To distract myself from my powerbook’s journey, and since our kitchen drain is now un-frozen (thanks Ron!) I’m cooking. Pea soup in one pot. Spaghetti sauce in another. Meatballs ready and able to swim in sauce. I’m about to make Puttanesca sauce which is red sauce with olives and capers. Looks pretty easy and will be a nice change from regular red sauce.

The weather has eased a bit bt the skies are dark and grey. There’s a stiff breeze. The smell of the sauce is filling the house with hope for a warm easy dinner. Perhaps a cup of coffee is called for at this point. Simple pleasures for a Sunday afternoon. The joys of big cooking pots.

Update on the powerbook – it has started on its journey to me! Thanks FedEx for making tracking all possible. What an innovation when you think of it. It’s all good.

I’ve reason to believe that my new powerbook has been shipped. Probably won’t show up on FedEx shipping until Monday though.

Sad news to wake up to that the Columbia shuttle apparently broke apart minutes from landing this morning.

The space shuttle Columbia, with seven astronauts aboard, broke up as it descended over central Texas today before a planned landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Bush administration spokesman said the shuttle’s altitude — over 200,000 feet — made it “highly unlikely” that the shuttle fell victim to a terrorist act. — CNN

((patient waiting mode ON))I’m waiting along with others for the powerbook arrivals. ((patient waiting mode OFF)) It’s cold, it’s not AS cold, it’s nasty. When it’s not as cold, it’s sloppy. Yeah. Everything still looks pretty nice because it’s so cold that the big dumps of snow we got are still around. Last weekend our predicted “dusting to an inch” turned out to be 7 inches of extremely light and fluffy.

On the quilting front, I’ve gone back to making little pink and green blocks. Guess I should take some new photos for y’all.

I try to do the same number of blocks that end in pink and those that end with green each time I make a batch, because I need an equal number when I’m done. Being essentially a lazy person, I don’t like to have to count and recount to see how I’m doing. This way keeps it interesting and I know I will end up with what I need or at least close. Close counts.

I’m off to the grocery store now – meatballs? soup? Something warm and hearty because rumor has it we’re in for more wintery weather this weekend!

Exciting News

OK, exciting news on a couple different fronts. First, the first self-nominee for the as-yet-unnamed awards which will be issued from this site. Interestingly, the self-nominee also suggested a possible category. Now this is what I love about the web, people — total participation and cooperation. So if you want to nominate yourself, feel free to suggest a couple categories as well!

In other news, OK, I can’t keep this a secret — I ordered my new computer today. A lovely 12″ powerbook.

As I’m writing this from my 14″ G3 powerbook aka Pismo, I feel vaguely like a smitten youth overcome with the balmy and hormone-laden breezes of spring, but there you go. It’s served me well since I got it and continues to surprise me with it’s pep and responsiveness. Jaguar and the Pismo are great together.

I hear the siren call of the G4 is all. I had the opportunity and the will and the rest as they say is waiting.