Trying to understand

I am trying to understand a few things right now. Wrap my head around them. For example, how can I have a 103 temperature one day, and back to almost normal today. And Yvonne came home with an angel food cake and ate half of it before dinner. Pregnancy does wacky things. :)

Put your toys away

My mom gave me my old toy chest. This was also my older brother's toy chest. I'm guessing it's at least 35 years old (holy moly) or so. But, from the photo you can see it's actually not that bad. At first I considered painting it like the room, but Yvonne and I agree it should just remain as it is. In the end, we're thinking this chest will be in the den, but who knows.

Inside the chest were some old toys I had as a kid, including some good Star Wars stuff.

It also has some of my older brothers' toys, which I'm handing over to him, like the Hoth Whompa and Boba Fett. The two pieces I kept both have 1979 printed on the bottom, which is cool.

Overall, it's been a great week. Good weather until tonight. Good work week in a big way. And tomorrow we continue the paint jeaoooorrrrrb.

Got the 'itis'

Spring-itis. As I type this, it's 70 degrees outside and not a cloud to be seen. I miss Chicago from time to time, but not in February. And not when I'm on a patio watching traffic roll by while sipping a margarita. Officially, the last freeze date in Dallas is March 15, but it looks like that might be early.

One bummer: It's time to start watering again.

What's new? I added a list of potential baby names to the right there.------->

Now, I'm going to try to find a way to link to my original archives, since I only have a year of entries right now on the ol' blogger. I think i found the link. This site dates back to March 2004. Shit, I guess we're coming up on three years on incognato.

Now that I've separated the blog aspect from the site, I might experiment more like I did with the grids. FYI, if you want a grid created, all you have to do is ask. I have a few ideas, but nothing is calling me at the moment.

Editor's Note: OK, I found the archive and will add it to the side. In the meantime, here's the second or third entry I ever, um, entered.


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Weekend Planner
04.03.04
It's another calm morning in casa de Stullover. We are just relaxing and drinking Texas Pecan coffee. We have been drinking this coffee for many years, even though it's not available in Chicago. We have to get our family in Texas to mail it to us. We rotate the families and family members so we don't dry up any one well. I think we started with my mom, then switched to her mom. My brother has sent some twice, the second completely voluntarily. We don't make it everyday. We buy normal coffee for the weekdays and save this Texas Pecan coffee in the fridge for mornings such as this one.

We are going to the grocery store for a much needed trip. Name it and we're out. Except for the TX Pecan coffee. So, that's our breakfast today. We're going to a friend's opening at the school this afternoon. Tomorrow, I'm helping my friend move and that evening going to Hell. It might be three geeks, instead of two. How delightful.

I rode four days last week, taking Tuesday off. That day I rode the bus and train, reading the book in my books section. I read a little on Wednesday during lunch, but that's one thing I need to do more. That's my goal for April, no joke.

Our yard is green now and various plants are sprouting from the ground. I just scooped after Sophi and soaked in the sun. The sun is back, Winter is over. I always fear saying that. Of course, Spring here ranges from 28 to 60 degrees, so it's all relative.

I didn't mention this, but I fell off the bike a couple weeks ago. It was nothing major, it was all my fault and involved no one else. I wasn't on my regular commute; it was sort of a recreation ride. I got a scab on my knee that's healing up fine and it's nothing to worry about--or so I thought.

Last night, I dreamt I fell off the bike again. But, in my dream, I just picked up the bike and kept riding--no pain. I remember feeling embarrassed because someone witnessed it in my dream, even though I didn't know the guy. So maybe that's the lesson here. Maybe it's not something to fear, rather something to face and plan around.

Disclaimer: I'm not a complete klutz on the bike. And the more I ride, the better I feel my environment; the cars, the bad drivers, the dumb pedestrians that walk out not looking, the car doors, the taxis, the buses, the "let's play chicken with a bike rider in my BMW SUV" drivers, the traffic lights, the red light runners, the rush hour anger. I also try to avoid joining the masses in that nature.

I plan to do a little work this weekend on the site. Not sure what. But I want to at least create the graphics for the gallery. We'll see how the next couple days go.

Also, I now have an Archive. In making it, I accidentally lost all my previous entries. What a bummer. I even had a nifty photo of Sophi, which will now reside in the gallery once that's created.

Peace to all my homies on the runny kind.

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Flash back over. now returning to real time. Hit save now or all your work will be lost.

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I can't end an entry much better than that, hehe. Hard to believe the changes one can go through in life. I should keep a journal or something. Funny, I mention archiving, weather and site redesign just like I did in this entry at the top. While some things change, they really do not.

Update on painting

Aside from the web site's new look, one of our rooms is also under going a redesign. I spent most of the day painting the sand on the bottom. All the plants, fish, etc. were painted yesterday. This theme is going on all four walls. It includes a submarine, message in a bottle, lighthouse, whale, jelly fish and more.

So far, I think it looks good and it's going much faster than I had planned. I'll probably finish the sky along the top (other walls just need a second coat) during the week. Then, mom and john return Saturday for another round on the detail stuff.

New look

I'm working out the kinks, but what do you all think of the new look so far?

Painting

We've started painting the nursery this weekend and it looks good. I have progress photos, but I think I'll wait until the final product. There are lots of fun surprises already in the mix and it's going to turn out great. We had a great time figuring it out and starting the project.

I have the day off today, so I'm in my paint clothes, ready to fill in and finish a few things from yesterday. Basically, I want to get it to the next stage by next Saturday, when my moms and her man show up to work their magic. Let me just say, when painting a four-wall mural, it helps to have a couple artists in the mix. I can paint and draw, but these two have a true talent. You will see what I'm talking about. I sort of see me as the producer: I make sure all the materials are there, everyone is fed and everything matches up. Then I work when there's work to be done.

Sign of the times?

Is it a sign of the times when you discover a forged charge on your credit card and you don't freak out--you know exactly what to do thanks to an experience two months ago?

Mini vacation

We took a four day weekend and headed down to San Marcos for a spell. While there, we checked out the natural springs, the local coffee houses and the town in general. Then on Saturday, we attended a panel at the university about a new book.

On the way home, we filled my car to the brim with baby furniture. It was insane, but also a major score. The room is pretty much furnished now.

Mini vacation. mini update.