January 22, 2010

Happy birthday to Heather and Laurie today. We have a lot of January birthdays in our family! I'm a little frustrated right now, because I wanted to post pictures of them, and they are all locked away in Budd's computer, behind a password. I don't know why he needs a password, he has no secrets from me, lol. He'll be home for lunch in a couple of hours, and I'll torture it out of him. Withhold his birthday cake, or something.

We had a major ice storm last night, very violent, It was scary to listen to, but our little house held up, and as far as I know we didn't even have any roof leaks. I was playing online poker (play money chips...I'm too cheap to play for real money) and had just raised with two pair, aces and kings, when the power went out. Fortunately, it came back on a few seconds later. Although I timed out in my game and my hand was folded, I came back to win the whole thing...first place. I now have over 220,000 chips, as it's the second tournament I've won in the last three or four days. Wonder if I can buy an investment property with them?

Fortunately also, I went to the laundry despite rain and wind yesterday, and we have plenty of groceries, so we can cocoon in our warm little space and not have to go anywhere until the sun comes out on Sunday. As I was getting home from the laundry I saw our next-door-neighbor, who offered the loan of some of her books and informed me that there is a washer and dryer in the 'bunkhouse', currently unoccupied, next door. It will be a great relief to be able to step over there and do one load when needed rather than the three-hour ordeal I've been going through. I can never seem to find one of the wheeled carts that will actually go in any straight direction. Yesterday I think I discovered the reason...several little boys using them for bumper cars, with one in the cart and another pushing. I don't think they were designed for 80-lb loads.

Speaking of frustrating little annoyances, our bank failed at a very inconvenient time, not that there is any really convenient time. While we are in transition between the old and new banks, and temporarily unable to access our money online, birthday gifts to beautiful twin daughters will be late. On the other hand, maybe they should be used to it by now. Because their dad's birthday and our anniversary fall two days before their birthday, I am usually focused on our celebration and chronically late with theirs. That's what they get for arriving in this world five weeks early. They should have waited, lol. But then they would have been right next to my mother's birthday. Oh well, happy birthday to them again anyway.