realize they are truly phasing them out and all you have left are OOOOLD movies.
Do: download the following books so you can drown out arguing kids all the way to California:
Do: Make the unscheduled bathroom stop in the middle of the field while trucks whiz by so it's EXTRA un-appealing.
Don't: Worry about how many times your 2 oldest kids unbuckle to open drinks, clean up spills and shake a toy in front of the youngest 2.
Do: Thank Heaven for those oldest kids.
Do: Get a major oil change and say yes to every suggestion the guy makes because you are terrified of your van breaking down while you are all by yourself in the middle of Oregon.
Don't: Speed in Oregon. I am speaking from multiple experiences here.
Do: bring along some Mountain Dew and be thankful you never drink it normally, because that stuff is magical when your body is not used to it. You'll need it around 1pm when you are normally napping at home.
Don't: Allow your kids to pack for themselves. They are not aware of what constitutes cute-showing-off-your-kids vacation clothes. They will pick old soccer T-Shirts if you leave it up to them.
Do: Plan all your stuff in one stop. You eat, gas and pee ALL AT THE SAME STOP. Kids always have to pee, even when they say they don't. Make them.
Don't: worry that you have no stereo and wonder what in the heck you are going to do when they are all whining and crying and you really really want to blast some Gwen Stefani to get them to pipe down.
Do: be thankful you have a husband waiting for you who will clean out the car (because he's a little OCD) and will like the kids (because he hasn't seen them for 3 days).
Do: be thankful that so many fun relatives (and blog friends) are waiting to see you during your trip.
Do: check in soon to see if I survived!
Siew Yee farewell @ Redbox PLUS
Redbox PLUS! located at PAVILION shopping mall, i'm curious of their "PLUS", i wonder.. what they "PLUS" into the Red Mystery Box.let's check it out! ok.. 1 of our colleague just leaving.. and we went to Redbox Plus to have some Fun before she left.
Okay.. there is a extra "PLUS" words (obviously).and slightly facelift on their Logo. look a nicer.simple and nice.
WOW!.. their corridor nicely decorate, got blink blink disco ball up there.and it's not only One..make me feel like i walk in to a nightclub more than a redbox..
the environment.. Red Red! RedBox Mar.they also have a unique design sofa in the waiting hall. well... there is bar beside.
Nice, all redwine placed on the wall. the concept kinda nice!
"Any Red wine for you sir?"
"Got Non-Alchohol one or not? i want iced geh"
"Sure,Ribena Ice...(Grape's...)"
"......"
liquor area, "Don't drink and drive" mar, law didn't say cannot "Don't drink and sing", so what's you waiting for? sing lar~ hehehhe
Some Happy Moment on siew yee farewell. she received a big card.. yeah i mean Very BIG card. is a very happy moment for us all, hope the same goes to siew yee as well, all the best ^^.
pity sleepy piggy kena left a side to keep it's eyes on the Greeting CARD! while the owner and the rest were busy "viva ghost shout"!
Okay.. there is a extra "PLUS" words (obviously).and slightly facelift on their Logo. look a nicer.simple and nice.
WOW!.. their corridor nicely decorate, got blink blink disco ball up there.and it's not only One..make me feel like i walk in to a nightclub more than a redbox..
the environment.. Red Red! RedBox Mar.they also have a unique design sofa in the waiting hall. well... there is bar beside.
Nice, all redwine placed on the wall. the concept kinda nice!
"Any Red wine for you sir?"
"Got Non-Alchohol one or not? i want iced geh"
"Sure,Ribena Ice...(Grape's...)"
"......"
liquor area, "Don't drink and drive" mar, law didn't say cannot "Don't drink and sing", so what's you waiting for? sing lar~ hehehhe
Some Happy Moment on siew yee farewell. she received a big card.. yeah i mean Very BIG card. is a very happy moment for us all, hope the same goes to siew yee as well, all the best ^^.
pity sleepy piggy kena left a side to keep it's eyes on the Greeting CARD! while the owner and the rest were busy "viva ghost shout"!
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