morrowlife

Here’s a picture of Beautiful Lake Ogallala in Nebraska, one of many stops on the Big Morrowlife Vacation. This was one of the prettier places. Maybe a not-so-pretty one tomorrow.

The Blog is back! Unfortunately, I’ve been working like a dog this evening on updating the podcasts on my iPod, and it’s incredibly late and I have to get up incredibly early, so this is about it for today. Suffice it to say that our internet connection is up and running, the Home Network is cooler than ever, and the WiFi doesn’t work on the train, thereby messing up my carefully-laid plans for getting the blog done on the way home. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon.

See you tomorrow with some actual vacation information. Thanks to all the Loyal Readers for keeping things going in my absence. And welcome to Rob, Loyal Reader Number Thirteen. I’ll get you mentioned over there on the right tomorrow. And don’t forget to send me a picture.

Lots of Book Club updates sometime this week too. I got a little reading done on the road.

Morrowlife is on vacation until about the 15th of August. Have a great time without me! My Loyal Readers are invited to Keep the Blog Alive by posting comments to this post. Pictures taken by you are welcome (assuming you know enough HTML to make it work), tales of your lives (more interesting than mine, natch), or whatever. Just maintain my normal High Standards! If we find any free WiFi on the way, I’ll drop a comment or two myself.

See you on the flip side.

Here’s yet another example of Loyal Reader Number Two’s Great Works of Art. Photography courtest of LRN2. Massive file massaging by The Gimp and me. The subject, of course, is LRN2’s former educational colleague Zak. I’m not exactly sure what that thing on the wall is but it looks really cool. I want one.

I’m on vacation for the next two weeks! Call it a working vacation if you must, but it’s still a vacation. I’ll take whatever I can get. We’re moving essentially the rest of our stuff to the Secret Undisclosed location tomorrow. We still have to sleep here tomorrow night, so the logistics aren’t really simple. We have to move the right things to the house tomorrow, pack what we need for the camping trip, and have just enough stuff here for a couple of meals and a shower until Sunday morning. We’ll figure it out.

I had to give The Romance of Engines back to the library this afternoon. I didn’t finish it, but I certainly enjoyed it in a slightly weird way. The writing wasn’t all that great, many of the illustrations were strange, and the author had a hard time both staying on subject and getting around to the point. But I really enjoyed it. What can I say? I love engines. I want a collection of my own. Maybe I could keep it right in our front room window! Anyway, the book is unconditionally recommended for Loyal Readers who like that sort of thing.

The bishop wants to see me on Sunday before church. I wonder what I’ll be doing.

Well, it’s time to finish planning the camping trip, so I’m off. As my Loyal Readers know very well by now, this is the last post for a couple of weeks. I’ll put the Comment Fodder up over the weekend and hope to at least get a post or two. Have a great Morrowlife vacation.

Here’s railroading at its finest. As you’ve probably guessed, this is yet another picture of the Los Gatos miniature train we rode a few weeks back. Looks like fun driving that thing.

Worked twelve hours again today. I’ve already finished all my required hours for the week, and that’s without working on Monday. At least I didn’t have to take any vacation.

Loyal Readers Numbers One, Two, and Four went to Lardville today and picked up the keys to the Secret Undisclosed Location! The deal is done. The diggers show up tomorrow to make a hole for the pool (and rip up the lawn, of course, which they are contractually obligated to repair). LRN1, LRN2, and LRN4 are going back tomorrow to work on painting the living and dining rooms. Their first attempt in that direction didn’t go well today due to a slightly off-nominal paint color. They’re hoping for better results tomorrow. So am I.

Short post today. See you tomorrow.

Poor Belle. Not only does she have to look miserable in the tub, but she’s permanently ineligible for Loyal Reader status. She is a sad, strange little dog. She has my pity.

Loyal Reader Number Four has an appointment at noon o’clock tomorrow to pick up the house keys, do the final walkthrough, and learn how to work the alarm. I borrowed some moving boxes from work today and she’s filling them up tonight. Also baking some good-smelling cookies. I plan to try a couple of them shortly. Maybe some cookies & cream ice cream too, if there’s any left. Life is good.

We’re watching HGTV tonight, as usual. It’s “I Want That” Wednesday, which is entertaining. They’re currently showing us Futuristic Bathrooms. I’ve never really felt like I wanted a Futuristic Bathroom, but there are a few interesting things there, like heated stone flooring. The last show, though, had some really cool stuff. My favorite was the Aqua Skipper. Other than the hard work it obviously takes to make it go, it looks like a lot of fun. Sadly, I don’t like it quite enough to spend five hundred simoleons for it. Maybe I can get Loyal Reader Number Five to talk her in-laws into buying one. Then I can visit and try it out. Great idea.

Speaking of bathrooms, did I mention that the Secret Undisclosed Location has one of those jacuzzi bathtubs? Well, it does. Of course, we wouldn’t have bought it if we had the choice, but it was already in, so it’s ours. We watched it work the other day when we went out there for our walkthrough and it actually looks pretty cool. Even LRN4 thinks she may try it out. This may turn out to be like so many other features from past houses that we would never have bought on our own but we were really glad to have. I’m thinking hot tub (liked both of them so much we’re paying a bunch of money for one this time), koi pond (I want another!), and our first shed in Colorado. Maybe we’ll end up taking jacuzzi baths every day. Who knows? Of course, it does seem a little extravagant to have jazuzzis both inside and out, but it really isn’t. It’s actually a bare minimum requirement for an inhabitable home. I don’t know how we’ve done without it before now.

No sale on the old house yet. Pray, Loyal Readers. Pray like the wind!

Gotta get to bed. See you tomorrow.