Tooth Filling 101

I took the day off to take The Little Kid to the dentist. She was having a tooth filled. We got there at 8:40. She was done at 9.

When the nurse came to get me, I thought there was some sort of problem. Mass hysteria? But no. They were just done with the procedure already.

For about an hour, she wasn’t supposed to eat. After that, she felt fine, so I took her to school. It gave me a chance to do some Christmas shopping without having to fend off the pleas to get more stuff than I bargained for, if you know what I mean.

I spent 2 hours in Kohl’s trying to figure out what the heck to buy some people.

After awhile, I just say “screw it”, get what’s in the basket and get the heck out of the store. No need shopping till your head spins, right? 🙂

Thanks for visiting Lisa’s Place. 🙂

scrapbooking

I’ve decided I’d better get my act together and work on the scrapbook I started for my daughter last year. I only had one page done. Today, there are 3 pages.

One of my problems is that I never print any pictures. But I’ve just sent some to Walgreens via Snapfish, and they’re waiting for me to pick up.

The other problem is that I can’t figure out how the heck people get all of those scrapbooking supplies. I mean, for gosh sakes, it’s got to be spendy accumulating stuff, right? There has to be a trick to it. Tell me the trick. I know you know. 🙂

Today, I went to a scrapbooking store in the shopping plaza down the street from us. OMG. They had tons of stuff there! Nice stuff. Ever take a 6-year-old to the scrapbooking store with you? “Mom? Can I make a scrapbook?” “Ummm… let me figure out my own scrapbook and we’ll go from there…”

Thanks for visiting Lisa’s Place. 🙂

A Drop of Dawn Makes a Difference

A Drop of Dawn Makes a Difference. And So Can You.

I have been reading about a serious problem, and would like you to know about it. Oil in our nation’s waterways harms, even kills, birds and other wildlife—and most of this oil comes from things we do in our homes, everyday.

Thankfully, Dawn has been helping these animals for over twenty-five years, and lisa is helping them spread the word. View my e-card here and you can start making a difference today.

Thanks for visiting Lisa’s Place. 🙂

One Word Meme

Yourself: artistic
Your partner: mechanical
Your hair: “blond”
Your Mother: crafty
Your Father: engineer
Your Favorite Item: dog
Your dream last night: unsure
Your Favorite Drink: coffee
Your Dream Car: prius
Your Dream Home: apartment
The Room You Are In: livingroom
Your Ex: gone (lol)
Your fear: separation
Where you Want to be in Ten Years: Bahamas 🙂
Who you hung out with last night: daughter
What You’re Not: stuck-up
Muffins: banana
One of Your Wish List Items: mixer
Time: 6:05 am
The Last Thing You Did: cook
What You Are Wearing: pj’s
Your favorite weather: warm
Your Favorite Book: Chill Factor
Last thing you ate: eggs
Your Life: improved
Your mood: good
Your Best Friends: absent
What are you thinking about right now: Thanksgiving
Your car: Sonata
What are you doing at the moment: movie-watching
Your summer: nice
Relationship status: comfy
What is on your TV: Rudy
What is the weather like: unsure
When is the last time you laughed: yesterday

Jenny

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Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US. We’re off to my husband’s aunt’s and uncle’s house for dinner. Our contribution is a relish tray. It was kind of fun picking out what to put in it:

Cubed mild cheddar cheese
garlic stuffed green olives
black olives
candied apple rings
celery stuffed with pineapple neufchatel cheese
deviled eggs
grape tomatoes
tiny sweet pickles
and some Ritz crackers

I’m thankful for not having to cook an entire dinner. For me, it was either “get an invitation from someone” or “go to a restaurant for dinner”. Every time I decide to cook, I get the flu.

Seriously. I’m jinxed that way.

Thanks for visiting Lisa’s Place. 🙂

Visit to the Durham Western Heritage Museum

map showing the train station

The Durham Western Heritage Museum used to be a train station, the main mode of transportation in Omaha. I have never been to this particular museum, that I recall. The downstairs part of the museum contains a train track with 3 Pullman cars, an engine and many other interesting artifacts.

One room contained old fashioned stoves and sewing machines. One contained a grocery, complete with packages of food from that time. One area had different jewels and stones that had been donated; huge chunks of turqoise and other beautiful pieces. There was an old school house room, complete with desks and a chalkboard that said, “Happy Thanksgiving”, which my daughter said was “odd”. She thought it had been written ages and ages ago. 🙂

The fun part of the museum for me was walking through those old train cars and seeing this map, which showed the station back when it was functional.

It’s been wonderfully preserved. It doesn’t look like one chandelier or one bench has ever been replaced.

chandelier in the lobby
pullman interior
waiting for the train

Thanks for visiting Lisa’s Place. 🙂

I’m an Intranet Designer

I finally was able to publish MY rendition of my company’s intranet today. It took some time to wrench the responsibilities away from the person who was doing it before. Then, someone had an idea for a special background that just wouldn’t fall together with the rest of the page. So I plead my case, so to speak, and my idea was approved, and today I published it.

Right now, I’m converting the stylesheet over to CSS so that every page does not have it’s own look and feel. ‘Cause as a former blog designer, that’s how I’m used to seeing pages designed.

I would like to give it more flash, but that will come in time.

One of the managers stopped by and gave me a hard time about always changing the Intranet. “It’s different every time I go into it”.

Welcome to my world of design, sister. 🙂

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