We have a new addition to our family! A kitten was found at my work today and needed a home. It was a funny coincidence because Paul and I were talking just last night about the possiblity of getting a cat for Christmas. He saw Dr. Heekin today (our vet) and was given a round of meds and blood tests. He has a very very small heart murmer, but she said he should outgrow it and it’s not a big concern. He also has 6 toes on each front foot! Dr. Heekin said it’s common in the Northeast (my aunt has had cats with 6 toes), and it’s not a concern, just a little something extra!
We are very happy to have him! Megabyte is getting used to him; she’s been sniffing him out a lot. No disagreements yet, they seem to like eachother!
He’s very snuggly and we think he’s very happy to be home. We do need a name for him though! Danielle from my work suggested Pixel (to go with Megabyte’s computer-type name); we could call him Pix for short. Paul is iffy about the name since it sounds like Pixie, and he wants him to have a manly name.
Any suggestions for names??
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She could totally win the cutest puppy of the year award, don’t you think?
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We’ve had a crack in our basement (foundation) for quite awhile. We finally had the builder come out with a foundation repair guy to look at it / repair it. They had to take off the insulation that lines the basement walls, and fill the crack. It was a lot worse that I thought…but they said it’s not that bad and that their work is guaranteed for 20 years. Click HERE to see pictures of before and the process of filling it. They still need to come back, finish up, and re-apply the insulation.
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I was downloading a cd image before coming into work this morning and noticed something different…my download was peaking at 10-10.1 mbit/sec! I tested my upstream speed – which is normally a cable modem’s weak spot (usually capped at 125-384kb/sec), and got up to 1 mbit a sec! SWEET! Here are some screenshots:
 
When I was getting into my car this morning, I noitced I had dropped some mail on the ground last night while bringing it in. One was a letter from InsightBB announcing the change. They still haven’t updated their website. Wonder what the Broadband Plus speeds will be now?
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Since we’ve all been collecting pictures of our childhoods for Brian and Ashley’s wedding, I decided I might as well put them online, since they are so cute!
Try not to laugh too hard at my pudgy thighs in some pictures…I thinned out as I grew up!
Click the picture below to see them all! Ash and Brian – can you email me the ones that you have from Dad so I can add them to my website?
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My mom had her every-other-year Longaberger Basket party tonight. It was great. There was lots of great food, fun games, and an awesome scavenger hunt throughout the house that had people running finding clues for about an hour! Cathy won the scavenger hunt and got a great prize! Yay Cathy!
My mom is placing the official order on Thursday. If anyone missed out and still would like to order something, email me or my mom!
Check out Longaberger’s website to see all the stuff.
-ec
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We got a Halloween package from Paul’s parents yesterday with some really cute Fall and Halloween decorations / table linens for our house. Also in the package was a cute shirt for Meg (of course) that says “woof” :-) She likes it a lot and it fits her great! Thanks Narni & Lary!
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We had a great Halloween; it was our first one in our new house! We had a lot more kids than we thought, considering it’s a brand new neighborhood. Meg sat on Paul’s lap most of the time, greeting the princesses and goblins and vampires that walked up to the house. They all wanted to pet the cute puppy!
She got a Halloween hedgehog (her favorite squeaky toy) that she quickly disemboweled and a new pink argyle sweater to keep her warm this winter. Check her out:
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I haven’t posted a new blog in a long time (since Oct 4..holy cow!).. What I’ve been up to:
Been extremely busy at work (its trade show season and we have been releasing a bunch of new features).
Went to the annual Cinci DSM Shootout. I may not own a DSM anymore, but I still have a lot of friends in the group (many of whom don’t own DSMs either anymore)
Ryan Gast and Jessica got married this weekend. Was a nice wedding and a fun reception.
Emily and I went with Chris, Jim and Cathy, Dallace and Tina, and a few other people to see Spamalot in Cincinatti. It was a whole lot of fun! (PS – I fart in your general direction)
I have a cisco networking class on Thursday nights. Thursdays are very long days for me…luckily the class only has a few more weeks. I’ve also ruined the curve in that class for others 🙂
I attended the LinuxFest Ohio with Jason earlier this month also, up in Columbus. It was fun…and boy were their some nerd there 🙂
In other news, one of my best friends, Jeff N. will be leaving in a couple of weeks for a 12-14 month tour in Iraq. Good luck Jeff!
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I got back from The Walk to Emmaus tonight. I had an absolutely wonderful time. I was humbled to be a part of the team for this walk. I met some wonderfully beautiful souls this weekend and feel very close to them, even after only 3 days. I feel blessed to have been a part of their lives at that special time.
I found my next book…I know, I know, I already had the “kick the dog book” in mind, but one I purchased the weekend takes precedence over the other. It’s called “Surprise me, A 30-Day Faith Experiment” by Terry Esau. He says “Surprise me, God. What if you started the next thirty days with those three words? No agendas, no plans other than waiting on God with eager anticipation of what is about to happen next. Surprise Me, invites you to approach your spiritual life with openness and an eye for the unexpected to discover God working in the everyday moments in your life, from the spectacular to the mundane.”
Read the Amazon review here.
Looks like an entertaining and self-reflective book, something that I need after going on the walk. I’ll save the prayer book for after this one.
-ec
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