What have you done for me lately...

Oh my...where to begin. Let's see, I just swapped out the power supply on my computer 'cause I fried the old one when I didn't seat the connector properly onto the floppy drive (who needs a floppy drive anymore anyway...). Smoke and melted wires...I thought I might have fried other more delicate and vital components, but God was on my side or at least He saved me from myself. I had to kill the breaker, and wait for all the smoke to dissapate before I could see that everything looked (almost) ok. Waited a little while to fiddle with it, couldn't salvage the power supply, no matter what I tried. Luckily I had a backup from my father inlaw. Presto chango, it's alive! Upside is that my computer is functional and operational. The down side is that I have less power connections on my back up power supply, so a good half of my case components are currently idle and just sitting there sadly, waiting to be revived. I think a new, shiny power supply with a kilowatt of power (oh yeah!) might be in the cards. We'll see. Hmmm, so much to say mere moments ago, now...nothin. Alright, the bathroom is completely wired and functional, the fan and lights all perform to spec. I priced those pre-formed surrounds for my shower/tub and found out it's cheaper to tile the whole thing. So we should have a pretty spiffy shower soon. Of course it's not any sort of standard size, so we'll have to get the sliding door custom built. Balls. But it's coming along. I started tearing into the kitchen cabinetry, cutting out a space for the new dishwasher. All was well till my jigsaws battery gave out, so it's on the charger and the project's on the backburner. A good third of the new insullation is layed in the attic, we haven't noticed a big difference yet, but it's just now getting nippy out so we don't have a good indicator on it's effectiveness yet. My dad helped me (finally!) get my bicycle in road-worthy shape; I'm preparing to melt my legs into puddles and put some miles on the thing. Of course I wait till it's raining to do so, but hey, that's me. A friend who rides each and every day reccomended a helmet to me that I plan on getting tomorrow. Then I'll be preparred for the urban challenge that is. Ok, what else...I'm totally hooked on a new puzzle in the paper, Sudoku. It's mental crack, and I'm doing it whenever I get my hands on it. Fun! Cheryl built a cute little retaining wall around our rose bushes out of reclaimed bricks, going down two sides of the house. It looks old cottage-ish and way too nice for us. Um, we're going to Hawaii in a week, a friend's getting married and Cheryl really wanted to go, so there you are. Looks to be way too much fun, and I am totally ready for a break. A week of sun and beach can't be too awful now. Cheryl's never been, so it ought to be exciting. I don't really have any other news, I'm racking my brain but those seem to be the main points of interest. I lose interest quickly, so I load alot of detail upfront and trail off at the end as I'm sure you're noticing. Quick album recomendations: Project 86 has a new one out, I'm gonna snag it tomorrow. Silver and Gold from Starflyer 59 have been remastered and rereleased, pick them up now! Jeremy Enigk is working on a new solo album...All Hail the Frog Queen! Also, Facedown Records has good heavy stuff, so they're worth a listen. Oh, lastly, I'm dual-publishing this on my myspace, so if you don't get this here, you might get it there. Unless you're there, and then you're getting it here. Not there. But it's here first. Tah!