Yes. I know. I forgot to post yesterday, and I didn’t remember until it was after one am. Sorry. Back on the horse with some Bits and Pieces:

Chris gets me some new musicals ever year for my collection. I have most of my all time favorites already, so he has to work pretty hard at this. He picked out Daddy Long Legs and Annie. Love Daddy Long Legs, but Annie drives me batty. The characters are totally overblown and some are just plain absurd (case in point: Punjab), most of the songs lack musicality, the choreography is sloppy, and the lead kid isn’t even cute. If it weren’t for Carol Burnett’s brilliant Miss Hannigan the movie would be wholly intolerable. Of course, the kids love it and it has been on almost 24/7 since it came into the house.

This morning I woke up with a half an hour until Jonas’ speech class. I flew through the shower, threw clean clothes at Jonas, and was panicking about getting out the door until I realized that the clock in my bedroom still hasn’t been adjusted for daylight savings time. I had another hour. When that hour came, I drove Jonas to school, only to remember, upon seeing the deserted parking lot, that school is off due to Veteran’s Day. Want the really funny thing? I did the same thing last Veteran’s Day. I am, at the very least, predictable.

My birthday did not suck rocks at all! Chris was totally unavailable, but my friends surprised me with a cute jacket and a Creative Memories gift certificate for the circle cutter I’ve been desperate for. Then I got to go out to lunch with another friend, and it just turned out to be a really pleasant day.

I am in the running for another Design Team (Scrappy Giraffe) and I won’t know for sure until mid December. It’s for another kit club, and would be most enjoyable. It’s hard to be both professional and nice while screaming PICK ME! PICK ME! Makes for a lot of semi-hysterical applicants. It’s ok though, crazy is almost a requirement for most design teams.

All of my prize packages came from September’s contests. Good stuff, indeed. Yesterday I got such a huge package I spent an hour just trying to put everything away. Very, very glad for my new paper shelves. I love paper. The only weird thing about getting prize packages is that there is a lot of stuff out there that isn’t to my taste and style, so some of the stuff I look at and have no idea how I would ever use them. I think I will have a crop at my house and use the sets that aren’t very me as door prizes. Kind of a fun way to pass it on, share the love, and all that.

Peace out.