shrift, if you are, can you tell me what it was I needed to get at the store tonight?

Shallots? Toothpaste? Poblano chiles? Couscous? Toilet paper?

Kitty litter?

A taser, wet noodles and a lot of scotch tape?

Aquarium tix are a great idea! I love the thought of tix as a family gift. I may have to steal that one from you.

I think that aquarium tickets are a great idea. Kids and animals, alive or dead for millennia. Good match.

Boss's admin just yelled "What do you want now?" to the sound of me approaching his desk. Apparently I walk loudly, and I walk distinctly. I try to be ladylike on the way back to my desk but it was slow and frustrating and I almost drew blood from my palms.

I think today will be another burger. I suck that way. Lazy, and lunching at desk.

Actually, a museum/aquarium/something membership is awesome, especially if it is one that partners with other venues in the area. My parents always get my brother a membership to a local museum because it has a reciprocal arrangement with a ton of places in the US, including a great exploratorium in B'ham. They get in free, so J can take the kids whenever. Also, it meant admission to the space center in Huntsville was also free.

I took Casper (and her fambly) to the NEAQ whens he was three, and she liked it a lot. Her mother did not like it so much, as it was extremely crowded and loud; but a three year old is old enough to appreciate a great deal of the material there.

(She especially liked the jellyfish, of which a special exhibit. She was less enthusiastic about sticking her hand in the live-animals petting zoo and touching a starfish.)

Okey dokey! I just got him his very own membership in his name. It comes with a plush shark, a fossil shark tooth, and four guest passes, so my parents, bro, and SIL can take him whenever they want to go for a full year.

But Auntie is totally taking him to see the penguins when she gets home.

That is such a great gift, Allyson. I'm totally doing that!!

My dad sent out an e-mail on Monday saying that he has everything he could possibly want, and can afford to buy anything else that he'll ever want, so he wanted everyone to donate his gift money to charity this year. I'm sending Heifer International some cash since Dad was raised on a small farm--it's a nice tribute to Grandpa, too.

Looks like her claw grew into her paw!

My catsitter trimmed Amarna's claws for her while I was gone last week, and I didn't even ask them to do so (I was thinking about adding it to the note I left them, but forgot). So, now I don't have to take her into the vets for a trim. Yay, sitter!!