| | Tags: | errands | | Current Music: | Cash Cab on Discovery Channel | | Current Location: | home | | Subject: | Productive Day | | Time: | 05:50 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://pics.livejournal.com/boogiebabe_smap/pic/00020rbk) accomplished |
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| Inspired by yesterday's bad mail, I took the afternoon off from work to deal with several errands:
1. Closed out Mom's estate bank account before the fees reduced it to negative numbers.
2. Made an appointment to meet with a financial adviser next Wednesday to go over what I'm doing with my accounts.
3. Took my car to vehicle emission testing where it passed with flying colors.
4. Picked up a book of stamps at the post office and picked up a new Sacajawea dollar as change.
5. Grabbed lunch at Pei-Wei. (yum)
6. Renewed my driver's license.
7. Got my oil changed.
and now I'm paying my bills.
I feel virtuous. | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment   |
| | Tags: | mail | | Current Location: | home | | Subject: | WTF mail | | Time: | 01:02 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://pics.livejournal.com/boogiebabe_smap/pic/0001t58y) annoyed |
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| Today is the day for annoying unexpected mail.
1. Letter from my Visa card that come August, I will no longer have a fixed rate. It will be based on 6.74 plus the "highest U.S. Prime Rate as published in the 'Money Rates' section of The Wall Street Journal on the last publication day of each month." and goes on to say that an "increase or decrease in the index will cause a corresponding increase or decrease in your variable rates on the first day of your billing cycle that begins inthe same month in which the index is published. An increase in the index means that you will pay higher periodic rate finance charges and have a higher Total Minimum Payment Due. If The Wall Street Journal does not publish the U.S. Prime Rate, or if it changes the definition of the U.S. Prime Rate, we may, in our sole discretion, substitute another index." -- Oh Joy!
But that's nothing compared to letter #2...
from the Maryland Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program informing me that since I missed the 17 June inspection date for my car, my registration will be suspended on 17 July. Never mind that I have no record whatsoever of ever receiving the original inspection notice. <GRUMBLE>
Guess what I'll be doing when I get out of work early tomorrow.
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| Shamelessly snurched from terri_osborne who shamelessly snurched it from tiggerallyn
01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their livejournal.( Sunset over Florence, Italy )
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
Photograph I took our last night in Florence a month ago. I like the colors and it reminds me of our trip.
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on! | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Your result for The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?)...
Quirky Traditional Alpha Female (QTAF): The Rarity 
(Image from http://folk.uio.no/thomas/lists/amazon-connection.html)
You have an unusual and unbelievably precious combination of traits, especially in a woman. Not only are alpha females extremely rare, but traditional ones with nerdy/geeky interests are even more scarce. Unlike the other types, I can't give you a description because I'm not sure if you actually exists. I know this is not a compatibility test, but you are the girl of my dreams. (Assuming, that is, that you are also in your twenties and live in New England). Please, oh please message me!
--Bookwyrm85 You are more QUIRKY than NORMAL. You are more TRADITIONAL than LIBERAL. You are more DOMINANT than PASSIVE.
When picking a date, consider: Lord of the Misfits (QLAM), The Late Bloomer (QTAM), The Snowball's Chance in Hell (QTBM), or The Manga Geek (QLBM).
Take The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?) at HelloQuizzy | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Many thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) cairokate for sharing this. I wish I could have been there...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY&feature=player_embedded
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|  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090503/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_kemp
He was a good quarterback and a good Congressman for Buffalo. My mom worked with him when she ran the office for his Congressional successor, Jack Quinn. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | You Are an Old Soul | You are an experienced soul who appreciates tradition.
Mellow and wise, you like to be with others but also to be alone.
Down to earth, you are sensible and impatient.
A creature of habit, it takes you a while to warm up to new people.
You hate injustice, and you're very protective of family and friends
A bit demanding, you expect proper behavior from others.
Extremely independent you don't mind living or being alone.
But when you find love, you tend to want marriage right away.
Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul and Visionary Soul |
(Hmmm, I've been told this before.)
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| | All good news for a change: Athena came through her second surgery with flying colors. This growth was completely benign fatty tissue. The staff at the veterinary hospital were very impressed with how well the previous surgery site has healed. She's home resting now. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | I think this year's award program was a class act. There were only a couple places were I wish they would have done things differently -- like the camera work during the tribute to the fallen -- but otherwise, very good. And a couple places where I laughed out loud. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Athena got her stitches out this evening and the vet is very happy with her progress.
I got a little more data on the cancer. I totally failed to get the name. (It started with "a" and when on for several syllables.) The vet says this cancer is "locally aggressive" which means it grows and spreads in one area, but doesn't hitch a ride on the blood system and spread to other parts of the body. The vet also said that the biosy indicated that the edges of the sample were cancer-free that is a promising sign that the might have gotten it all. However, I will have to watch the area to make sure it doesn't come back.
They want me to call in a couple weeks to schedule an appointment to get the tumor on Athena's underside removed. That one they think is just a fatty tumor which should be benign, but it is large and they don't want it getting too big to deal with.
So... so far, so good. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | athena | | Current Music: | "Earth Magic Girls" - Boogie Knights | | Current Location: | home | | Subject: | Update on Athena | | Time: | 05:00 pm | | Current Mood: | cautiously optimistic |
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| | Just got off the phone with the vet where Athena has an appointment Wednesday evening to get the stitches removed. The results of the biopsy were in and the news is mixed. What they removed was malignant -- a low grade cancer that doesn't tend to spread. The good news is that they think they got it all, but we'll have to check in a couple months. Which is fine, since I need to take her back in a couple months to get the other growth removed. When I hear anything more, I'll let you know. At the moment, Athena is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and has claimed the prime spot under the computer table. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
|  Athena is home. The surgery was successful, but took longer than anticipated and they didn't want to keep a "geriatric" dog -- Athena is 12 and a half -- under anesthesia any longer than necessary. So, they only removed the cyst on her back. The possible fatty tumor on her "flank" will have to wait until she's healed from this one.
They've taken biopsies and sent them off for analysis and in 10-14 days I'll have to take Athena in to get the -- FREAKIN' HUGE! -- sutures removed. In the meantime, she's on antibiotics and pain killers starting tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, I'm just happy to have her home and cyst-free.
Here's Frankenthena...
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| Well, Athena has roughly half an hour if she wants to eat anything. At 8PM, the food gets put away so that she'll be ready tomorrow morning when drop her off to get the abcessed cyst off her back. Hopefully, they'll also be able to take care of the fatty tumor on her underside at the same time. I suspect she'll be miserable for the weekend, but I've been putting this off for WAY too long.
Since they share bowls, Jack will also have to go without food for the night. (Shouldn't hurt him as he's starting to put on a little weight.) I'll put food in his cage for him tomorrow morning when I take Athena to the vet. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | ice | | Current Location: | home | | Subject: | Iced In | | Time: | 11:20 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://pics.livejournal.com/boogiebabe_smap/pic/0001qwa1) relieved |
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| Well, we got the ice storm they promised us. Work's status is "starting 3 hours late with liberal leave". I had chipped out the car, crated the dogs, and was just heading out the door when my boss called to say that if I was just coming in for the monthly status meeting, it has been postponed. So, considering I was not looking forward to trying to scale the sheet ice between my parking space and the real road (I live at the bottom of a U, emphasis on the bottom.), I took the day off.
The dogs are happy. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever .
[comment from Smap, "Boy do we have different ideas of what constitutes "greatest"!]
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own on DVD (or VCR tape).
4. Post your answers.
50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons | | comments: Leave a comment |
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Having trouble picturing a sexy hyperbolic armadillo that's into recycling. They're usually so wasteful. :-P
For SMAP, I got Simple Musicians Attack Peppers, which I didn't like as much as an old friend's "So Many Are Perverted" or the egotistical "Simply Marvelous And Perfect".
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