I'm going to count down the 12 days of Christmas Jesser style … going from 12 down to one with stuff we love (not maids a milkin'
. Here goes …
Barenaked for the Holidays
I will not expound on my weekend at large, because most of it was quite boring (aside from Matty coming home). The highlight was Saturday night when we went to the BareNaked Ladies Holiday Concert. My uncle and aunt had given Matt, Kelly and myself tix for Christmas presents and we got to go with them and my cousins for a very very good show. They played loads of stuff from their holiday album and plenty of the old faves and a new track that has yet to be released. Their paticular brand of witty hijinks and baudy humor were interwoven throughout the show to my great delight. One odd highlight was that we were situated so that we could see a signer signing the concert (including song's lyrics) to someone in the audience. She was really cool to watch and now I know ASL for “credit card” and “light” and a few other things.
Odd must go with BNL concerts, because the lady in front of us certainly fit the category. We can only assume that she cultivated her love of BNL from their song, Shake Your Rump (well I suppose this is less of a song than it is a spontaneous BNL concert rap) because that was all she could do all night long. Not in time with the music. Not seemingly for any specific purpose … just unbridled BNL excitment. I was a little worried she was having a seizure once or twice, but I'm glad she enjoyed the concert so much.
Also in the category of odd highlights were the laughs we got from our parking situation. Continue reading “Barenaked for the Holidays”
Let it Snow!
I've decided to embrace the cold weather, so last night I made a snowy skin for Jesser. I'm trying to con Matt (who LURVES Christmas with a capital LURVE) to make a Christmas theme … or two.
Enjoy the snow! 
Or at least my snowy winter theme.
Frickin' Freezing
I took this photo when we were at Grand Lake last year for the ice fishing trip. It was cold that day, when we went snow-shoeing, but I guarantee it's colder now. And we're at a much lower elevation. Yesterday on my way home from work (by way of a friend's house) the radio guys said it was -5, wind chill -15. This morning it had warmed up. A clock/thermometer bill board at a church I drive by said -1. The real kicker is that the heat seems to be out at work, so I'm sitting here with my space heater and my wool jacket. I'd love to put on my gloves, but I don't think I can program too efficiently with them on. 😛
Hope you're all keeping warm (or at least warmer than me!!!).
Blown Away
Honestly, with the wind we had here yesterday, I'm amazed I'm still standing. Fences, street lights, stop signs, trucks, you name it were all blown over in yesterday's wind. It was hurricane speed winds without the water.
Worst of all though, since I have a TON to get done this week, was that our power kept going out at work. In the morning we had several surges (I lost about 30 min worth of work due to one of those) and then around 10 we lost power for about an hour and a half. Then around 2:30 we lost power again. I stuck around 'til 4 hoping it would come on so I could get a few things done and finally went home so at least I could get some stuff there done.
Today, it's not windy, but it is supposed to start snowing in a bit and not let up until tomorrow morning. Oy.
Christmas is Coming …
We had a totally brilliant weekend. Matt spent all of last week eagerly anticipating/receiving/putting together the parts for his new built-from-scratch computer. I had gotten some extra side-work and so we were able to replace Matt's computer last week after it having been effectively dead for almost 3 months. He bought lots of new parts and salvaged what he could from the old machine. So we spent lots of Friday night building that. I'm sure he'll make a long post about that.
Saturday evening was my company Holiday party, which was a lot of fun. It was held at the Walnut Foundry in LoDo (lower downtown Denver). I spent that morning with Matt, going to the gym, having lunch, etc. and then Holly came over and she and I worked on baby announcements and invites and thank-yous and she painted my toes and then did my hair and make-up for the big party. The party was great and it was really nice to see everyone dressed up! I even wore a little black dress, which is very out of character for me. I got lots of nice compliments on my attire and jewelry, and I could honestly say, almost all of it came from Target. Continue reading “Christmas is Coming …”
Celebrity Dish
In these days of TomKat and Bennifer II, who can resist a little celebrity dish, especially when it's so hilariously written that you almost pee your pants?
Check out GoFugYourself (not dirty, like the title might suggest) for all the fashion dish, including:
* this snarky comment on Jude
* poor Katie
* letters from Brit & Kevin
Loving Pink is the New Blog as well. Lotsa great celebdish here.
Perez Hilton seems to be the meanest celeb-dish-blog out there …check out their tribute to Brit on her b'day.
Much much more on Gossip Blogs.
Is this the Face of a Juvenile Delinquent?
Apparently so. See, little Loki has been going to doggy daycare since we got him fixed. He loves it. He gets to play with loads of other dogs. We love it because he comes home so tired there is little room for mischief making. But there's one teensy little problem.
Loki has been picking fights at doggy daycare. Not just one or two. Lots. Usually with larger male dogs. He's starting to see the people there as his people and the place as his place and so he's getting protective of them. We already had him take a two-week break, hoping that this would cure his attachment to the place, but it seems like it was for not.
So now I'm madly searching the internet trying to figure out how to cure this little aggressiveness problem. Because, I swear, if he gets kicked out of doggy daycare, I'll go postal.
The 101 Continues
It's been a while since I blogged about anything on my 101 even being in progress, let alone done … but things have been happening!!
* Loki, through not just my efforts, but Matt and Mike's as well, has learned to sit on his haunches with his paws in the air, to “beg” for food. I think this counts as a really cool trick. I still want to teach him to close the door after he lets himself in, but all in good time.
* All photos in the queue have been added to Jesser and I have kept on top of new ones I've taken. I need to take some more though! Continue reading “The 101 Continues”
Jess's Holiday Gift Giving Guide Part 7?
Hi all, and happy Black Friday. In honor of America's own SHOPPING HOLIDAY, I'm presenting you with the last post in The Holiday Gift Giving Guide Series. Today I'll tackle and excellent topic for all of you on a budget or trying to fill a stocking.
Under $10/Stocking Stuffers
In Sudoku, in case you haven't heard, you get a 9×9 grid and in each row or column, you have to have all numbers, 1 thru 9, no repetitions. You get a few numbers to start and you have to figure out the rest. Tricky, but not too tricky, and lots of fun. These, and other excellent puzzle books (logic and jumbles are household faves) are available EVERYWHERE for under $10, even starting at $2. Pick them up in the magazine section at Walmart or your grocery store.