Congrats to Ryan on winning the office pool!

Went to the liquor store, and all of the seasonal beer is for fall! Booo. I'm not ready! I was hoping for one more round of the grapefruit.

I've spent all day (and am still at it) working on the silent auction organization for our event next Friday. It is a cluster to say the least. The WRONG person was gathering the items and has been giving the information in small pieces. She needs to just HAND IT OVER and let us deal. She isn't even going to be AT the event. I am SO over it.

For those who know my drinking habits - I'm ready to have a beer (for those who don't know, I don't drink beer).

So, I'm having steak for dinner, and decided to open a bottle of zin to go with it, and i have a vague memory rattling around in my brainpan that when you are letting a wine breathe you are supposed to pour out a glass, not just uncork it (if you aren't going to decant, which I am not right now). Got out my trusty workhorse of a plain red wine glass (by plain I mean it isn't, like, printed for some event or winery or what have you) and completely missed the counter, effectively flinging it at the ground. Argh. But got that all swept up and was muttering to myself that, you know, I like that glass and if I am that clumsy I don't want to risk any of the fancy crystal or commemorative glasses and what am I going to drink this already open wine out of now?

But wait, I say to myself, once upon a time I had more than one glass like that. Surely I have not broken them all. Trot out to the shed and not only did I pack away my excess dinnerware into recognizable dinnerware-holding boxes, I labeled them well enough that I could find the wine glasses on the first try. Well done, past -t!

The front yard, by the way, is better than it was yesterday, and way better than it was Friday morning, but not really, you know, done. Oh well, it's too hot to be working outside anymore today.

Cool blogpost on history of the builder of my house & hood: [link]

I have that trash receptacle still!

But wait, I say to myself, once upon a time I had more than one glass like that. Surely I have not broken them all. Trot out to the shed and not only did I pack away my excess dinnerware into recognizable dinnerware-holding boxes, I labeled them well enough that I could find the wine glasses on the first try. Well done, past -t!

Good one! I occasionally remind myself that I'm only using half of my current flatware, and where the other half is.

-t reminds me that I need to go to ikea soon--out of 12 just plain wine glasses I bought in the mid80s, I only have 3 left.

Not a bad run though

Yay, triumphant Ryan and bragging rights billytea!

That is not a bad run at all! Three wine glasses per decade sure sounds like acceptable losses.

Steak came out delicious, wine is very nice, did not accomplish as much as I would have liked today but more than I might have. I am going to work tomorrow, but not until 10 so I am thinking I might go to the gym beforehand. That would be a nice habit to get into, even occasionally. Meanwhile, very much enjoying last week's Face Off.

Yay, triumphant Ryan and bragging rights billytea!

I just got a text message from my brother; he won his office footy tipping comp as well. (This is pretty funny, because he kind of despises Aussie rules.) It's a family thing.