I bought $250 worth of beer, wine, and alkehol for the Referees Party in a weeks time.

So the referees really are blind... drunk at least.

Well at least the day before the tourny many of them may be. Actually the Ref accessors who come to town, about 10 or so this year, drink a hell of a lot more than the actual refs. I bet there are about 1/3 who drink moderately, 1/3 who drink occasionally, and then 1/3 who don't drink at all. And of course there are the one or two who push the limit, but they are rare in this group. Everyone takes it pretty seriously. The Beer is mostly Guinness and Bass which is not cheap.

The blind part is probably more true. :D

I do most of the shopping and I haven't shopped since my surgery three weeks ago. It got pretty spartan...

How's he going to get it back home?

Pico, what I meant was, the son in the picture was not the son receiving the keyboard. I took a big risk in involving the pictured son in the acquisition, because the kid cannot keep a secret, even for the 2 hours between wrapping and unwrapping. Within 10 minutes of seeing other son, pictured son asked unpictured son if he liked music.

HLJ, he isn't taking it to his mom's house. He will be back here in 2 months for the summer. It's an "at Dad's house" item. We do that because items that go to their mom's house end up mysteriously disappearing, being sold on Ebay, broken or just boxed up and stored.

I know you meant nothing by it, HLJ, but for future reference, you should be careful when talking to a joint-custodial parent about where "home" is. It has the potential to offend.

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Tasty

AND for a future project
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No offense taken, Clod (and HLJ.) The only time that phrasing really bothers me anymore is when people say it that way to them. I don't want them to feel that they are just visiting here. I want them to understand that this place is also home.

Its Tough having to have 2 sets of toys and stuff for kids in this kind of situation ( been there done that ) ,
take the Hi Ground , Dont talk trash about Psyco Mom in front of the kids , they will figure it out for them self's

Zip, I don't think you've got enough hay bales for a maze. :D

Yeah, having two sets is weird, and clothes we just can't do. Usually we end up just adding to the clothes repertoire and hoping they get a chance to wear them after the summer, too. Kids grow out of them fast, anyway.

We try to suppress the urge to trash talk. Pretty successful at it. They have begun to figure it out. Not old enough to make "the choice" if they want to, but I wonder what the next couple of years will bring.

I bought a small bird feeder to replace the one I made. Then when they stick up their little beaks at that one too, I'll buy them a primo- mesh awesome bird feeder.

Bought some shoes for not pictured child and shoes for me. Bought groceries, too.

got more groceries again. I love grocery shopping.

Yay!! Congratulations!!

You'll be wanting a copy of Calibre (free) with that so you can convert PDFs on your own.

nuffink

Frugal Mom.

yarly. And nuffink so far today either.

Coffees for hubs and I, goofy sugary drink for daughter.

Where do I get one of those? Convert what to PDF? Please lead and guide me ....

HTC EVO 4G from Sprint
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Ebay bidding on a pair of old school RayBan Wayfarer sunglasses
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Grilled House Zalad from Zaxby's. That's what I bought today.

....but then I bought beer


Today, I need to buy an orange bedsheet, two orange t-shirts, toothbrush heads, teethbrushi and dental floss. no genital floss.

I just bought my first dslr camera!

The little casio pocket camera was ok but it really wasn't up to the job of large-scale archival study. Kept overheating, and wasn't stable enough in the archive's tripods which meant I had to hold the camera over the books: bit of a pain in the neck when taking 400+ shots.

I've gone for a pretty basic starter camera, no need for all the bells and whistles. Though I did also get a set of filters in case I need to go in close for smaller writing. It's had mixed reviews, but I feel safe with Canon, so have gone for a Canon EOS 1000D

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Not today, but a week ago I ordered all of the parts for a new computer. They arrive today.

I has more than a little happy.

Exciting!

Haven't bought it yet ... but it looks like I'm buying Cylinder #1 (of six).

Tuesday, car was fine.

Wednesday, noticed a wee bit of hesitation occasionally while driving. I'm pretty sensitive to changes in the engine noises.

Thursday, riding really rough, nearly wanting to stall out at idle, problems spinning up the RPMs, ran mostly okay while puttering along.

Then the idiot light came on. The one that's a little picture of the engine, in yellow.

While driving grab owner's manual out of center console, hold it against steering wheel, page through to find ... on steady indicates fault, usually in emissions control system, or possibly means gas cap is loose.

Pull over and check in pouring rain.

Gas cap wasn't loose.

Light stayed on.

Drove onward.

Idiot light starts flashing.

Manual against the steering wheel again, notice second sentence for first time ... if light is flashing indicates more serious problem, could result in fire.

FIRE??

mother fuck.

stopped flashing.

Had very nervous ride to work (not from home, of course, I was about 20 miles away, with lots of turns and traffic lights between here and there. Sat at lights in park revving engine over 1K RPMs to prevent stall.

Limped it home, and then into the mechanic today.

Diagnosis took about 1/2 hour (there wasn't anyone ahead of me), and when the guy came in with the estimate he chatted with me a little about my Kindle ... and I said, "okay, you've distracted me a little and calmed me down ... go for it."

After he was finished his explanation, I replied, "did you just say it will be under $1000? May I hug you?"

Thanks wolf. I installed Calibre and am playing with it instead of doing my work.

Naughty!

I haven't bought anything today (yet)

But it didn't happen. I should probably go do that now. ugh.

Bought a bunch of seeds and a new soaker hose. It's springtime, bitches!

maybe in crazyland, we still have a couple of feet of snow :(

There's this mysterious bright orb in the sky. Things are, well...it's like some kind of light is making things brigher, easier to see, less melancholy.

I have some vague recollection of this phenomenon.

Today, I bought the much-appreciated help of a few friends (and relatives of friends) to drag away a bunch of trees and brush I've been whacking back this past week.

Twenty dollars cash to each participant - $80

Awesome homemade chili - $8

A little something to drink and smoke - $40

My enthusiastic thanks and a hearty handshake - $0

The fact that I'm not out there in the rain and the mud; they are - PRICELESS!

A salad. At bob evans. I ate it in the presence of sausage patties, breaded mushrooms and fried cheese.

But I had the salad.

Buncha galvanized hardware for a cheese press.

not tellin'.

but it still wasn't the toothbrushes et al.

I had a gift card, so today I bought a coffee and a pretty nice cup.

Breakfast and lunch. I may start buying sex soon if this dry spell continues.

Photos with the Stanley Cup.

Not today, but last night: an I-pad2 for mum's 65th Birthday.

Orange bedsheet not for the bed?

NO. For a banner for the swim team :D

A house!

Hubby's dad co-signed, and we signed off on subjects last week. Posession Sept 15, move in sept 24.
Never expected it to happen, and when it did... it was fast- from thinking about it, to signing off on subjects was 2 weeks!

Good timing!

I bought bras, a house number plate and some letter stickers, vaccum cleaner belts, tampons, mouthwash, lens solution, moisturizer, diet coke, a padlock, D batteries and chips.

CONGRATS Jay!

Last Friday I bought a used hydraulic forging press. It should be here on Friday. They will load it into my truck at the freight terminal. I'm excited and terrified that I have to rent a forklift to get it out of the truck and into my garage....

Today I bought digestive enzymes, 3 new CDs for myself, a new immersion blender, and a real watch for Minifob.

two cups of coffee and a croissant ( yes breakfast ) but give me a chance.. it's only 9.30am.

Does that make it a fob watch?

Nothing.
Yesterday I bought a HUGE baking potato (big enough for Mum, Dad and me), a red onion and a tin of chopped tomatoes. That was for baked sardines with layered potato and onions.

Today I am marinating salmon with ingredients already purchased (and used often).
Mum bought the salmon, but it was a freezer pack, so bought weeks ago.
It's a bit of a cheat, but I feel good about not spending anything anyway.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh baked sardines...."dreaming of Greece"

They were really yummy!

Mum is happy to buy the protein if I supply the sides, and more importantly cook them :)
She's come round to the idea that although I cook differently, she actually enjoys what I make, or at least employs constructive criticism, which I can take without rancour.. (usually)

Happiness all round.

Salmon with ginger, spring onion and soy sauce tonight.
Oops, perhaps this should be in the recipe thread!

7 yards of elastic cord,

and then 30 minutes later I did it again.

A 12oz CO2 tank, two pairs of shorts and two belts.

Five bananas, four "pink lady" apples, some Crazy Jack figs, a granary loaf and a pot of peach and wholegrain yoghurt.

mrs. G bought one of these placards last night.. now we just have to put it up in a location where the neighbourhood dogs will see it.

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A ticket for the homecoming dance and the class shirt, and a student athletics pass. Bloomin' hemorrhaging money I am