July 10, 2006

Organizing Schmorganizing

M has completed his Arena chair stand prototype. We have four seats from the old Arena that we’ve had since our old house, that are virtually unusable without stands. They’ve been hanging out in our ultra-small storage room in the basement, taking up way too much space. They’re funky because they’re rather large, and bulky, so you can’t stack them on anything, or stack anything on them. Constant source of frustration to me, the girl who likes to organize more than just about anything else.

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July 9, 2006

Agfa B-2 Cadet

Yesterday Papa, Grammy and Beans stopped by. Papa found something when cleaning out Grandma’s home that he thought I might like to have: an Agfa B-2 Cadet box camera that was produced in 1937-38. It’s pretty darn cool, and will be added to my collection. I found an image of one on the Web:Can’t imagine shooting with one of these, but maybe I could try sometime. They still make film that can be used with these types of cameras, and the negative is huge, which is tempting. Although then I’d need to get a film scanner so I could input it into the Mac, and of course it’d need to be a mega film-scanner b/c this isn’t 35 mm. That’s too much trouble, and too expensive, so I think I’ll just stick it up on top of the Digital Darkroom with my other old cameras and admire it for what it is and not what it can make.

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July 8, 2006

The C-Word

Yesterday’s great day went to hell in a handbasket shortly after work. We were all waiting to see what the doctors would determine was going on with Uncle Cloyd, hoping and praying.

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July 7, 2006

Sunshiny Day

Yesterday was full of running hither and yon at work, doing this and that, and I have to say I am loving it. I love my job. LOVE it. I have fun, but I work hard, and I totally enjoy what I am doing. Having worked in non-profit most of my career, I was really struggling with the transition to for-profit and finding “the mission.” What am I doing to help people? At Red Cross, it was easy. First I was helping people who were affected by disaster, and helping people prepare for disaster, and making sure as many people as possible knew the life-saving skills of first aid and CPR and whatnot. Then I was helping people by encouraging everyone who can to donate blood. I still feel very passionately about all those things, by the way, and still adore the American Red Cross as an organization and encourage all of you who can to please continue donating time, money and blood whenever you can.

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July 6, 2006

Discovery

Last night Beano called and told us that if we went outside between 8:57 and 9:05 and looked in the northeastern sky, we’d be able to see the space shuttle Discovery.

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July 3, 2006

SpongeAim

I am tired. Cleaning my house kicked my booty. But, the house is spotless, the clutter is busted, and I feel good despite being tired. It was a very productive weekend, to say the least.

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July 1, 2006

Target: Clutter

It’s Saturday morning. Zozo is down for her nap. M is out digging in the yard (burying downspouts, not bodies). I am alone in the house, with the Beatles playing. I’m about to open up a can of whup-ass on clutter. Mwaaaaa haaaaa haaaaaaa (evil laugh).

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June 30, 2006

Papa and his sibs

Wednesday night we went to say “good-bye” to Aunt Sharon. It was the first time in a long time that Papa and all his brothers and sisters were together at the same time. Even though we didn’t feel like smiling, we took advantage of being together and got a lovely photograph of the siblings.

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