Oh the weather outside is frightful...

Who here remembers the Pizza Pit tv ad (that they still air, YAY!) with the toy car and the kids singing "Let it snow"? Because of this weather, that's what's going through my head.

I'm sitting in bed, watching it snow out my window, thankful that Monkey's dance performance for this afternoon has been postponed until tomorrow night. Marti is curled up RIGHT behind my laptop (to enjoy the heat coming off it) -- he must be chasing something in is sleep, he's twitching something fierce.

I'm working on a new hat for Nana. Her actual Christmas present is finished, though I need to figure out how to wrap it. She bought a hat a few years ago from Urban Outfitters and it has since stretched out so bad that her glasses are the only thing that keeps it from covering her eyes. Bad design or poor quality. I've also never seen a hat that needed elastic in the brim of a knitted hat. Is that something that's is usual?

While I wait for Monkey to come home from her dad's, I've been watching movies. Last night was Inception (really well done!) and Assassination of a High School President (Patrick plays the president; is a family friend of my boss -- and he's such a cutie). Now to another movie.

It's vacation time!

Not for me. Not directly anyway. The co-worker has all of next week off. It's the best news I've had in a long time.

I had yesterday off. To go watch Monkey sing with her choir for the Veteran's Day program held in our town. It was an hour. I spent the rest of the day shopping at Best Buy with Uncle Watusi and watching tv. I like how I spend my odd vacation days. Much better than the last two days. I raked Nana's entire yard. It's really big. Ugh.

More suggestions, please

In the effort to actually get on a working budget, I'm trying to track my spending. My mother would just say, "Use a piece of paper." I'm far too gadgety for that. Can anyone recommend an app for easy tracking of spending? Specifically cash. I'd like it to total for me as well. Yah, coz I'm lazy like that. This would be for my iPod. While I love my BlackBerry, it's a pain to load apps on it. Tiny memory. Sheesh.

theatre geeks

last night monkey and i went to janesville to see joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat with nana. great show. the cast was really good. we particularly enjoyed joseph (robert mentele). so much so that monkey wanted his autograph and a picture with him. :)

she really liked him.

in her defense, this guy has a great voice and will hopefully make something of himself. he just graduated magna cum laude from uw-whitewater with a degree in theatre design technology. good luck robert! (nana can attest to it being hard to be theatre major. she got her bachelor degree in theatre. i remember getting these lovely sparklie silver shoes after beauty and the beast was over. best dress up shoes ever.)

congratulations to cast and crew of joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat on your opening night. break a leg on the rest of the show!

i'm hoping to be able to get her interested in other theatre as well. we're going to see if she wants to try out for next summer's show. :)