Good luck with the job stuff, Jess.

I hope ita's having a good day.

My day has been bananas. Put Owen on the bus at 8:30, took Liv to preschool at 9, stayed for her swim lesson, left to volunteer at Owen's classroom from 10-11, picked Liv up from school at 11:30, went to the gym to work out at 1 and am now prepping for a board meeting at 5.

I have Columbus day off

I don't but I'm behaving like I do.

brand new, just available copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

I do hope that the barcode on this book scans with our register scanner, as opposed to the most recent book in the series, which I always have to key in. It's a first-world complaint, but it is a PITA.

If it makes anyone at work feel better, I have to go into the office to do a few things that I didn't have time to do on Friday before I leave town tomorrow.

I have so far used my day off to bake cinnamon sugar muffins, drink my newly arrived Kona coffee, watch birds (song sparrows on their migration!), play with the dog, exclaim over our also newly arrived buffalo hide (thank goodness it was only half--it takes up the whole couch as it is), watch Mad Men, and work up some piano/vocal songs with the SO.

Pretty doggone close to my vision of a perfect day. Later there will be hockey on the teevee, and chicken fajitas for dinner.

The bonus of us getting all ready for kiddoes and then not having any on Saturday is that the house was clean for Sunday, so I can loll with impunity.

I have survived another Turkey Day...but I really don't want to go to work tomorrow.

This is pretty great: Muse Refuse To Lip Sync.

Muse performed their new single "Uprising" on an Italian TV show recently and were told they had to lip sync the performance, so the band gave them what they wanted. Lead singer and guitarist "Matthew Bellamy" decided to fake the drums while the real drummer "Dominic Howard" took on vocal duties. Bassist Christopher Wolstenholme "played" the guitar and Keyboards.

Monday is a normal day off. Did the grocery store run, put more stuff out of the coming rain, and started a beef stew.

I have to finish a load of laundry, do something about my clothes , and clean the kitchen.

Nothing hard or too outrageous, but I would rather be 5 today.

eta: I could also be the cat, but he doesn't get beef stew

cinnamon sugar muffins,

Recipe? ::looks hopeful::

Does anyone out there have advice on what's the best way to clean the accummulated scorched black stuff off of electric oven burners? I'm stopping by Walgreens on the way home and have an itch to scrub the living daylights out of that stove.