Monday night football is on and there is no snow.  I clicked on an article earlier today that said lake effect snow might play a part in the game tonight.  I think football in snow/rain/mud is more authentic.

The weekend summary:  ‘Tis the season to move furniture around and try to maximize space.  We took a trip to home depot (aka crapville) and Quin discovered the fun of running around long wide isles.  They should really design indoor playgrounds more like warehouse stores.  Hard polished concrete floors and dangerous objects within reach…just irresistible.

Tomorrow should be a record in Denver for calling in sick to work because it is supposed to be in the upper 70’s and it is past the middle of November.  We’ve already had our first snowfall (dusting) last week and this might just be the last hooray before winter settles upon us.

I won’t be calling in sick and so must go to bed.

woot has a new item listed at midnight central time every night.  Sometimes by the time I get to work it has sold out,  and of course those are the real goodies.  Other days not such great stuff, so check it daily to see what deals there might be.  Keep in mind twofer tuesdays and random clearing house days when one item sells out they list another and another and…well you get the point.  One other thing to keep in mind are the daily side deals at the top of the page for woot members only.

See also shirtwoot  (daily) and winewoot (weekly).

So instead of random rambling here are some links:

Perpetual Kid is a great fun shopping site.  Some things are pure cheese but a lot of fun too. 

Instructables is a DIY site where you can find anything from recipes to how to build your own concrete countertops.  This is another site with LOTS of information to sort through, so searching is an important tool.

The end of the week is finally here and the mountain of paper on my desk has only grown.  Usually during the last two hours on any given Friday, I am the most efficient person on the planet.  I am able to plow through task after task knowing time is running out and feeling good about wrapping up a few things before heading out for the weekend.

Even though today is Friday, I had no such motivation.  This morning when I woke up I was confident I would be able to get Quin back to bed and be able to enjoy a Saturday morning slumber.  After a full five minutes in ignorant-land, I realized the awful truth, Friday still hadn’t happened.  And why was the neighbors roof glowing?…that would be the first snow of the season in the pre-dawn darkness.

Now that we have a Costco within walking distance, it is a lot more convenient to get gas there.  Otherwise we were driving 12 miles out of our way which kind of defeated the purpose of the discount. Anyway, I think there must be some sort of conspiracy where Costco hires annoying chatterers to act as gas attendents to prevent people from going there.

I must admit I’ve never had to wait in line and have had no problems with Costco gasoline, but the guys in the reflective vests and spray bottles must be put through a rigorous converational training course because they won’t leave you alone until you chat it up with them.  One guy said he saw Chubby Checker in concert at Disneyland.  Another guy used to be a teacher and told me of the weather woes of a newly transferred teacher from Miami, (in case you were wondering even though it snowed and was cold she stayed here because the kids were better). 

These are the kinds of things I could give two turds about, but there I am hovering in my car doorway trying to chuckle at the appropriate time so I can finally end the one-sided conversation and be on my way.  Are the few pennies of savings worth the wasted time?  Oh the lessons of time/value of money…can they ever be untaught?