Christmas: Oh, about 10% done. Remember the good old days of glorious spreadsheets and 75% done by Labor Day? Ha! But I'm pretty zen about it. I'm not giving to as many people as I used to, I'm not trying to impress anybody, and pretty much everybody I know is trying to cut down on material possessions these days. Win ( Read more... )

Here's what's happened lately --

• Elliott and I went to Minnesota for Christmas. Elliott had a bad cold the whole time we were there, which put a damper on things, but we had a good time anyway. My parents got me some Lego sets (at my request) and the excellent book Forbidden Lego, so I've been doing a lot of miniature construction work lately. ( Read more... )

12% done.

And this year, I'm using Google Docs. :)

... but have found myself pondering anyway...

• The 2008 presidential election
  
• Christmas 2007
  
• Christmases after 2007
  
• Where Elliott will go to kindergarten
  
• What color I should paint my bedroom
  
• Sewing window treatments
  
• The optimal hairstyle for me
  
• Who will win American Idol, and whether Blake Lewis will have extra tour dates in Seattle ( Read more... )

100%

w00t!

Elliott is the only one allowed to flip any light switch in the house any more. If we forget and flip it ourselves, we have to flip it back and then let Elliott do it, even if he has to drag a stool over to reach.

Maybe he has a future as a Shabbos goy. But what would he do the other six days of the week ( Read more... )

Fantastic news! There was a bug in my Christmas spreadsheet and I was underestimating my level of completion. This morning I thought I was at 72% but once I fixed the bug, it turned out I'm really at 82%.

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

62.5% done. But I haven't even started on some people. And Cyndy will be here tomorrow. I would love to send all our Olympia and Eugene gifts south with her but I don't even know what some of them are going to be yet. I guess we'll be shipping some...

Anybody want to go to the Best of the Northwest art/craft show on Saturday afternoon at Magnuson?

http://www.bestnwcrafts.com/

Christmas: 35.2% done. Getting there...