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More LEGOs™ for Me

April — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:36:06 +0000

Lego Star Wars II – escape from the Death Star

Originally uploaded by Hot Grill.

Okay, as if I’m not distracted enough by my five million ongoing projects that I’m constantly working on simultaneously, I just found out that “LEGO™ Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy” is being released on September 12th!! I’m soooo excited. Although I’ve recently been replaying “Beyond Good and Evil” which is a great game, I have to say that my love for playing LEGO™ Star Wars is tough to match. The demo is available for download but I’m going to wait to play the real thing.
Of course, if I’m lucky enough to get the “Lost: Season Two” dvds which will be released on Sept. 5th it’s going to tough to decide what to do with my free time. Wouldn’t that be a nice problem. . .

Shopping Day

April — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:29:02 +0000

carts

Originally uploaded by swardraws.

Now just having a few days to unpack our apartment, the Thanksgiving holiday has pulled me away from languishing in our sea of boxes to Randy’s parents’ home.
Today the women on his side of the family will descend upon The Mall at Robinson and the surrounding bevy of stores just west of Pittsburgh, PA in Robinson Township. My favorite stop is IKEA where I can stock up on fabulous Scandanavian foods and cool housewares. If I time it right, I may be able to have their Swedish meatballs and lingonberries for lunch. Tasty.
Really, I prefer the chaos of the shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but I can’t seem to convince anyone on Randy’s side of the family how much fun it is fighting to get good bargains. Oh well. At least I’ll be almost done with my Christmas shopping. Maybe I’ll even be able to work on writing our annual Christmas letter when we get home tonight. No, I’ll probably collapse from shopping exhaustion and delirium.

Lands’ End Craziness

April — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:20:05 +0000

One of these days I’m going to make it to the Lands’ End Warehouse Clearance Event in Dodgeville, WI. Every year for four days in August, they sell merchandise and catalog returns at up to 75% off retail price. Last year they had eighteen tractor trailers full of merchandise (about 142,000 items) and I hear that people drive rental trucks up there and go nuts. It would be better than shopping at a mall the day after Thanksgiving (which I love but I rarely get to do anymore)! I would get all of my family’s clothing sizes and do all of my Christmas and birthday shopping all at once. You see, in the Rodgers family a gift is better, even to the recipient, if you got a good deal on it. (Recipient: “What a nice shirt!” Giver: “Yeah. And, guess what. It was on sale at 25% off, I had a coupon for an extra 25% off all items, and it was senior discount day so I got another 10% off that!” Recipient: “That’s great!” said with sincere admiration and awe.) This Lands End deal sounds efficient and cost-effective to me but I haven’t convinced Randy that the 9-hour drive would be worth it, let alone facing the crazed mobs looking for their own bargains. In the Rodgers family a gift is better, even to the recipient, if you got a good deal on it. Anyone up for a road trip?

New T-Shirt

April — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:38:37 +0000

I am soooo excited. I’ve ordered this great t-shirt and hopefully soon, it’ll be on its way to my post office box.

If you are nutty like me and have to have one too, you can get it from threadless.com.

I know I wasn’t too keen on the last film, but Darth Vader as a character is iconic. If you prefer, you can wear this t-shirt and imagine that it’s actually Dark Helmet from “Spaceballs” instead. I can see Rick Moranis as a gardening-type of guy.