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Another Reason That Cats are Great

They make us buy catnip, which may just kill termites.

Link via AMCGLTD

Crock Pot

I ordered propane yesterday morning, but since I refuse to pay the $65 emergency filling fee, I have no idea when it will be delivered (last time it was 11 days). So, last night we had leftovers (go microwave) and this morning I filled the crock pot with pork chops, so we'll have a homemade dinner tonight. I love using a crock pot and use it quite often during the summer (whenever we aren't cooking on the grill). Maybe tomorrow I will make bean soup in it. If we get really lucky, Harry will invite us for dinner Sunday (Harry is an awesome cook!). If not, I'll find a new recipe in my wonderfull crock cookbook, Fix It and Forget It, and use the Wonderful Spouse as a guinea pig.

Office

My computer survived the installation of Office 2003. Actually, much to my surprise, I didn't have any problems. I had it save my old Office 2000, so that if it gives me massive problems I can just go back to my previous version. The only thing that concerned me was that installing 2003 required that the old Outlook be uninstalled and the 2003 version take it's place. I took a moment to think about it, and decided what the heck - go for it.

All went smoothly and I got Office registered (a pain in the butt and one of the reasons I never went to Office XP). I took a quick look at Word and Outlook. Word was pretty much as usual (I didn't even type anything into it, so I'm just talking cosmetics here). The only difference was that there is a sidebar that shows the recently used documents and a couple of quick links. This might be something that Office XP has - I've never used it so don't know. I could see how it would be handy, but if you have a small monitor it would take up too much realestate. However, you can get rid of the sidebar, so it's no big deal.

Outlook was rather funky looking when I brought it up. As a matter of fact, I was kind of lost because there was way too much stuff there. I'm sure that it can be modified, which I will probably do, but I'll give it a go for a couple of weeks to see if it just takes getting used to. I'll capture a screen shot this weekend and post it so you can see what I'm talking about.

I didn't install anything but Office 2003 this time around. Later I will install Publisher and Visio (if I figure out which disk it is on - there are 15 disks because they send everything; server stuff and other business applications). Hopefully I will have some time to play with Office this weekend and see what is different. Just keep in mind that I don't know what is on Office XP, so I may end up describing stuff that is old hat to other people. I also don't really have much for high-end needs, so may miss the most usefull additions to the suite.

Wish Me Luck

I'm going to install the beta version of MS Office 2003 in a couple of minutes. It better not do anything to this nice new computer, I will be seriously PO'd if it does! Wish me luck/

Carnival of the Vanities

Just about every blog I visit has reminded me that the Carnival is being held at Dancing With Dogs. Since this is a blog that I hit every once in a while, and a very nice job was done (notice the clever icons), I figured I could give it a plug.

One Hot Day

Through AMCGLTD is the weather forcast for Dayton, Ohio for yesteday. Wow!

Propane

We have never run out of propane before, even though we only fill the tank about every 2 years. The propane company keeps sending threatening letters because we don't fill the tanks often enough (they think that we are getting propane from another company - using their tanks). Once I explained to them that I only use propane for the stove, so don't use much. I then had to explain that there are only 2 people in the house, so the stove isn't used every day (leftovers are what microwaves were designed for). Once they sent me a letter explaining how obviously I had too big a tank and they needed to come out and change out to smaller tanks. The smallest they allow is 2-50 gallon tanks. I then had to point out that we have 2-50 gallon tanks. We are at a stalemate - they threaten me and I ignore them and call them every 2 years. It seems to work for both of us

One Way To Get Out of Making Dinner

Last night I was going to make dinner. A Turkey pot pie that I had picked up while getting groceries (hey, I was getting home really late so needed something pre-made). After doing the dishes, I thought I would start the oven. I turned the knob and didn't hear the electronic ignition clicking (for those of you who don't know, I have a gas stove). Hmm, turn the knob back into the off position and try one of the stove burners. The burner worked. Try the oven again - success, I hear a couple of clicks!

But then I didn't hear the Whooosh, as the entire burner catches. I looked in and the starter flame is going, but nothing else. great, either my oven has shit the bed, or I'm out of propane. The Wonderful Spouse went and rattled the tanks - sure enough they are empty. So I did the incredibly hard job of picking up the phone and ordering pizza. The Wonderful Spouse drove to get the pizza, and life was good.

If I don't get a delivery of propane today, I guess we will have to get Cinese food tonight - darn

Not Much of a Life

If you have noticed the recurring theme of sending you to be awed by other people's accomplishments, that is because this week I have no life. I get up at 3:30, leave at 4:30, take care of Sam and make it to work about 6:00. I have been working late so by the time I take care of Sam, I haven't been getting home until about 6 PM. Then there is laundry, dinner, spending some time with my crew, talking with the Wonderful Spouse then bed at 8:30. So there's nothing interesting in my life going on to talk about!

Wichidude may be posting soon - which is really needed to keep my audience from dying from boredom!

Aced Mid-Term

No, not mine - I finally finished school. Anyway go congratulate Fred on his achievement!