We've been lazy about posting for a while - there never seems to be enough time. We've also started using facebook quite a bit, which I think is taking up some of our internet social time. I resisted at first, but my last project at work was a facebook application, so I spent a couple of months messing around with it and got hooked.

So what have we been doing? We went to New Orleans and Baton Rouge for Christmas this year.  Gromit came with us, and didn't behave himself as well we had hoped. He was friendly to dogs and babies, which was our primary concern.

I made a couple of planned purchases - a new Dell laptop and a new camera (a Nikon D80.) I'm still trying to figure out the best way to share pictures - not everyone is on facebook, and I never thought Flicker was all that great. I'll post a few at the end of this post.

So just when I was going back to being frugal, our washer locked up and burned up the drive belt. It's in the same room as the water heater, and adjacent to the utility closet. It took me a few seconds to identify the source of the smell and ascertain the extent of the disaster; I was actually a bit relieved that nothing was going to explode or burn down. So we got a new washer.

And then the roof sprung a small leak, so it seemed like a good time to replace the shingles. We knew that needed doing, but we've been putting it off.

Ah, the joys of home ownership. I hope all this increases the resale value. 

Some pictures of random stuff, including the lunar eclipse:

Labels: pets, travel