Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Today on Hwy 151 I counted 11 deer gathered in a field and soon after a mom and baby bird flew by. ^

Today mom's anxiety returned full force +

Monday, March 30, 2009

Today I made a bunch of changes to my route to free up a few days for new stuff. ^

Today I picked my mom up in Louisiana, Missouri +

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Today my mom called and said she was staying in Louisiana for another day and I could pick her up tomorrow +

Today I flew back to Madison. ^

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Today our winter storm watch and predicted 2 to 4 inches of snow was downgraded to a winter weather advisory with a new forecast of 1 to 2 inches, which as of 10:17 pm has so far failed to produce even a single flake +

Today we were at Brian & Kelly's celebrating Grandma's birthday and Shirl had another one of her attacks with shortness of breath and dizziness. ^

Friday, March 27, 2009

Today Mom & I drove to pick Lou up at the airport and their windshield defogger wasn't working and it was raining and sleeting and I could barely see to drive us home. ^

Today I drove mom back to Louisiana, Missouri +

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Today I flew from Chicago to Oklahoma City. ^

Today I drove my mom to yet another healing conference, this time in Louisiana, Missouri +

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Today I spent hours moving files from the 500 gig drive to the 750 gig one +

Today was a long day at work and then I had to come home and pack. ^

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Today I tried to replace the smart cards in the Dish Network receivers of a friend of Daniel and Diana's but was unable to do so +

Today both Dave and Willy were laid off, and it was announced that Tom will go back to route driving and that no one will be hired to replace Kathy. ^

Monday, March 23, 2009

Today the black and white kitten opened its eyes for the first time +

Today right before I woke up I was having a weird dream involving vacuuming, a missing bed, a haunted coffee machine, and a stuffed dog that came to life after I threw hot water on it. ^

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Today the kitten we treated yesterday was having trouble breathing, went steadily downhill, and died about 5:15 pm +

Today I visited the new St. Vinnie's on Odana (in the old Forbes-Meagher building) for the first time and bought two t-shirts. ^

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Today we applied emu oil and liquid vitamin E to a wound on one of the kittens where it's umbilical cord was attached +

Today it was nice out and I played with the kids in the backyard. ^

Friday, March 20, 2009

Today I watched the Missouri Tigers defeat Cornell 78-59 in the first round of the NCAA tournament +

Today I enjoyed my new van. ^

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Today I baked a pumpkin pie +

Today I switched vans from Java 10 to Java II. ^

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Today I did some early season yardwork mostly consisting of pruning dead branches, and picking up tree limbs +

Today a Wartburg magazine arrived with an article about Rick Tibbott who recently died of colon cancer, and I was in one of the photos that had been taken in 1992 at a summer campout party Rick had organized. ^

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Today Daniel and I played tennis for the first time this year +

Today Alicia from Kerry met me at their deserted downtown Beloit building so I could remove their Keurig and other misc items. ^

Monday, March 16, 2009

Today I took a stroll around the yard and noticed that quite a few plants are forming their first buds of spring +

Today Tom, Sully, Dave and I put away 3 skids of coffee (mostly K-cups) before realizing they'd screwed the order up, and we had to pull it all back down from the shelves. ^

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Today I realized I totally forgot to send Mark an ERD link this week +

Today I again picked up my book on colonial America and resumed reading after a lapse of a couple weeks or so. ^

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Today mom and I drove up to see Floyd's grave +

Today I did more editing of slide scans - 3 wheels down, 11 to go. ^

Friday, March 13, 2009

Today Princess gave birth to 4 kittens in the box that I'd set up in my room for just such an eventuality +

Today I finished watching The Darjeeling Limited for the 3rd time in less than a week. ^

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Today I installed Firefox and Thunderbird on the new computer +

Today Danielle said we have a mouse in the house and her spouse will bring mouse traps home. ^

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Today I finally tackled the job of moving both computers to new locations in my room +

Today there was ice in my macaroni because it's too damn cold for mid-March. ^

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Today Daniel and I didn't play tennis due to the rain +

Today for the 2nd time I drove Hwy 14 from Spring Green to La Crosse. ^

Monday, March 9, 2009

Today I continued compiling all the data to update my SWYC posts +

Today I really missed that hour of lost sleep from springing ahead. ^

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Today I comforted a crying Sophie. ^

Today Daniel and I tentatively planned to play tennis on Tuesday if it's warm enough +

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Today my mom and I were going to go for a drive in the country but she got too anxious and so we didn't go +

Today I continued my recent Saturday tradition of going nowhere and just relaxing around the house. ^

Friday, March 6, 2009

Today I got my internet account reinstated +

Today I played with the kids in the last remaining patches of snow in the yard. ^

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Today I was without internet access all day as punishment for my filesharing sins +

Today Aunt Shirl went to the emergency room with blood pressure of 196/110. ^

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Today John gave me a ride from Holmes to work in the morning and Mike gave me a ride back to Holmes in the afternoon. ^

Today I did my mom's taxes online and got them filed mere minutes before my ISP suspended my account +

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Today a washing machine-sized object flew off a truck just north of Oshkosh and I almost hit it, but looking in my sideview mirror afterwards I could see it was just styrofoam or some other light material. ^

Today I finally sat down and updated all my Today blog entries from the trip +

Monday, March 2, 2009

Today was the best day my mom's had in quite a long time +

Today Tien stayed home sick and when I got home Om was over here playing with the kids. ^

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Today I gassed up the car in preparation for attending the third night of the healing conference but my mom's anxiety was so bad we ended up not going +

Today I was twice frustrated after buying a shirt that subsequently shrunk too much in the wash, and then later after repeatedly failing to export SophHen pix from D's new MacBook. ^