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1. Weeks without Mondays!
2. Flat Stanley is leaving!
3. It’s Biggest Loser night.
4. This new product from Sony. I gotta get one! (Note, this has sound NSFW. The video is clean, just use headphones if you’re listening at work, or in a room with children.)
5. It’s time for Blog Share! I’ll be posting an anonymous submission on my blog soon, and something I wrote is out there, somewhere on another Blog Share participant’s site.

1. Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches
2. Bath bombs from Basin. They are, quite literally, da bomb.
3. Flannel PJs from The Gap
4. -R- is hosting another Blog Share this week!
5. Slumber parties in the living room. Last night we dragged the mattress out and slept on the floor, while the paint dried and the fumes dispersed in our very green bedroom.

1. Acoustic Sunrise on KFOG
2. My newly painted bedroom!
3. Wearing Matte’s jeans
4. My new blog design. OK, so it’s not that different, but I changed the color scheme and played with some Photoshop brushes to make my own header. You like?
5. Acoustic Sunset on KFOG

1. Tonight I made my first filet mignons on our grill. They were a little on the rarer side, but the grill marks were perfect. I should have taken a picture, they were that beautiful.
2. Today we tried out three different shades of paint for our bedroom and we have a winnah! It’s Medieval Forest by Behr. It looks much better on the wall than online, so I’m not going to link to it here. Tomorrow we’ll be painting all day, and we might set up the Web cam so you all can see us in action! Because wouldn’t it be exciting to watch two people paint?
3. Daphne and Desmond received some homemade catnip toys from my mother-in-law. (Thanks, MIL!) Both kittehs went bonkers, rolling around and grabbing the toys with all four of their feet. When we picked up the toys afterward, they were drenched in cat slobber, Desmond’s more than Daphne’s. She’s a lady, you know, and ladies don’t drool, even when catnip is involved.
4. I taught Matte how to prep and cook asparagus. This is kind of huge, people. It turned out perfectly too – nice and crisp and just how I like it.
5. Most importantly and not so small, I learned that my dad is OK after a medical scare on a cruise to Mexico. He was in severe abdominal pain during his trip, and, well…puking (sorry there’s no nice way to put that). Having been through surgery for colon cancer twice, this is cause for alarm. He went to see Bernie Kopell the ship’s doctor who said he’d need to go to the hospital for more specialized care once they docked in Puerto Vallarta. The doctors in Mexico took excellent care of him and he didn’t have to stay overnight, thus (literally) missing the boat. He and my mom got to enjoy the rest of their trip, with the added bonus of learning some lovely Spanish words like barf, fart, and poop. Fantástico!

1. Being surprised at work by my adorable husband, who brought me a bouquet of my favorite flowers. And I do mean surprised. I didn’t even realize he was standing there in my cube, he’s so stealth. The bouquet has purple irises, light green (!) roses, and calla lillies – our wedding colors were purple and green. Now, if I can just keep Daphne from eating them!
2. Cupcakes from Icing on the Cake. Sometimes you need a little treat, even when you’re trying to be more healthy about food choices. And if you’re going to indulge, I highly suggest Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
3. Celebrating a friend’s birthday with lunch outside the office for once. We celebrated again with dinner and drinks after work.
4. Helping with an urgent and vital project at work and being appreciated for doing my part to help. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a job where I’ve been thanked for my work.
5. We have a three-day weekend!

1. Moomi is donating all of the proceeds from her Etsy shop to the Australian Red Cross. I bought this print for my office.
2. Getting to work and thinking I’ve lost my badge, only to remember that I left it in the pocket of the pants I wore yesterday.
3. This video will make you laugh. The screaming part cracks me up every time I watch it (another tip from Rainn Wilson’s twitter feed).
4. Japanese pears from Costco
5. A box containing this and this arrived in my mailbox today. A gift for me! From me.

1. This Beck cover, recommended by Rainn Wilson.
2. the homemade Trader Joe’s commercial
3. shopping for pants and buying a size than I’ve been unable to wear in years
4. exercise first thing in the morning
5. Purely Decadent Dairy Free ice cream. I don’t care that it’s dairy free. It’s absolutely delicious.