Monday, 12 April 2010
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Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
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I really need to get internet at home. Seriously, dudes. This borrowing Rosie's computer, or having to treck over to the 'rents to use their internet (Mom is already making jokes about how I only visit them when I need to use their computer or printer which is, um, sortof true), or waiting until I get to work is starting to really get old. Sigh. It's a hard life, isn't it.
I wish I had more progress to report on my room painting (which would also give me an excellent excuse for not having blogged much last week) but, alas, I am just about exactly as far along as I was last time I blogged. See, all the life stuff I was shoving to the side to paint suddenly ganged up on me and insisted that I take care of them right now right now right now, and I was forced to put my paint brushes aside and deal with things like dishes, and laundry. Also, I chose to forsake my paint cans this weekend in favor of having an actual social life. (I know. Wonders will never cease.)
Actually, it was the kind of weekend that reminds me of what my life used to be like, back when I was a serious social butterfly. It started off with movie night with Ani (she had never seen Hairspray. I know. The horror.) plus catching up. We're starting to get excited about the Mustache party coming up. On Saturday I hit the Farmer's Market (something I'm trying to make a habit of), finished weaving in the ends on Hot Josh's Christmas stocking, and then got ready to go see Faust at the Dayton Opera. Mae had free tickets from her work, so there was a great group of us: Mae, Legnani, Peach, myself, the Duchess and Elphaba. Although the show started out slow (the tenor playing Faust was a block), it took off in the second act when the focus started to shift to Marguerite. The soprano playing Marguerite was marvelous, and particularly her scenes with the devil were wonderful! There was a bonfire to celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy out at Grace's new house (an old farmhouse near her grandfather's farm), and some of us were planning to go out there afterwards, but the opera went late, and we ended up just going home instead. When I got home I found Indy, Rosie and Boy-O all on the couch watching a movie. I hung out with them a while, and when the movie was over Boy-O decided to tickle me until I almost passed out from not breathing because I was laughing so hard. I figure that was totally worth missing the bonfire for.
Sunday was another busy day. Mom had invited Pixie, Hot Josh, and Little Miss Stinker, plus Pooka, Sparkboy, and their baby boy over for a family brunch. We had so much fun with two babies in the house. My family loves kids, and having access to two at once was a high treat. I don't get to see my friends nearly so much now that they're married, so it was good to see them too. I delivered Hot Josh's Christmas stocking, and was so happy that they loved it. Now I just need to knit the stocking for Little Miss Stinker! After the brunch (our family brunches go until usually four or five o'clock) I grabbed a few things from home, and headed out to Grace's house for a dinner with my CL Leadership Team. This was designated as a fun meeting, not a business meeting, though we did talk a little business while we were waiting for dinner to be done. After dinner we played Apples to Apples, which was even better with the chocolate cake The Hat brought. I won the second round (which surprised me - I've never won at Apples to Apples before), and then we all headed home. It was so beautiful driving down 675 with the sunset blushing the sky with all these gradations of color. It was the perfect end to a lovely day.
Today is going to be a busy day. I have a big order for my Etsy shop to get off, plus those broken panes of glass in my bedroom window really, really need to be fixed. And then there's painting, and laundry, and the yarn Mom ordered for her Queen Anne's Lace shawl came, so my hands are itching to get that wound into a ball so I can cast on. Normally winding 1400 yards of lace weight yarn into a ball for knitting would be a huge chore, but I got a yarn swift on super sale at KnitPicks, so I'm very excited to use it for the first time. And then we've got swing club this evening, and maybe then to bed. I love a full day.
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