Suz’s Ramblings…

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Entries from January 2008

Dude! I Have to Give Up What?!

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I know that I’ve said I wasn’t going to be discussing my weight loss here again, but this was quite interesting and traumatic to me. I discovered a couple of months ago that I’ve somehow managed to gain back 20 of the 25 pounds that I’d lost. Not good. Especially when six of [...]

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Tags: BabyQuest · Girlie stuff · Life in General · Weight Loss

Working Towards Disownment One Earlobe at a Time.

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I finally went and did it on Saturday:

I know that my mom will throw a fit when she sees that, not to mention the crap I’ll get over stretching the lower holes. But, hey! I’m happy with the look of it! (just not the feel of it quite yet. Ouchies!)
Now that I’m [...]

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Tags: Family Disfunction For $100 · Girlie stuff · Life in General

His Name Was Charlie.

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Just about a week ago, I saw a posting on the intranet bulletin board at work. A lady who works for the City was looking for a new home for a dog of hers. He’s a Jack Russell Terrier named Charlie. If I remember correctly, he’s about 3, which makes him [...]

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Tags: Life in General · Skipper

Because You Really Should Vote.

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

When the husband and I were newly together, I was appalled to learn that he’d never voted in his entire life.  In fact, he wasn’t even registered to vote.  Holy hell in a handbasket!
Because I’m still trying to figure out my views on politics – I’ve gone from being staunchly conservative to far more liberal [...]

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Tags: Life in General

A Few Words.

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I finally got around to adding more pictures to my Flickr feed.  You can now see pictures of my backyard (which is still under construction), pictures of our new entertainment center and TV, and pictures of my new car.
The TV that we got is a 50″ plasma.  If I recall correctly, it was manufactured by [...]

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Tags: Back to School · Geek Stuff · Life in General · The House

Happy 2008!

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Time for a cliched moment.
Today is the first day of 2008, so I’d like to take a moment to reflect on 2007 and ponder the blank slate that is 2008.
2007 brought the following to the husband and I:

A New House
New Furniture
A New Car

Yep.  Yesterday afternoon we finally went and did it.  We replaced the 97 [...]

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Tags: Life in General · The House