Jeff Billimek’s Journal

This morning Jen called up T-Mobile to check on the status of the number port. It still had not gone through and we were getting impatient and annoyed. Jen called to complain about the process. She was able to get them to ‘comp’ us the month of December.

For breakfast we had a fun new item called ‘hot grape nuts‘. Jen made them for me. She used to have them when she was growing up. It was pretty good!

I worked on the checkbook finances in MS Money and also did the automobile asset depreciation task that I’ve been putting off for the past four months. To my surprise, the value of the Explorer did not change but the Saab did decrease.

We cleaned up around the house and flipped the mattress upstairs. I have a monthly task in Outlook to remind me to flip the mattress every month. Because this is an odd-numbered month, we flipped it on the short-axis.

Jen and I also cleaned the guest room & bathroom and afterwards had leftovers for lunch. I had the evil jungle Thai salad which is quite good reheated.

Next we went out to do some errands. On the way we stopped at the U-Haul store to fill our propane tank. I forgot my wallet so I had to use Jen’s credit card and I signed for her.

We went to Home Depot to buy some supplies and then went to a salon off of Cobb Parkway so I could get a haircut. Next, we stopped at the Starbucks in Vinings to get some coffee and tea. We sat outside.

After our nice coffee break, we went grocery shopping at the Publix in Vinings across the street from Home Depot. I was pretty hungry and it’s never a good idea to go shopping when you are hungry. I ended up putting three different boxes of cookies in the cart!

On our way out of the store, they were grilling hamburgers and hotdogs for a fundraiser. I was super hungry so I bought a hot dog to eat on the ride home - it was so delicious!

After we got home and unpacked, I did some work on the computer while Jen went to the gym. My toon in World of Warcraft is still level 57 but getting close to 58. I also did some auction-house activities and that is becoming a game in itself. It’s pretty fun identifying items that sell for under the current market value, buying them, and re-selling for the current market value. Doing that long enough can generate a decent amount of income.

Shortly after Jen got back home, we started prepping for our dinner tonight with Katie and Chris. They arrived at 7pm

We all had some drinks and cheese and crackers. Katie brought a desert and made a salad with hearts of palms. I don’t care much for hearts of palms. Jen and I grilled up some veggies and tilapia on the grill. It was quite good. We all sat and ate outside on the deck. It was a little hot outside but not too bad.

After dinner we went inside to play a board game. Once Chris discovered that we had SolarQuest, he got pretty excited. He used to play that when he was a kid and could never find a copy. Jen and Katie weren’t as excited to be playing as Chris and I, so eventually they pretty much stopped playing and just talked and played music via XBMC instead.

Chris was kicking butt and had most of Jupiter and all but one of the space docks. However, disaster struck when he let his fuel level get down to one hydron and drew a red shift card that said to use 3 hydrons of fuel. As a result he was out of the game. Jen and I would have surely lost otherwise.

After they left, we got ready for bed but just before that I installed the new thermostat upstairs that we bought today from Home Depot. It was a little confusing because the wires did not match up exactly but I winged it and it seems to work ok.