So, in spite of the silence, I'm still thinking about you.

I'm feeling a bit guilty.

First, I don't spend nearly the amount of time I should spend making comments on other people's sites. I zoom from site to site, reading, nodding, and not infrequently muttering to myself, but I don't take the time to type in a comment. That's bad of me, I know. I'm going to try to be better about that in the future.

Second, I don't blog enough. For instance, Monday and Tuesday off this week, but I never once thought of blogging.

I also never thought of working on my Due South story. That's also bad of me. It (the story) is actually going reasonably well. Tonight I intend to watch a couple of DS episodes to refresh my memory of some things and with a bit of luck, that will motivate me to put some more words on the page.

Monday turned out to be a bit busy. My boss called and I had to do a little research for a project for work. (Yes, technically I was on vacation. This is what "small company" means. You're never really "off" work.) And Meghan called to say she'd be in town and was I free for lunch, so I took some time to visit with her.

My big project for this week is housework. I used to clean house regularly, every Sunday. Now it seems that I leave it until it's just ridiculous before I get around to it. Dusty, untidy, piles of papers and books here and there, you know the kind of thing.

Anyhow, Monday I took the bathroom apart and gave it a good, old-fashioned elbow-grease scrubbing. Yesterday I worked on the kitchen (everything but the floor). If I feel really motivated on the way home this evening, I'm going to buy new drawer paper and reline all of the kitchen drawers, too. Then everything will be all fresh and spanky-clean. Won't that be special?

I got a card this morning. From Sassy, Buehler, and the Mad Doctor, thanking me for the epic battle I fought with the Finko people to get the paperwork for the conference done and organized. That was awfully sweet of Sassy (I'm sure she thought of it.) The work was worth it, though. The group wants to do another conference next year. It may not keep me employed, but it might keep Sassy employed, so that makes me feel good.

Listening to the radio on the way to work this morning, I learned two interesting facts.

#1 - The Christmas Stores are a chain, owned by Bed, Bath, and Beyond. And they're currently facing legal action from a number of small craft stores and crafters for ripping off other people's designs. Seems they're accused of going into a store, buying a sample of some ornament, then sending it off to the factory in China or wherever to be copied and mass-produced. So, you know, TCS goes on the "evil" list and let's all not shop there any more. Anyhow, I liked the idea of the store better before I knew it was a humongous chain, you know?

#2 - The singing voice of Miss Piggy was provided by...Johnny Mathis!

The world is full of new and special facts, isn't it?