Put a deposit on refrigerated air install for next weekend. This summer we'll be coolerating in style.
Dad
got in last night. Staying the weekend and doing a 5k with Carrie.
And now we have and extra registration since Julie can't make it, so I
might get enlisted to push the stroller.
Tonight, we Flament!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Meemaw
Exercise, done. Only 2 miles but every little bit helps. I'm back
in the exercise challenge. Or more appropriately I'm not knowingly
failing the exercise challenge this year. Plus it gets some exercise
for Piper who I feel guilty about not giving enough attention to more
often than not.
I found an old chat with Ben from '09 today in which we talk about Burrito Quest and gaming. And then I sign off by saying 'grandmas!'. Must have been when Mo Waldon was here....maybe.
I found an old chat with Ben from '09 today in which we talk about Burrito Quest and gaming. And then I sign off by saying 'grandmas!'. Must have been when Mo Waldon was here....maybe.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
It Cometh WIth Snot
The past week has been sickness all through the family. Near as I can
tell Owen was our own patient zero, followed by either Carrie or I, with
Paige bringing up the rear. It hit me last Sunday/Monday and lasted
till about today. Still not completely over it but much better since
yesterday.
This past weekend we toted the kids out to Carlsbad for Julie and Rosss birthdays. Was good to get out there and see 'em but also tough what with everyone not feeling well. Made for a tiring weekend. So much so that I came home from work after a couple of hours early on Monday.
Managed a session of Flamentations Friday before last. A mini-dungeon crawl followed by a survival scenario and finally returning to a town beset by chaos. Next session this Friday.
Pulled a 12-hour at work today. Surprisingly, not that bad. But then a 3 hour nap yesterday and staying busy all day today probably helped.
Oh, and I got a new nook. Carrie was wanting to do more reading so she took my old one and I upgraded to a nook Simple Touch. Very small, and very nice. Still working through Dance with Dragons, but taking large chunks out at a time. Carrie's been reading Bossypants and enjoying it, so I may hit that up next. Or maybe Ready Player One, not too sure.
This past weekend we toted the kids out to Carlsbad for Julie and Rosss birthdays. Was good to get out there and see 'em but also tough what with everyone not feeling well. Made for a tiring weekend. So much so that I came home from work after a couple of hours early on Monday.
Managed a session of Flamentations Friday before last. A mini-dungeon crawl followed by a survival scenario and finally returning to a town beset by chaos. Next session this Friday.
Pulled a 12-hour at work today. Surprisingly, not that bad. But then a 3 hour nap yesterday and staying busy all day today probably helped.
Oh, and I got a new nook. Carrie was wanting to do more reading so she took my old one and I upgraded to a nook Simple Touch. Very small, and very nice. Still working through Dance with Dragons, but taking large chunks out at a time. Carrie's been reading Bossypants and enjoying it, so I may hit that up next. Or maybe Ready Player One, not too sure.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sinu-balls
Some kind of sinusitis has descended upon me. Out of work Friday and still feeling worn out and sore.
Friday Flamentations were booshed by sickness. And it looks like no gaming for the next two weeks for other reasons. May have to see if Ben and Amy are interested in something during the week, to ablate the seemingly inevitable once-a-month gaming schedule.
Kids have been getting more and more "getting into things.". This morning they moved the 'fencing' we have in front of the trash can and retrieved a mostly empty cup of ranch dressing. It was, undoubtedly delicious. I, being sick and tired (of sickness, not kids) got a bit frustrated with the situation, when Owen's ranch smeared mouth clearly called for humor. So Carrie bundled the kids up and took them for a walk. Next time I'll just go back to bed like she suggested.
Been thinking about getting a new nook. I may have mentioned this before, but with the old one working just fine, not sure it's warranted. Maybe if I sold the old one...
Friday Flamentations were booshed by sickness. And it looks like no gaming for the next two weeks for other reasons. May have to see if Ben and Amy are interested in something during the week, to ablate the seemingly inevitable once-a-month gaming schedule.
Kids have been getting more and more "getting into things.". This morning they moved the 'fencing' we have in front of the trash can and retrieved a mostly empty cup of ranch dressing. It was, undoubtedly delicious. I, being sick and tired (of sickness, not kids) got a bit frustrated with the situation, when Owen's ranch smeared mouth clearly called for humor. So Carrie bundled the kids up and took them for a walk. Next time I'll just go back to bed like she suggested.
Been thinking about getting a new nook. I may have mentioned this before, but with the old one working just fine, not sure it's warranted. Maybe if I sold the old one...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Flament!
We got the house refinanced on Friday. The new lower rate is going to
result in enough of a monthly difference to almost pay half of a car
payment.
Speaking of cars, I sold the red truck. Got less than I had settled on originally, but I call it a win since when the guy came to pick it up he had some trouble starting it and still drove off with it.
Julie and the kids came into town this weekend for the balloon rally. The rally was ok, but mostly made everyone just want to go up to Albuquerque for the big one.
And I ran the first session of Lamentations of the Flame Princess. I'll assume there was much and more lamenting going on by Ben and Amy, likely directed at wondering why they had agreed to play this lousy system. There were little to no flames or princesses. The characters had been dispatched to a crummy swamp town to bring back or find out what had happened to a merchant who had been dispatched there. I tried to work in random tables a bunch and it seemed to work ok. I did have some confusing moments trying to deal with a system that is not directly designed (and only kind of modded) for the type of play encouraged. There were some generally unexpected and cool moments (both the characters getting mind whammied and almost murdered by a wacky cultist, Ben almost killing one of their friends/henchmen while trying to save the guy) though, and I'm planning on at least six sessions. Need to do a recap write-up, to allay some of the inevitable, "what happened last time?"
Speaking of cars, I sold the red truck. Got less than I had settled on originally, but I call it a win since when the guy came to pick it up he had some trouble starting it and still drove off with it.
Julie and the kids came into town this weekend for the balloon rally. The rally was ok, but mostly made everyone just want to go up to Albuquerque for the big one.
And I ran the first session of Lamentations of the Flame Princess. I'll assume there was much and more lamenting going on by Ben and Amy, likely directed at wondering why they had agreed to play this lousy system. There were little to no flames or princesses. The characters had been dispatched to a crummy swamp town to bring back or find out what had happened to a merchant who had been dispatched there. I tried to work in random tables a bunch and it seemed to work ok. I did have some confusing moments trying to deal with a system that is not directly designed (and only kind of modded) for the type of play encouraged. There were some generally unexpected and cool moments (both the characters getting mind whammied and almost murdered by a wacky cultist, Ben almost killing one of their friends/henchmen while trying to save the guy) though, and I'm planning on at least six sessions. Need to do a recap write-up, to allay some of the inevitable, "what happened last time?"
Friday, January 13, 2012
Lamentations of the Swamp People
Ran my first session of Lamentations of the Flame Princess tonight. Went pretty well, but something felt off. Could be it's been a long time since I ran some kind of sandbox game. Could be the system doesn't explicitly support the sort of game it seems to be trying to emulate. Anyway, I ran with a Cthulhu meets Swamp People theme and tried to work as many tables from Vornheim in as I could while they were investigating in town. I think that latter part worked the well.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Housings
Heard back from the bank about refinancing our house. The deal's good
to go, but the appraisal seems to have come in fairly low, which is not
super happy news. That means after being in the house for over 6 years
we have very little equity, and not near enough to finally get out from
under PMI. The refinance should still reduce our mortgage payment in
the short term, which was our goal in the first place, but the whole
process has shed light on just how much the housing dump has hit us.
Again, we're not getting hit hard, but mostly because we're not planning
on moving any time soon.
In other house news, we had some rain the other night and some dripped down the exhaust and shorted out the flame sensor on the furnace. This meant we spent the night without heat. We put a small electric heater in the kids room and bundled up. I tried the furnace again in the morning just before I was going to call in for a repair and it had dried out and is working fine. Need to get some folks out to give us some estimates on converting the place to refrigerated air, which would likely involve a furnace replacement as well.
Restarted Burrito Quest last Friday. We're doing a vegetarian trek, what with Ben's dietary mores. In the process of processing the recording I discovered that I had never posted the 12th episode from BQ3. So, two recordings need to go up and I'm already almost a week behind. More of the same.
Gaming last Friday was mostly us sitting around wondering what to game. I offered to run something and Ben seemed intrigued by the opportunity to play again. Going to run some Lamentations of the Flame Princess starting (maybe) on Friday. Should be interesting as it's a old school D&D revision that really doesn't provide much in the way of specific and/or useful bits for how to run it. I haven't run something that was strictly sandbox in, well, maybe never. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.
In other house news, we had some rain the other night and some dripped down the exhaust and shorted out the flame sensor on the furnace. This meant we spent the night without heat. We put a small electric heater in the kids room and bundled up. I tried the furnace again in the morning just before I was going to call in for a repair and it had dried out and is working fine. Need to get some folks out to give us some estimates on converting the place to refrigerated air, which would likely involve a furnace replacement as well.
Restarted Burrito Quest last Friday. We're doing a vegetarian trek, what with Ben's dietary mores. In the process of processing the recording I discovered that I had never posted the 12th episode from BQ3. So, two recordings need to go up and I'm already almost a week behind. More of the same.
Gaming last Friday was mostly us sitting around wondering what to game. I offered to run something and Ben seemed intrigued by the opportunity to play again. Going to run some Lamentations of the Flame Princess starting (maybe) on Friday. Should be interesting as it's a old school D&D revision that really doesn't provide much in the way of specific and/or useful bits for how to run it. I haven't run something that was strictly sandbox in, well, maybe never. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.
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