Oldroyd Family Life and Times of an Oldroyd

April 16, 2008

Waiting for “Port-o-Medic”

Filed under: family — dto @ 11:06 am

With the job change we are going to go get some life insurance from a third party company. To get the insurance they send out an intern-type to take a brief medical history, draw some blood, record my blood pressure and weight, and obtain a urine sample.  I can’t wait!

Actually they were supposed to be here five minutes ago. I’m supposed to be watching a software presentation from black duck. I’m not going to dial in – only to drop off as soon as “Uta” shows up.

It is going to be fun, fun, fun!!!

April 15, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-15

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  • Lamenting the temp. Change. 81 today 50 tomorrow – and snow! What is going on? #
  • Today is the big day for the announcement. Nervous, trepidatious, anxious, excited, and a host of other emotions running amok. #
  • Went to announce, but was dragged to a partner deal registration meeting. #
  • Taking way too many notes. My hands hurt. My penmanship is horrible. #
  • Well, it is official. I have resigned from Novell. I sure hope it was the right decision. #

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35 Degree Temperature Shift

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35 Degree Temperature Shift

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

Wow – tax day 2008 and we wtom 80 degrees yesterday to mid 40’s today. Plus as an added bonuşsnow is on my car.

The only good thing is that it cancelled th baseball game tonight so Kris and I don’t have to be in 4 places at the same time. Whew!

April 14, 2008

Wow! Over fifty bucks for gas!

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Wow! Over fifty bucks for gas!

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

It is amazing how pricey gas has become. More than fifty bucks to fill up the little Lexus. I don’t even want to think about the Excursion.

Can’t I just walk everywhere?

A long day at work

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Today started off early at 4:30 am. I was woken up by the ‘firefight’ line at Novell to fix a BPEL process. I should have told them to jump in the lake and tgo bug someone else (Nathan or Maulesh), but I took the call and worked things out just in time to hop in the shower and head out to work.

All day long it was one meeting / problem after another. Fixed a couple of production problems and generally tried to be helpful. It just felt really long; and I am tired.

I will tell Adolfo my decision tomorrow. I am very interested to see how it will all be handled.

Should be fun!

April 13, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-13

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  • Photocopied some church music for choir today. Our order hasn’t arrived yet so we will have to be illegal this week. #

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Grandma’s Favorite

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Grandma’s Favorite

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

There are few things that Grndma likes as well as getting dandelions from her kids and grandkids.

April 12, 2008

Finally – clean

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Finally – clean

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

Well, it finally happened and the room finally is clean. It was even vacuumed by Lexi; just in time to go to bed (nearly).

Oh well, onto bigger and better things.

Lexie’s idea of ‘putting clothes away’

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Lexie’s idea of ‘putting clothes away’

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

Whatever progress was made on the room is somewhat negated by the closet organization fiasco.

6:15 pm – 9 hours of cleaning

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6:15 pm – 9 hours of cleaning

Originally uploaded by david_oldroyd

After 9 hours of cleaning they actually got more done than I had expected. It isn’t complete but it has been 9 hours.

It is time to throw in the towel and do it. I hate to do it and maybe I shouldn’t but here goes……..

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