Would it be crazy to buy this:
Just because I think it’s purty? (approx. $50 US w/shipping)
And then I found this:
while searching for something to wear to the World’s Largest Disco, and I want to buy it just to wear because it’s SO adorable.
I need to be stopped. 😉
(by the way, if you’re interested in coming to Buffalo for the Disco, let me know!!)
Gah.
Visited my parents in PA. Left my keys there. Not happy. 🙁
current score: Thomas-382, me-112
Your tray for the entire game has consisted of one-point letters, except for one G (2 points) and one C (3 points).
Your opponent plays both a Z and a J in the first three (or so) rounds, both on multiple word or letter scores.
Your opponent plays a word using ALL of his tiles on a triple-word score.
You now have an entire tray of nothing but vowels.
Seriously? Is this fair??
*UPDATE* Message from said opponent:
amazing game – not my usual luck
1) I’ve never had a word that used my whole tray of letters (50 point bonus)
2) I seldom get a triple word on a long word
3) but 2 triple words? lucky me
Lucky him, indeed. 😉
Over the weekend, I received my blogging-by-mail package from Audrey at Rouge Tomate.
It’s just full of tasty treats! I still haven’t opened the VERY yummy looking chocolate with dried cranberries. Mmmm… I also got a selection of Coffee Crisp bars, tea, maple caramel (sounds tasty!), some Les Citrons candies and Hoisin sauce. Audrey also included a recipe for sour cream coffee cake that looks fantastic. Thanks, Audrey!
Michelle at Our Full House received the package I sent her, which I had lots of fun putting together! I got all ambitious and made cupcakes. I was worried about mailing them, but I guess they made it there okay!
I individually wrapped them in cling wrap, then packed them into a gladware container with packing peanuts!
This is so much fun. Thanks again, Stephanie!
So, I’ve been contributing to Daily Writing Tips for a couple of months now. Here are some of my posts:
Punctuation Errors: Quotation Marks for Emphasis
Point of View: Following the Rules
There’s lots of good stuff by the other contributors as well. Visit! Subscribe! Post our articles to social bookmarking sites like digg and del.icio.us!
Thank you for your attention. 😉
And I’ve been away from my computer a lot, hence the light posting this week…
I had a nice afternoon with Jen and Samantha yesterday.
I got my car inspected, and of course, I didn’t get away without having anything done. I can’t remember the last time my car passed inspection. This time it was the brakes, and I got off fairly cheap. I do think I need an alignment, though, because my brake pads are wearing unevenly…
Other than that, I’ve been running around like a crazy person, between teaching and various appointments and meeting with friends and yoga class…and, uh, you get the picture.
Rand and I saw The Simpsons Movie, which was enjoyable. I didn’t go into it expecting anything earth-shattering. It was funny. I laughed. 😉 I can’t stop singing “Spider-Pig.” (no he can’t, ’cause he’s a pig…)
I went to the movie website (link above) and created this avatar:
Limited options, so it doesn’t really look all that much like me.
Anywhoo, hope you’re all managing to keep cool!
Kelly at Byzantium Shores has bestowed upon me the honor of “inspirational blogger.” His blog inspires me greatly, and I need to acknowledge that before I go on to name my own inspirational bloggers. I love the way Kelly puts words together. He has made me laugh, made me cry, and made me think, and I’m very happy to know him.
And now…
I’ve mentioned her before, but Seanan McGuire never fails to inspire me. She’s a writer, musician, artist and all-around cool chick. She writes posts like this one, among other things.
Create a Connection is a sort of community of creative bloggers, created and hosted by Melba. I find a tremendous amount of inspiration there.
My dear friend Stephanie has a food blog, and I always find myself inspired by the incredible-looking treats she posts there!
Eden inspires me in different ways all the time, whether it’s by writing a fantastic novel that makes me cry, being one of the coolest, hippest moms on the planet, or just being brazenly, unabashedly herself.
And finally, Jen. Jen puts her heart and soul into everything she does like no one I’ve ever known, and she puts it all out there for the world to see.
Now, go forth and inspire! Or be inspired! Or, y’know, some combination of the two…
I took it out for the first time over the weekend, and I’m very, very happy so far. I haven’t learned everything it can do yet, of course, but I’m having a blast.
Here’s the quick story as to why I got a birthday present when it’s not my birthday…
Many many months ago, my parents talked about getting a new camera. Mom wanted a “real” camera, not just a point-and-shoot. They told me they’d give me their old camera when they got the new one, and I said sure. I wanted to have one of my own, and it had some features that Rand’s camera doesn’t have.
For various reasons, the purchase of said new camera was put off. When I was at home last weekend, my dad gave me the old camera. It was a Gateway, purchased when they bought their computer. It needed a new battery, and it didn’t appear to be compatible with my iBook. I started looking into inexpensive memory card readers as an alternate option.
So the other day, I was talking to Rand about the various options (I had ordered something from Amazon and was sending it back because it wasn’t what I wanted), and he walked away and came back with a box…
“Happy birthday,” he said.
I seem to have a knack for sucking the life out of my surprises… 😉
Anyway, the new camera is a Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital Elph. I also got a case, a spare battery, and a larger memory card. It’s fantastic.
Oh, my. So much to say…so little time.
Er, that’ll do for now, I guess…happy Friday!
My grandma crochets, and she does beautiful work. When I saw her over the weekend,
she gave me this afghan:
It’s lovely, and I’m very happy to have it. But, um…when grandma gave it to me, she said, “I can’t be waiting around until you get married.”
Yes, folks…my grandma was afraid to wait to give me the afghan as a wedding gift, because she might be dead by then.
Sigh.
Thanks, grandma!