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June 06, 2008
lots of little things
The last few days have been hugely productive. In that time, I/we have:
- bought a white ceiling fan and remote kit for the bedroom
- bought a new reasonably-sized and energy-efficient air conditioner for the bedroom
- accidentally ordered the "kettle chips" appetizer at John Harvard's Brewery, which I was expecting to be a small bowl of chips but which turned out to be basically potato chip nachos with cheese and bacon and scallions and sour cream and of course a ton of kettle chips, thus undoing any good that came from going to the gym/ordering a salad for my entree
- discovered that the ceiling fan required not a half-inch pancake box but a full-size box, requiring a trip to Home Depot
- correctly and without mishap installed the white ceiling fan
- more or less balanced the new ceiling fan so it doesn't wobble too much, although the living room fan doesn't wobble at all, which means at some point I'm going to have to work on it again to get it absolutely perfect
- did laundry
- got rid of an ugly hall light and replaced it with the old overhead light from the bedroom
- watched the Celtics beat the Lakers in game 1 of the NBA finals, which Kara got to see in person--the perks of working for a big company--and it was an exceptional game
- wrapped up our wedding registry (we're registered at Crate and Barrel and Macy's), removing a few items that we really didn't need and adding some nice Victorinox luggage that we would like
- became a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 892, in Gloucester, MA
- made turkey chili
- put up some posterboard so we can keep track of our "Countdown to the Big Show," aka things that we need to do before the wedding
- looked at and mostly decided on groomsmen gifts (it's kinda funny that most of the people who will read this are groomsmen anyway...the gifts are going to be custom engraved rocks, and by custom engraved, I mean I will draw on them with permanent marker)
I think that's it. There was some work stuff too. I'm wrapping up three big projects, one of which needs about 8 hours more work, one of which is in the vendor bidding stage, and one of which is ready to go to QA as soon as I finish the QA writeup. It's very busy!
And that's all for now. Looks like it's going to be me and the groomsmen for the Vegas Bachelor Extravaganza, and I can't wait...it'll be a very neat vacation, and I think we can do it for a reasonable cost as well. I'm especially excited that there will be a number of Vegas Virgins in the contingent, so that will be a really great excuse to do what I enjoy anyway, which is walk through the absolutely amazing entertainment venues that the strip offers and see as many casinos as possible.
Posted by Mark at June 6, 2008 12:01 AM
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I'm glad I'll get to be there in Vegas to make sure you and MJP don't decide to get married to each other by Fat Elvis.
Posted by: Brian Eden at June 6, 2008 11:07 AM
custom engraved rocks!?! Sweet!!!
Posted by: Matt D at June 7, 2008 11:09 AM
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