Productive Day
One of the things I need to get back to with the blog, is just writing about the small stuff. It’s been a good day by most accounts.
I had to work a remote today. I think I’ve written this before, but remotes are one of those things that I dread right up until the first break on the air, after that it’s really fun. So I don’t know why I dread them so much. But today’s remote started at 12:00. Ample time to dread it, but also a nice amount of time to sleep in and ease into the day. I got up and let the dog out. Fired up the coffee, and made some rice in my rice-maker. Kind of an odd breakfast dish, I know, but the cupboards are getting bare and we haven’t gotten to the store yet. But a little sugar, an a nice breakfast it was.
Tossed some clothes in the wash and folded what was left in the dryer. Even had a little time to peruse my regular sites. So before I even got out of my PJ’s, I felt like I’d already got a good start on a Sunday.
So I headed in to work listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, the GoNintendo.com podcast. I know you’re not supposed to drive with headphones in, but heck… it was rural blacktop, and it’s no worse than the people that drive around with their stereo’s so loud all you can hear is their license plate rattling on the trunk. It’s a fun group of people to listen to, and they do a great job of aggregating all the Nintendo news of the week that I haven’t been able to keep up with.
So I get to work in a pretty good mood and get loaded up and ready to go. As I turned on the station van to head to the remote, I noticed the station I was supposed to be doing the remote on was off the air! (I might have noticed sooner if I hadn’t been listening to a podcast on the way in!) So I called the engineer and he was heading out there, but hadn’t quite left yet, so that pretty much meant that it wasn’t going to be back on the air before the remote started. Luckily the client was agreeable to moving the broadcast to another one of our stations, and luckily a co-worker was back at the station to facilitate things on that end. So all worked out well!
I stuck around at work a little bit after the remote to get a jump on Monday’s work. It’s gonna be crazy next week as we have to produce out spots for two sports teams in about 24 hours, that with less than full staff as people are on vacation. But sometimes it’s easier to get everyone motivated at work when the deadline is looming, rather than having plenty of time to get it done. Heck, that’s EVERYthing around there. Ha ha. We definitely do some of our best work under pressure. Be that as it may, I’m still hoping for a somewhat manageable pace to the day.
When we decided that Andrea was going to be a stay at home Mom, we put ourselves on a budget (which we should have done LONG ago). So after work I was pretty hungry, but with the food budget already over for the month, and the cupboards bare, I had to get creative. See here’s the thing. When we’re “out of food” we aren’t really out of food. We’re out of things you can pop into the microwave or oven and eat. I had some leftover rice, and hot links that were about to expire. Not a conventional combination, but adding some cheese and tobasco for a little more kick, a couple spices, and one heck of a decent dish.
And look at this! I got to write a healthy blog post! Here’s to a fruitful week ahead!
We’re In!
Need to trim some trees.
Living room... already messy.
Hey der, ho der. We’re on the move. Borrowed the van from work and loaded it to the gills. Made two trips today, which really took care of about 90% of our crap if you exclude what we need for day to day living. It’s looking pretty hollow in the current place.
If you’re worried, I’ve made sure Andrea is on light lifting duty. But she’s still been more than helpful. Like when I lifted up our first big box and the bottom busted out from under it. DVD and Game boxes went everywhere! She fix the box and got it re-packed while I was able to keep hauling out.
The new pace was pretty big when we looked at it, but now that we are starting to get our stuff in it, it’s really seeming big. It’s gonna be nice, but it’s going to take a while to figure out what to do with all the space. Amongst the most awesome features. A garage opener (only one car garage though), a work shop in the garage, a fireplace in the living room, a nice big den in the basement, and plenty of storage. It’s not perfect though. It’s got some blemishes and some of the paint was sloppily done, but we don’t need anything that’s perfect.
Right now Andrea’s plan is to make the upstairs living room TV-less. I’m all for this! A nice fire in the fireplace and no TV to distract you. And all the media stuff is going in the basement. TV, computers all that going in the den/computer room. The problem I think we’re going to run into is not enough furniture to sit in!
So the move is going smoothly so far. All the big stuff like the appliances and desks and such aren’t getting moved until Sunday as we won’t have a truck until then. But so far it’s good knowing it’s finally happening! Can’t wait to have ya’ll over and fire up the grill!
Spring, I greet you with open arms!
It’s been a long winter and the past couple evenings after work have been absolutely GLORIOUS. So I’ve tried to take full advantage. Grilled up some brats last night and got the Toronado all waxed up. Andrea got her oil changed (by herself as always!) and we were going to rotate her tires, but my air hose blew out and I didn’t feel like ACTUALLY wrenching the lugnuts off. =P
Also took the time to finally go introduce myself to our new neighbor behind us. The old lady moved out a couple months back and in that time the house has just sat empty. To be completely honest I had been dreading who would move in back there. The old lady was nice because you know she wasn’t going to be bothering us. As it turns out a young gal about Andrea’s and my age moved in. Not sure if she’s going to the college here or what. Didn’t want to dive into the life stories on our first conversation. But she seems alright. Fairly shy, which makes for a good neighbor I suppose!
Tonight I cruised around a little bit with the windows down. Then just hung out with Andrea a bit before she headed off to bowl. Now I’m here blogging enjoying a frosty brew and wondering what happens next. If it’s nothing, I’m fine with that!
Updated About Me
I made some updates to the “About Me” section. It’s quite a bit more detailed, so trust me. Only check it out if you’re really bored.
Scored another interview.
With a different company. I applied with a hospital doing tech work there and got a call today to set up a phone interview. Kewl. They said they’re looking to fill positions in Wichita, Hutch and McPherson. We’ll see what happens!
Wedding stuff just about taken care of…
…as far as I can tell. Got my wedding band ordered today. My ring finger is only one size bigger than Andrea’s! A size 7. I have spindly little fingers. I went with a titanium ring since it’s supposed to be pretty tough. And it was fairly cheap! As cheap as rings get in a jewelry store anyway.
I’m starting to dread things less and less as more seems to be taken care of. I think we found a DJ and hopefully a photographer. After that it’s just get the tuxedos ordered. Bring it!
Some of the work paying off.
Well I’m pretty happy. I finally got a job interview out of one of the MANY resumes I’ve been sending out. I’m not getting my hopes up for the position…I’m just excited that I got a call back!
The interview is Tuesday. Wish me luck!
Taxes filed
Well Andrea did her taxes last night and it got me motivated to do mine too. Don’t have my W-2 yet, but I was able to use my last paycheck of the year and get all the info filled in online. I tell ya what, the internet friggin’ rocks when it comes to things like this. It’s sent off they’ll get it today, and I’ll have my refund in 8-15 days put straight in my account. How did the world work before!?
Getting a pretty decent refund too. Combined with the insurance money from the El Camino and I should have a pretty nice chunk of cash to put towards another project. Though I’m torn on what that should be! But figure that out, get the new springs and shocks for the Toronado. And I think with the rest of it, I’m finally going to start up an IRA. Wow, aren’t I a grown up!
The happy and the sad.
Well if anyone doesn’t know. Andrea got a new job. Hooray! She’s going to be a customer service rep. for Cingular Wireless (I think that’s the company). So she’ll be working the phones and stuff. She’s pretty excited about it, and I’m happy for her. But maybe she can tell you a little more about that job. I don’t know much about it.
But I do know that she’s going to be working nights. And since I’m working days, we’re going to see a lot less of each other. I’m not too crazy about that, but it’s a good opportunity for her. I think everyone can attest to working nights and weekends at somepoint, because you just have to. Just too bad I’m not working nights too. So if I seem bummed out at times these next few weeks, it’s probably just me going through Andrea withdrawls. =)
But wish her the best! I know it’s going to be hard juggling 30ish hours a week and go to school full time. So say a prayer for her too! I’m going to try to help out around the house and running errands so she can at least have some free time, but the prayers couldn’t hurt!
I’m back…
The email did the trick, Matt. I had to look through the ‘saved’ folder on email and found the password to sign back into the blog. Thanks! Do I still have to come up with the catagory thingy? Fix one up for me…make it creative!
Our family is growing…
Bryson Edward Duncan was born at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 23rd. He weighed in at an even 8 pounds, just like Matt and Andrea’s other newborn nephew, Nikolas.
Nikolas James Rodriguez
These are a few pictures of my new nephew. He was born on March 4, 2006 at 3:29pm. He was 8 pounds and 20 inches long. He is sooooo adorable!!!! It was just too bad that I couldn’t be there for his birth. But I will be able to see him in a couple of weeks. Yay for me!!!
speaking of jobs
my mother applied for a new job she had the interview and found out today taht she got the job she will be working in garden for UCOM at their cell phone divison so it looks like im going to be swithcing cell phone companies from alltel to sprint provided we can get out of the contract without losing a limb or two.
Yay!
I’m so excited. Bryan has a job interview with Pepsi tomorrow at 4. I’m pretty sure he’ll get the job. He’ll be a route delivery driver and in sales. He’ll make a salary plus commisions of what he sells. He had a friend who worked there, said he brought home $1,000 a week! So, I’m pretty proud of him. He heard about a bunch of people getting the boot out there so he saw the opportunity to apply! So, say a prayer that his interview goes well!
awwe I got a warm fuzzy feeling
Posted By: Justin
Today as I was driving my base housing I saw something cute/awesome.
There were three girls (about 7 years old average) selling kool-aid and cookies to raise money for the Katrina Survivors. (while I’m aware of the concerns of some coming out ahead, much help is needed). I won’t comment on how much I paid but the bucket was extremely full.
I see it unlikely they are scamming. Their mother and father were out there, and as I said, this was base housing.
Just thought I’d share. It was cute
