And now what did you do TODAY?

[aardvark baguette]

my dad still does mine.

 

he says he won't if i get involved in this limited partnership thing requiring a K1 form.

 

i still can't be bothered to do it, so ...meh.

[grawk]

drained my water heater

went to an asian supermarket and spent $400

came back, replaced the heating elements in my water heater

[thrice]

Been working on setting up the new place... gotta get the office/workshop/guest room in order.  So far it's just been the dumping ground for everything I don't want to deal with.

[Dusty Chalk]

drained my water heater

went to an asian supermarket and spent $400

came back, replaced the heating elements in my water heater

You got your hardware at an asian supermarket?

[grawk]

nope, I wasted 3 hrs while the water heater drained driving to baltimore and back and going to an asian grocery

[Salt Peanuts]

Drove down to Washington D.C. Between needing to stop for our daughter, lunch, and various traffic congestion, the drive took 11 hours instead of 7. At least the apartment we're staying is nice.

[Dreadhead]

What you in town for?

[Dusty Chalk]

They grow up so fast.

 

Me:  did my taxes, I owed.    I sure hope I don't get laid off.

[Dusty Chalk]

Yeah, it's my own fault.  Later, when I have time, I'm going to revisit it.  Mostly it's the hit my savings took when I thought I was going to be unemployed last year for longer than I was, then didn't put it back when I got a new job like I should have. 

 

I just suck at moneys.

 

Although now I want to get laid off, so I can come lie on your couch and have you feed me French food.

 

Do you watch Whites?

[Salt Peanuts]

What you in town for?

 

Family vacation with in-laws, and visiting my wife's extended family in the area as well.  The in-laws somehow managed to avoid most of traffic so they actually got to DC only hour later than they were planning.

 

Much to our (my wife and I) joy, the complete change in the routine meant that our daughter (almost 3) would not fall asleep (or stay asleep) and then she woke up way too early.  Consequently, neither my wife nor I got enough or good sleep.  I think I'll be injecting myself with coffee today.

[Dreadhead]

Well I hope you have a nice trip. It's going to be a lovely day. I totally understand about the kid sleep thing, been there too. Just got done walking around old town with the family and off for a 9am bike ride.<br />

Edited April 14, 2013 by Dreadhead

[shellylh]

That sucks.  I hate dental work!  

[Salt Peanuts]

Camera issues all day today at the National Zoo, including ruining a roll of film by accident. It doesn't help the matter that we are generally in foul mood com lack of sleep.

[shellylh]

Just spent 2 hours deciding on and buying flights to France this summer.  I thought United was horrible until I starting using the Delta webpage (what a nightmare).  I really hate that United got rid of their non-stop flight to Paris.  

[MexicanDragon]

Why don't you just type in the airport codes into Google?  I've found great rates just doing that lately.

Oh, and I hear that you may get worse rates if you keep looking for the same stuff over and over, so I'd try going with an Incognito tab (CTRL+SHIFT+T), or whatever you Mac heads do, and searching that route.

 

**BRENT**

[Dusty Chalk]

Helped clean my mother's apartment some more.  Took a couple of paintings into protective custody (neither of the girls wanted it -- well one of them did, but didn't want to get too greedy, but when she gets a new apartment (she's looking) I'll offer her the one) and a really nice brass pepper grinder from Turkey.  Recommendations on cleaning it?  Vinegar only?

[dsavitsk]

I took a blacksmithing class and made a fire pokey. Now I need to get a fireplace.

 

 

[blessingx]

Even without a fireplace there are lots of things to do with a 'pokey.'

Edited April 15, 2013 by blessingx

[jvlgato]

That sucks. I hate dental work!

This.

Nice pokey, Doug!

Edited April 15, 2013 by jvlgato

[skullguise]

That's very good for the first time doing it, Doug.  A high school friend of mine does this for a living now, some of his work is quite incredible!

[Salt Peanuts]

That looks fun, Doug.  Makes me wish we still used our fireplace.

[Dusty Chalk]

Or you could just leave it lying around to clobber intruders with.

[Augsburger]

Nice work Doug.

 

 

In LA we call those "Road Rage Assessories"

Edited April 15, 2013 by Augsburger

[dsavitsk]

That's very good for the first time doing it, Doug.  A high school friend of mine does this for a living now, some of his work is quite incredible!

 

Thanks. I would attribute any success to the teacher. My grandfather, and his father, were blacksmiths, so I grew up with some of their work around the house -- I have a deeper appreciation for it now. 

 

I also played 2 hours of tennis afterwards, so I am feeling it today.

Edited April 15, 2013 by dsavitsk

[Dusty Chalk]

We've been using Google hangout to videoconference our weekly meetings at work, and I did it from home today because I was running behind schedule.

 

I resisted the urge to pick Bobby up and hold him and make him look like he was dancing in front of the camera.