Posted on May 31, 2008 by topsytechie
My dear hubby will tell you that he doesn’t get all that much say-so in his life. At this stage of his life cycle, he is rather on the low end of the power totem-pole. Somewhat tied into the demands of family life, church life, and running a homeless shelter, his days and hours are [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by topsytechie
My loyal readers know I am big on confessions…so I have another one to make. When I saw the video below, I seriously started wondering just how badly our boys need that college fund of theirs. I know I should feel guilty for even having the thought flit across my little techie brain – – [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by topsytechie
No one has ever put me in charge of anything financially important. The US Treasury has never called on me. My tax preparation software always asks me to double check my facts. I even lost the 7th grade student council election for treasurer. That has always ticked me off. The girl who won got ‘C’s [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2008 by topsytechie
Uber looked over at me from his side of the bench. “I feel kind of guilty.” We were enjoying a few minutes of down time this morning in a picture-perfect courtyard outside a picture-perfect 19th century Episcopal cathedral. There were cobblestone pathways below us and ancient oaks overhead. The wind was stirring just enough breeze [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2008 by topsytechie
Have you seen those Yoplait ads, where the women are sitting around eating their incredibly tasty yogurt, and comparing the experience with the height of everything good they can imagine?? They say things like…”This is not-standing-in-line-at-the-ladies-room good” or “dating-a-masseuse good”….you know the ones, right?
I like yogurt fine, but I probably wouldn’t compare it to –say–being [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2008 by topsytechie
Well, H-T would shoot daggers out his eyes at me if I actually referred to him as “little child,” but we’ll go with it for the sake of the reference. He is safely back home, by the way, and had an incredibly cool time swimming with manatees and riding in speed boats and pulling up [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by topsytechie
As some of you know, this blog is the result of a blog writing course I took called “Black Belt Blogging.” It was an amazing experience, and I met some terrific new bloggers, many of whom are still on my blogroll! The class was a transformational time for me, because it opened up my eyes [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by topsytechie
Do waivers make you nervous? I had no idea I had a phobia of waivers until this week, when I’ve had to sign a BUNCH of them for H-T’s manatee trip. Yep, this is the big week, and obviously that means time to sign away H-T’s life so that no one gets ((((shudder)))) sued or [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by topsytechie
So you may or may not have heard of Hulu, but if you haven’t, please feel free to come over and have H-T give you a masters course. Hulu takes the available online television and movie content and puts in all in one easy-to-veg-out-for-eternity location. And H-T is pretty certain it was created with him [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by topsytechie
Ok, so an important update on our free plane ticket conundrum……we’re goin’ to Vegas!! Well, I should clear that up. Two of us are going to Vegas. The more we discussed our possible family vacation, the more Uber began to ponder the unfairness of little brother’s upcoming swimming with the manatees trip. I mean, he has no [...]
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