i went thrifting today...

came home with CDs:

• blue skies: the irving berlin songbook
  
• forever gold: ella fitzgerald
• hawaiian slack key guitar masters: sonny chillingworth
  
• experiment (mandy patinkin)
• it's christmas time (frank sinatra, bing crosby, louis armstrong)

and books:

• who knew? green hints and tips to save time, money...& the planet
• a fairy tale treasure trove (illustrated by john patience)
  
• the sesame street treasury, volume 7
• clifford the small red puppy
• walt disney's treasury of children's classics (to disect for graphics)
  
• better homes and gardens' all time favorite pies
• the time-life encyclopedia of gardening: foliage house plants

also, i brought some other books, but they're for christmas presents and will not be listed here. but they're pretty rad. and i bought my office "secret angel" person another present. it needs to be polished and spiffed up, but when it's done it will be lovely.

my own "secret angel" has been very busy...simply amazing. first, i get molasses cookies, which were fun to share with the worship team and anyone else who wanted to indulge. then i find my office sprinkled with little, golden jingle bells. they were everywhere! in my desk drawers, hanging from my desk tchochkies (properly spelled "tsatske", but then nobody would know what the heck i'm talking about...) and from the clear pins on my bulletin board (don't you see where a digital camera would be useful here?)... it was marvelous. so, i gather them all up, but i make the mistake of leaving them out, and two days later, they're re-distributed. :) i love it. also, they left one (with a note) on my music stand and i found it on sunday morning. and then, today, i find a plush reindeer with a sack-full of superman bouncyballs. yup, that's what i said. rockin'. i can't wait to find out who it is. i'm superblessed.

in other news, i cannot breathe properly at the moment. i want to say it has something to do with the fact that i had mcdonald's for lunch (looooong story). i don't care what people say, that stuff will kill you. it. will. kill. you.

on tap for the rest of the day? i have to leave for the office in a bit to make more name tags for the ladies tea. then worship rehearsal. then to the gym for more torture with bob. but first, i must see to my palm pilot (newly resurrected...after being dead for a day...due to lack of charge) and my finances.

golly, i don't have much time. see ya!

PS
the disney version of the swiss family robinson is the best movie ever...or at least for the next three days. :)