Emma is watching this classic Merrie Melodies on YouTube as I type. It’s one of my faves.
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I have a load of delicates on the line downstairs (I line dry most of my clothes) and as soon as they’re dry I’m going to pile them in a suitcase. I leave for a media junket to Disney tomorrow morning. The PR folks emailed an itinerary and a lot has been planned out for me. I can’t wait to get there.
I love to travel, but the transportation stageof travel makes me anxious. I’m can’t fully relax until l’m at my destination. I wish I wasn’t like that, but I am. I’m debating whether I should pack Gravol.
I have been busy wrapping up various bits of work before I go. I’m still not quite done.
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We have been debating whether or not to invest in a MacBook before this trip. (Ain’t she a beaut?) It would have been nice to have, but I have been asking myself, do I really need it? And can I continue to get by without one?
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I have some new blog patrons. Have you noticed? Their ads are in the far right column. I’m very happy with how this has all been going. Yay for patrons!
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I have a big post brewing about holiday spending. It’ll have to wait until I come back from my trip. It’s something I’ve been thinking about quite a bit. Mark asked Emma last night what she’d like for Christmas. She said we already had a lot of toys (“our basement is full of toys mummy”) and couldn’t think of anything she wanted. A result, perhaps, of not watching commercial television? She doesn’t know what the “hot” toys are this holiday season. She asked for a remote-controlled car and a copy of the Guinness Book of World records. In a related conversation, I asked her how many gifts would be “enough.” She wavered between 10 and 12, and then settled on 10. But then she qualified that by saying that if she received 10 gifts she’d give five to poor people. Her eyes started to well up and she said, “I can’t imagine being poor and not getting any toys at Christmas.” What a kind soul.
More later… it’s back to work for now.
About a month ago – possibly more – I was sent a free bottle of skincare product to try out. I have been meaning to write about it for weeks for I regularly find myself slathering it all over myself while practically composing a post in my head about much I love it.
First, some specifics:
– it’s a post-shower body scrub called Supersmooth Body Buff
– it’s made by a company called Mama Mio
– highlighted ingredients include Sweet Almond Oil, Aloe Vera and Vitamin E
Some folks pooh-pooh exfoliation. They say that it’s a ploy foisted on us by marketers just so we’re pressured (nay, GUILTED!) into buying more product. No siree. I am firmly in the pro-exfoliation camp. You can read more about exfoliation via Wikipedia, but I will mention a couple worthwhile things from the Wiki:
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I’ve been running off my feet this week. Worse: not only have I been putting the cereal in the fridge and the juice in the cupboard on a regular basis, but I was just about to prepare dinner when I realized that I MADE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE.
It’s been Deadline City around here, and that probably explains the short circuiting of my short term memory recently. I have an interview this afternoon with a really interesting local designer… an assignment from Ottawa Magazine. I am really looking forward to meeting this person. But I really hope I don’t do something idiotic, like forget my name. Or get lost on the way to our interview. Ha. No. I’m just kidding (Okay, maybe HALF kidding). I am confident in my interviewing abilities, I am. Really! This is something I’ve always loved about the life of a journalist … talking to people I wouldn’t ordinarily get to talk to. And that’s the coolest thing in the world to me.
(Have I ever told you about the guy with the skull? No? I will have to save that one for another post. It was for an assignment I had for my science reporting class when I was at Carleton. My teacher, a person I now consider a friend, gave me some great advice that I have never forgotten.)
After my interview-with-the-designer I am pencilled in for a 30-minute chat with someone from CBC radio. It’s a listener survey – go figure. I can’t imagine what they’re going to ask me about.
It hasn’t all been rush rush rush. Yesterday afternoon I had five minutes of pure bliss. I brought Sarah and a friend of hers to Maplelawn Gardens. I needed to take some photos (for yet another piece I’ve been working on) and the weather was perfect and it made sense to Just Go.
So we did. And I’m glad.
We had the whole place to ourselves. The sun was setting. The warmth of the day was still clinging to us. It was like living in a dream.
Do you know the park I’m talking about? Ever been?
Gotta run. But in the meantime, tell me, what fun plans do you have for this lovely fall weekend?
