Which is to say, I’m not dead. I’ve just been busy with other projects and haven’t gotten around to writing anything for far too long. So I decided to just whip a quick post to say “hey” and let you know I’d not forgotten about you my faithful reader(s).

So umm, hey! *grin*

Happy New Year!

And since I don’t have a proper post written up to entertain you; here’s some quiz fun.

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man
85%
Superman
70%
Green Lantern
70%
Hulk
65%
The Flash
60%
Robin
58%
Catwoman
55%
Supergirl
51%
Iron Man
45%
Wonder Woman
36%
Batman
30%
You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.


Click here to take the “Which Superhero are you?” quiz…

Your results:
You are Mr. Freeze

Mr. Freeze
75%
The Joker
73%
Two-Face
69%
Dr. Doom
68%
Venom
61%
Lex Luthor
60%
Riddler
60%
Green Goblin
57%
Apocalypse
56%
Magneto
56%
Kingpin
53%
Dark Phoenix
51%
Juggernaut
49%
Poison Ivy
49%
Catwoman
45%
Mystique
33%
You are cold and you think everyone else should be also, literally.


Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

Not too much of interest been going on of late, so here’s the highlights.

  • Found out there was a Maid-Rite restaurant over in Marion. Tried it out and discovered it was nearly1 as good as Taylor’s Maid-Rite in Marshalltown.
  • Had some friends over for soup/chili.
  • Went to the company holiday party. Best company holiday party I’ve ever been to. Expected to put in a polite appearance, not staying more than an hour or so. Actually stayed nearly 3 hours.
  • Went to neighborhood holiday party. Huge house. Lots of people. Felt a lot like family christmas. Lots of people I don’t know talking to each other as they all know one another. Met a few nice people, but most of them were from out of the area and were just friends with the hosts
  • Got older. Went to Applebee’s for lunch with Michelle & her family. Ate way too much. Later went out and saw Casino Royale (good, but I’ll talk about that in another post).

1 The sandwiches were just as good, but their selection of shakes was pitiful. Granted the night we went over it was cold out and I didn’t have a shake, but 3 flavors? Weak.

New Sink & Vanity

We recently noticed that the sink in our master bathroom was leaking. I traced the link to a crack in the sink itself; so we decided to make do for a little while by using the sink downstairs. When you have to climb up & down stairs to wash your hands or brush your teeth that gets old real quick. This weekend we did the work to replace the sink. However we weren’t too keen on the idea of just replacing the pedestal sink with another one. So we splurged a bit and bought a vanity & sink kit from Home Depot. We also picked up a new faucet to go with it (the old one was hideous). Today we installed it. *ugh* Now I really understand why plumbers charge so much. It’s smelly, painful work in cramped quarters.

New Faucet

I’m really feeling it in my back and shoulders, from being tucked under the sink hooking all the pipes up. It didn’t help that this was the first sink I’ve ever installed, plus the first cabinet I’ve ever installed. Counting the extra trips back to Home Depot for items we forget (and items we didn’t realize we needed); it took us 6-7 hours to get everything hooked up. Right now we’re waiting for all the caulk to cure before we try running the water. By tomorrow night, we’ll know for sure if we did everything right. I’m fairly confident on everything except the drain pipe. So cross your fingers for us!

Incidentally, the photos attached to this post are the “after” versions. I forgot to do “before” shots and was too busy to do any “during”. Sorry. 🙁

Update 5 Dec 2006: All the caulk has cured and the sink works perfectly (no leaks). As an added bonus, it drains much better but I think that is due to the drain on the old sink not being hooked up properly.