Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
friends

beer party

This evening we went to a beer tasting party at my former manager’s house. I was glad he still had the party given what transpired at work a few weeks ago.

I don’t drink beer, so I sipped on some wine this evening (but not too much as I was the designated driver). Brian really enjoyed trying the different beers, though. As usual, it was a good time. We always have a good time at Doug’s parties. If you don’t, you have no one to blame but yourself.

When we dropped Jake off at the baby sitter’s, we gave them a bottle of our homemade wine. They’ve had a few bottles of my wine in the past and they really seemed to like them. My rule of thumb is if you like my wine, I will give you more. As a bonus, they gave us a bottle of homemade Kahlua. I tried it as soon as we got home and it was excellent, so I fixed myself a Black Russian to close out the night. I’m going to have to get the recipe for this stuff. Perhaps making liqueurs will be my new hobby for 2007.

movies

life of brian

This isn’t a post about my husband. Rather, it is a movie from the Monty Python comedy troupe. It showed up in my Blockbuster “featured recommendations” and the review looked pretty funny. Plus, I’ve always liked the Monty Python stuff. My dad is a huge fan of British comedy so I’ve been watching things like this since British comedy was played on American television.

The movie was actually better than I even expected. There was this interlude in the middle of the movie that may very well have caused the birth of Scientology. Methinks L. Ron Hubbard might have been watching this while writing Dianetics*.

Anyway, this movie was a pretty funny.

*OK. So, Dianetics was written in 1950 and this movie was from 1979. That doesn’t make it any less funny. Scientology is ridiculous.

work

i quit

Today, I got to do something that I rarely get to do–I quit my job. As previously mentioned, the shit hit the fan at work two weeks ago. After thinking about the situation (otherwise known as chewing-Brian’s-ear-off-on-the-subject-for-seven-straight-days), I decided it would be in my best interests to find a new employer.

Last Thursday night, I came upon an ad for a telecommuting healthcare software developer. If there’s one thing I am, it’s a telecommuting healthcare software developer. So, I decided to apply for the job. I sent my resume out Friday morning and a little while later, I received a call from the software development manager for the company. We talked for a bit. Things went pretty well. A bit later, one of the software development leads gave me a call. We set up a meeting for later that day. That meeting went really well, too. So, that weekend, rather than chewing Brian’s ear off about my company, I got to talk about the new company instead.

I was contacted by another software development lead on Tuesday and we set up a meeting for late Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening, the software development manager called and offered me the job. I had to give it some thought because the benefits/compensation weren’t exactly what I was after. But, after further consideration, I decided to take the job. I think it’s going to work out pretty well, actually.

So, I turned in my two week’s notice today. My new job will start on February 19. I’m looking forward to it.

movies

a mighty wind

I don’t know why I like the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest, but I do. They aren’t typically outrageously funny or anything. In fact, they are quite subtle. But, I find them really humorous. This one was about the folk music scene. The movie follows a few “groups from the past” who reform in order to play a concert commemorating a recently deceased folk icon. Sound weird? Well, it was, but in a good way. Steve–you might want to catch this one.

household stuff

they don’t make ’em like they used to

This morning, I opened the freezer in order to grab something for breakfast. I saw water dripping, and thought, “this can’t be good.” I looked around to find that most of the food was defrosted and the dripping water was coming from melting ice cubes in the ice cube dispenser. Argh.

So, Brian grabbed some coolers and I started loading them up. The refrigerator was still cold, so we didn’t lose anything from there. I pitched a bunch of defrosted food from the freezer because, better safe than sorry, though I was able to save a few things. I don’t keep a ton of stuff in our kitchen freezer, so that definitely helped the cause. Brian had to go to church because Jacob was at Sunday school, so I stayed home to finish transferring the goods to our downstairs freezer and refrigerator. Thank goodness we have an extra fridge and freezer otherwise I don’t know what we would’ve done with everything. I’ve been thinking about getting rid of our extra fridge (converting it to a beer keg, actually), but now I’m reconsidering that idea.

I suppose this completes the cycle. We remodeled our kitchen in 2000 and bought all new appliances. All the good that did us. Of the three major appliances in the kitchen, this was the last one to break (first went the dishwasher, next the stove, and now the fridge). The fridge I have downstairs was our old one and it has been running without a hitch since 1995.

Now we have to find someone to come look at the thing to see if it can be fixed. I doubt anyone is open today, so I guess our saga will continue until at least tomorrow.