We dodged a snowstorm here in southern Minnesota.

In Virginia, MN, about 150 miles north of here, they had 32 inches of snow between Friday night and Monday morning.

Not really fun toys, but still...folders! pens! binder clips! It's like shopping for school supplies!

what do you mean, "not really fun"

So... I'm the only one who just walks into random Staples stores on a regular basis to shop for office supplies (or sometimes just look), then?

nope

I'm not the only one who just walks into random Staples stores on a regular basis to shop for office supplies (or sometimes just look), then?

Somehow, if only I can find the right office supplies, all of life will fall into place and all will be chocolate chip cookies and handsome, snarky guys with intelligent senses of humor.

But I'm still looking.

Congratulations, vw!

I can't go into Staples without buying something.

(20 different colored pens for $10... who can say no to that?)

My sistahs! My brothas!

I too am with the office supplies and stationery love. I hold special affection for nice pens and starchy paper. Yum.

Meara have fun! Will you be working from home entirely?

handsome, snarky guys with intelligent senses of humor.

But I'm still looking.

(what? you can't blame a guy for trying!!)

ION, I have a great deal of ire for NBC right now. I set up to tape Laga in her Crosswords game. They listed two half hour shows of it today. I recorded both. And both seem to be Access Hollywood! Stupid NBC for mislabeling their programs in the guides. Now I don't have Laga looking smart!

That said, I had a fun night at Angels Stadium. The Halos beat out the Indians with a walk off grand slam! It was quite the game. The Rally Monkey still works! Now I'm watching tivo'd Yankee game (even though I know the result).

Will you be working from home entirely?

Well, I'll be traveling 60-80% of the time. But I won't have an office to go to, so...

And the last thing I need is for my darn phone to quit working! Argh. I probably need to go buy new phone cords or something, but part of it is that this apartment, bizarrely, only has two phone jacks!! One in the living room and one in the one bedroom (but not in the other bedroom!)

Oooh, I'm both envious of the travel, Meara, and sympathetic. OTOH, lots of FF miles! Yay! But man, as you know, those hotel rooms get tahrd but fast.

Go and get a new phone, pronto. And congratulations for getting through your first day.

Omnis, glad you had a good time at the Angels game. As a die-hard Giants fan, let's just say it's going to be a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng season.

So... I'm the only one who just walks into random Staples stores on a regular basis to shop for office supplies (or sometimes just look), then?

Oh, goodness no! They are building a Staples in the square in my neighborhood, and I am SO psyched! It’s going to make my life so much easier! Staples is my second grocery store!

Congratulations, vw!

Thank you, Burrell! Thank you so much everyone. The excitement from all of the people in my life about this accomplishment has been overwhelming and so touching.

So, KANSAS WON! I was so tired from the excitement of the day that I couldn’t possibly stay up to finish watching the game. But, I hear I missed a good one. Bummer. I’m so thrilled, though! It’s so exciting! What a way for the day to end. I can’t wait to talk to my brothers. They must be ecstatic! (Cooper’s mom and dad went to KU and still live in Lawrence. The Jayhawks are their team. Cooper’s had at least 5 KU outfits already! My younger brother fell in love with them as a result of meeting them through his big brother.) Ben has already posted pictures of the big party they went to Downtown. It looks so cool and like so much fun. Yesterday was my SIL’s birthday. That was probably about the best celebration she could have asked for. In conclusion, YAY KANSAS!