Month: July 2004

  • Irony and Anger

    I lost my temper badly with Tommy because he came down right as Amy woke and I had not made the milestone I was hoping for. I was angry with myself and took it out on Tommy. I feel horrible.

    Ironically, the temper revolved around a neighbor’s borrowed DVD “Anger Management.” I even broke the case in a show of anger. I feel like to total schmuck. This was a Murph moment.

    I think I made ammends and saw the err of my way.

  • Zipcode Coded

    Ben Fry’s zipcode viewer Ok. This is awesome! Type a digit to highlight a zipcode area. See all the areas by typing 0-9 (one number at a time). Now type your zipcode and watch the region shrink while you type. Next, type Z to turn on soom then retype your zipcode. Pretty nifty! Good work Ben Fry!

  • My Uncle was in good spirits

    So after helping my client I decided to drop in my Uncle. My Uncle explained that I had not filed taxes in 4 years and that on the first 3 of those it looks like I did not owe anything but the first 2 I would have been due refunds (no longer available). My Uncle was pleasant and assured me that I’m in no real trouble and told me how to get on with the paperwork.

    Did you know that if it looks like you owe money and you don’t file a return that the IRS will prepare a return for you (with zero deductions) and send you a bill? That is what I’m working on avoiding with this past year.

  • A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…

    A New Day!

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    This Morning

    The morning went well. I’ve learned how to park downtown so I had fewer hassles (although I was 1 penny short of the $1.50 parking fee). I was able to fix my client’s woes rapidly.

  • Amy’s nightmares

    I’ve now given Amy something scary to dream about. Tommy and Sarah got excited about driving through a car wash. I thought fearless Amy that enjoyed the fireworks so much and loves the rain would get a hoot out of it. She became so terrified that I almost just drove out while the machine was running. I felt so helpless.

  • Motorcades

    President Bush is in town today which means traffic woes and votes will be bought.

    We missed getting stopped by a road block by 30 seconds. Whether it was for the presidential motorcade or the assine 100 days of road blocks to raise money for the police department I’m not sure. I still think those should be illegal. By what right do they have to stop me if I’m not breaking any laws? Seems completely unjust! Of course, we are breaking a law by not having Noah in a proper child restraint device and that will cost us $300-500 but that’s another story.

  • The music starts again

    Like musical chairs I’m off to another meeting. The first one went well. This next is Tommy’s doctor and we will all sit around and say “hmmmm” then change his antidepressant.

    Some good looking ads in Sunday’s paper. Must answer them.

    My day in a nutshell:

    1) meeting

    2) pt sql fax

    3) tommy meeting

    4) lunch

    5) another app

    6) noah

    7) irs or swingi

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    This Morning

    Only cleaned up puppy poo once last night…then 3 times this morning.

    Off to a meeting!

  • Afternoon/Evening

    Our new dog is smart…too smart. Escaped her cage 1.5 times today. At 2 mths she’s already learning to play fetch. She’ll chase a tennis ball then follow me all over the house to return it to me!

    The grandfather took the boys and I to the gun show today. Saw some really cool stuff dating back to the mid 1800s. The WWII generation stuff made me think of my own grandfathers one picking bodies out of the water at Normandy and the other working with chemical weapons in Kentucky. There should be many stories there. I would have liked to been the Keeper of Tales for the family but was not gifted with the ambition nor the memory.

    Afterwards we spent some time at the pool then returned home for fairly typical evening chaos.

    Overall happy family today.

  • Whoosh!

    The day is flying by. At least I’ve made some progress in the bathroom (sure.. let your minds wander).

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    A New Day!

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    This Morning

    Woke 3 time last night to clean up Puppy Poo (say that with a Scrappy Doo voice). Almost got myself to stay up at 3am and work. Instead slept in until 10am (what a bum!) but how refreshing! I so needed that!

    Brewed my last half pot of coffee and am now heading up for the final cup. Yikes! I could use a full pot today.

    Yesterday Afternoon/Evening

    Laundry got interupted for evening plans but it was well worth it. The grandparents took the kids, wife and I to see Spiderman II! It was exceptional!! I give it a high recommend.

  • Fighting ambivalence. Need a cup of joe. Think I’l…

    Fighting ambivalence. Need a cup of joe. Think I’ll help my wife with the laundry.