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Nevermind that

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 6:35 A GMT-06
For some reason, my last blog entry hit bloglines again.  I already got that whole ING thing taken care of, so back to your regularly scheduled blog reading.However, I'll send a little update while I'm here...been working a lot.  Re

Any INGDirect Users?

Monday, 30 June 2008 9:43 A GMT-06
I am looking to open an account at INGDirect.   Drop me an email at heysockbug at yahoo if you have a $25 referral link for me to use.  I'd much rather pass the $10 onto one of you guys than some random person.  First person t

Something I really like

Sunday, 15 June 2008 8:28 P GMT-06
about my new house... Instead of putting my spices in a cabinet like always, I bought cute little cans from the Container Store and made labels for them.  Love them!   

Tee Hee

Saturday, 31 May 2008 11:43 A GMT-06
Pattern is here .  Yarn is from Walmart. 

Something old, something new

Tuesday, 20 May 2008 5:14 P GMT-06
I have been in my new house for a little over two months.  You'd think I'd be able to eek out a few minutes for this blog, huh?  Well, better late than never.Here's a picture I took shortly after our move in here:In the process

Time flies...AKA The Homeless Entry

Saturday, 1 March 2008 11:32 P GMT-06
The last month and a half have been so traumatizing, I am not sure I want to relive them.  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

The Next Phase

Sunday, 13 January 2008 5:21 P GMT-06
First up, let me apologize if you are having trouble reading this.  Blog-city made me change versions at the end of the year and this version is much less user friendly than the last.  I still can't figure out how to change the color of

How The Sub-Prime Debacle is Affecting Me, a Cautionary Tale With Math

Saturday, 5 January 2008 7:38 P GMT-06
So, you would think if we got an offer on our home we'd be jumping up and down, right?  Well not quite yet.  We purchased this house 1.5 years ago for $449,000.  This was exactly the same amount of money that the sellers had paid f

Mo Joe

Wednesday, 2 January 2008 8:39 P GMT-06
Hey!  Welcome to 2008!  Things have started off with a bang here.  Back around my birthday, my Bestest Buddy came to visit me.  She brought me all kinds of goodies and lots of cheer, which was sorely needed.Possibly the best thing

Last Minute Stocking Ornament

Monday, 24 December 2007 7:29 A GMT-06
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.  I was planning on making a few of these to give to my co-workers, but I decid

You're Going to Freak Out

Saturday, 22 December 2007 8:23 P GMT-06
Looky here... If I remember you guys rightly, you're going to want to know how I did this, right? 

Nothing, really

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 7:51 P GMT-06
I got off work early today.  Ordinarily, this would not make me sad, but I had absolutely nothing to do.  My meager holiday shopping is done.  My greeting cards are mailed.  Howdy is working late and Daughter the Younger is at Aun

It's All About Free Food

Sunday, 2 December 2007 8:10 P GMT-06
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

SSDY

Friday, 26 October 2007 5:03 P GMT-06
Gosh, things are bleak here at Chez Sockbug.  I am still working at my accounting job.  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

A Book Review..With 100% More Opinions Than Your Average Review!

Monday, 3 September 2007 8:30 A GMT-06
And now for something completely different.I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver.  I can't really tell you what drove me to request this book from the library.  As I grew up, my p

It's Hard...

Thursday, 30 August 2007 8:42 P GMT-06
You know...Those of you who've been following along for awhile...my Blog-City neighbors, those of you who've stopped by to grab a pattern to use for a Sock-a-whatever pal and stayed, those who've just stumbled here...you know the past yea

Well Thank God He's Not Gay!

Tuesday, 28 August 2007 7:05 P GMT-06
Warning!  Strong and political opinions here.  No knitting content.  You have been warned.  I am sure I'm not the only one who's heard about Idaho senator Larry Craig and his loud protests that he's not gay.  Well

Released

Thursday, 16 August 2007 8:56 P GMT-06
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!  I think I'll go and catch up on my other wastes of time now...Hello Huge Bloglines Feed!

Help!

Wednesday, 15 August 2007 7:20 P GMT-06
I'm trapped in a Harry Potter book and I can't get out!  Send reinforcements!

A Little Late to the Party

Friday, 10 August 2007 9:23 P GMT-06
Howdy finished the last Harry Potter book yesterday, on his day off.  I wondered why he hadn'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

You Won't Believe This...

Friday, 15 June 2007 9:11 P GMT-06
So, Howdy went for his interview on Thursday at a chain retailer that will be familiar to those of you in Houston.  Interview was bizarre, held in the very public breakroom of said store, by two guys with very little interview experience. 

My Gosh, it *Has* Been Two Months!

Sunday, 10 June 2007 10:12 A GMT-06
I have actually started several entries during this hiatus, but promptly trashed them because they sounded too self-indulgent.  Monique was kind enough to ask how things were going...well, nothing's really changed.  I am still working a

Galveston Geocaching

Sunday, 6 May 2007 11:35 A GMT-06
Yesterday, we went Geocaching in Galveston again.  The weather was perfect, 80º and mostly cloudy.  A little too windy, but that was bearable.  When we first got there, hit a couple of caches and went to the NOAA Sea Tur

Howdy Takes a Quiz

Friday, 4 May 2007 8:49 P GMT-06
The circus is done and packed up, so Howdy applied for a job here in Houston with a well-known adult beverage store.  There was the usual jumble of questions, followed by a short math quiz, which included two "bonus" questions.  I

What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

Friday, 20 April 2007 9:43 P GMT-06
I can remember being in "Careers" 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.  They worked like those "Choose Y