December 29, 2004 Wednesday
I have only read the first of these books. I expect that I will have to read them to my kids in the future, so I didn't feel the need to push on with them just now. Lexie, however, has...
December 28, 2004 Tuesday
Had a great round going, but I guess I was taking a little longer than usual. Lexie called and wanted me home. When I tried to finish the hole I was on when she called (fourteen), I double bogeyed it....
December 27, 2004 Monday
I had a par round going and then bogeyed sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen. Well, it was a par round if you don't count those new holes. I bogeyed both of them too. Still a good day. Just a bad end....
December 22, 2004 Wednesday
My employment application is nearing prime time. If you know where I work you can go to our home page and add /EmploymentApp/ to the address to check it out now....
December 21, 2004 Tuesday
An incredibly gorgeous day today. About 73° in the shade. Very little wind. I took half a day of personal leave to go play a round. I got my first ever birdie at two. I followed this with a birdie...
December 20, 2004 Monday
Chicken Flauta Dinner - 4.19 Travel Mug Refill - 0.79 Less for more. That summarizes today's pretty crummy experience. A few weeks ago, just before I started these reports I could get a flauta dinner and a refill plus tax...
December 19, 2004 Sunday
I missed a good day for golf. I came home from church and fell asleep. By the time I woke up it was four. If I had left immediately, I could have gotten around the links at a quick pace,...
December 18, 2004 Saturday
I have a strange tradition. On the anniversary of the birth of John Joseph Clark II, I eat at Chili's. John and I were close friends in high school. He was a year behind me, but we were in band...
December 17, 2004 Friday
I got the .NET framework installed on our internet servers today in preparation for deploying the employment application. I started to put some security measures in place and then realized that things were going to be different here. Since the...
December 16, 2004 Thursday
The process improvement committee has come up with it's first project plan. It'll be interesting to see if it actually is worth anything. Our best hopes lie in it driving away fewer potential customers. Meanwhile it's going to cost quite...
December 15, 2004 Wednesday
"We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" - Douglas Adams We share a meal every Wednesday night at church. There aren't any formal activities, we just eat and chat and let the kids run together a bit. This...
December 14, 2004 Tuesday
Chicken Flauta Dinner - 4.19 Travel Mug Refill - 0.59 "Substitute guacamole for sour cream" correctly entered and rendered. Refried beans were pretty runny today. The rice was a little on the wet side with bits of unidentifiable green and...
December 13, 2004 Monday
I split a bottle of Delerium Noel and a bottle of Abbey Affligem Christmas Ale with one man and celebrated another's birthday. I'm thankful for them and the God who gave us beer and fellowship....
December 12, 2004 Sunday
A bad drive sunk me at one, but I had some short game problems today that account for most of the bogeys. Still you can't beat a 75° sunny day even with a little wind in mid December. 100 011...
December 11, 2004 Saturday
We rented a couple of movies last night. I saw Spiderman 2 this summer, but Lexie and Kevin were in Comanche at the time, so it was new to them. Lex agrees that it is a good rental but understands...
December 10, 2004 Friday
This novel was pretty slow in the fourth fifth. It was just long to no purpose. If I had not been driving I could have had a drinking game based on occurences of "yeb vas" and calling Russians "those bastards."...
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December 9, 2004 Thursday
Lexie got to go out tonight with some gals from church. She had a good time and they'll likely do it again. I slept a little late today and didn't get to work until eight. It ended up being okay...
December 8, 2004 Wednesday
Stayed home with Madeline today. The idea was for her to get some rest. She refused to sleep. She was down for maybe fifty minutes this morning. That was it. Did some shopping this afternoon. Gift certificates for various family...
December 7, 2004 Tuesday
Madeline's nose has been runny for a few days and in the last couple she developed a bad cough. Today I took her to the doctor. He heard a little bit of what he alternately called rasping and wheezing in...
December 6, 2004 Monday
Chicken Flauta Dinner - 4.19 Travel Mug Refill - 0.59 Cashier correctly parsed "No sour cream, double guacamole." Folks on the line made the dinner with sour cream and guacamole. As I arrived to pick it up they realized their...
Last week I deemed today the day we would go get a Christmas tree. Since we have been married Lexie and I have purchased a real tree each year. A couple years ago we even went and had one cut...
December 5, 2004 Sunday
I got Chloe'd today. I'm officially a part of the church. As I was exiting the education building Chloe met me on the path and requested a hug. She then told me, "I like you." I knew that was it....
December 4, 2004 Saturday
Kevin is noticing things. He's also noticing that some things affect other things. That second part is new. It's caught us a little flatfooted and we do a little scrambling. You know what I mean. Like when we pray for...
December 3, 2004 Friday
Kevin handed me his Magnadoodle and asked for "a dinosaur going to school." "How will we know that he's going to school, Kevin?" "He'll have his backpack on." Of course. How silly of me to ask. This request was a...
Chicken Quesadilla w/o Pico - 5.99 Soft Drink 20oz - 1.19 Kid's Meal Quesadilla, Rice & Beans - 2.99 2 Chicken Fajita Tacos Combo add letuce - 4.99 258 is the fairly new location on I-35 at O'Connor. If I...
December 2, 2004 Thursday
I skipped Taco Cabana today for the Thursday Daily Deal at Delaware Sub. They've recently moved to the strip center on Austin Highway at Vandiver. Not too far from some apartments where I once lived. The deal is $5.40 including...
December 1, 2004 Wednesday
Chicken Flauta Dinner - 4.19 Coffee Refill - 0.49 I had meetings today from noon to two, so I took my lunch a little early. The fellow who took my order on Monday was there again. "Flauta Dinner," says I....