The phone just rang and a number I didn’t recognize showed up on caller ID. Mike is on his way home, and since it was a local number I answered. You know, just in case. Instead it was a recording telling me, “Hello, this is a recording from Jean (Gene?) Research. No need to return the call. (713) 555-5555.”
I almost want to call them back. Almost. But I figure that it might be a trap to lure me into some organ harvesting scheme or something, so instead I decided to come and post about it.
On Monday, it was in the 80s. I wore a light dress with a sweater over it to class. The a/c wasn’t working, and I was glad I had dressed for the warm weather outside. Tuesday a front came through and brought us a ton of rain and cooler temperatures. Last night it went from cool to friggin’ COLD. (I know, cold by Houston standards is not cold to everyone else. But it is cold to me.)
It was 37 degrees this morning.
I didn’t want to turn on the heat last night because no one has gone up into the attic to make sure the pilot light is lit, and I am neurotic and convinced that I would kill us with carbon monoxide poisoning. I understand how that works now thanks to my Biology class, but I don’t want to experience it firsthand. Instead I went to bed in a t-shirt, a sweatshirt, housepants and the thickest socks that I own.
Mike has been gone to Boston this week, and I must have been super cold without the human furnace here to keep me warm – I woke up curled into a ball this morning, and when I stretched my legs out the sheets were ice cold! Jason said he slept under 3 blankets. We were digging for gloves this morning; it was definitely a glove day.
Tonight looks like more of the same. Actually worse, with a low tonight of 33. I guess I am going to give in and turn on the heater. There is too much risk of pipe damage in Houston homes if it gets that close to freezing outside. Plus my hands are like two ice cubes right now. I like to bundle up and enjoy winter as much as the next person, but this is just crazy.
I’m sure my paranoia about turning on the furnace has nothing to do with the fact that last year when we went to turn them on we discovered we needed to replace both of them. Oh yeah, that made for a fun Christmas.
Now where did I put the flannel housepants?
DKNY Men’s Leather Pants I Unfortunately Own. One of the best auctions ever. Be sure to read all the questions at the bottom. [Seen before, but snagged today from Busy Mom. Us crazy moms, we’re all about the leather pants.]
The pants actually have a history, and the seller has a site at banterist.com.
I won it! I won it! I’m so excited! I’m getting a Canon EOS 20D 8.2MP SLR Digital Camera!!! It was a battle to the finish, but I won!
On Sunday, I started poking around Flickr instead of working on my Algebra. I mean, come on. Pretty photos vs. long division of polynomials? Yeah. Pretty photos win every time. On a interesting twist of fate, I decided to check out Dawn’s photostream. I first started reading Dawn’s site back in 2001, and she is an amazing photographer. Her old blog is long gone, but you can see some of her photographs at Chicago Uncommon. (And if you need a photographer in Chicago, she is available for hire.) Anyways – I started poking through her photostream to catch up on her recent work, and I spotted a picture of a camera. For sale.
She is now the proud owner of the new Canon EOS 5D. Ahhh… someday. I on the other hand am now the proud owner of her spare Canon 20D, won just moments ago on Ebay.
WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
A fancypants camera has been in the plans for years. First I had to wait for them to drop to a relatively sane price. Then it was just a matter of saving up for it, so my presents lately have been cash. (Mike even included a “instead of gifts, she wants money” note on my birthday party Evite this year.) My Christmas present was going to be cash. I wanted a fancypants camera, and I had my eye on the Canon EOS 10D. Not the 20D that I now own, but the 10D because of the cost issue. When I saw Dawn’s auction, I knew it was too good of a deal to pass up. An even better camera, with a better rating at DPReview.com, more features, plus extra items that she was selling off with it? It was perfect. And the bidding went down to the wire – I was almost outbid with 30 seconds or less to go. But I was hitting refresh, refresh, refresh and I caught it and raised the amount. So now everyone is happy!
I doubt that I will sell my Canon G2 though – it has been a good camera for me and still works just fine. I’ll keep it handy for when I need a quick point-and-shoot or something light to carry around. Maybe I’ll even let Mike take some pictures for a change!
Katy, the non-blogger, gets props for calling the other day and guessing that I had found the thing of my dreams on Ebay. I didn’t find it on Ebay, but that is how I purchased it – so close enough.
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go and dance around the room some more. I’m so excited!
I have finally started on the Day 5 – London to Paris photos from our honeymoon! So far, I have only added the London photos from the day, and my personal favorite from our train ride. Enjoy!
(If you want to see the other honeymoon photos, you can check out all of the sets.)
