Shameless lack of self-promotion

Most of my writings in recent weeks have been in no small measure promotional. This is at least in part because I want to buy a wide-screen television, an XBox 360, and Fable 2. In the spirit of talking about my life rather than my business, here is some introspection…

Man, a big screen would be sweet. And I don’t care what anybody says about the Fable franchise. I loved the first game. Am I a gamer? Heck no. I just want some escapist entertainment from time to time, and it fit the bill perfectly. Can I afford to play Fable 2? Probably not until the next book is finished. Work, work, work. It’s a good thing I love my job.

Unrelated: we had a house full of people this weekend. I love my extended family (read: in-laws) but right now I wish I had the weekend back so I could get more work done (I love my job!) Then again, family time is the reason I work, and I need to remember that. I think my favorite part of the weekend was when my 5-year-old who had been crowded out of his room wanted to snuggle with me on my bed while I watched Mythbusters on a portable DVD player. He is my buddy, and was totally cute when he got bored, rolled over, and fell almost immediately asleep.

Related (to the extended family thing): I love to cook, and I enjoy having a clean kitchen that has been feeding people all day. I do not, however, love not having enough seats for everybody. I also don’t want to move. I guess I need to start budgeting for that coveted expansion to the house, pushing the kitchen and dinette area’s north wall out into the yard by about 15 feet. Guesstimated cost? $65,000. While I’m at it I’d like to expand the garage, take the roof off of that end of the house, and build a rec-room over the expanded kitchen and garage area. Of course that bumps the guesstimated cost up to around $150,000, which was the original purchase price of the house. You folks are going to need to buy a LOT more books. (Ooops! Promotional stuff again!)

I’ve been working with a personal trainer, and it’s been great. My back and neck are stronger than they’ve been in a long time. Unfortunately I’m a) out of sessions, and b) feeling the budget crunch, so I guess I’m going to have to self-motivate and work hard to remember everything he’s taught me.

I think I may be coming down with a cold. Hopefully a good night’s sleep and a few thousand milligrams of ascorbic acid will help.

12 thoughts on “Shameless lack of self-promotion”

  1. Drink lots of water and unsweetened tea. Mostly water though. I’ve found that hydrating myself (to the point of needing to use the restroom every 30 minutes or so or so it seems at times) keeps the cold at bay.

    Good luck. ^^

  2. Drink lots of water and unsweetened tea. Mostly water though. I’ve found that hydrating myself (to the point of needing to use the restroom every 30 minutes or so or so it seems at times) keeps the cold at bay.

    Good luck. ^^

  3. If you don’t mind paying $10 for bonus content, pick up the Collector’s Edition of Fable 2. You should be able to get the Pub Games on Xbox Live for free if you pick that up.

    Except for one buggy furniture shop, I love the game.

  4. If you don’t mind paying $10 for bonus content, pick up the Collector’s Edition of Fable 2. You should be able to get the Pub Games on Xbox Live for free if you pick that up.

    Except for one buggy furniture shop, I love the game.

  5. Well look at a large HD TV as a investment, you probably don’t need one as large as several grandmothers but a reasonable cost HD tv is possible 😉 And there are several benefits to gaming, especially in family units.

    Out of curiosity tho, how many hours a day / days a week do you spend on average working? Do you do a 8 hour day, or do you knuckle down for a few hours at a time?

  6. Well look at a large HD TV as a investment, you probably don’t need one as large as several grandmothers but a reasonable cost HD tv is possible 😉 And there are several benefits to gaming, especially in family units.

    Out of curiosity tho, how many hours a day / days a week do you spend on average working? Do you do a 8 hour day, or do you knuckle down for a few hours at a time?

  7. As I’m rapidly approaching 40, I bought some sessions with a personal trainer this summer. Our last session together, I told him that this time I was paying for his knowledge. He printed out a workout plan for me and we went over it together. I scribbled notes as we went. And you know what? It’s worked.

  8. As I’m rapidly approaching 40, I bought some sessions with a personal trainer this summer. Our last session together, I told him that this time I was paying for his knowledge. He printed out a workout plan for me and we went over it together. I scribbled notes as we went. And you know what? It’s worked.

  9. I hope you beat that cold senseless…

    I hear you about the house expansion. Now that I have a sewing room and a library, my next covet is a pantry (and possibly a workshop). However, unlike the rest of the improvements, those would mean extending the exterior walls of the house somewhere… and that costs lots. Especially since that’s one project I really can’t do myself.

  10. I hope you beat that cold senseless…

    I hear you about the house expansion. Now that I have a sewing room and a library, my next covet is a pantry (and possibly a workshop). However, unlike the rest of the improvements, those would mean extending the exterior walls of the house somewhere… and that costs lots. Especially since that’s one project I really can’t do myself.

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