You've got to admire Bernake and his set of solid brass balls and gall. He actually had the nerve to state that interest rates being too low but it was a lack of regulation. Hello???!!! Isn't regulation of banks part of the Fed's job? So either the Fed failed at that part or actually did keep rates too low for too long or a combination of the two.
This morning some broker sent me a BBRG message commenting on how goes the first week of January, so goes the year. He then went on to cite that this statistic has been 80% correct over the last 50 years. Little quibble here is that last year (that is now '09) in the first week of January saw a ~13% decline in the SPX only to end the year up ~23%. Which brings me to something that is said on every document you get from your 401(k) administrator, broker or anyone else involved in managing money; that would be the following sentence: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Funny how after two years of fat tail events or black swans or whatever you want to call the events that no one thought would ever occur but did in the past two years you still have people who think that just because it has happened many times in the past it will most likely happen again.
Some bad news for the in-laws last night. The husband's step-father's father has been ill for the past several years and he passed away over the weekend. They flew off to Europe this morning for the funeral. I will send my step-father-in-law (that's a mouthful to type) a card expressing my sympathy. I asked the husband what is the feasibility of sending flowers but we never figured it out.
Tomorrow the husband will be going north to mom and dad's for a few days. His younger sister is on winter break for five weeks and needed something to keep her busy that also fits into her engineering studies. Dad came through in the clutch and got her two unpaid internships for a week each; one at an engineering firm and one at an architectural firm up north. The husband is psyched. It means I won't be able to hit the gym in the mornings but not a big deal.
I totally forgot I am meeting a senior from my alma mater tomorrow for drinks and to discuss his aspirations about getting a job in my line of work. Thankfully he emailed me this morning checking in.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Ah the new year
The rest of the week at mom and dad's was fun. Tuesday my brother, sister-in-law and their kids arrived in the afternoon. We opened yet more Christmas presents, had yet another Christmas dinner and relaxed. The boys got iTunes cards so I spent a good portion of the evening downloading apps, one movie and some t.v. shows for them.
Wednesday was a blast as there was a bunch of new snow so we all decided to go sledding. We hit the hill in the local town park. We used to sled on the hill growing up and I have to say I forgot how big it was. Thankfully dad had a bunch of sleds- saucers and tugboats. We got there and there were already some people on the hill. They however were on the small part so my youngest and I walked up to the top of the hill and started going down from there. Pretty soon everyone else joined us there. We rode down a bunch of times, my brother and I taking the his sons down with us, my sons riding on their own but I did get them to ride down once with me. I forgot how fast you get going on that hill.
We ended there, everyone went for hot chocolate except for my oldest and I. We went back to the house, showered up and went our for lunch. We of course had authentic Italian cuisine- Olive Garden. Then it was off to the movies. We saw Sherlock Holmes. It was a really good movie. My oldest was psyched because there will definitely be a sequel.
Thursday morning we were up and on the road by 8 AM. Of course there was snow the entire way down in to Pennsylvania. The boys both napped and I did not go more than 50 mph for the first three hours. You'd think with all the stimulus money they'd have some for plowing- apparently not. I finally dropped the boys off at their mom's house around 1:45 PM. I got home to the husband around 3:30.
It was New Year's Eve so we were going out in the city to a party at our friends home on the lower east side. We had a nice homemade dinner first, showered up, got dressed and met up with TK. We then cabbed it over to the party. It was a fun time. The new year rang in and the arty was still going strong. Thor- the bartender (he was a huge, hot blond guy with massive guns)had a very heavy hand with the drinks. At one point I believe he got all indignant when I asked him for a tequila with some water (at the husband's request. He looked askance at my request and I explained he had a heavy hand.
We needed up chatting with another party guest. He is a Jersey boy, works as a consultant in the food industry. Nice guy, he asked us if we wanted to go to another party some of his other friends were having. TK had already left as he is not a big fan of New Year's Eve parties so we said sure. We ended up in some massive apartment on 17th street were the party was still going strong. At one point the husband looked at me and asked if I was still having fun- I said no, it's late, can we go home? Late as in it was 4:45 AM. We got home rather easily on the PATH.
We got up at 1:30- yes 1:30 in the afternoon. The day was spent inculcating the husband in all that is Buffy. There was a Buffy marathon on tv so we spent the day watching it. The marathon only covered seasons 1 & 2 having Chinese food for dinner. At the end the husband was into it and asked what seasons I have on dvd. I told him all of them.
Yesterday we spent the day watching season 3- e did not get through all of it. We only left the house to walk the dogs. Made dinner for ourselves again.
The kids had been sick the entire time I was up north. The husband played Nurse Betty for them the week. apparently they had picked up some bacterial infection at the farm- probably from eating goose shit, pheasant shit or some carcass they came across. They are finally back to normal.
Today we are having brunch with JP who we have not seen in months. Dinner at JD and JW's new home.
Pride is a dangerous thing. Several years ago the husband told me to take down a profile I had on a social networking site for gay men. I let my pride get the better of me and told him you don't tell me what to do. It finally came to a head this past week. He told me that he viewed the site as a sex site regardless if I did or not (he used to be on it as well) and took his profile down early on in our relationship. He said that me putting myself out there- regardless of what I wrote on the profile- was akin to not respecting our marriage and he had to assume I was not on the same page as he was. I was distraught. I told him that was not the case. If I did not want to be with him and only him I would never have asked him to marry me and would not have fought the ex to keep him in my life. My willful pride, obstinacy and arrogance hurt him deeply and probably embarrassed him with some of his friends. I killed the profile immediately. This year I have my work cut out for me to repair the damage I caused, restore his faith in my commitment to us and dispel any doubts he has about me. I debated writing about it as I am not sure he wants it known.
I have not really kept up on the economic news lately other than I noticed the NY Times is now questioning the wisdom of helping people stay in homes they cannot afford. When your own party starts questioning it you have to wonder how much longer the policy will stay in place.
Wednesday was a blast as there was a bunch of new snow so we all decided to go sledding. We hit the hill in the local town park. We used to sled on the hill growing up and I have to say I forgot how big it was. Thankfully dad had a bunch of sleds- saucers and tugboats. We got there and there were already some people on the hill. They however were on the small part so my youngest and I walked up to the top of the hill and started going down from there. Pretty soon everyone else joined us there. We rode down a bunch of times, my brother and I taking the his sons down with us, my sons riding on their own but I did get them to ride down once with me. I forgot how fast you get going on that hill.
We ended there, everyone went for hot chocolate except for my oldest and I. We went back to the house, showered up and went our for lunch. We of course had authentic Italian cuisine- Olive Garden. Then it was off to the movies. We saw Sherlock Holmes. It was a really good movie. My oldest was psyched because there will definitely be a sequel.
Thursday morning we were up and on the road by 8 AM. Of course there was snow the entire way down in to Pennsylvania. The boys both napped and I did not go more than 50 mph for the first three hours. You'd think with all the stimulus money they'd have some for plowing- apparently not. I finally dropped the boys off at their mom's house around 1:45 PM. I got home to the husband around 3:30.
It was New Year's Eve so we were going out in the city to a party at our friends home on the lower east side. We had a nice homemade dinner first, showered up, got dressed and met up with TK. We then cabbed it over to the party. It was a fun time. The new year rang in and the arty was still going strong. Thor- the bartender (he was a huge, hot blond guy with massive guns)had a very heavy hand with the drinks. At one point I believe he got all indignant when I asked him for a tequila with some water (at the husband's request. He looked askance at my request and I explained he had a heavy hand.
We needed up chatting with another party guest. He is a Jersey boy, works as a consultant in the food industry. Nice guy, he asked us if we wanted to go to another party some of his other friends were having. TK had already left as he is not a big fan of New Year's Eve parties so we said sure. We ended up in some massive apartment on 17th street were the party was still going strong. At one point the husband looked at me and asked if I was still having fun- I said no, it's late, can we go home? Late as in it was 4:45 AM. We got home rather easily on the PATH.
We got up at 1:30- yes 1:30 in the afternoon. The day was spent inculcating the husband in all that is Buffy. There was a Buffy marathon on tv so we spent the day watching it. The marathon only covered seasons 1 & 2 having Chinese food for dinner. At the end the husband was into it and asked what seasons I have on dvd. I told him all of them.
Yesterday we spent the day watching season 3- e did not get through all of it. We only left the house to walk the dogs. Made dinner for ourselves again.
The kids had been sick the entire time I was up north. The husband played Nurse Betty for them the week. apparently they had picked up some bacterial infection at the farm- probably from eating goose shit, pheasant shit or some carcass they came across. They are finally back to normal.
Today we are having brunch with JP who we have not seen in months. Dinner at JD and JW's new home.
Pride is a dangerous thing. Several years ago the husband told me to take down a profile I had on a social networking site for gay men. I let my pride get the better of me and told him you don't tell me what to do. It finally came to a head this past week. He told me that he viewed the site as a sex site regardless if I did or not (he used to be on it as well) and took his profile down early on in our relationship. He said that me putting myself out there- regardless of what I wrote on the profile- was akin to not respecting our marriage and he had to assume I was not on the same page as he was. I was distraught. I told him that was not the case. If I did not want to be with him and only him I would never have asked him to marry me and would not have fought the ex to keep him in my life. My willful pride, obstinacy and arrogance hurt him deeply and probably embarrassed him with some of his friends. I killed the profile immediately. This year I have my work cut out for me to repair the damage I caused, restore his faith in my commitment to us and dispel any doubts he has about me. I debated writing about it as I am not sure he wants it known.
I have not really kept up on the economic news lately other than I noticed the NY Times is now questioning the wisdom of helping people stay in homes they cannot afford. When your own party starts questioning it you have to wonder how much longer the policy will stay in place.
Monday, December 28, 2009
It didn't follow the book faithfully
Last night my youngest and I had a great dinner and movie date. We went and saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox. I had not read the book so had no expectations but knew my youngest had read the book so I warned him the reviews said it did not follow the book but was still a great movie.
I have to say it was pretty damn good; the animation was reminiscent of the Rankin & Bass type Christmas specials but much better detail. The story line was pretty good and funny. Apparently the only part other than the names of the three farmers was Mr. Fox getting his tail shot off. Other than that it was completely different according to my youngest. He loved it though.
Of course dinner afterwards was his choice and he choose good old authentic Italian food, a.k.a Olive Garden. I had no choice but to suffer through the "cuisine."
When we got back we played a game of farkle. It was a pretty close game and my youngest won on the very last roll beating out his grandfather but more importantly rubbing it in his brother's face. Gotta love brothers...
This morning we went off to the mall- all five of us. Mom and dad are due for phone upgrades on their cell phones. The actually still have crappy flip phones. So my oldest convinced them they need phones with full keyboards- probably sliders. First though we exchanged my oldest son's jeans he got from grandma for Christmas. We went to Holister and found the right size and exchanged them. While there a hot Marine in full dress uniform came in with some friends and I had to focus on not staring in front of my son, lol. Then it was off to Gap to exchange pants for my youngest that he got from grandma for Christmas. They did not have his size so instead he got a fully lined sip hoodie.
Then grandma and grandpa took their grandsons to see Avatar in 3D. I went home and read the local paper, watched some tv and just vegged out.
When the rest of the family got back from the movie I suggested a game of farkle- of course it was no. I went and took a nap. when I got up I found them playing farkle- those farklers!
Dinner was pizza and wings. Then of course- you guessed if- a game of farkle. this time my oldest beat his younger brother and of course was rubbing it in and my youngest got all pouty and mad. I told him he should have thought of that last night.
We then watched Something, Something, Something Darkside. It was the Family Guy sequel to Blue Harvest. I thought it was good, my oldest loved it and my youngest did not like it as much as Blue Harvest- there was way more adult humor. The uncomfortable part was it was uncensored and mom sat through part of it with us, lol.
Tomorrow the rest of the family gets here and we are all pretty excited. We'll have another Christmas dinner and open some more presents.
So the Fed is changing the rules again. They are amending Regulation D and establishing a term deposit facility. One has to wonder why they are doing all they can to force banks to lend and banks still won't lend. Maybe it's because the banks aren't healthy enough to have not been totally forthright about their health.
The pother rule change is in tax law that will allow a bunch of banks to make themselves seem profitable when they are actually losing boat fulls of money.
Let's just keep kicking that can down the road hoping something magical will happen to fix it all instead of being adults about it and taking our bitter medicine now.
I have to say it was pretty damn good; the animation was reminiscent of the Rankin & Bass type Christmas specials but much better detail. The story line was pretty good and funny. Apparently the only part other than the names of the three farmers was Mr. Fox getting his tail shot off. Other than that it was completely different according to my youngest. He loved it though.
Of course dinner afterwards was his choice and he choose good old authentic Italian food, a.k.a Olive Garden. I had no choice but to suffer through the "cuisine."
When we got back we played a game of farkle. It was a pretty close game and my youngest won on the very last roll beating out his grandfather but more importantly rubbing it in his brother's face. Gotta love brothers...
This morning we went off to the mall- all five of us. Mom and dad are due for phone upgrades on their cell phones. The actually still have crappy flip phones. So my oldest convinced them they need phones with full keyboards- probably sliders. First though we exchanged my oldest son's jeans he got from grandma for Christmas. We went to Holister and found the right size and exchanged them. While there a hot Marine in full dress uniform came in with some friends and I had to focus on not staring in front of my son, lol. Then it was off to Gap to exchange pants for my youngest that he got from grandma for Christmas. They did not have his size so instead he got a fully lined sip hoodie.
Then grandma and grandpa took their grandsons to see Avatar in 3D. I went home and read the local paper, watched some tv and just vegged out.
When the rest of the family got back from the movie I suggested a game of farkle- of course it was no. I went and took a nap. when I got up I found them playing farkle- those farklers!
Dinner was pizza and wings. Then of course- you guessed if- a game of farkle. this time my oldest beat his younger brother and of course was rubbing it in and my youngest got all pouty and mad. I told him he should have thought of that last night.
We then watched Something, Something, Something Darkside. It was the Family Guy sequel to Blue Harvest. I thought it was good, my oldest loved it and my youngest did not like it as much as Blue Harvest- there was way more adult humor. The uncomfortable part was it was uncensored and mom sat through part of it with us, lol.
Tomorrow the rest of the family gets here and we are all pretty excited. We'll have another Christmas dinner and open some more presents.
So the Fed is changing the rules again. They are amending Regulation D and establishing a term deposit facility. One has to wonder why they are doing all they can to force banks to lend and banks still won't lend. Maybe it's because the banks aren't healthy enough to have not been totally forthright about their health.
The pother rule change is in tax law that will allow a bunch of banks to make themselves seem profitable when they are actually losing boat fulls of money.
Let's just keep kicking that can down the road hoping something magical will happen to fix it all instead of being adults about it and taking our bitter medicine now.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Farkle
Farkle is an interesting game.
Yesterday the boys went with their grandparents to BKS and got a game for all of us to play after dinner. They came back with farkle. It is similar to Yahtzee. We played after dinner and I have to say it was pretty fun.
This morning mom made eggs benedict for breakfast- yum. The funny thing was after breakfast my oldest asked when the rest of the family was getting here. I asked why and he said it was because he likes to be entertained by more than just his new mysterious iPod Touch and South Park dvds, lol. I told him they get here Tuesday.
Today we are going to go ice skating at a local rink. I suck at it and the boys are willing to try it so why not.
Tonight I have a dinner date with my youngest. He and I are going to go see The Fantastic Mr. Fox and then dinner. I told him he could chose the restaurant and of course he went with Olive Garden- oh joy.
I will have a dinner date with my oldest Wednesday evening. He wants to go see Sherlock Holmes which I am psyched to see. I am almost certain he will choose Olive Garden as well.
So, according to some reports China has now overtaken Japan as the world's second largest economy. I still don't get how we accept the data from the Chinese government at face value. I can't find much argument with assuming China will become the world's second largest economy but I am not sure when. Hell, they will over take us in time.
Yesterday the boys went with their grandparents to BKS and got a game for all of us to play after dinner. They came back with farkle. It is similar to Yahtzee. We played after dinner and I have to say it was pretty fun.
This morning mom made eggs benedict for breakfast- yum. The funny thing was after breakfast my oldest asked when the rest of the family was getting here. I asked why and he said it was because he likes to be entertained by more than just his new mysterious iPod Touch and South Park dvds, lol. I told him they get here Tuesday.
Today we are going to go ice skating at a local rink. I suck at it and the boys are willing to try it so why not.
Tonight I have a dinner date with my youngest. He and I are going to go see The Fantastic Mr. Fox and then dinner. I told him he could chose the restaurant and of course he went with Olive Garden- oh joy.
I will have a dinner date with my oldest Wednesday evening. He wants to go see Sherlock Holmes which I am psyched to see. I am almost certain he will choose Olive Garden as well.
So, according to some reports China has now overtaken Japan as the world's second largest economy. I still don't get how we accept the data from the Chinese government at face value. I can't find much argument with assuming China will become the world's second largest economy but I am not sure when. Hell, they will over take us in time.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Glitter is evil- I am not talking about Mariah's movie (but that is evill too)
Glitter: indestructible, omnipresent and evil. The husband got more wrapping paper and of course all of it had glitter- he's Latin and anything sparkley, red, gold or silver instantly catches his eye. The rolls of wrapping paper he got fit the bill on all of those counts. The thing is though is the glitter comes off those wrapping papers and gets everywhere. The dogs had it on the, the dining room table, the couches, the floor, my coats, my hair, my mug.
This past week was a bit busy and actually nice. Wednesday night we had the in-laws, my sister-in-law and her best friend over for an early Christmas dinner since we would not be seeing any of them for Christmas. My sister-in-law finished up her finals at college Tuesday night and her best friend picked her up. They went to Boston and spent the night there, then drove down to our place Wednesday afternoon. Dinner was great,the husband made an awesome meal of lamb with shallots, prunes and olives (yeah, I was hesitant about the prunes but they tasted really good when roasted with the lamb and everything else), asparagus and roasted red potatoes. The fudge I made was a huge hit too.
Christmas Eve the husband drove down to ST and PJ's farm earlier in the the day with the kids and a box of presents. I got out of work, loaded up the truck with the rest of the presents and drove to my brother's house in central Jersey to drop off gifts for his twin sons. Mom and dad were there too. I walked in and my brother asked what's with all the sparkles on my coat and face, he wanted to know if I stopped by some bar with go-go boys on the way there. Ha-ha, so frackin' funny.
Then I was off to the ex' house to drop off all the boys gifts because I was not all about schlepping them up to mom and dad's house for the week and then back down to the boys' primary residence. Then off to the farm for Christmas Eve dinner. We then all opened our gifts. The husband loved all of his. My oldest got him a fountain pen, my youngest got him cuff links in the shape of beetles and I got him the nook. He was psyched.
Christmas morning we slept in kind of late, had some breakfast and just vegged out. I started reading an awesome book the husband got me for Christmas- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. How could I not be psyched about a book with the word zombies in the title. He also got me Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters- that one looks good too. Some chick Jane Austen and one Seth Graham-Smith wrote both of them.
Yesterday afternoon the husband, our hosts and their other Christmas guest went to the movies and I hit the road. I stopped by the ex' best friend's house to pick up the boys. Everyone asked if I had the kids because the best friend used to have a Scottie as well and she and her entire family loved the kids the last time they met them. I told them nope, not this year as I did not have room for them in the truck. The boys got in and they found new dvds for their big Christmas gifts from me and the husband- portable dvd players. My oldest got season 1 and 2 of South Park. My youngest got the entire Filmation series of Flash Gordon. They were psyched. Everyone also notice I had glitter on my coat, in my hair and on my mug, commenting on it. The ex told me to thank my mom for her Christmas gift and said she really liked it. Big praise coming form her so I asked what she got and it was the blouse she was wearing. I commented wow,she actually got you something for Christmas you like and she laughed and said yeah, it only took her almost 20 years, lol.
The dive up was basically pouring rain once we got near Scranton. By the time I pulled into mom and dad's driveway it was freezing rain. I told dad he needed to salt his driveway- which he did.
Here is the big mystery and makes me wonder if there is a secret Santa in the family. There was a bag on the handle of mom and dad's front door. My youngest grabbed it on his way in. I started unpacking the truck- the husband gave me and the boys a huge gift that consisted of three large boxes stored in the bed of the truck. Mom thought maybe it was something from a neighbor and opened it when there were two small things addressed to the boys. They each opened the boxes to find iTouches. I have no idea who they are from as I know mom and dad are too cheap,um I mean frugal, to spend that kind of money. I called the husband and asked but I know he thinks the boys are somewhat spoiled and he did not do it. My oldest called his mom and asked if she or her dad did it and she said no. I am kind of pissed as I have been telling the no,they are not getting them- sometimes the husband is right about them being a bit spoiled-and someone did an end run on me. They were concerned I'd make them return them but I have no idea who they are from.
I got the rest of the truck unpacked and mom commented I still had glitter on my coat and in my hair. I kindly told her I knew and gave her my best STFU about the god damn glitter look.
We had an awesome Christmas dinner and my oldest ate everything including the squash. We then opened the presents. The husband got us a telescope which is way cool and the boys were really excited because they said we can use it to check out the city from the apartment.
I then set up the boys new, mysterious iTouches. they immediately started downloading as many free apps as they could, lol.
Today will be a lazy Saturday. The only thing we need to do is the oldest and I have to go to the mall to get his cell phone checked out as it is not really functioning at all. I will probably have to end up getting him a new one.
Christmas Eve in the markets is funny. It seems to be a recent tradition of some company trying to sneak through bad news of some sorts after the close on Christmas Eve. There were a few news items that might have qualified for that but I think the biggest thing was the government basically admitting housing is not getting better at all and so taking off the caps they had imposed on FNM and FRE. This is not good and very underhanded of the government to do it after the close.
I am on vacation with the boys this week.
This past week was a bit busy and actually nice. Wednesday night we had the in-laws, my sister-in-law and her best friend over for an early Christmas dinner since we would not be seeing any of them for Christmas. My sister-in-law finished up her finals at college Tuesday night and her best friend picked her up. They went to Boston and spent the night there, then drove down to our place Wednesday afternoon. Dinner was great,the husband made an awesome meal of lamb with shallots, prunes and olives (yeah, I was hesitant about the prunes but they tasted really good when roasted with the lamb and everything else), asparagus and roasted red potatoes. The fudge I made was a huge hit too.
Christmas Eve the husband drove down to ST and PJ's farm earlier in the the day with the kids and a box of presents. I got out of work, loaded up the truck with the rest of the presents and drove to my brother's house in central Jersey to drop off gifts for his twin sons. Mom and dad were there too. I walked in and my brother asked what's with all the sparkles on my coat and face, he wanted to know if I stopped by some bar with go-go boys on the way there. Ha-ha, so frackin' funny.
Then I was off to the ex' house to drop off all the boys gifts because I was not all about schlepping them up to mom and dad's house for the week and then back down to the boys' primary residence. Then off to the farm for Christmas Eve dinner. We then all opened our gifts. The husband loved all of his. My oldest got him a fountain pen, my youngest got him cuff links in the shape of beetles and I got him the nook. He was psyched.
Christmas morning we slept in kind of late, had some breakfast and just vegged out. I started reading an awesome book the husband got me for Christmas- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. How could I not be psyched about a book with the word zombies in the title. He also got me Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters- that one looks good too. Some chick Jane Austen and one Seth Graham-Smith wrote both of them.
Yesterday afternoon the husband, our hosts and their other Christmas guest went to the movies and I hit the road. I stopped by the ex' best friend's house to pick up the boys. Everyone asked if I had the kids because the best friend used to have a Scottie as well and she and her entire family loved the kids the last time they met them. I told them nope, not this year as I did not have room for them in the truck. The boys got in and they found new dvds for their big Christmas gifts from me and the husband- portable dvd players. My oldest got season 1 and 2 of South Park. My youngest got the entire Filmation series of Flash Gordon. They were psyched. Everyone also notice I had glitter on my coat, in my hair and on my mug, commenting on it. The ex told me to thank my mom for her Christmas gift and said she really liked it. Big praise coming form her so I asked what she got and it was the blouse she was wearing. I commented wow,she actually got you something for Christmas you like and she laughed and said yeah, it only took her almost 20 years, lol.
The dive up was basically pouring rain once we got near Scranton. By the time I pulled into mom and dad's driveway it was freezing rain. I told dad he needed to salt his driveway- which he did.
Here is the big mystery and makes me wonder if there is a secret Santa in the family. There was a bag on the handle of mom and dad's front door. My youngest grabbed it on his way in. I started unpacking the truck- the husband gave me and the boys a huge gift that consisted of three large boxes stored in the bed of the truck. Mom thought maybe it was something from a neighbor and opened it when there were two small things addressed to the boys. They each opened the boxes to find iTouches. I have no idea who they are from as I know mom and dad are too cheap,um I mean frugal, to spend that kind of money. I called the husband and asked but I know he thinks the boys are somewhat spoiled and he did not do it. My oldest called his mom and asked if she or her dad did it and she said no. I am kind of pissed as I have been telling the no,they are not getting them- sometimes the husband is right about them being a bit spoiled-and someone did an end run on me. They were concerned I'd make them return them but I have no idea who they are from.
I got the rest of the truck unpacked and mom commented I still had glitter on my coat and in my hair. I kindly told her I knew and gave her my best STFU about the god damn glitter look.
We had an awesome Christmas dinner and my oldest ate everything including the squash. We then opened the presents. The husband got us a telescope which is way cool and the boys were really excited because they said we can use it to check out the city from the apartment.
I then set up the boys new, mysterious iTouches. they immediately started downloading as many free apps as they could, lol.
Today will be a lazy Saturday. The only thing we need to do is the oldest and I have to go to the mall to get his cell phone checked out as it is not really functioning at all. I will probably have to end up getting him a new one.
Christmas Eve in the markets is funny. It seems to be a recent tradition of some company trying to sneak through bad news of some sorts after the close on Christmas Eve. There were a few news items that might have qualified for that but I think the biggest thing was the government basically admitting housing is not getting better at all and so taking off the caps they had imposed on FNM and FRE. This is not good and very underhanded of the government to do it after the close.
I am on vacation with the boys this week.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Ok, I am almost fracking Christmas-ed out
So the husband was doing the grocery shopping for dinner tomorrow night when he sent me a text mentioning we had no dessert. I quickly responded that I could make fudge since that is a big Christmas treat. He requested with walnuts. I forgot how much of a pain in the ass making fudge is. Thankfully I still had my recipe box from the first marriage and the secret recipe for fudge from the ex' mother. I have to say this fudge is an artery clogger- so looking forward to it for dessert tomorrow night.
I still have to get two more Christmas gifts- I think the husband will do that tomorrow for me while he is in the city.
I was busy as shit today at work and wasn't really expecting it. The most agita came from a trade error. The error was not mine but it still sucks for someone to have to take an error at the end of the year. It was not a small one either and I felt bad for the broker but there was no doubt as to whose fault it was.
Shockingly the revision for GDP was down more than expected- not. One co-worker tried to pull the trickle down theory of economics and how the rich people will turn things around. At that point I realized I was talking to someone who drank the Kool-Aid a long time ago.
I still have to get two more Christmas gifts- I think the husband will do that tomorrow for me while he is in the city.
I was busy as shit today at work and wasn't really expecting it. The most agita came from a trade error. The error was not mine but it still sucks for someone to have to take an error at the end of the year. It was not a small one either and I felt bad for the broker but there was no doubt as to whose fault it was.
Shockingly the revision for GDP was down more than expected- not. One co-worker tried to pull the trickle down theory of economics and how the rich people will turn things around. At that point I realized I was talking to someone who drank the Kool-Aid a long time ago.
Monday, December 21, 2009
The winter solstice, a.k.a the end of shaggy season for me
I was up this morning at 4:45 because I could not wait to get rid of my '70s pornstache. I used the clippers to shave it down and then shaved twice to make sure the fucker was gone. It felt good to get rid of it. I then found out he barber shop in the Port Authority opens before 7 AM and got the fracking mop on my head cut. #3 on the back and sides, no sideburns, square back, take a bunch of the top and hen hot foam and a straight razor on the my nape. The barber was this older gentleman of Italian descent who was very proud of his two grandchildren and did comment I had a lot of hair to cut. All for less than $20- woo hoo!
I expect this week to be slow in the markets. The only wrench that got thrown into my expectations was I forgot we are playing down two men on the desk this week. Thankfully it is a short trading week and Thursday is an early close. After that I will not be in the office until the new year. I really don't expect much in negativity for the rest of the year as everyone is generally in a holiday mood and happy the year is over.
Tonight I actually finished all the damn wrapping of gifts only to realize the husband and I forgot to get two gifts for family members. I really can;t wait for the fracking Christmas season to be over, lol.
The husband actually had dinner waiting for me when I got home which was awesome. This week will only get a bit busier.
I expect this week to be slow in the markets. The only wrench that got thrown into my expectations was I forgot we are playing down two men on the desk this week. Thankfully it is a short trading week and Thursday is an early close. After that I will not be in the office until the new year. I really don't expect much in negativity for the rest of the year as everyone is generally in a holiday mood and happy the year is over.
Tonight I actually finished all the damn wrapping of gifts only to realize the husband and I forgot to get two gifts for family members. I really can;t wait for the fracking Christmas season to be over, lol.
The husband actually had dinner waiting for me when I got home which was awesome. This week will only get a bit busier.
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