Had a fine Friday off. I slimed the tires of Carrie's new stroller.
One had gotten a puncture and that machine is too awesome to be sitting
around not strollering. I also got some Corner Deli. That's be becoming a
Friday off thing. Also played some Gears of War 3 horde mode with
Cameron, and some of the campaign solo. Oh, and they delivered the
replacement freezer. Time to fill it up with frozen dinners and pizzas.
In
lieu of rpg'ing Friday night (Kyle was out) we played some King of the
Elves. I think we were all more in the mood for just hanging out anyway.
Made for a laid back evening that we wrapped earlier than usual, so I
came home and played some more Gears.
Woke up in the early hours
this morning feeling feverish. That started a day of general crappiness;
vaguely cold and/or allergy symptoms all day long. I was supposed to
take the kids over to mom's this afternoon to get them out of the house
for a Rendi thing Carrie was hosting. Instead I holed up in the bedroom
and HBO Go'd and Savage Dragon'd on the iPad. Luckily mom was coming
over for the party so she helped wrangle the kids, and they mostly
napped through it anyway. Even now I still feel wrung out. Hopefully it
will fade overnight.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Singleton
Paige took another step last night. I almost caught this one, but I was
unfortunately one foot away with my head turned the other direction.
Put in a half day at work today. We kept Owen home with some kind of eye infection and Carrie and I split the day, with me pulling the afternoon shift at home with him. We don't get to spend a whole lot of time with just one of the babies, so that was kind of a treat.
Been on a country/americana kick with music lately. Picked up albums by Will Hoge (Number Seven), James McMurtry (Too Long in the Wasteland), and Old Crow Medicine Show (O.C.M.S.). Great stuff in all of em.
Kickstarted Void Vultures. Looks potentially cool.
Put in a half day at work today. We kept Owen home with some kind of eye infection and Carrie and I split the day, with me pulling the afternoon shift at home with him. We don't get to spend a whole lot of time with just one of the babies, so that was kind of a treat.
Been on a country/americana kick with music lately. Picked up albums by Will Hoge (Number Seven), James McMurtry (Too Long in the Wasteland), and Old Crow Medicine Show (O.C.M.S.). Great stuff in all of em.
Kickstarted Void Vultures. Looks potentially cool.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Walker
Back from Seattle. Had a fine last day there, including
Don't think I ever posted about Carrie's birthday. We got a bbq put together last minute on the 9th, and I was worried we wouldn't have many people show up. Turns out there were a dozen adults and about as many kids. Alex, Joe, Joe and Melissa, two of Carrie's coworkers families, and even Todd and Traci, who I had waited late enough to text about iti; all with kids in tow if they had 'em. Turned out to be a great evening, which of course, Carrie deserves. Oh, and there was pralines and cream ice cream cake. A happy, happy birthday to her, even as late as this sentiment is hitting my journal.
Just scheduled delivery of our new chest freezer. The old one went out a while back and I, figuring it was out of warranty, waited till the warranty was really almost gone before calling Sears to come look at it. Turns out it's getting replaced for free.
- Breakfast with the Gilberts
- a lovely Pilsner-soaked trip to Feierabend with Sage in which I did not get so hammered that I couldn't function (that's 1-for-1 for me and German pubs in Seattle)
- and finally getting to see Paul, even if just for five minutes
Don't think I ever posted about Carrie's birthday. We got a bbq put together last minute on the 9th, and I was worried we wouldn't have many people show up. Turns out there were a dozen adults and about as many kids. Alex, Joe, Joe and Melissa, two of Carrie's coworkers families, and even Todd and Traci, who I had waited late enough to text about iti; all with kids in tow if they had 'em. Turned out to be a great evening, which of course, Carrie deserves. Oh, and there was pralines and cream ice cream cake. A happy, happy birthday to her, even as late as this sentiment is hitting my journal.
Just scheduled delivery of our new chest freezer. The old one went out a while back and I, figuring it was out of warranty, waited till the warranty was really almost gone before calling Sears to come look at it. Turns out it's getting replaced for free.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Seattle, Now!
PNW adventure continues!
Andy came up to Tacoma for a few beers. Been something like five and a half years since we've seen each other. Was great to catch up.
Work rounded out nice and light. Not sure this trip was really necessary but grateful for the free airfare nonetheless. Sage picked me up round 3-ish and we headed out to his place, which is a pretty cute little house over in Kirkland. After Sarah got home we headed out to a seafood place in Seattle called Etta's. Good salmon, but Sarah's crab cakes were better. Spent the remainder of the evening chatting over beers back at their place the hitting the sack relatively early. This morning I woke up around 7 and stayed in bed reading for two hours.
Today we'll likely head down to Olympia for a visit with Andy and Deanna, finally meeting their kids. Been toying with the idea of staying the night down there but not sure. Either way I'll need to be back up here Saturday night since I fly out so early Sunday.
Missing the kids more than I thought I would. Carrie sent me a picture of Paige yesterday and I swear she has grown since I left.
Andy came up to Tacoma for a few beers. Been something like five and a half years since we've seen each other. Was great to catch up.
Work rounded out nice and light. Not sure this trip was really necessary but grateful for the free airfare nonetheless. Sage picked me up round 3-ish and we headed out to his place, which is a pretty cute little house over in Kirkland. After Sarah got home we headed out to a seafood place in Seattle called Etta's. Good salmon, but Sarah's crab cakes were better. Spent the remainder of the evening chatting over beers back at their place the hitting the sack relatively early. This morning I woke up around 7 and stayed in bed reading for two hours.
Today we'll likely head down to Olympia for a visit with Andy and Deanna, finally meeting their kids. Been toying with the idea of staying the night down there but not sure. Either way I'll need to be back up here Saturday night since I fly out so early Sunday.
Missing the kids more than I thought I would. Carrie sent me a picture of Paige yesterday and I swear she has grown since I left.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Great NorthWet
Up in Seattle (actually Tacoma right now) till Sunday. Feel bad leaving
Carrie at home with the kids but this kind of came up at the last minute
and staying through the weekend was an opportunity that may not come
again for a while in terms of work. Travel at the new job seems much
less frequent even though it had fallen off quite a bit at the old job.
Plan right now is a day and a half of work followed by two and a half
days hanging out with Sage and/or the Gilberts.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Whoosh
Gaming: More Burning Post-Apocalyptic Rome. Catastrophic flood, we killed a witch, and evacuated the neighborhood saving them from the long-beard horde.
Home stuff: Traci came through town on Sunday. Good times. Also got a storm door put on. Very nice.
Movies: Troll Hunter. Loved it. Check it out via Netflix instant.
Sick: Some kind of sinus garbage the last three days.
Babies: Have been alternating wakeful nights. Also they have learned to clap. At night it's crying though, not so much the clapping.
Home stuff: Traci came through town on Sunday. Good times. Also got a storm door put on. Very nice.
Movies: Troll Hunter. Loved it. Check it out via Netflix instant.
Sick: Some kind of sinus garbage the last three days.
Babies: Have been alternating wakeful nights. Also they have learned to clap. At night it's crying though, not so much the clapping.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Well
More and more I'm taking less and less time to keep this thing updated. I've been thinking about moving over to Blogger, but until I start devoting some time consistently to hammering out some posts I figure I may as well stay put.
Was good to see Isaac. Ben ran some Apocalypse World in lieu of normal Friday gaming, and we were joined by Tony and Isaac's friend from Santa Fe, Joel. I played a Brainer named Marsh and quickly and boldly pushed the game off the rails. So much off the wall shit that at one point Isaac remarked, "Why the hell are we doing this?" Lots of craziness that ended with Tony and I, after I killed half the hardhold with a brain-grenade, taking over the place while the rest of the group hightailed it out of town to get away from us. Definitely the best game of AW I've played.
Traci came out that weekend too. We did a lot of hanging around here (what with babies), except for a night out when Mom babysat. We hit up De La Vega's and rounded out the night at Alex's new place drinking and listening to music with Joe Victor till late. We wrapped the weekend with taking the kids over to Alex's for a housewarming party. We kept them out past their bedtime, but they did great.
Dad's been out since last Thursday. He's taking off in the morning to head back to Alabama. Didn't do up much while he's been here, but hopefully it's been good times with the grandkids for him. He did knock some much needed yardwork/housework off my list. And we've been cooking a bunch too, which is always good.
Been trying to get after reading more, and have pushed through a good chunk of Clash of King's in the past week.
Oh, and I got a 'new' phone. Picked up a used Droid Incredible. It's taking some getting used to. Amazing how much different two Droid interfaces can be.
Kids are doing good. The tiny pigtails Paige got at daycare the other day resulted, after they were taken out and she slept, in some hilarious hair this morning. And Owen, even after waking up early with a blowout, let me put him back to sleep and hold him in the recliner for an hour or so. That's pretty great.
Heading to Carlsbad on Friday. Go go go.
Was good to see Isaac. Ben ran some Apocalypse World in lieu of normal Friday gaming, and we were joined by Tony and Isaac's friend from Santa Fe, Joel. I played a Brainer named Marsh and quickly and boldly pushed the game off the rails. So much off the wall shit that at one point Isaac remarked, "Why the hell are we doing this?" Lots of craziness that ended with Tony and I, after I killed half the hardhold with a brain-grenade, taking over the place while the rest of the group hightailed it out of town to get away from us. Definitely the best game of AW I've played.
Traci came out that weekend too. We did a lot of hanging around here (what with babies), except for a night out when Mom babysat. We hit up De La Vega's and rounded out the night at Alex's new place drinking and listening to music with Joe Victor till late. We wrapped the weekend with taking the kids over to Alex's for a housewarming party. We kept them out past their bedtime, but they did great.
Dad's been out since last Thursday. He's taking off in the morning to head back to Alabama. Didn't do up much while he's been here, but hopefully it's been good times with the grandkids for him. He did knock some much needed yardwork/housework off my list. And we've been cooking a bunch too, which is always good.
Been trying to get after reading more, and have pushed through a good chunk of Clash of King's in the past week.
Oh, and I got a 'new' phone. Picked up a used Droid Incredible. It's taking some getting used to. Amazing how much different two Droid interfaces can be.
Kids are doing good. The tiny pigtails Paige got at daycare the other day resulted, after they were taken out and she slept, in some hilarious hair this morning. And Owen, even after waking up early with a blowout, let me put him back to sleep and hold him in the recliner for an hour or so. That's pretty great.
Heading to Carlsbad on Friday. Go go go.
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