what a day. On my way to work, for 8 AM! I slipped on some ice in the parking lot and, before I even realized I was falling, was flat on my back gasping for air. Hobbled into work and tried to get myself back together but all I could feel was this pain over the top of my pelvis and this big muscular knot forming up and down my right side. So off I went to the MD’s and he told me to ice it, lay down and see how it felt tomorrow and the next day. All in all a soggy morning, from the slop on my backside thanks to the slush and to the tears which didn’t stop for quite awhile. Geesh. I’m a mess sometimes.

Did lay down with the ice pack. Grabbed: my lunch (a turkey sandwich which I did NOT share with the cats); a bit of coffee, my madonna phone (headset cordless type) and Harry Potter vols 1-2. I read for awhile but then fell asleep. ME – in the middle of the day. Unheard of. When I had to get up later on, my back is still pretty sore, but does feel less spasming.

I’m really enjoying Harry Potter on the second run through. I’d forgotten many of the details. It occurs to me that I don’t really care if I see the movie because I enjoy the view in my head of Hogwarts.

Being a virgo, I’m really into containers. So for what it’s worth —

Boxes

Take out containers (world’s best, IMHO)

And it’s all about tracking – I’m following a package being sent (and returned) via fed ex. Gotta love the free account you can set up. Heck, they even gave me a free calendar when I signed up. You scribble your account number on the forms (which they’ll send you free along with more boxes and tubes) and it gets sent and charged to your account. whooo hooo! How easy is that? I did it so I could send quilts to shows and not have to wait for the package to be weighed etc, put the check for return shipping inside, seal the box etc etc etc. Put the fed ex label inside with the shipping info and my account number, seal the box, call for pick up or drop off. Bang. Done. Track online. Repeat.

From Bread, coffee, chocolate, yoga:

and how will you be celebrating american chocolate week?

don’t worry, you still have time to prepare. the week runs from march 17-23. and it’s a week worth celebrating on several levels. for the first time in years, chocolate prices have rebounded from deeply depressed to all new highs. at first it seemed like a short term fling, but the prices appear to be still climbing, mostly due to bad weather in africa and political problems in the ivory coast, where 40% of the world’s cocoa orginates.

Yes – just another reason to eat more chocolate!

Wow a whole week passed without Blogging. Didn’t wish my brother a happy birthday on the 9th. Didn’t do much of anything web-page related.

What have I been doing, you ask?

Last weekend, my guild, East Side Quilters, spent a few days making quilt tops and finishing quilts. Had a good time, listened to good music, hung out with cool people.

This week, I worked. yeah yeah yeah.

Got a couple new software things: Click’N Design 3D by Stomper. I’d gotten a similar software with a plastic “jig” for helping to reliably put the label on the cd. That software was for OS 9 or earlier and it frankly stunk out loud. This, which works in OS X, was great. Well worth twenty bucks if you want a quick and easy way to do CD’s with curved lettering, photo backgrounds etc. Came with some cool clipart as well.

Then I got another cool software recommended by one of the guys at work. This is Live Slide Show by Totally Hip Software. Sort of a cross between iPhoto and iMovie with the better features of both. I made a long and slick slideshow of NYQuilts! photos and exported it as a QuickTime movie. How cool is that?

Finally – upgraded to Adobe GoLive 6. Haven’t had a chance to play around with that yet, but it looks wonderful and I can tell you that it’s about 100% faster loading and response-wise than GoLive 5 in Classic. One more thing for OS X.

Finished my quilt and it’s ready to go to TN for the show there. Did a bunch of other stuff I’m sure….. Visited with my folks a few times. Uninstalled the time-gobbling but OH so wonderful game Black and White. Wrote lots of letters to important people. Even got in a few hours sleep. I admit to wanting a wonderful wonderful dinner and something like a martini or a fabulous bottle of red wine to go with it. OK A girl can have a fantasy, right?