<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from sockbug.blog-city.com</title><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 sockbug.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 23:37:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from sockbug.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Time flies...AKA The Homeless Entry</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/time_fliesaka_the_homeless_entry.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/time_fliesaka_the_homeless_entry.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=time%5Ffliesaka%5Fthe%5Fhomeless%5Fentry</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The last month and a half have been so traumatizing, I am not sure I want to relive them.&nbsp; Do you know that when you close a home sale here in Houston, all the parties are supposed to meet around the same table and everyone signs the papers at t]]></description></item><item><title>The Next Phase</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/the_next_phase_1.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/the_next_phase_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fnext%5Fphase%5F1</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First up, let me apologize if you are having trouble reading this.&nbsp; Blog-city made me change versions at the end of the year and this version is much less user friendly than the last.&nbsp; I still can&#39;t figure out how to change the color of]]></description></item><item><title>How The Sub-Prime Debacle is Affecting Me, a Cautionary Tale With Math</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/how_the_subprime_debacle_is_affecting_me_a_cautionary_tale.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/how_the_subprime_debacle_is_affecting_me_a_cautionary_tale.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fthe%5Fsubprime%5Fdebacle%5Fis%5Faffecting%5Fme%5Fa%5Fcautionary%5Ftale</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, you would think if we got an offer on our home we&#39;d be jumping up and down, right?&nbsp; Well not quite yet.&nbsp; We purchased this house 1.5 years ago for $449,000.&nbsp; This was exactly the same amount of money that the sellers had paid f]]></description></item><item><title>Mo Joe</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/mo_joe.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/mo_joe.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mo%5Fjoe</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hey!&nbsp; Welcome to 2008!&nbsp; Things have started off with a bang here.&nbsp; Back around my birthday, my Bestest Buddy came to visit me.&nbsp; She brought me all kinds of goodies and lots of cheer, which was sorely needed.Possibly the best thing]]></description></item><item><title>Last Minute Stocking Ornament</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/last_minute_stocking_ornament_1.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/last_minute_stocking_ornament_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=last%5Fminute%5Fstocking%5Fornament%5F1</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First off, raise your hand if you have ever torn apart a whole closet looking for three measly skeins of yarn that you knew you had somewhere...Okay, on to this sock.&nbsp; I was planning on making a few of these to give to my co-workers, but I decid]]></description></item><item><title>You&apos;re Going to Freak Out</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/youre_going_to_freak_out.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/youre_going_to_freak_out.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=youre%5Fgoing%5Fto%5Ffreak%5Fout</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looky here...&nbsp;If I remember you guys rightly, you&#39;re going to want to know how I did this, right?&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Nothing, really</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/nothing_really.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/nothing_really.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nothing%5Freally</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I got off work early today.&nbsp; Ordinarily, this would not make me sad, but I had absolutely nothing to do.&nbsp; My meager holiday shopping is done.&nbsp; My greeting cards are mailed.&nbsp; Howdy is working late and Daughter the Younger is at Aun]]></description></item><item><title>It&apos;s All About Free Food</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/its_all_about_free_food.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/its_all_about_free_food.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=its%5Fall%5Fabout%5Ffree%5Ffood</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, I feel obligated to tell you all upfront.  We are not out of money yet.  Now, on to a story.A while ago, Howdy was invited to a wine tasting.  [Howdy works for a liquor store]  Free wine was good, but this event also promise]]></description></item><item><title>SSDY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/ssdy.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/ssdy.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ssdy</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gosh, things are bleak here at Chez Sockbug.&nbsp; I am still working at my accounting job.&nbsp; I balance the books for people with much less intelligence than me, with more money than they can count. (Which is, of course, why I have a job, to coun]]></description></item><item><title>A Book Review..With 100% More Opinions Than Your Average Review!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/a_book_reviewwith_100_more_opinions_than_your_average_review.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/a_book_reviewwith_100_more_opinions_than_your_average_review.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fbook%5Freviewwith%5F100%5Fmore%5Fopinions%5Fthan%5Fyour%5Faverage%5Freview</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And now for something completely different.I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver.&nbsp; I can&#39;t really tell you what drove me to request this book from the library.&nbsp; As I grew up, my p]]></description></item><item><title>It&apos;s Hard...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/its_hard.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/its_hard.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=its%5Fhard</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You know...Those of you who&#39;ve been following along for awhile...my Blog-City neighbors, those of you who&#39;ve stopped by to grab a pattern to use for a Sock-a-whatever pal and stayed, those who&#39;ve just stumbled here...you know the past yea]]></description></item><item><title>Well Thank God He&apos;s Not Gay!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/well_thank_god_hes_not_gay.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/well_thank_god_hes_not_gay.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=well%5Fthank%5Fgod%5Fhes%5Fnot%5Fgay</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Warning!&nbsp; Strong and political opinions here.&nbsp; No knitting content.&nbsp; You have been warned.&nbsp; I am sure I&#39;m not the only one who&#39;s heard about Idaho senator Larry Craig and his loud protests that he&#39;s not gay.&nbsp; Well]]></description></item><item><title>Released</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/released.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/released.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=released</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am happy to report that as of noon today, I have been released from the curse of the Harry Potter books and I am free to pursue other reading!&nbsp; I think I&#39;ll go and catch up on my other wastes of time now...Hello Huge Bloglines Feed!]]></description></item><item><title>Help!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/help.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/help.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=help</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m trapped in a Harry Potter book and I can&#39;t get out!&nbsp; Send reinforcements!]]></description></item><item><title>A Little Late to the Party</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/a_little_late_to_the_party.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/a_little_late_to_the_party.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Flittle%5Flate%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Howdy finished the last Harry Potter book yesterday, on his day off.&nbsp; I wondered why he hadn&#39;t gone to the grocery store like he said he was going to, but then I spied the book sitting triumphantly on his dresser, the bookmark clearly toward]]></description></item><item><title>You Won&apos;t Believe This...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/you_wont_believe_this.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/you_wont_believe_this.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=you%5Fwont%5Fbelieve%5Fthis</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, Howdy went for his interview on Thursday at a chain retailer that will be familiar to those of you in Houston.&nbsp; Interview was bizarre, held in the very public breakroom of said store, by two guys with very little interview experience.&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>My Gosh, it *Has* Been Two Months!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/my_gosh_it_has_been_two_months.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/my_gosh_it_has_been_two_months.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Fgosh%5Fit%5Fhas%5Fbeen%5Ftwo%5Fmonths</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have actually started several entries during this hiatus, but promptly trashed them because they sounded too self-indulgent.&nbsp; Monique was kind enough to ask how things were going...well, nothing&#39;s really changed.&nbsp; I am still working a]]></description></item><item><title>Galveston Geocaching</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/galveston_geocaching.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/galveston_geocaching.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=galveston%5Fgeocaching</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we went Geocaching in Galveston again.&nbsp; The weather was perfect, 80&ordm;&nbsp;and mostly cloudy.&nbsp; A little too windy, but that was bearable.&nbsp; When we first got there, hit&nbsp;a couple of caches and went to the NOAA Sea Tur]]></description></item><item><title>Howdy Takes a Quiz</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/howdy_takes_a_quiz.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/howdy_takes_a_quiz.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 02:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=howdy%5Ftakes%5Fa%5Fquiz</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The circus is done and packed up, so Howdy applied for a job here in Houston with a well-known adult beverage store.&nbsp; There was the usual jumble of questions, followed by a short math quiz, which included two &quot;bonus&quot; questions.&nbsp; I]]></description></item><item><title>What I Want To Be When I Grow Up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/what_i_want_to_be_when_i_grow_up.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/what_i_want_to_be_when_i_grow_up.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fi%5Fwant%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fwhen%5Fi%5Fgrow%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I can remember being in &quot;Careers&quot; class in middle school...back before the last ice age...I can remember we took these assessment tests that were supposed to tell you what job you were suited for.&nbsp; They worked like those &quot;Choose Y]]></description></item><item><title>The Tax Day Cometh</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/the_tax_day_cometh.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/the_tax_day_cometh.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ftax%5Fday%5Fcometh</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Howdy and I will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary this year.&nbsp; The first year we were married, we owed income taxes.&nbsp; I decided that it was a sign that I should take over our finances and as a result, we have received refunds every yea]]></description></item><item><title>Spring Forward</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/spring_forward.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/spring_forward.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=spring%5Fforward</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is my first spring in Houston.  I think it happens overnight.  All at once, everything is blooming or leafing out.  Here are some shots I took around the yard a couple of weeks ago...        ]]></description></item><item><title>New Duds</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/new_duds.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/new_duds.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fduds</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Houston is the most amazing place for thrift shopping.&nbsp; Really.&nbsp; Take today, for instance.&nbsp; I stopped by the local NAM Resale Shop on my way to work this afternoon.&nbsp; It&#39;s a tiny store, especially compared the the behemoth that]]></description></item><item><title>Let&apos;s Get Our Taxes Done!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/lets_get_our_taxes_done.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/lets_get_our_taxes_done.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lets%5Fget%5Four%5Ftaxes%5Fdone</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, a couple of weeks ago, I told Howdy that we needed intervention in our taxes.&nbsp; There were questions that I didn&#39;t feel qualified to answer.&nbsp; We asked our realtor to suggest an accountant to use.&nbsp; We made an appointment with the]]></description></item><item><title>Disturbance in the Force</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sockbug.blog-city.com/disturbance_in_the_force.htm</guid><link>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/disturbance_in_the_force.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sockbug.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=disturbance%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fforce</comments><dc:creator>sockbug</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Did&#39;ja feel it yesterday?&nbsp; That disturbance in the force?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Well, here&#39;s the deal...Howdy and I awoke yesterday morning in our hotel, in Detroit, to 3 inches of snow.&nbsp; Pretty, but not very practical for travelling folk]]></description></item></channel></rss>