COLUMBUS and BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) and Sky Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYF) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge the two companies in a stock (90%) and cash (10%) transaction valued at approximately $3.6 billion.
To this, I say: shit.
This necessitates some unanticipated future planning on my part…
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While it may seem a good idea at the time, taking a two-hour evening nap on the couch can be disorienting later on in the evening, and may hinder your ability to get things done in a timely fashion — mainly, preparing food for tomorrow’s potluck, wrapping presents, addressing Christmas cards, packing cross-country Christmas packages, assembling a candle gift basket for tomorrow’s gift exchange, and crafting a 2006 commemorative Christmas ornament.
Next time? Don’t give in to the urge to just keep sleeping when you wake up and see that one hour has passed.
I recently wrote letters to my family, asking them to write down some memories about what life was like growing up, and to share some of their favorite memories or stories. Not about Christmas, just in general. I just got Mom’s via e-mail this evening, so I figured that I should probably write down some of my own memories, as a gesture of appreciation…
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My husband is at work, and I require snuggly-time.
*pout*
Kitty-snuggly time will not do. No, I will have to remember to wake myself up when Aaron comes to bed at three or four o’clock, so I can get the snuggle-hug I require.
I would have liked to lay on the couch and cuddle all evening long. Ah, well… such is life.
Time for one last round of solitaire, then off to bed.
[Posted on Flickr by dianaschnuth].
After ten minutes of experimenting on myself, and ten more minutes of throwing a less-than-thrilled husband and cat into the mix, this was the resulting Schnuth Christmas Portrait for 2006. Not quite sure what I think of it, although it is definitely the best of the set. I think it might be an improvement on last year’s photo in some ways, although it’s still way ahead of what I did in the past.
What follows are notes to myself for next year and general photography rants and wants. If you’re down with that, read on…
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