Today I'm thankful for ...
... being able to get back on a pretty regular sleeping/eating schedule again.
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15 April 2008
19 March 2008
Tuck flap A into slot B
Today I'm thankful for ...
... a friend who has put together Ikea furniture before. I've done the tables and bookshelves without problem, but this was the first time I've attempted a couch. And, whoa, it's big and heavy! It came in two big pieces with tons of cardboard and plastic wrap. I got a third box with the cover in it.
There were some tense moments when a nut wasn't going down its bolt---I think there was a manufacturing defect in the threads. But together we powered through it and we got it to eventually lock into place. And then there was the cover-stretching fiasco. It's a good thing there's Velcro everywhere to hold things in place, but still. I'm thinking now that I ought to tip it back and borrow someone's staple gun to really nail that cover into place, literally. I suppose not affixing it would be good so I could wash the cover, but that would also imply disassembling the arms of the chair. And the feet. Ugh. Maybe it's not worth worrying about.
... a friend who has put together Ikea furniture before. I've done the tables and bookshelves without problem, but this was the first time I've attempted a couch. And, whoa, it's big and heavy! It came in two big pieces with tons of cardboard and plastic wrap. I got a third box with the cover in it.
There were some tense moments when a nut wasn't going down its bolt---I think there was a manufacturing defect in the threads. But together we powered through it and we got it to eventually lock into place. And then there was the cover-stretching fiasco. It's a good thing there's Velcro everywhere to hold things in place, but still. I'm thinking now that I ought to tip it back and borrow someone's staple gun to really nail that cover into place, literally. I suppose not affixing it would be good so I could wash the cover, but that would also imply disassembling the arms of the chair. And the feet. Ugh. Maybe it's not worth worrying about.
18 March 2008
Almost there...
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being almost done clearing out the living room! It's about time. And there's furniture coming in tomorrow!
... being almost done clearing out the living room! It's about time. And there's furniture coming in tomorrow!
12 March 2008
Time out!
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being able to work from home. That fact let me concentrate on a hard problem and I got through it! Yay!
... being able to work from home. That fact let me concentrate on a hard problem and I got through it! Yay!
10 March 2008
Oh the variety
Today I'm thankful for ...
... living in a city where within a block there's some of the best food on this planet. And a great variety of it too. When I moved to this apartment I made sure that it was near transportation and food and that my parking situation would be really close too.
... living in a city where within a block there's some of the best food on this planet. And a great variety of it too. When I moved to this apartment I made sure that it was near transportation and food and that my parking situation would be really close too.
01 March 2008
I can has Internets konnekshun?
Today I'm thankful for ...
... having a working DSL line! OMG. It's the little things. After several days of not having working DSL at home (and when it worked it was only 10% of my provisioned rate) I finally got through to tech support this morning. Voila! I now have 2.5 mbps down and 420 kbps up! AND, I hooked up my wireless DSL router this morning and things are great! Well, except for one strange thing: for some reason Firefox doesn't work with Google but works with everything else. Go figure. (Safari works fine.)
... having a working DSL line! OMG. It's the little things. After several days of not having working DSL at home (and when it worked it was only 10% of my provisioned rate) I finally got through to tech support this morning. Voila! I now have 2.5 mbps down and 420 kbps up! AND, I hooked up my wireless DSL router this morning and things are great! Well, except for one strange thing: for some reason Firefox doesn't work with Google but works with everything else. Go figure. (Safari works fine.)
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