Surprises

I just walked in the door from work and what do I find?
A little note from Darling Husband (duck taped to the door) saying:
Your ride has been arranged for you for tonight.   (RIDE?!?)
I need for you to get an overnight bag packed.    (WHAT?!?!?)
I have your clothes for tonight already picked out and they will be at the hotel you will be going to.
(Uh-Oh. He picked my clothes.)
If you don't trust what I picked you can bring something that you pick as long as it is a dress.
(WHEW!)
The key to your room will be at the front desk.
I will hand write a number for you to text around 5:30 for your ride to get you.
When you get to the hotel, take your time getting ready.
We have reservations at 8:30.
Text the same number around 8:00 and I will meet you and we will go out for dinner.
Hope you love it.

Isn't that sweet?
Wish me luck!
Thanks for stoppin' by!
Jen

Just checkin' in

Yes, it is still miserably cold outside. As in, it was -10 Fahrenheit on my way to work this morning.
I had to get gas this morning to make it to work.
It sucked.
But, I got a lovely sunrise.

I got to see Rebel and Rocks play in the snow.

And I got to make supper.

Yep, thems pork chops on my grill. And that white stuff is snow.

Don't it look good?

Looks better on the plate.

(I don't really like pork chops, but DH loves them. I have my own though, he doesn't like green beans and I do. HA-HA! Evil snickering)

Thanks for stoppin' by!
Jen

Where REAL Marines are made: East or West « Marines Blog

I really loved this article!
I could do with out the commentary because I feel that are way too many "haters" out in the world but I did enjoy the contrast.

Where REAL Marines are made: East or West « Marines Blog

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Jen

New Computers

Well, this weekend, my old faithful Toshiba finally bit the dust. It had been making really weird growly noises for the last couple of days and I knew I needed to get our tax stuff done soon.
Good news, I had just finished printing out DH's business tax paperwork to get it ready to go to the accountant before it crashed.
Bad news, it totally burned before I could do our personal stuff.
I tried deinstall/ reinstall to no avail.
So we got a new computer yesterday.
I don't know if I totally love it yet. I am going from PC to Mac and it is really scary. I am fluent in Quickbooks PC, but this Mac Quickbooks stuff is pretty intense to get used to doing.
Some of the keyboard shortcuts are the same, so that is a plus.
I totally love the zoom feature to review images.
Oh my goodness, I love this reverse scissor maneuver on the mouse pad to get the image to zoom in for better viewing. It is even in focus! It was great. That was probably my favorite feature for today.

I spend all day looking at jpeg images for work, so I am kind of disappointed that the left and right arrow keys do not move between files like they do on the PC. Disappointed is a little understated.

I wanted to scream that I had to mouse to red light to close the image and then double click to open a new image. I must be doing something wrong, so I am going to go and watch yet another online tutorial to see if there is something nifty and magical (Jen speak for what ever the keyboard shortcuts are) that will save me time and blood pressure.

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Jen

SnOklahoma 2011

Well, on the one hand, I got to work from home today!
YAY! It was awesome. On the other hand, it started snowing again.
I know we need the moisture, but at this point, I don't know who has the worse cabin fever, me, or Rebel and Rocksanne.
I will let you you know...
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Jen

Reasons to feel Blessed

One of my friends who is just a wonderful person has a 'Thankful Thursday' piece she writes on assorted Thursdays. You can find Nicole here at her blog:  Sizzlin' Savages .

Anyways, I have been cooped up in the house for two and a half days and her blog inspired me to come up with a short list of Reasons to feel Blessed.

1. I quit smoking two years and seventeen days ago. I feel blessed because with a wind chill of -13 (OMG!) Fahrenheit, I do not have to go outside for ten minutes every hour on the hour.

2. I am not a dog. I feel blessed because I don't have to go outside to find a tree when I need to uh, you know.

3. I have indoor plumbing. I feel blessed because, well, see number 2 above. (Oops, no pun intended, that is not (or was it?) what I meant). Don't worry, there is no Number 2 in the picture with the dogs.

4. Several of my friends have lost power due to 'SnOklahoma 2011.' DH, Rebel, Rocksanne, and I all feel blessed because it is just cold out and with all the indigent people that are in the world, we are safe, warm, and have all of our utilities.

5. I have more reasons, but Darling Husband needs me to take more pictures of him clearing snow while I am inside enjoying the warmth and making chili.

Stay warm, and thanks for stoppin' by!

  

Jen

PS: Nicole, thanks for the idea to note why I feel blessed. It was fun!

Happy Wednesday!

Well, day 2 of "Snoklahoma" 2011!
Still cooped up in the house. Still can't go to work.
So I took a few pictures from assorted vantage points INSIDE my house...

The wind has been blowing the snow across the street.

My poor neighbors.

View out of the back window of the upstairs game room.

Still BRRRR!!

Rocksanne walking around checking out this weird white stuff.

Rebel seriously debating if he really wanted outside or not.

This makes me cold. I am going to get something warm to drink.

Stay warm and thanks for stoppin' by!

Jen