Bit of Ivory

What a weekend. Wasn’t nearly long enough, of course. However, I did get a lot accomplished. Or maybe it didn’t seem like it was long enough because I *did* get a lot accomplished. Hmm.

Anyway, on Friday night I went to Tucci’s with Jen, (mmmm, spinaci appetizer), and then went to my house to watch Strictly Ballroom. I find that movie highly entertaining, but most of the people I’ve seen it with so far don’t seem to appreciate it as I do. *le sigh*

Saturday was my big day. I cleaned out, vacuumed, and Armor-Alled the interior of my car (I also Armor-Alled my left hand in the process). Now Lizzy is pretty and shiny and clean on the inside. Must wash outside next. After I got Lizzy done I correlated the data from the Wahleecon Mayan mini-menu poll and created our menu. It’s going to be delicious. Must still call Jordan Commons and give it to them, though. And up our ticket count. We’re at 87 for the midnight showing! Anyway, that was restful after my hard work of cleaning out Lizzy (she was FILTHY), so I got started on my other momentous task: cleaning the bathroom. That room hasn’t been this clean in AGES. I even washed the walls! It was exhausting, though. I was very happy to eat the homemade baked beans and barbequed hamburgers we had for dinner, and then watch Benny and Joon with my family. I’d seen parts of it, but not the whole way through. Highly entertaining.

Sunday was good, too. We got done with our Primary lesson a bit early, so I took my kids on a walk around the building. It was a gorgeous spring day, and the activity helped get rid of some of the wiggles that 7-year-olds inevitably develop. After church I helped make the stuffing for dinner, then I powered Ginny up long enough to watch the new French PoA trailer and get REALLY mad. Am seriously considering starting a petition to send to JKR and the WB requesting that they stop assasinating Ron’s character, thank you very much. The turning-to-Ron-for-comfort moment was not enough to make up for it. Must make an icon that has Ron saying “Hermione, will you *please* stop stealing all of my lines?” Would make me feel better, methinks.

In between all of that, I managed to read The Curse of Chalion over the weekend. Was very impressed. I especially liked the way Bujold handled the religious aspect of it all. Very believable– the saints weren’t perfect, mere ordinary mortals could be tools of God, and it was all treated as real rather than mostly illusion. I must get a hold of Paladin of Souls now.

The windows on our building are currently being washed, and they’re outside my window now. Dude, am I glad I’m not a window washer. But now my window will be all nice and clean, and I will finally be able to take a picture of the view. Will bring my camera tomorrow.

Speaking of cameras, I’ve been researching digital ones. I’m going to get one for my birthday, so I can upload pics from Wahleecon ASAP, and make all you people who couldn’t come as jealous as possible. Heh. Anyway, at the moment I’m leaning towards the Nikon Coolpix 4300. I’ve always been a Nikon gal. We’ll see, though. I’m going to do a bit of brick-and-mortar shopping before I decide for sure.

So something made me giggle this morning. There’s this blue Trailblazer in the parking lot that I swear has not moved since I started working here. On Thursday, when it was all rainy and gross and had been since 5:30 that morning, the ground underneath it was dry. So, ever-curious, on Friday I put a penny on top of the passenger-side front tire, to see if it moved. The penny was still there this morning. I do wonder what has become of the driver of that Trailblazer, though.

Now, bax to worx.