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It's a little warm in my apt

Current temperature in my apt near the kitchen:

And in my living room:

That's with my air conditioner on.  The upper temperature is the internal temperature.  The bottom left is the current outdoor temperature.  The sensor is in direct sunlight so it's artificially elevated.  I am actually pretty comfortable since I have the fan blowing directly on me.  My kitties are hiding under the bed.

GIANT Moth

I just took some garbage to the bin and when I returned I saw this giant moth.  

FYI - that's a quarter for comparison.

Snow! Everybody run home.

Good to know?

I could survive for 1 minute, 9 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

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via Don

I'm going to be 40...

In 365 days.  So that means that today I am... 39!!!  Really it just means that everyone will give me crap all day long about how I am getting older and how much grey hair I have.  I don't feel older except when I read about the kids I used to babysit.  They are getting married, having children, graduating from graduate school.  Then I feel extremely old.  

Removing the Junk

In August 2006 I took a trip to Salt Lake City, UT to visit my Mom and to get out of my apartment.  I had been fired from my job on July 26th.  

While I was in Salt Lake my Mom and I spent many hours cleaning out the basement and the garage.  We were gathering up items to bring back to Seattle and getting rid of a bunch of stuff.  

Here is a partial list of what we threw out:

4 Stud Finders

8 Planes

50+ lbs of miscellaneous hardware of unknown origin

13 power receptacles

1 pneumatic door closer

16 handles for doors of various types and in various conditions

3 battery chargers and untold batteries

3-5 water filters of unknown origin

20 feet of 1/2 inch garden hose from the late 80's

9 bottles of transmission fluid for a vehicle that has been gone for 12+ years

12 spark plugs for same vehicle

1 box of automobile battery acid

1 gallon of muriatic acid

All of these items were saved by my father over 20+ years.  The 50+ lbs of hardware was from saving this screw and that nail regardless of the condition.  Some were in bags and had obviously never been used.  He never labeled anything so you couldn't tell what it was from.  The planes are interesting because I don't remember my dad ever using them.  How many stud finders does one person need?  The garden hose was cracked and had been unusable for many years.  We had to take the battery acid and the muriatic acid to the hazardous waste facility.  

I was going to write this up right when I got home from that trip, but I completely forgot about it until I found the list this week while I was cleaning some papers from around my desk.

Wondering how my brother got to my pen...

Several years ago I was at Rock Bottom with my Mom and my brother.  When we completed our meal and had paid, my brother proceeded to take the server's pen apart and spread the pieces around the area of the restaurant we were in.  

Today I was getting gas and when I grabbed the pen I leave in my car to write down my odometer reading, it burst into a "million" pieces.  My first thought: "How did my brother get to my pen?" ;)

 

Beautiful day in Bothell

Walked down to take my garbage and get my mail with the sun shining and only a few clouds.

Tagged

My friend Julie Anne tagged me on this. While I find these very irritating - I will play along...

The rules:
A. The rules are posted at the beginning
B. Answer the questions about yourself
C. Tag someone at the end, let them know in a comment on their blogs that they have been tagged.

What were you doing 10 yrs ago?
I was living in Salt Lake City, Utah with my Mom in the house I grew up in. I was working in an environmental lab.

Snacks I enjoy:
1. Clam Dip and chips
2. Crescent rolls
3. Nachos
4. Cream Cheese and crackers
5. Apples (but only on special occasions)

Five things on my to-do list today:
1. Review several documents
2. Clean my bathroom
3. Change my sheets
4. Brush my cats
5. Go to the grocery store

Things I would do if I became a billionaire:
1. Buy a huge house with a giant bathtub
2. Travel - Australia, Hawaii, Europe
3. Buy an old Tempest video game
4. Buy my brother Discs of Tron
5. Provide a sanctuary where people can leave and visit their pets until they get back on their feet.

3 bad habits:
1. Picking at my face
2. Swearing.
3. Eating junk food

5 places I have lived: (I have to stretch on this one)
1. Salt Lake City, UT (Avenues)
2. Salt Lake City, UT (Sugarhouse)
3. Salt Lake City, UT (Avenues)
4. Kenmore, WA
5. Bothell, WA

Jobs I have had:
1. Retail sales
2. Office manager
3. Organic extractionist
4. GC/MS Analyst
5. Support Engineer

Things many people don’t know about me:
1. I have a BS in biology
2. I have owned 4 Saturns
3. I have thought about getting snake for a pet
4. I had hermits crabs for pets when I was younger

I am tagging Don.

IMO!