Monthly Archives: January 2009

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The Cow Says Moo

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The Cow says Moo
Photo-A-Day #1388

For some reason the see and say won’t get out of my head. We don’t have one but I just remember the commercials and that is what is in my head as I write this post. No creativity tonight, this is a photo of Eva’s new cow that she got at Hersey Park. Allison too her to the free ride that they have that explains how chocolate is made. Afterward they went to the gift show and Eva snatched up this cute little bovine.

Quiet day around here, after church I took a nap on the couch, sitting up (I’m starting to get like my friend Neil – long story from skiing). Then I went to the supermarket. I was very disappointed to see that there were no pepper jack Cheez-Its at the store. They had every other flavor. I’m not happy with that because The Pepper Jack Cheez-It is the most perfect alternate Cheez-It ever. The Sunshine people are just stinging me along with promises of tasty alternate Cheez-Its and when I find one I truly love it is no where to be found.

I did try something new in the store and I think that Stop & Shop is really embracing a culture that likes constant information and use of technology. I always use the personal shopper scanners and so I scan and bag my groceries throughout the trip. I had never used the Deli Kiosk though to place my deli order. I saw the line of people and decided to check it out. I went over scanned my Stop & Shop card and placed my order. They have an option for favorites so that if you get 1lb of American Cheese each week then that is your favorite and it makes for an easy reorder. But what I really liked was that the kiosk could text you when the order was ready, so I could go, shop and when the order was up and ready I’d get a text message on my phone to let me know I could pick it up. Of course I find out that this is redundant for me because by using the personal shopper scanner and because I used my Stop & Shop card at the kiosk the two devices were tied together and a message came up on my scanner to tell em that my order was ready. I love this technology. The one thing it is missing is the ability to actually place your order on the personal shopper scanner. Now that would certainly be something awesome.

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Waiting for Eva

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Waiting for Eva
Photo-A-Day #1387

Duncan hanging out at the house waiting for Allison and Eva to come home.

Today was one of those days that I relaxed. I never sleep in, I’m an up at 5:30 each morning kind of guy but today I slept in and then hung out and read my comic books while Duncan and Oliver hung out on the bed with me. We lock them out at night because Duncan likes to climb on the headboard, except we have a wrought iron frame and the top bar is less than an inch in diameter. This does not stop Duncan from climbing up there and then climbing onto the window. He then ends up behind the curtain and can’t get down. I have this fear that one night he’s going to land on my head, hence the banishment.

So when the cats get a chance to enter the bedroom they like to hang out with us.

This afternoon I ended up stopping over to Circuit City to see if things had dropped any further, however they have not dropped the prices much more. A quick stop over at Office Depot did reveal a nice drop from 10% – 30% to 25% – 50%.

The liquidation of Office Depot has most of the Post-It products at 50% so I picked up a set of highlighters with little flags built in. These are helpful because I’m starting a new regimen each morning to get up to speed on many books I want to read, work related books with areas I am going to want to make sure I remember as well as those passages I want to share.