{"id":438,"date":"2007-05-02T18:11:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T01:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=438"},"modified":"2007-05-02T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2007-05-03T01:11:58","slug":"thursday-thirteen-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thirteen &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 25th edition of <em>the screaming pages<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Thursday Thirteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week I was planning on posting photos of the paintings, prints, and watercolours in our house.  However, after taking the pictures and discovering that I have no skill with a camera (where&#8217;s the hubby when you need him?), I&#8217;ve decided to put that plan on hold and do a basic rundown of things that have happened since last week&#8217;s Thursday Thirteen.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" id=\"image191\" alt=\"button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><center>Thirteen things about my week.<\/center><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Went to dinner with ex-coworker from the evil empire. Had a fabulous time.  She&#8217;s one of the few people left working there that I miss on a daily basis.  There&#8217;s something to be said for those who share the cube farm and your crazed outlook on life.<\/li>\n<li>Received the most amazing <em>you escaped from the evil empire<\/em> gift from said former co-worker.  She presented me with my own mike for Karaoke *wheeee* so I can practice at home.  She also included a CD of music for me, and lent me her giant collection of music to practice with.<\/li>\n<li>Went grocery shopping.  I now have real food in my cupboards and fridge.  Too bad it can&#8217;t cook itself&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Took the dogs for a slow meander (daily). I&#8217;m not co-ordinated enough to run while out with two dogs.  Scratch that, I&#8217;m not co-ordinated enough to run outside where there are cracks in the sidewalk to trip over!<\/li>\n<li>Got a new haircut.  I was tired of looking like some sort of 80&#8217;s throwback and got it chopped into a bob.  Now, considering the <em>pre-ugly<\/em> haircut was a just-past-the-shoulders bob, you can imagine how thrilled I am to now be sporting a new chin length one.  Maybe I just should have shaved it all off and started fresh again&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Ordered and <a href=\"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=426\">received<\/a> new books from Chapters.ca.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=426\">Ordered<\/a> books from Amazon.com.<\/li>\n<li>Connected with a potential employer &#8211; yes, this is the job I <strong>really, really<\/strong> want &#8211; and received a list of recommended reading and a referral to an online course to complete.  I&#8217;m hoping this is a good sign.  The company works in a very small field and completion of these items wouldn&#8217;t help me get a job anywhere else. I&#8217;m hoping that means that the company is seriously considering hiring me.  They said I have the right attitude and aptitude &#8211; that&#8217;s good right?<\/li>\n<li>Filled the gas tank <strong>before<\/strong> the crazy price hike shennanigans started.<\/li>\n<li>Completed my pension transfer forms and sent them off to my investment advisor.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaned up the back yard, trimmed the hedge at the front of the house, made a honey-do list for the hubby when he gets home \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Paid all our bills.<\/li>\n<li>Talked to the hubby for the first time in a week.  He got access to a phone and called tonight. *wheeee*  There&#8217;s nothing quite like the 35 minutes a week the gov&#8217;t graciously gives families to connect while their loved ones are away.<\/li>\n<p><strong>Bonus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>Posted my T13 early so I can spend some additional time tomorrow working on completing the online course mentioned in #8.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><small><center><a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!<\/a><\/center><\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday.  Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged!  If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy, and fun!  Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well!  I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><small><center><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/thursday+thirteen\" rel=\"tag\">View More Thursday Thirteen Participants<\/a><\/center><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"technoratitag\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/thursday+thirteen\" rel=\"tag\">thursday thirteen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/t13\" rel=\"tag\">t13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/meme\" rel=\"tag\">meme<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 25th edition of the screaming pages Thursday Thirteen. This week I was planning on posting photos of the paintings, prints, and watercolours in our house. 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