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celticdragonflyToday is my birthday. Although it's on a Tuesday this year, outside it is clearly, as Pooh would say, a Windsday, to commemorate my original birthday I suppose. I went outside and brought in the lightweight kid toys and took down the birdfeeder before it smashed a window.
There are a number of very nice things happening and fairly few difficult ones, and some surprises.
Most annoying thing so far - it appears Alanna may have given me a broken nose for my birthday. She whacked my glasses half off my head sideways last night, and this morning the bridge of my nose is incredibly tender. The glasses are okay if they're all the way up, but pushing them up hurts, as does any touch of my nose. Ow. Hope that improves.
My parents sent me yarn gift certificates - ah, they know me well. I'd been ooohing over the sock yarns at http://www.knitivity.com/downHomeSOCKS.html - now I get to get a pair of skeins! I'm going to order them today. Knitting friends, go look. He's retiring the Aunt Gail colorway after the 31st, so order now if you want one.
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selenite gave me the Knitpicks Harmony Options *set*. Oooh. He spoils me wonderfully.
There were nice things in the mail.joyeuse13 sent me one of her art cards - she is just amazing with paper art. So nice. And a pretty silver bookmark that has promptly been opened and put into my current book, yay. THANK YOU!
There was a mystery package, from Aimee Abernathy. I'd gotten an email a few days earlier that I was getting a package from her. And I'd been wondering, WTF? I knew the name rang a bell, it sounded familiar, but I just couldn't PLACE it. It wasn't anybody from my flist, I didn't think, anybody I'd signed up with for one of those project exchanges or anything, what WAS IT? Package arrived today - well, last night, I suppose, but Karl checked the mail this morning when he took Jamie out to the bus - so I opened it. AHA! She's a lady on Ravelry who has lupus and was taking part in a fundraising walk for lupus research, and I'd donated. She had donated gifts from various fiber people for random prizes for her donators, and I'd won one. I'd heard about it way back when, but had forgotten. So I have a beaded bracelet and a skein of yarn. It's not yarn I would have ever gotten for myself - it's Noro, 50% wool, 20% silk, 30% angora, in a mix of blues and grays with a bit of mint green and pinkish-purple. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. Fuzzy stuff. So not a birthday present, but it had the nice surprise of showing up for me on my birthday.
Also not a birthday present, but nice timing, Karl ordered Girl Scout cookies and got them yesterday, so this morning there's a few boxes of Samoas on my table for me. Yes, yes, they call them Carmel De-Lites or something nowadays, but I know Samoas. I suppose I can bring them along to movie night tonight in lieu of a cake. (Down thing about being the stay at home mom - I can arrange lovely cakes for everyone else's birthday, but not so much for mine.fordprfct baked me a marvelous one a previous year, but he's working today. I am talking myself out of going down to Bluebonnet Bakery for myself, it would be tacky.)
I got myself an amethyst point while at the caverns gift shop on Sunday. I am intending to write up a post about our caving trip, and post pictures, really I am, I just haven't gotten to it yet. I also got a stone that I want to have turned into a pendant - does anybody on my flist, preferably nearby, do wire-wrapped jewelry? I have a memory that somebody does. If so, I want to talk commission.
And last I shall list what I first got for my birthday - and what I want to ask others for.fordprfct gave me Turloch, my purple iPod shuffle, for Christmas, and the most nifty headphones (and an adapter so we can play it in the car) shortly thereafter as an early birthday gift. I adore it and have been enjoying it thoroughly.
So here's where I get shameless and ask my flist for a birthday present. I am finally setting up a few playlists on my iTunes. The first one I did is my Happy playlist. Happy bouncy cheerful music. Stuff that makes ME cheerful. I currently have 51 songs on there. I'd like to have more.
So I'm asking for songs. People could send me mp3s. You could send me something in iTunes. (Email and apple ID are my LJ user name at gmail dot com) Or you could just comment and recommend a song that you think I should have, something I might not know about. I'd like to discover more music.
My tastes are fairly eclectic. I like filk, some rock, some pop, some country, various types of folk and international. I don't care for rap. I want ideally music that will make me bounce and bop.
I am trying to find a way to get what I currently have on the playlist into a format that I can post, so people see what's already on there - I can export it from iTunes, but that's a horrible jumble of EVERY field on there. I've sent it toselenite to see what he can do with it.
There are a number of very nice things happening and fairly few difficult ones, and some surprises.
Most annoying thing so far - it appears Alanna may have given me a broken nose for my birthday. She whacked my glasses half off my head sideways last night, and this morning the bridge of my nose is incredibly tender. The glasses are okay if they're all the way up, but pushing them up hurts, as does any touch of my nose. Ow. Hope that improves.
My parents sent me yarn gift certificates - ah, they know me well. I'd been ooohing over the sock yarns at http://www.knitivity.com/downHomeSOCKS.html - now I get to get a pair of skeins! I'm going to order them today. Knitting friends, go look. He's retiring the Aunt Gail colorway after the 31st, so order now if you want one.
selenite gave me the Knitpicks Harmony Options *set*. Oooh. He spoils me wonderfully. There were nice things in the mail.
joyeuse13 sent me one of her art cards - she is just amazing with paper art. So nice. And a pretty silver bookmark that has promptly been opened and put into my current book, yay. THANK YOU!There was a mystery package, from Aimee Abernathy. I'd gotten an email a few days earlier that I was getting a package from her. And I'd been wondering, WTF? I knew the name rang a bell, it sounded familiar, but I just couldn't PLACE it. It wasn't anybody from my flist, I didn't think, anybody I'd signed up with for one of those project exchanges or anything, what WAS IT? Package arrived today - well, last night, I suppose, but Karl checked the mail this morning when he took Jamie out to the bus - so I opened it. AHA! She's a lady on Ravelry who has lupus and was taking part in a fundraising walk for lupus research, and I'd donated. She had donated gifts from various fiber people for random prizes for her donators, and I'd won one. I'd heard about it way back when, but had forgotten. So I have a beaded bracelet and a skein of yarn. It's not yarn I would have ever gotten for myself - it's Noro, 50% wool, 20% silk, 30% angora, in a mix of blues and grays with a bit of mint green and pinkish-purple. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. Fuzzy stuff. So not a birthday present, but it had the nice surprise of showing up for me on my birthday.
Also not a birthday present, but nice timing, Karl ordered Girl Scout cookies and got them yesterday, so this morning there's a few boxes of Samoas on my table for me. Yes, yes, they call them Carmel De-Lites or something nowadays, but I know Samoas. I suppose I can bring them along to movie night tonight in lieu of a cake. (Down thing about being the stay at home mom - I can arrange lovely cakes for everyone else's birthday, but not so much for mine.
fordprfct baked me a marvelous one a previous year, but he's working today. I am talking myself out of going down to Bluebonnet Bakery for myself, it would be tacky.)I got myself an amethyst point while at the caverns gift shop on Sunday. I am intending to write up a post about our caving trip, and post pictures, really I am, I just haven't gotten to it yet. I also got a stone that I want to have turned into a pendant - does anybody on my flist, preferably nearby, do wire-wrapped jewelry? I have a memory that somebody does. If so, I want to talk commission.
And last I shall list what I first got for my birthday - and what I want to ask others for.
fordprfct gave me Turloch, my purple iPod shuffle, for Christmas, and the most nifty headphones (and an adapter so we can play it in the car) shortly thereafter as an early birthday gift. I adore it and have been enjoying it thoroughly. So here's where I get shameless and ask my flist for a birthday present. I am finally setting up a few playlists on my iTunes. The first one I did is my Happy playlist. Happy bouncy cheerful music. Stuff that makes ME cheerful. I currently have 51 songs on there. I'd like to have more.
So I'm asking for songs. People could send me mp3s. You could send me something in iTunes. (Email and apple ID are my LJ user name at gmail dot com) Or you could just comment and recommend a song that you think I should have, something I might not know about. I'd like to discover more music.
My tastes are fairly eclectic. I like filk, some rock, some pop, some country, various types of folk and international. I don't care for rap. I want ideally music that will make me bounce and bop.
I am trying to find a way to get what I currently have on the playlist into a format that I can post, so people see what's already on there - I can export it from iTunes, but that's a horrible jumble of EVERY field on there. I've sent it to
selenite to see what he can do with it.
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Date: 2008-01-29 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 04:56 pm (UTC)(there are two bakers for Girl Scout cookies - one of them has newfangled names for the cookies, one of them has the original names. I don't quite understand why.)
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Date: 2008-01-29 05:37 pm (UTC)Samoas and Caramel DeLites are two different, but very similar, recipes. The Caramel DeLite is a low-fat adaption of the Samoa. Here in Minneapolis, MN, I can sometimes get cookies from two different councils - I've been able to do a side-by-side taste test of new Samoas vs. new Caramel DeLites. The Samoa is a little softer and chewier? You can get most of the difference by picking up matching caramels from your favorite candy provider - my local Walgreens has caramels and low-fat caramels from the same manufacturer, and that makes a good substitute comparison.
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Date: 2008-01-29 05:39 pm (UTC)(I don't like the Samoas at all, so if they do taste slightly different, that'd be why I wasn't aware. :))
Thanks for the info!
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Date: 2008-01-29 05:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 05:40 pm (UTC)/eyes the boxes on the table with sudden distaste
I don't *like* low-fat versions of things. They generally are low-taste versions. UGH. I want them tasty, soft, and chewy.
DAMN.
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Date: 2008-01-29 06:33 pm (UTC)I will point out that standard caramel is actually fat-free to start with - many recipes add some fat for a variety of reasons, with (as near as I can tell) butterscotch being one of the results.
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Date: 2008-01-29 06:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 07:55 pm (UTC)How well do you know your local Girl Scout Leaders? You might found out where the local council boundaries are, and see if there's any way to find out what the next council over is selling. I don't remember exactly where the council border is here - I know Minneapolis and points northwest are one council, and my sister-in-law who lives about three burbs southeast of us (about 20 miles) is in a different council.
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Date: 2008-01-29 05:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 06:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 06:52 pm (UTC)Darn it, now I want girl scout cookies.
Happy Birthday!
Date: 2008-01-29 07:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-29 08:34 pm (UTC)Happy Birthday!!!!!
Date: 2008-01-30 01:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-30 02:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-30 03:43 am (UTC)