Thawing Out...
Well, Trunk-or-Treating is done. I took the picture on the previous post on my cell phone as it was getting darker so it's not the most wonderful quality. If my counts were accurate (going by how much candy I had remaining) I had approximately 106 trunk-or-treaters. The groups are spread out between each one so I had some time to tap the previous post out on my BlackBerry e-mail and send it. It was so windy and chilly out there that it took me awhile to get warmed back up! I had been putting off turning on the heat in the apartment but tonight was the decision maker.
Today was my day off of work but it didn't really feel much like it. I was needing to run to O-Town so I planned on taking off earlier so I could get back home sooner. I got up and out of bed when I intended, but I got in the shower later than I planned and then it snow-balled from there. I finally get ready to take out and I remember that my "Coolant Low" warning had been coming on in my Jeepster so I topped off the reservoir and took care of that. While I was topping off the antifreeze I noticed my tires were a little "squishy" so I added that to my mental to-do list. I had a laptop to drop off to a lady so I ran to do that, but she wasn't in the office...and I still ended up spending a good 10 minutes in there anyway. By this time I was already deciding my jacket was going to be too warm so I headed back to the apartment to throw another jacket in to finish drying and drop the laptop off. I then headed to Casey's to un-squishy the tires on the Jeepster, headed back to the apartment to get the jacket out of the dryer. On my way out of town I stopped by Buddy's to grab my rough draft menu to get the changes that needed to be made.
Finally! 10:15am and I'm finally on my way to O-Town. I stopped in to pick up some pictures I had printed at The Print Shop, chatted with Keith C. for a little bit, headed out to Wally World to pick up a picture frame, stopped by the mall for a few, grabbed a bite to eat at BK and headed home.
The trip to O-Town and back was EXHAUSTING! Not the running around part, but the actual driving. It was so windy that I had to constantly steer the Jeepster into the wind so that I wasn't running off the road or into the other lane (depending on which direction I was headed.) That is the one downfall of the Jeep, the lack of side aerodynamics.
Once I'm finally back home from O-Town I'm only there for half an hour before I head out again. While I was there I made changes to the Buddy's menus and printed off another copy for approval. I took the copy to the owners (two different locations in town) and noted some changes. I left from Buddy's and headed to Memphis to run the menus off after final approval. That was a simple job there...load cardstock paper in their color laser printer and hit "Print". I finished there (and possibly picked up another computer job) and stopped by Meema's (my grandma) house to drop off the Halloween face paint I picked up for my aunt. I sat and talked with her awhile and then headed out to wash the Jeepster. I got it washed and was quite proud that it came so clean...I guess the Meguiar's wax really helped. I left Memphis and headed home...again. The whole hour I was home I took the time to fold the 50 Buddy's to-go menus and to cut apart the 25 menus for the tables, and packed the things out to the Jeepster for Trunk-or-Treat...which is where the story began.
I really don't know that today felt like that much of a day off... I wish I had a day off from my day off! Though as I have said before, I would rather be busy than have nothing to do. With as much as I accomplished today my kitchen and dining room still look like World War III. Oh well, as they say "The dishes will still be there tomorrow!"
I do have to say while I was in Wally World I did find the "new toy" that I want. They had the newest Canon Rebel, the T2i, out on display. I flicked the switch on to see if it was a functioning display, and it was! So I had to try it out (pssh, like there was really someone there twisting my arm) and I was REALLY impressed with it. I just snapped a quick picture of one of the camera price tags and the quality was awesome considering the fluorescent lighting and flash was off. Even in the nasty store lighting the picture quality was great and it produced a better picture than my Rebel XTi would at the same settings. I REALLY WANT THAT CAMERA! But sadly at a price of $899 I will probably be waiting quite a long while...
Here's a couple of pictures I snapped tonight at Trunk-or-Treat...
Today was my day off of work but it didn't really feel much like it. I was needing to run to O-Town so I planned on taking off earlier so I could get back home sooner. I got up and out of bed when I intended, but I got in the shower later than I planned and then it snow-balled from there. I finally get ready to take out and I remember that my "Coolant Low" warning had been coming on in my Jeepster so I topped off the reservoir and took care of that. While I was topping off the antifreeze I noticed my tires were a little "squishy" so I added that to my mental to-do list. I had a laptop to drop off to a lady so I ran to do that, but she wasn't in the office...and I still ended up spending a good 10 minutes in there anyway. By this time I was already deciding my jacket was going to be too warm so I headed back to the apartment to throw another jacket in to finish drying and drop the laptop off. I then headed to Casey's to un-squishy the tires on the Jeepster, headed back to the apartment to get the jacket out of the dryer. On my way out of town I stopped by Buddy's to grab my rough draft menu to get the changes that needed to be made.
Finally! 10:15am and I'm finally on my way to O-Town. I stopped in to pick up some pictures I had printed at The Print Shop, chatted with Keith C. for a little bit, headed out to Wally World to pick up a picture frame, stopped by the mall for a few, grabbed a bite to eat at BK and headed home.
The trip to O-Town and back was EXHAUSTING! Not the running around part, but the actual driving. It was so windy that I had to constantly steer the Jeepster into the wind so that I wasn't running off the road or into the other lane (depending on which direction I was headed.) That is the one downfall of the Jeep, the lack of side aerodynamics.
Once I'm finally back home from O-Town I'm only there for half an hour before I head out again. While I was there I made changes to the Buddy's menus and printed off another copy for approval. I took the copy to the owners (two different locations in town) and noted some changes. I left from Buddy's and headed to Memphis to run the menus off after final approval. That was a simple job there...load cardstock paper in their color laser printer and hit "Print". I finished there (and possibly picked up another computer job) and stopped by Meema's (my grandma) house to drop off the Halloween face paint I picked up for my aunt. I sat and talked with her awhile and then headed out to wash the Jeepster. I got it washed and was quite proud that it came so clean...I guess the Meguiar's wax really helped. I left Memphis and headed home...again. The whole hour I was home I took the time to fold the 50 Buddy's to-go menus and to cut apart the 25 menus for the tables, and packed the things out to the Jeepster for Trunk-or-Treat...which is where the story began.
I really don't know that today felt like that much of a day off... I wish I had a day off from my day off! Though as I have said before, I would rather be busy than have nothing to do. With as much as I accomplished today my kitchen and dining room still look like World War III. Oh well, as they say "The dishes will still be there tomorrow!"
I do have to say while I was in Wally World I did find the "new toy" that I want. They had the newest Canon Rebel, the T2i, out on display. I flicked the switch on to see if it was a functioning display, and it was! So I had to try it out (pssh, like there was really someone there twisting my arm) and I was REALLY impressed with it. I just snapped a quick picture of one of the camera price tags and the quality was awesome considering the fluorescent lighting and flash was off. Even in the nasty store lighting the picture quality was great and it produced a better picture than my Rebel XTi would at the same settings. I REALLY WANT THAT CAMERA! But sadly at a price of $899 I will probably be waiting quite a long while...
Here's a couple of pictures I snapped tonight at Trunk-or-Treat...
(This year's theme was cowboy/Western related, so here's Teresa in her bib overalls, plaid shirt, bandanna and baseball cap.)
(Here's a better picture of my trunk decorated. I knew the theme was cowboy-ish so I grabbed my skeleton from my front door and threw a bandanna on it.)
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