Busy, busy, busy...

It occurs to me that my mother-in-law reads this blog pretty regularly. Which means, Mary Anne, that you probably know more about the details of my daily life than does your son.

I've been busy with all the usual stuff. E.g., yesterday afternoon my friend Laurel and I worked a Shop for the Shelter in Paso Robles. This is how the shelter gets much of its basic supplies: paper towels and paper plates, bottles of Dawn, dry and wet cat food, garbage bags, bleach. Even some cash! People are so wonderfully generous in helping us help the animals. The highlight was part of a bottle of green apple Dawn spilling in my car. Not entirely a bad deal, however-- even after cleaning the spill my car smells really good.

The Academy Awards were totally, boringly predictable. Best part was Oprah's introduction of Gaby. Worst part was Sandra Bullock's lipstick. It's all politics, but the gowns are fabulous. I didn't see any real duds this year.

Today I tackled a l-o-n-g overdue project. I unpacked the very last boxes (other than a couple in my studio) and got the sitting room cleaned and organized. What's the sitting room? Well, when you come upstairs, there's a bathroom and my studio to the left and Randy's office to the right. But you can go straight ahead through what is basically a wide hallway to sliding glass doors that go out to a large balcony. That very wide hallway houses our version of a media room. The big screen tube is there and CDs and DVDs and players and speakers and stuff. And a couple chairs that live out on the balcony during good weather. I've been given the green light by the keeper of the financial records to purchase some better furniture for the sitting room. Yeah! In truth, it's the cats who make the most use of the sitting room. Not a bad thing.

It's going to be a busy week! With some sunshine!