doodledee

I just invented a new reoccurring feature: doodleBUG. It's just another thumbs-up/thumbs-down type of thing. I was going to call it 'good/bad/ugly', but then I realized that I could go 'bad/ugly/good' and it would spell 'bug' so I'm going with that. Genius.

• A big huge good for the No Coast Craft-o-Rama which keeps getting bigger and better and more full of awesomeness every year. Let's just say it's a good thing I was able to fix ol' Bessie on the cheap, because I spent all my new computer money on delightful handmade crafts. Hooray for me. And I wasn't the only one - it was *packed* early on a blizzardy Saturday morning. Though oddly, the crowd was 95% female. Did I miss something? Dudes can't buy art prints and dishtowels and stuff? Really? And can I also just say that I was surprised at the number of $28 kiddie shirts? And at the number of people clawing at the racks full of them? Did their Boden catalogs get lost in the mail or something? But whatever, this thing is easily on my list of annual local highlights. Hope you made it. PS - our scene is better than yours.
• Another good, though this one of the more surprising variety: Trader Joe's Carne Asada. Sure, it's got a lifetime worth of sodium, but I grilled up a pack tonight and we rocked it in some tacos and it was way better than I expected. Make a note. Also: yes, I grilled. You didn't? Buncha wusses.
• Can we talk about the dude who drives around my neighborhood with a pick-up full of firewood? He pounded on my front door so loudly this afternoon that it woke up juniorette. That's bad. It almost got ugly. He always gives me some bit about how he's going out of business. "This is my last load ever." Uh huh. But his wood is good and his prices aren't bad, so I put up with his clowning. But seriously, dude, see that huge pile in my backyard by the shed? Yeah, we're set. Thanks.
• Snow? Good. Watching me trying to throw my 1000th shovel full of snow after the first snowfall of the season? Ugly. In my defense, I got this new shovel and it weighs like 20 pounds. I'm an idiot. Ahd now my arm is on the 15 day DL. I may not be able to mouse tomorrow. I just hope that whatever exactly it is that I do will continue to get done. But wasn't that a fun snow? Everyone out and about and all so cheery and crap. In related news, I'm feeling a little throat thing coming on. I'm thinking a half day on Tuesday will probably be in order. I should be able to get my board tuned by then.