Category: Live
25 April 2010
Yesterday…
* Rebecca and I emptied out our dead terracotta planter pots, replaced them with plastic lookalikes, and seeded them with lavender.
* Madeline and Rebecca cleared and planted a flowerbed in the front yard.
* Rebecca cleared another bed while I made scones in the kitchen, and then the girls planted peas. Pea distribution was less than ideal, but I think I’ll cope.
22 April 2010
Yesterday…
* I rounded up the kids when they were done with their schoolwork and we spent the last bit of the morning running errands. Wal*Mart for a lamp for Madeline and headphones for everyone; the bank for me to deposit checks; then Panera, for lemonades and bagels to take to the park.
* The kids played at Signal Hill Park for an hour; on our way there, we passed Matthew on his motorcycle on his way out to a tag. He met us later at the park for lemonade.
* We watched Avatar. Marcus pointed out plot holes. Rebecca and Madeline were totally suckered in.
21 April 2010
Yesterday…
* I took 贝贝 (Rebecca) to her Mandarin lesson. She’s making steady progress, and will be taking more lessons over the summer. Her teacher is studying Accounting at NVCC, and I am eternally grateful that she’s willing to work with 贝贝 every week.
* I had actual leftovers available in the refrigerator so that it was a simple matter of reheating [link slug=”lamb-pilaf”]lamb pilaf[/link] before running out the door to yoga.
* I ordered my Adobe CS4 upgrade. I am not sure if it falls into the “post-announce upgrade policy for single-user products” window, but my CS1 is so far out of date that it is totally worthless on Snow Leopard. Must stay on upgrade path!
* I placed my second order with Holy Cow Delivery for milk! Delivered! To my front door! (Marcus totally loves the name–it tickles his funny bone.)
Goodbye, Cruel Tonsils
Two weeks ago, I walked into an operating room and finally, after years of dealing with sore throats and general ick-factor, had my tonsils removed. I spent four days on Vicodin, then switched it up for Tylenol 3, then went completely off pain meds five days ago.
Since then, I have had a dream every single night. I can’t remember the last time I had a dream that didn’t involve Nyquil.
I have stopped snoring. This is a good thing, because previously, I snored like a freight train, complete with gasping for air every so often.
A thick coating of yellow pollen is on every surface outside, and I have a teensy weensy post-nasal drip. Normally, I’d be in agony because my throat would be a mass of grossness. I’m avoiding taking decongestants right now because I don’t want to dry out my still-healing throat, but the effects of pollen are minimal at best.
In short, the operation and recovery were totally worth it.
One Year Later
Security Issues
After sorting out that mod_security was triggering on common WordPress functions like _posting_ on a brand spankin’ new dedicated server, I had some explaining to do:
> Client so, why didn’t this issue affect my other site?
Me it isn’t what you were doing
it is what you were saying
Client O RLY?
Me mod_security triggers on certain phrases
Client as in, writing about lesbians?
OMG!
(Totally quoted by permission. It was that funny.)