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The Garden, it mocks me
About a week ago, I finally told my mom -- she of the ever bountiful garden -- that I was pretty sure I'd killed our Apricot by over-pruning, and now it has decided to finally leaf out.

Special Ops Engineer: All Hands Meeting
Reference 2007 complaints, repeat verbatim at 2009 meeting. Reference management replies from 2007, repeat verbatim at 2009 meeting. Add a side of unsubstantiated belief that the paperless report system will solve all of humanity's problems, and you have our meeting in a nutshell.

Hey, we're getting married...
M and I picked up our rings. They are awesome. They are also in a fire safe now, where we can be distracted by them and/or lose them before the wedding.

OMG, didn't we have plans?
I used to have a social life. Now I have work, wedding planning and WoW (to stay in touch with M). Maybe if you change your name to something starting with a W, I will work you in, too. Next year promises to be less crazy. Let's keep our collective fingers crossed, and we'll try to catch up with you when we can.

Let's paint the bathroom blue!
There is a spot of blue paint on the wall. I know this. We're "living with it for awhile" to see if we like the color. So far, it's losing. I like the idea of blue, but this particular execution is too... something. I say turquoise, M says baby blue. I hope that picking a shade of blue doesn't become an extended iterative process. I have no patience for that sort of thing.