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I’m starting off the list today with the news that my husband’s grandmother passed away early Friday morning. While a person’s passing doesn’t usually conjure feelings of happiness, what was remarkable about Ian’s grandmother is that she lived to be exactly, to the day, 101 and 1/2 years. That’s quite a life!

I finished both The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. I am now plowing my way through The Amber Spyglass. One word describes these books: fantastic! PS - Debi, I can’t believe you haven’t yet read these books; you, who has read every other book that has ever before been written. Get on it, already!

I give thanks for the chocolate, chocolate-chip, one-side-dipped-in-chocolate cookies from the Wegmans bakery. Most delicious!

A bothersome condition is healing nicely, which puts my mind at ease. After doing a little research on the condition (you don’t need to know the particulars, other than it was excruciatingly painful at times) and what homeopathic remedies would be most suitable to heal said condition, I began taking a round of Echinacea. What has been a persistant nuisance for the past month is almost gone completely. Nothing worked until I tried the Echinacea. All I can say is, whew!

Thanks for those brief moments of clarity. While I won’t give up blogging completely, I’ve got a few ideas brewing in my head about what I can do differently. And, my new ideas might benefit more than just me . . . . especially small-scale, independent designers! But, that’s all I’m going to say right now. I refuse to commit to anything. Let’s just say that, for now, not much will change around here other than the fact I may cut down my blogging time to just four or five days a week instead of seven. And, I’m going to eliminate the blogs from my Google Reader that I don’t read on a daily basis. I have to do it. For my own sanity. But gosh darn it, it’s gonna be tough. I’m loyal to a fault.

I felt mellow all week; not mellow in a bad way, but mellow in a calm, I-can-handle-most-everything way. I hardly yelled at the kids. Well, I hardly yell at them at all, but I was even more subdued than usual. I didn’t feel as anxious as a normally do. I wonder if the exercising and reading of fantastic books has something to do with it?

I received excellent feedback from both my editor and the project coordinator for my current writing gig about a bunch of articles I wrote recently. That’s always good news!

I was able to get out by myself yesterday - left the husband home with our three kids plus Jacob’s pal. Mwa ha ha! But seeing as how my husband is traveling this week and will be exempt from all childcare duties for four days, I thought a few hours to myself was deserved. I drank coffee, worked on my book, and pondered a few things, mainly why the women in Ithaca have absolutely no fashion sense and how in the world they think it’s okay to wear skin-tight jeans and stiletto-heeled boots. I don’t know much about clothes, but I do know that wearing jeans so tight that they practically split you in half is neither comfortable nor attractive.

Have a great week everyone!