Domestic Geek

Over on the PPP boards today, Amy Jo pointed out a really cool holiday Firefox theme that's available called Tinseltown. I installed it and am loving it (except that I keep forgetting the reindeer head is refresh...that throws me a bit!). My browser is so festive:


If you haven't downloaded Firefox, you really should! It's my favorite browser ever!

The theme this month over on the FlyLady site has been Random Acts of Kindness. Yesterday, I was the recipient of such an act. Collen from Simple Kind of Life gifted me a premium membership to a board to which we both belong. When I found out, I was so touched that the tears started to flow! Thank you, Colleen!

I love sending cards during the holidays. There are some people that traditional cards just don't seem to fit. Do you have a friend that sees a conspiracy in everything? How about a mom that thinks there are hidden messages in songs promoting the devil? Prove them right by sending them a very special ecard featuring conspiracy Christmas carols! While you're there, click on the yellow tab for lots of holiday fun including this brought to you on behalf of OfficeMax.

Well, Marcus and I managed to get the lights up on the roof last night. We're both feeling sickly, so we were lucky to get that much done. Yay! Just as soon as I get home I'm going to decorate the tree, put up some other outside stuff and decorate the mantle. That's the plan, at least. I'm just killing time right now waiting for Marcus to get done with whatever it is he's working on so that we can go get some lunch. I'm really hungry. Oh, and I need to find my glasses. I couldn't find them anywhere.

I don't know what germs Marcus brought into our house, but I hate them. He was getting better, I thought I had gotten the upper hand and !WHAM! I'm sick. Grrrr. It's only an annoying cough and a small fever right now, but I'm still fighting. I managed to accomplish nothing yesterday. I didn't even watch The Year Without a Santa Claus. Well, I did chip ice away from where we need to put the ladder up today, but that's about it.

Marcus didn't end up getting home from work until 7:30 this morning. His alarm went off at 7 (as it does everyday), but he wasn't in bed. I got up and the light I had left on for him was still on. No Marcus. I check IM and my phone. No messages. Our workplace isn't in the greatest neighborhood, so of course all my thoughts turned to the worst. Fortunately, he answered his cell when I called and he was on his way home. *whew* I hope he wakes up before it gets dark so he can put up my outside lights. I don't do crawling around on the roof. I don't particularly want to spend the day in the ER. Getting him to bed at a decent hour tonight is going to be a pain, too. Oh, well.

OK, I'm going to go and try to get something accomplished today.