I logged on a week or so ago and was met with a fascinating statistic.  It was almost 7 years since I had started this blog.  February 23, 2003.  Do any of you have old diaries laying around that you go back and read years later? 

I received my glasses from Zenni yesterday, one day earlier than the two weeks promised when I ordered.Each pair came packaged in a snap-closed plastic eyeglass case of it's own.  They were each wrapped in one of those eyeglass cleaning clo

Oooh.  Enticing title, eh?  So, I last went to the eye doctor back in my last life.  At that time, the doctor tried to convince me I needed bifocals, but of course, being the young and silly thing I was, there was no way I would be un

So, I was watching a movie on Netflix's Watch Instantly last night.  A German movie called "Cherry Blossoms" which turned out to be only mediocre at best, but I digress.  Close to the beginning, there's a scene where a wom

To my regular readers, I have been a novice genealogist for years (I still have a mimeographed family tree I filled out for 6th grade history class.)  To my new readers, I hope you enjoy my first submission for the 57th Carnival of Genealogy, so

Yesterday, about noon, power was resumed to Chez Sockbug.  There was much happy dancing and gingerly turning on of the appliances.  Screw that now, all computers are on, the A/C is cranked to the max, we'd have the TV on if the Dish was

Today, I am hooked up via inverter to the car battery, sitting in my driveway.  Neighbor on the side of me is running his deafening generator about 20 feet from me, my ears will be ringing for hours.  We are on day 5 1/2 of no power. 

#1.  Turn on TV#2.  Add a veteran saint , for that touch of authenticity. 

For some reason, my last blog entry hit bloglines again.  I already got that whole ING thing taken care of, so back to your regularly scheduled blog reading.However, I'll send a little update while I'm here...been working a lot.  Re

I am looking to open an account at INGDirect.   Drop me an email at heysockbug at yahoo if you have a $25 referral link for me to use.  I'd much rather pass the $10 onto one of you guys than some random person.  First person t

about my new house... Instead of putting my spices in a cabinet like always, I bought cute little cans from the Container Store and made labels for them.  Love them!   

Pattern is here .  Yarn is from Walmart. 

I have been in my new house for a little over two months.  You'd think I'd be able to eek out a few minutes for this blog, huh?  Well, better late than never.Here's a picture I took shortly after our move in here:In the process

The last month and a half have been so traumatizing, I am not sure I want to relive them.  Do you know that when you close a home sale here in Houston, all the parties are supposed to meet around the same table and everyone signs the papers at t

First up, let me apologize if you are having trouble reading this.  Blog-city made me change versions at the end of the year and this version is much less user friendly than the last.  I still can't figure out how to change the color of

So, you would think if we got an offer on our home we'd be jumping up and down, right?  Well not quite yet.  We purchased this house 1.5 years ago for $449,000.  This was exactly the same amount of money that the sellers had paid f

Hey!  Welcome to 2008!  Things have started off with a bang here.  Back around my birthday, my Bestest Buddy came to visit me.  She brought me all kinds of goodies and lots of cheer, which was sorely needed.Possibly the best thing

First off, raise your hand if you have ever torn apart a whole closet looking for three measly skeins of yarn that you knew you had somewhere...Okay, on to this sock.  I was planning on making a few of these to give to my co-workers, but I decid

Looky here... If I remember you guys rightly, you're going to want to know how I did this, right? 

I got off work early today.  Ordinarily, this would not make me sad, but I had absolutely nothing to do.  My meager holiday shopping is done.  My greeting cards are mailed.  Howdy is working late and Daughter the Younger is at Aun

Okay, I feel obligated to tell you all upfront. We are not out of money yet. Now, on to a story.A while ago, Howdy was invited to a wine tasting. [Howdy works for a liquor store] Free wine was good, but this event also promise

Gosh, things are bleak here at Chez Sockbug.  I am still working at my accounting job.  I balance the books for people with much less intelligence than me, with more money than they can count. (Which is, of course, why I have a job, to coun

And now for something completely different.I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver.  I can't really tell you what drove me to request this book from the library.  As I grew up, my p

You know...Those of you who've been following along for awhile...my Blog-City neighbors, those of you who've stopped by to grab a pattern to use for a Sock-a-whatever pal and stayed, those who've just stumbled here...you know the past yea

Warning!  Strong and political opinions here.  No knitting content.  You have been warned.  I am sure I'm not the only one who's heard about Idaho senator Larry Craig and his loud protests that he's not gay.  Well