Put on your Easter bonnet...

...and Easter parka, and Easter snowpants, and Easter scarf...

To say I'm sick of this winter would be an understatement. Waking up day after day to see more... shit... falling... outta the sky. When I water my plants, I can't pour too long cuz eventually I'll run out. Apparently there's a giant aqueduct from off the shore of Cape Hatteras to here. Oh, and a refrigerator, too, cuz it's mostly been snow.

Bitterness aside, it was a pretty good long weekend (hard to be bad when it's the first since New Year's!) Headed to Jessica's parents' place (housesitting) for Good Friday afternoon, where a big ol' feed of fish & chips & beer was had. That night we went to Get Stuffed, where I selected one of the Nine Ways of Salmon. And finished off by hitting a couple of hotel bars.

Saturday involved a bit of dresser construction -- getting more and more parts done. And then in the night was Kes & Ash's going away party at Bitters. The hockey game was a big distraction... and then in the third period, the power went out. Bullshit. The important thing is that the good guys won.

And last night I headed to Richard's place to watch Hitman. The violence pleased me. And it was good company there. I'm glad to know there are more people out there who share my warped sense of humour.

Work's been going well. I've enjoyed having to blow our budget before the fiscal year ends -- a $300 this, a $5000 that, and a whimsical $400 something else. Just like the old Wheel of Fortune, except you can't put the rest into gift certificates. I'm pretty well in coast now, until new parts get in... a good space to be.

Heh. Looks like the snow has stopped (for now). Allelujah!

It's deceptively calm today...

...as we're supposed to be in for a blast tomorrow. The normal gamut of precipitation, which makes for a sloppy mess by the end of it. On the plus side, it should be a snow day tomorrow, which I'll certainly take.

Good times had at R&J's place on Saturday, where a surprise party was thrown for his mother's 60th. Her visibly weak knees indicated success. Lots of food and beer had, and conversations held with a bunch of people I see only a few times a year. The sleep debt accrued the course of last week, plus the hour lost to DST, made for a late rise on Sunday. But it was worth it to still see the sun at 6:45pm.

Once again it's been a month since my last post, so here's another resolution recap:

Cook more/lunches - A bit of a relapse here as far as lunches are concerned -- case in point, I'm heading to Bitter's after this post. But A&W has only claimed my money a couple of times since the last post.

Housework - Certainly no pileups of chores happening, but there are a few major one-off tasks that still need to be done. I think 30 minutes a day isn't enough.

Woodworking - Plant stands are done! And look pretty sharp. On Saturday I picked up enough lumber to fill the car (there's such an easy innuendo about "wood" and "trunk" that I'll let you, the gentle reader, piece it together). Alas, that's only 2/3 a dresser. Enough to keep me busy tomorrow while being snowbound, no doubt.

Electronics lab - Finalized and received my Digikey order. I realize that merely starting the lab is a crummy resolution -- so I've been doing stuff too, including a couple of "proofs of concept". Trying to decide if I want to spring for PCB's for a few projects.

Piano - Going all right, but I've noticed that some of my "older" pieces are getting rusty. So I'll have to break them out more frequently.