reading: The Rest of Us, by Jacqueline Mitchard. In the foreward to this book, Mitchard explains why she named the column from whence this book came “The Rest of Us”, and it’s basically because there are people in the world who know exactly who they are and where they’re going, and then there are the rest of us. The line that caught my fancy went something along the lines of “We have strong moral cores, but waffly ways.”
If nothing else describes me, “Morally strong, with waffly ways” does. Probably it describes the majority of us; it certainly resonated with me.
Finished recently: Multiple Choice, by Claire Cook. I enjoyed the book, but found it utterly without plot. The protagonist came to no great realizations or decisions in her life, just kind of bumbled along.
I guess I’d describe her as morally strong, with waffly ways!
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Okay, so. Kristine of
Random and Odd is engaged to be married, and she and her fiancee want to get married in Hawaii with all their kids present. What are they doing? They’re auctioning off the planning of their wedding on eBay!
The winner of the eBay auction will get to write a portion of the wedding vows, write part of the best man’s toast, and pick the first song they dance to as husband and wife. The best part is that you guys can help out, and it won’t cost you one single solitary cent. Just go to their
eBay auction and click on “Watch this item” at the top of the listing. That’s all! Easy as pie.
I might have lost out on
Alyx’s frog picture (HMPH), but I’m not bitter. I want to see these kids in Hawaii, and did I mention it won’t cost you a thing?
Go check it out!
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Speaking of eBay, we’re in the process of selling some things on eBay you might be interested in, including some books on tape. Fred talked me through putting up an auction last weekend, and now that I know how easy it is, I’ve been walking around the house saying “I wonder how much I’d get for that on eBay?” Fred had to talk me out of putting Sugarbutt on eBay with a “Buy it Now” price of $1.99 after he (Sugarbutt, not Fred) knocked over a vase of flowers. Little bastard.
Anyway. See everything
here.
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When I got home from Maine and checked the PO Box, I found that I had 28 – yes, 28! – Christmas/ holiday cards waiting to be opened and read. That brings my total this year up to 137, I think, which is awesome. I took pictures and put them up at the bottom of the page,
here, so go check ’em out!
Thanks, all of you who requested cards and/ or sent me cards. You help make my holiday season something special, you really do.
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So, the last of the Maine pictures. While I was in Maine, I got to see my sister’s adorable new kitty, Punki – she’s a fully grown cat, but very very small. Punki’s shy, but she did let me pet her a few times. She’s very, very soft. I got to see Tigger, of course, who looks like he could be Sugarbutt’s big brother (Brian referred to Sugarbutt as “Tigger, Jr.”) I also got to see Tigger’s best friend Luci – Lucifer – who is a huge, gorgeous black cat. I didn’t get any pictures of him, but trust me – he’s GORGEOUS.
(He also belongs to my sister’s neighbor, Pat, who’s a reader. Hi, Pat!)
And as far as animals go, I also spent quite some time in the company of my parents’ dog, Benji. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – I’m not a dog person, but Benji almost changes my mind every time I spend a little time with him.
Okay, the pictures.
“Ah, zees lahf. Eet ees so, how you say, deeficoolt when you ahre beeyootiful.”
Have I ever mentioned that my childhood dog, Taffy, wasn’t even allowed in the living room except on Christmas day? Benji’s got his OWN BED in the MIDDLE of the living room floor. NOT FAIR.
A random dog we saw while we were shopping in Bath.
Punki, snuggling with a stuffed animal.
Debbie had to coax Punki out from hiding with a tin of the stinky wet cat food.
Tigger. He cracks me up.
There are a bunch more uploaded pictures of Benji, Tigger, and Punki
here.
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“Yeah, I think I’ll be taking up the mousepad as well as the cat bed. You don’t mind, do you? It’s not like you wanted to USE it or anything.”
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Previously
2005: Who loves their readers more than me? That’s right, NO ONE.
2004: Let us go forth and speak of this no more.
2003: But one of these days he’s going to wake me up, and I’m going to pull his arm off and beat him about the head with it.
2002: No entry.
2001: No entry.
2000: No entry.]]>