You'd Better Knock (beat-beat) on Woo-ood...

Me in all my blurry glory. Note the craft table in the background.
Many masterpieces have been created there.


We don't usually get lightning and thunder 'round these parts, but this morning I was awakened by LOUD, crackling lightning and LOUD thunder, only a fraction of a second apart. Oh, and lots of rain being blown against my window, which is right behind the head of my bed. Obviously no more sleeping was going to happen, so I pulled open the blinds for an unobscured look at the show, hoping my son wasn't too scared at his dad's house. [11-22-04: I asked him today and he said he was already up and playing his racing game on Daddy's TV, and he wasn't scared.] I was a tad concerned about a huge construction crane that has been parked in the lot across the street. It's not terribly close to my house, but it sticks right up in the air and I thought maybe it would get hit by lightning. It didn't. After a while, the rain let up and the sun came out! Southern California weather, I tell you.

Last night I went with my brother and his girlfriend to a Christmas show, courtesy of my brother's girlfriend, who generously scored the tickets for us. It was a lot of fun, although every so often I felt a twinge of guilt about getting Christmas-y before we'd even had Thanksgiving. Normally I'm a tad grumpy about things like shopping malls that start piping Christmas music through their P.A. system, but the show was fun, nonetheless. One young man sang a beautiful "Ave Maria," which made me cry because it was so beautiful and because the singer resembled a former classmate of mine who passed away recently.

My brother, his girlfriend and I had dinner together before the show, and I ate soooooo much. Hey, I was thrilled at the prospect of enjoying Real Grownup Food instead of the preschooler-fare I've been living on for a while now! It just hasn't seemed worthwhile to shop (and pay) for two separate menus each week. But last night there was rosemary! Garlic! Basil! Balsamic vinaigrette! Grownup conversation! ;-) Tremendous.

Well, my family is coming to my house for Thanksgiving on Thursday, so I'd best spend some time getting the place cleaned up. No, I did not finish it yesterday, despite my superhero getup. Maybe if I wear my tiara today that'll help a bit.