We came home last night from the warmth of the News-Leader to discover that we have power again! We still don’t have the Internet (I think the outage fried our modem) but lights, a stove and everything else that power brings is enough for me. Mike’s predicting a baby boomlet in Springfield hospitals nine months [...]
Archive for January, 2007
We love City Utilities!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Urban camping
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s about 45 degrees inside my apartment right now. We have hot water but the power has been out since Friday night because of the ice storm that hit. Mike and I have temporarily taken refuge at the News-Leader where there is power, heat, TVs, microwaves, ice, Internet and -a surprise to me- showers! City [...]
Can’t wait for the weekend
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I had a long, long day (12 hrs, lunch at the desk) at work today. I had to do my Sunday page twice because it used the same photo as last year. At least I know I have good taste in photos.
So last weekend Mike and I hung out with some friends and went to [...]
Saluting the New Year
Posted in Lame on January 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To celebrate the New Year and my last night on the life-sucking copy desk, I spent two hours saluting the divine at the New Year’s Day yoga mala. I’ll admit it sounds a little wierd but it was really a great way to greet 2007. They opened up a loft downtown and had musicians with an [...]
Christmas is over
Posted in Holidays on January 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Marshmallow shooters
We took down all the Christmas decorations this weekend, but I just got around to uploading some of the photos to flickr. It’s nice to have the house in order again and I realized next year that we’re going to have to add a second box of Christmas decorations.
I really liked the shooters Mom [...]
Human Standard Time
Posted in Life on January 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s now just after midnight on New Year’s Day (OK, officially it’s Jan. 2) and Mo is finishing up her final nightside shift as I type this. Starting tomorrow, we will both be on HST (Human Standard Time). We have been waiting soooo long for this. Just like we’ve waited for seemingly everything else. And [...]