November 6, 2001

Inspired by Rachel's pre-holiday get-with-it-ness, I've decided to jump on the gift-making wagon. Because I'm broke, I was going to buy everyone's Christmas presents with my Clickrewards points, but it turns out they're going bankrupt, so I thought Christmas was canceled. But then I remembered I'm wildly talented in the wifely arts. That means cooking, sewing, crocheting, and general crafting, not cleaning and screwing, although I do all right with those as well. Well, not so much the cleaning.

I got primed by making some goodies for Brooke's mucousy bundle of joy to be, and they came out so cute I got inspired to make all my presents.

The bummer is that I can't brag about all the great things I thought up and/or started making because then I'd spoil the surprise. But they're great. Really. And although this year's Settlement Home sale paled in comparison to last year's, I did snag a few small giftypoos there. One for Brian and one for Malin.

My other cool project-in-progress is new Disgruntled Housewife merch. It's gonna be sweet, so everyone can buy it for Christmas presents. (Just planting the seeds....)

The rest of my life is divided between vacuuming, finishing unfinished work, wringing my hands, and spending several hours a day watching/recording Buffy. According to the schedule, I'll be almost all the way through with the old seasons by the end of the year. Before I looked at the schedule, I had somehow tricked myself into thinking I'd zip through my Buffy library in no time. Unless I want my whole Replay TV allocated to Buffy--or unless I want to get the episodes out of order (which I don't)--I'll have to transfer to tape every other day. I accidentally overwrote 4 episodes of Season 2. But I saved spots for them, so everything will still be in order once they rerun the missing ones. If I can get through all of Season 3 without missing any, I'll reward myself by using the manicure and pedicure gift certificate Sue gave me for my birthday.

I have this weird feeling I was supposed to do something really important, but I can't remember what it was.

11.01.01

P.S. If you want to buy something from the Pampered Chef, then email me right away & let me know. I'm closing my party in the couple days, but I thought I'd throw out a plea just in case. If you're a high roller and buy $100 of stuff, I'll send you a free Disgruntled Housewife shirt. If you don't know what I'm talking about, ignore this.