I took this photo in 2005. The Booge died yesterday, at the old age of 19. Also, The Booge was not my cat, but he belonged to two dear friends of mine. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. However, Pat and Lorrie appreciate the kind comments everyone has left here.
Archive | July, 2008
Don’t Fear the Face Plant
by Amy on 30. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have grown up around water my entire life. My family comes from a long line of fishermen, boaters, waterskiers, and the like. Both sides of the family have spent many a summer at a cottage near or on a lake. When I was a kid, I passed boating safety class and had a license [...]
Connecting the dots
by Amy on 28. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005. Thanks to Gowtham for the link, as I had not seen this. Lately, inspiration, in any form, is a good thing.
Grammar, the English major’s aphrodisiac
by Amy on 25. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have to agree with Miss Moose on this post: proper grammar is totally HOT. <sap>I could go on about how all of my failed relationships have mostly involved men who had poor writing skills, but that’s depressing. I will just say that the current boy has an firm hold on the English language, and [...]
List, Shmist
by Amy on 24. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
According to this list, the Top Female Blogger is Michelle M@lkin. Excuse me, that was me throwing up in my mouth and hitting myself over the head for actually clicking on her site once, thereby upping her traffic count. I was surprised not to find other bloggers (other than the deserving Dooce) on this list. [...]
Dropping weight
by Amy on 23. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
As I was cleaning today, I came across something that made me laugh, something I’ve saved since that shitty year known as The Year I Got Divorced. It was an email from a friend who had some advice for me, and this is what he wrote:
When one is diving and you want to get to the surface, you slowly release your weights so you can do a steady rise without getting the bends. Figure out what weights you want to drop and rise steadily. When I was a lifeguard, one summer I had to rescue eight people who were drowning. One guy I literally had to punch in the gut when he grabbed on to me trying to take me down with him.
Sometimes three is all you need
by Amy on 22. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I am trying to focus on the positive tonight, because if I don’t, I feel like I will explode. First off, thank you to the mystery dog who ate my bluetooth headset tonight. That would be the $120 bluetooth headset that I used with my iPhone. The ONLY bluetooth headset I’ve ever had that actually [...]
I’ll have a year to gear up for the social anxiety attacks
by Amy on 21. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I have made a commitment to attend BlogHer or SXSW in 2009. I’ll admit I was getting a little depressed over missing BlogHer this weekend, which is stupid, since I hadn’t really seriously considered going until I heard about it a few weeks ago. Because I’m not a member of the powerblogosphere, I figured these [...]
Stranger things have happened
by Amy on 17. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I am finding it humorous that all of WeatherBug’s (app for iPhone) Weather Cams for my area (closest is Hubbell, MI where the airport is) aren’t even close to us. Hell, they’re not even in Michigan. Wal-Mart must be out of web cams. No wonder the rest of the world thinks we’re prehistoric up here. [...]
It’s nights like these when I realize I have little patience and should probably have my tubes tied
by Amy on 15. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
I dislike losing the first game of church softball playoffs. For the record, I played two innings, went 1-1 and got four mosquito bites. I dislike washing dishes. Every day. By myself. I dislike mowing the lawn, raking leaves, pulling weeds. It makes my allergies crazy. I’d rather scrub toilets. I dislike the National League, [...]
The Mother of All Pet Products
by Amy on 14. Jul, 2008 in Home & Style
You have not known joy as a pet owner, namely an owner of a pet who sheds constantly, until you have used The Furminator. Yes, many have used it with excellent results. I first read about it on Jon Armstrong’s blog (sorry, can’t find the link now). I thought, this would be a wonderful tool [...]
Haims, Hens, Hams and Health Insurance
by Amy on 13. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Sorry, I can’t stop giggling. I’ve just discovered that Scott Baio is 46… and pregnant, and The Two Coreys have their own TV series? I’m suddenly flashing back to junior high years and Teen Beat and Tiger Beat magazines, the full color Corey Haim posters I’d plaster on the bulletin board in my wall (we [...]
iFail 2.0
by Amy on 11. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Please don’t tell Scott I tried to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 today (at approximately 10AM). After encountering all of the errors that every other bloody iPhone upgrader has also experienced, I’m looking at a very shiny emergency only phone. Scott’s advice would have been to wait until the bazillion other users had upgraded/ruined/stomped on their [...]
Blogging mulligan
by Amy on 06. Jul, 2008 in My Every Day
Spent the day soaking up sun by the water with friends, skiing and eating. Watching the Boston/NY game. No better way to end a wonderful evening. will resume tomorrow!
Big Tuna
by Amy on 05. Jul, 2008 in Food, Home & Style
Last month I spent an obscene amount of money on groceries, given the incoming salary. The local IGA runs a good deal on produce, and I just can’t resist a good deal. We’re trying to stock healthier options in the house, so I loaded up on fruits and veggies. Tonight’s low-key dinner consisted of a [...]
Fourth of July Cheese
by Amy on 04. Jul, 2008 in Food
Every few months it seems I’m replacing the damn power supply for my Powerbook. Yeah, it’s old but it’s what I’ve got and there’s no money to replace it. I’m starting to wonder, as I purchased yet another one today on eBay, if the problem’s with my machine. Is it frying them? I don’t know [...]
Farewell to Ale
by Amy on 03. Jul, 2008 in Home & Style
We said goodbye to our friend Alessandra last night. She’s moving back to Italy to put her newly attained grad degree in Industrial Archeology to work and live for awhile in the real world. Houghton is no place to accomplish that. Dinner turned out to be quite the production, and I don’t think we’ll have [...]
Movie Theater Popcorn
by Amy on 02. Jul, 2008 in Home & Style
.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I picked up a small bag of this at the Co-op. Sadly, my lunch consisted of a few bites of the bag and nothing else. I was preparing a ginormous dinner [...]
A plan
by Amy on 01. Jul, 2008 in Home & Style
If you are looking for a guaranteed way to gain weight and realize you’ve gained it when it’s too late to claim it’s “just water weight,” then follow my plan* for success. Start working from home, preferably a job that doesn’t require you to meet anyone face-to-face, except for a trip or two every six [...]
