Death by sinkhole is exactly the sort of thing I worry about all the time.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
In celebration of storage
I’m having a Tupperware party in a few weeks, because I wanted one of their products that you can only get by hosting a party and I am a rube. Are any of you in need of more stuff some essential storage devices? Let me know if you’d like to order something. Apparently you can’t do it through the website — I wouldn’t get credit for it that way, at least; I don’t know that you actually can’t at all — so you’d have to email me your order and then send the money via Paypal and then Tupperware could ship it to you. (I think.) We’d work all that out.
And if you don’t want to order anything at all, that’s fine too. I’ll get my tiny pitcher either way. (I believe that to be true, anyway.)
Rockford don’t lose that number
Rockford was in (or on his way to/from) Brazil for work for seven days last week. I’ve tried not to get too specific about exactly where we live here at Butterscotch Sundae, but I do feel comfortable sharing this: We’re far, far from the southern hemisphere. It was definitely the longest he’d been away from us, and I think it was probably the farthest away he’s been.
It was a tough week, but there was something that made it infinitely easier on all of us: We were able to talk to him nearly every day, despite the fact that he was on another continent. Before he left, we both signed up for Skype accounts. You can buy credits to use Skype with a phone, but we used the free computer-to-computer calls. The sound is incredibly clear, with only the very occasional hiccup. There’s also a video function, so Rockford was able to see the kids while they chatted. (He doesn’t have a webcam, so we weren’t able to see him. We’ll be remedying that!)
I’d rather he didn’t have to travel at all, but I know that when Rockford’s out of town Skype works so very well to keep us connected.