* Listening to one of my new favorite songs during work. The song is "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath. I played it at the end of Kid Kraze last Sunday and one kid did a dance for the entire song. I love when the kids get that into stuff I play.
* Kim T's Bday fiesta at Salsa's! Burrito San Jose...mmmmmm
* Standing in a parking garage and chatting about whatever came to mind for over an hour
* The weekend! I love weekends, and this should be a pretty good one.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Eventful Week
* Those who I have talked to recently know that this has been a very eventful (all in a positve way) week, some of the basics of which have appeared in my blog. This week closely rivals the day I presented for my Masters and got a job offer email at the exact same time. This week has ranked highly enough to get its own general entry here.
* I had a home inspection done on Wednesday and it went really well. There were only a couple of minor problems including very minor moisture damage at the bottoms of a few locations (can fix w/ caulking), an inappropriately sized over current protection on the a/c unit (asking the seller to fix), and uneven distribution of insulation in the attic (can be fixed by pushing it around in about 5 min or less). All in all, I was very impressed (so was the inspector) with the newness and quality of everything else.
* During our epic telecon yesterday we found quite a few amusing articles on cnn.com including one of my all time favorites that you just have to see for yourself. Make sure you watch the video, and read the links below it. I don't generally distribute "funny" things, but this was hilarious.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies
* I had a home inspection done on Wednesday and it went really well. There were only a couple of minor problems including very minor moisture damage at the bottoms of a few locations (can fix w/ caulking), an inappropriately sized over current protection on the a/c unit (asking the seller to fix), and uneven distribution of insulation in the attic (can be fixed by pushing it around in about 5 min or less). All in all, I was very impressed (so was the inspector) with the newness and quality of everything else.
* During our epic telecon yesterday we found quite a few amusing articles on cnn.com including one of my all time favorites that you just have to see for yourself. Make sure you watch the video, and read the links below it. I don't generally distribute "funny" things, but this was hilarious.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
MY NEW HOUSE!!!
* I GOT A HOUSE!!!
* I GOT A HOUSE!!!
* I GOT A HOUSE!!!
[EDIT 1/28: I should have pointed out that the stuff in the house is NOT mine...]
* I GOT A HOUSE!!!
* I GOT A HOUSE!!!
[EDIT 1/28: I should have pointed out that the stuff in the house is NOT mine...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Fun times
* On Sunday morning we were getting ready for another great week in Kid Kraze when we heard the WEC band practicing "One Way" for 'big church'. One Way is our favorite Kid Kraze song, so we ran into the gym (the 'sanctuary/auditorum' since we meet at the Y) and started doing the motions for the song that we do in KK. It was amusing enough (and fun for us) that Phil had to close his eyes to keep playing and singing without laughing at us. We threatened to dance while attending the evening service, but backed down when asked not to... Fun times for the KK staff
* The DeLongchamps are leaving VA for Houston and we had a going away party on Saturday. It was cool to hang out with a few people I knew and a bunch I didn't to wish them a safe trip and fun time in Houston. Good luck Chuck & Ambre, you will be missed!
* Hanging out at Starbucks at chatting
* Putting offers on houses. This is a good thing, even if they get rejected. Oddly enough, the first offer being rejected was met with a feeling of relief. Who'da thunked it!
* The DeLongchamps are leaving VA for Houston and we had a going away party on Saturday. It was cool to hang out with a few people I knew and a bunch I didn't to wish them a safe trip and fun time in Houston. Good luck Chuck & Ambre, you will be missed!
* Hanging out at Starbucks at chatting
* Putting offers on houses. This is a good thing, even if they get rejected. Oddly enough, the first offer being rejected was met with a feeling of relief. Who'da thunked it!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Shout Out
* Getting a shout out in Dan Carman's blog...proof that often we are lead to say the right thing at the right time even if we don't realize it ourselves (thanks Dan!). Also part of this positive is the amusing comment he left on mine regarding paying homage to crackers.
* Having multiple people volunteer to help me move when the time comes, and even a place to stay for a few days if need be. (Hmm, this seems to be like what happened last time I moved)
* Finding a house that I want to put an offer on. Now I just have to hope that they can come down to my price range! If not, I'm sure I'll find another place cheaper.
* Having multiple people volunteer to help me move when the time comes, and even a place to stay for a few days if need be. (Hmm, this seems to be like what happened last time I moved)
* Finding a house that I want to put an offer on. Now I just have to hope that they can come down to my price range! If not, I'm sure I'll find another place cheaper.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
House Hunting
* Getting a ton of house hunting done from 9-12:30 this morning. I can't
believe that my awesome agent and I made it through 15 properties in that
time period! Props to Carlyn!
believe that my awesome agent and I made it through 15 properties in that
time period! Props to Carlyn!
* Narrowing down my list to 4 places, with a clear leader, second, and tie
for third. Now comes the hard part right? So Exciting! I'm going to
revisit the top 2 hopefully on Monday.
* Hot chocolate on a cold cold day of house hunting.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Epic Telecon
* Trying out the new TownHouse FlipSides (I think thats what they're called). They're pretzel on one side and cracker on the other, and quite tasty :) I got the cheddar ones by accident but I like them. Its a nice change from daily Cheeze-Its.
* A project I'm currently on at work requires weekly epic telecons. They are truly necessary to complete the task, so no complaints there. By "epic telecon" I mean the kind of telecon that is scheduled to take 6 hours, but everyone knows will take far longer, so there's really no suprise when they run over. The good thing about the epic telecon yesterday is that sitting in a room w/ my co-workers with the phone on mute, we go through cycles. One part of the cycle is silence and concentration, and another part is chatting about whatever comes to mind. I enjoy that part of the cycle when it comes around, and for that reason (and the overtime when I had nothing better to do), I often enjoy the epic telecons so long as they only come around a few weeks of the year.
* Finishing my first look through all of the properties Carlyn sent me online.
* A project I'm currently on at work requires weekly epic telecons. They are truly necessary to complete the task, so no complaints there. By "epic telecon" I mean the kind of telecon that is scheduled to take 6 hours, but everyone knows will take far longer, so there's really no suprise when they run over. The good thing about the epic telecon yesterday is that sitting in a room w/ my co-workers with the phone on mute, we go through cycles. One part of the cycle is silence and concentration, and another part is chatting about whatever comes to mind. I enjoy that part of the cycle when it comes around, and for that reason (and the overtime when I had nothing better to do), I often enjoy the epic telecons so long as they only come around a few weeks of the year.
* Finishing my first look through all of the properties Carlyn sent me online.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Its been too long
Its been a while and way too many great things have happened, but here are a few of the biggies:
* Safe return from SC after new years.
* Officially starting the house hunt! I've been pretty stoked about this for a few months now, and I have finally started looking at houses. I've got a real estate agent I know (Carlyn), and info from a couple banks. I've looked at a few houses already in person, and I have a ton more to go, which should make for a very busy Saturday. Looking through 100s of online listings has kept me busy. Who knew there could be more than 250 properties for sale within 20 min of work, when work is next to a river so they aren't in all directions. Claire even helped me out and found one that wasn't in the big list from Carlyn.
* AMA (my company) won the major contract for NASA Langley again, so now I know I have a job past March 31! We all were fairly convinced we'd get it, but it wasn't definite, and sometimes things like that switch companies (that's how AMA got it the first time)
* Many many more, from cold weather, to CG moments, to just about everything.
* Safe return from SC after new years.
* Officially starting the house hunt! I've been pretty stoked about this for a few months now, and I have finally started looking at houses. I've got a real estate agent I know (Carlyn), and info from a couple banks. I've looked at a few houses already in person, and I have a ton more to go, which should make for a very busy Saturday. Looking through 100s of online listings has kept me busy. Who knew there could be more than 250 properties for sale within 20 min of work, when work is next to a river so they aren't in all directions. Claire even helped me out and found one that wasn't in the big list from Carlyn.
* AMA (my company) won the major contract for NASA Langley again, so now I know I have a job past March 31! We all were fairly convinced we'd get it, but it wasn't definite, and sometimes things like that switch companies (that's how AMA got it the first time)
* Many many more, from cold weather, to CG moments, to just about everything.
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