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Thing that makes me giggle:
On the St Cloud Times website, there is this story bit:
People look for ways to make quick cash
Al Lassen, manager of Granite City Pawn Shop, works on a firearms purchase application between customers Wednesday.


When I first read that, I thought that Al was gonna buy a firearm to make some quick cash!

It's early. Give me a break.

Baby Abraham was born at 5:34am on Saturday, March 8th. He's so cute! He has a little dimple in his left cheek just like his dad. He's got tiny little monkey feet.

It also finally occurred to me why the comic Baby Blues has a baby named Hammie. Before I always wondered why a family would name a kid after food. But I understand now that it is short for Abraham.

So Jody has two kids: Tater and Hammie. hehe.

I am SO ready for spring. The thing I look forward to most is the end of my eternal refilling of the humidifiers. I feel like every time I look at them, I have to refill them. And it's that or nosebleeds and annoying crusty boogers.

My cubicle is faced such that the sun in its current position is able to shine directly into my eyes in the 1 ft of window that peers out over the top of the cubicle. Methinks I'll have to get a tall shelf and add some plants to block it.

And seriously, people. Don't call me in the morning all bitchy because you can't type in a website address correctly. That ain't my fault. Good thing we have it in a PDF where the link is clickable. It's amazing how many fat fingers (including my own) that cures.

Oh yes, and also: taxes suck. I finally see why there are people out there rooting for Ron Paul. These are the people who want immediate gratification and are unable to save money. Kinda like me right now. I received the automatic deposit pay stub for my bonus and stupid taxes took almost half of it! And they treated it like my normal paycheck, so 10% went into my 401k and then the rest of it got put in our family accounts instead of my personal accounts. (That last part is more my fault than anything else, and just annoying that I have to transfer funds between accounts now.) I realize that I have to pay taxes and stuff, but my own naiveness had me assuming I'd just be getting a nice fat check to hold in my hands and drool over. *pout*
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There are baby robins in our flowering crab apple tree. They are getting too big for their nest! They kinda look like really old stereotypical black-face routine actors with white fu machus and fluffy hair in orange scruffy shirts. And boy, when mamma lands on that branch, there are beaks and wings poking out every which way to get that open mouth filled! I think I spent over half an hour this evening just watching them go about their twitchy business in the nest.

I think I am killing the grass in front of the flower bed on the south side of the house. Actually, I know I am. There is a distinct dead area in the shape of one's butt right in front of the lilies I have been mentally coaxing to live. But I have eight at the moment in various leafy stages, so I'm pretty happy about that!

My grandma gave my mom to give to me my inheritance from the money my grandpa gave her when he died in 2003. (Did you get all of that?) I decided to use it in a new account on scottrade.com. (They had the cheapest trade fees.) I figured it'd be a neat thing to try and learn about and a new hobby. Plus, it wasn't money I was expecting, so if I lose it all, I won't be out anything I was counting on. However, the losing it all is a lot closer to reality than anything else right now. Could you please tell the stock market people to stop making my stocks go down? heh.

Our trip to Italy is confirmed and booked! March 3rd through 10th! Two nights in Rome, train to Florence, two nights in Florence, train to Venice, two nights in Venice! We also signed up for some day activities, too. A Full day Monumental & Ancient tour with Lunch in Rome; a Half day afternoon City tour in Florence, a 2 hour morning walking tour of Venice, with a half day Venice Lagoon Islands boat trip that evening. It's exciting! Now I just have to be patient and wait unitl effing March!

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