Sunday, February 24, 2008
Week Past 02/18-02/24/08 (Lunar Eclipse)
Mon 02/18 is Presidents' Day. It's a Holiday to some and the Federal employees. It was also my day off. The place I mentioned in my Wed 02/20 we witnessed a
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Week Past 02/11-02/17/08
Thur 02/14 is Valentine's Day. W and I decided to celebrate it on Wed 02/13 to avoid the crowd. I was able to get off early since I'll be having a long day on Fri 02/15. And Thu is my day off and I don't feel like going out. So we tried Olive Garden an Italian Restaurant in Burnsville. I cannot recall if we've been here before. It might have been years ago. Their food is good. With the salad and bread it was filling. We had to ask for a box. We dropped by Pier 1 Imports afterwards situated near the restaurant to check on their clearance items. W bought additional rattan boxes that were on clearance. She's been organizing our pantry.
Thur my day off I just stayed home. I got caught up organizing our DVD collections. Or my collection. It's my vice. But I mostly buy the pre-viewed ones. I can't afford the new releases or don't want to spend that much money. Besides the pre-viewed ones work well.
As I mentioned earlier Fri 02/15 I had a long day at the office putting in 12 hours. One of my co-workers had to take a medical leave. Tiring day. Glad the week is over.
Thur my day off I just stayed home. I got caught up organizing our DVD collections. Or my collection. It's my vice. But I mostly buy the pre-viewed ones. I can't afford the new releases or don't want to spend that much money. Besides the pre-viewed ones work well.
As I mentioned earlier Fri 02/15 I had a long day at the office putting in 12 hours. One of my co-workers had to take a medical leave. Tiring day. Glad the week is over.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Week Past 02/04-02/10/08
Wed 02/06 is Ash Wednesday. Start of Lent. There's a mass scheduled in our church at 2:00 pm. I was wondering why the odd hour. It was my day off so I was able to go. Turned out the kids studying in the church's school are attending the mass. And some of them were assigned to put the ash sign of the cross on our foreheads. I was looking for W as she mentioned she'll drop by from work. I didn't see her on my way out. At home she said she saw me. She thought that I also saw her because I looked at her direction but did not acknowledge her. I said I just did a scan on the churchgoers. I guess that's what you call looking but not seeing.
Fri 02/08 W called the office to tell me she got a call from Manila informing her that my sister finally gave birth to a baby boy. Their fourth child. All of them boys. She just need another one to complete a basketball team. Congratulations. She really wanted a girl. But still grateful that the baby is normal and healthy.
The weather? Still in the negative temps. Why oh why?? The weatherman said we'll still be seeing that "Minnesota hunch" for quite a while. Describing how people hunched with their coats to protect themselves from the biting wind and cold.
Fri 02/08 W called the office to tell me she got a call from Manila informing her that my sister finally gave birth to a baby boy. Their fourth child. All of them boys. She just need another one to complete a basketball team. Congratulations. She really wanted a girl. But still grateful that the baby is normal and healthy.
The weather? Still in the negative temps. Why oh why?? The weatherman said we'll still be seeing that "Minnesota hunch" for quite a while. Describing how people hunched with their coats to protect themselves from the biting wind and cold.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Week Past 01/28-02/03/08
Sat 02/02 was Groundhog Day . I didn't follow the news so I don't know if the groundhog did not see its shadow meaning winter will end soon. Regardless we're still in the negative temps. This I think is the winter where we have the longest snap of negative temps. Weathermen say it's normal that's why MN is also sometimes referred to as the "Icebox" state. They say we were just spoiled these past years because of the "mild" winters. We were given a respite again on Mon 01/28 when the temp hits the 40's. A heat wave. But then on Tue 01/29 it went down to a -10 and on Wed 01/30 to a -14. What a swing.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Week Past 01/21-01/27/08
Tue 01/22 I finally got to pick up my car at the dealership after a week. To think that I was only planning to have it oil changed and be out of there in an hour. They still charged me for the oil change. Whatever they can "recover" since I didn't have to pay for anything for the engine block replacement. So far I didn't have any problem while driving this week. I still have to check on the gasoline consumption but it won't be "accurate" this winter with the cold temps.
Sun 01/27 after mass we met up with three (Ryan,Jove and "Catsup") of W's staff at the Clubhouse for brunch. Ryan worked on our ailing computer afterwards. We, or rather he, was able to get it running again with the new hard drive that my brother Jo installed in August when they were visiting. Meanwhile Jove and Catsup helped me assemble three shelves from IKEA that was in the basement since last year. To the pantry it went. I'd say quite a productivity for a Sun.
Your metabolism really slows down as you age. With our brunch I still felt full later in the day. But the guys are at it for merienda and early dinner. Looking back in my twenties and even thirties I also have that huge appetite.
Sun 01/27 we had a break from the negative temps. It hit the 40's. It nice to be walking out not feeling that freezing cold weather. Snow is still everywhere. With the total accumulation it's not enough to melt them away in one or two days of 40 temps.
Sun 01/27 after mass we met up with three (Ryan,Jove and "Catsup") of W's staff at the Clubhouse for brunch. Ryan worked on our ailing computer afterwards. We, or rather he, was able to get it running again with the new hard drive that my brother Jo installed in August when they were visiting. Meanwhile Jove and Catsup helped me assemble three shelves from IKEA that was in the basement since last year. To the pantry it went. I'd say quite a productivity for a Sun.
Your metabolism really slows down as you age. With our brunch I still felt full later in the day. But the guys are at it for merienda and early dinner. Looking back in my twenties and even thirties I also have that huge appetite.
Sun 01/27 we had a break from the negative temps. It hit the 40's. It nice to be walking out not feeling that freezing cold weather. Snow is still everywhere. With the total accumulation it's not enough to melt them away in one or two days of 40 temps.
