keeping up with Ken

Since Ken has given in to peer pressure and started a blog, I felt compelled to work on keeping up with Ken and 1L and write an entry to this one, since 1L has been the contributor for most of the recent posts for this one.

Even though, judging from Ken's blog, the key to having lots of comments is having short posts, there are lots of new and exciting developments here:
-Sedwick's house is now all painted! There's a bit of a theme of blue in it, but it's quite a nice color - and each blue is a little different. In addition to the suffocated smurf and tender twilight upstairs (and the unnamed bathroom color), there is now velvet sky in the living room. Leaving the blue theme, there's burnt almond in the dining room, cucumber in the kitchen, pensive sky in the hall, and white in George.
-There's one less resident in the Lovett Place abode :)
-I discovered that Stop and Shop sells the intriguingly good orange mint lifesavers - if you've never tried these, look for them and give them a try. They're oddly addicting.
-I'm in a period of frustration with Priceline. Apparently, it's only possible to bid on big city or airport locations, which doesn't seem right. Of course, I could always just not be seeing a link somewhere on the page that would let me bid on another location.

Another Day in the Life...

So, today I am going to the gym with my mother, then to the grocery store, then making dinner for the family, then doing two manuscript reviews, then getting my sister's kids for 48 hours of babysitting. Sometimes, I wonder what the hell I've been thinking. If I can get those two manuscript reviews done today, though, I can work on the reviews of my own manuscript this weekend and also and IRB proposal. Maybe, just maybe, see if I have anything I might want to propose for the AERA conference. Happily, I've done two proposals already, but neither of which am I first author on. But still, they are proposals and will hopefully both become manuscripts sometime in the near future.

The joys of academic life

So, I learned from experience. Rather than make a big deal about the two proposals that need to be written by Wednesday as well as the other work I need to do on manuscript writing and preparing for class, I should have just kept my mouth closed! Happiness is getting a manuscript accepted with minor revisions. However, minor revisions ALWAYS means more than minor - and four weeks' time is not a lot! Anyhow, it is great news, so I'm very happy since I had decided on Friday that the manuscript was not going to be accepted. And I wonder, where is the cat? I haven't had that for a long time!

What in the world was I thinking?

I need to get some damn work done. I have sooooooooooooo much to do, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a rejection tomorrow, since I sent an email to the journal asking about my reviews and the email I received back seemed to indicate that the rejection was forthcoming. But, we'll see. Meanwhile, I have two conference proposals to work on, and if I don't get cracking on some other writing, the summer is going to pass me by big time. I have to get some things accomplished for this sabbatical, and I'd like to have a few things under review by this time next year (at least 3 more, really, since NoL and I have three things to write up. It's crazy how quickly time can pass by.

Also, I've decided to work out at my parents' gym while I'm visiting this summer. My arms are a little sore (not much) after two days of working out. The biggest problem is that there is no air flow in the place that I can tell, and it is just so hot trying to do the cardio. But, that's life. Gotta do it.

My new plan is to keep an eye out on the sales at the grocery stores come fall. My dad says he almost never buys anything at the cost sold at the grocery store (gets sales prices), but of course, he then ends up going to several stores. But, that's fine, as long as it doesn't end up taking too much time.

Saving money is the new plan. I'm just going to see what I can save over the next year, although I know it will be hard with the sabbatical. But, we'll see.

Comments Shomments

I have no idea why I can't get the damn comments feature to work. I went in, viewed the comments settings, and it doesn't look like there should be any problems at all. Quite annoying. Please someone test again and let me know whether it worked.

Picked 6 lbs of black raspberries today. Getting the red ones was very very tough, so I just gave up on that.

No jam though. It's very sad. Maybe next week.

Iceland!

I got back from Iceland last night, and am ready to overwhelm everyone with pictures. Here's a link to the single post blog I made about it: http://redsox-consonants.blogspot.com/

Looks like it's over

So, happily, the family reunion is now over. Talked to several of my cousins while I was there, but didn't spend much time with any one of them. Mostly, I watched Rollie, Dominic, Jack, and Bridget play.

Got a sore throat. I hope that I am not getting what Nancy had. I might need a nap soon.

McTommy, Fred, and Diminutive Diablo (DD)

I have no idea whether anyone is reading this blog. I don't even know whether the owners of Bearable Bear and Not Tigger Tiger have looked at it. But, no matter. Today, my new Garmin (dubbed McTommy in memory of Mick Mick, my hand-me-done, stolen Tom Tom) arrived. I really think I'm gonna like McTommy a lot, but unfortunately, I haven't gone anywhere and my car is blocked in the driveway by a car I cannot move. It's sad, since I do need to pick up pictures at the CVS that commemorate the National Park Tour of 2009.

I just downloaded several books to Fred (my Kindle), but unfortunately, I cannot read them until Fred is charged. I would turn the TV on, but the one suffering from bronchitis is asleep, so that will not work all that well. So, here I am, updating the blog and wondering whether anyone is actually reading it.

Diminutive Diablo (DD) also arrived today. DD is my spiffy new flip camera that I have been thinking about purchasing for nearly a year. I strongly believe that DD is going to be a fun toy to have around this summer for the kidlings.

And that's all. I've got nothing more to say, so I'm stopping here.