tivo, misunderstandings, and our four-legged ruler

Ever since TiVo’s December 17th giveaway of free TiVo sets, I have been obsessing about getting one. I didn’t go when they were giving it away, sure that it was going to be a mob and unsure if the fact that Seppo’s name was on the cable bill was going to be a problem. I never really thought about getting one before that, but I’ve been checking their web specials every day with hopes that the $49.99 refurb models are going to be on sale again. Heh. Ridiculous.

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Even since my high school graduating class got a mailing list together to organize the ten year reunion, which took place last Thanksgiving weekend, I have been getting back in touch with many people. And it’s really nice. I had a conversation just today with a very nice person from school, and it was fantastic to catch up with her. The downer was that she had run into someone that she felt like was talking trash about me, and she felt like she would want to know if someone were spreading rumors about her, so she told me about it. After a series of inner debates about whether it was important for me to get in touch with the person in question, I decided, what the heck, I should find out what happened from the supposed maligner, to make sure that I’m not thinking ill of someone for something that was misinterpreted. It does seem like something was lost in the interaction, and the story-teller did not intend any harm, but was telling a story pertaining to himself, as to his own action in the matter, so I am glad I decided to get in touch with him. He is indeed as nice and decent a human being as I recall.

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Mobi rules this household with an iron fist. Seppo and I shamelessly fawn over his every cute action. If I were a detached observer, I’d gag at our disgusting reactions. Hee.

year of the rooster

Well, not really until the lunar new year, but I’m not too picky.

We spent a lovely New Year’s Eve with Alan & Becky (and a little bit of it with Joe T. as well), full of food and fun and plain old good company. We watched the fireworks from their rooftop. It was a great way to end the old year and begin the new one.

Last year was a big year. Seppo and I got engaged. We both got new jobs. I refinanced my house. We moved downstairs. We got a dog. My dad got released and was deported. My sister had her second and last baby. My brother brought home his girlfriend for the first time. I wrote a first draft of a novel. Seppo released his second commercial video game through his job, and completed his first independent game with a small group of friends. There were some very horrible things too: Bush, continued ground war in Iraq, tsunami disaster. I hope this year brings progress on all fronts.

Seppo and I decided that we should set a date by the end of January. Then we can start to plan the wedding in earnest. Seppo and I both want to lose weight/get fit this year. Due in part to the new jobs, we’ve each gained a noticeable amount of weight and have become increasingly sedentary in our day-to-day lives, despite the addition of the dog. I would like to cook more at home. I get to work from home one day a week, so I want to plan to get groceries delivered on a day when I’m home during the week, so that we can avoid using up time on a weekend to shop. I can also cook dinner that day of the week while Seppo is in transit.

I would like to come up with some sort of a permanently workable financial solution for my family. If we can figure out something, I feel like we’d be able to save money better for getting married, having children, and even retiring at some point in our lives. As it is, I rather feel like we are bleeding money.

Here’s to 2005.