Day: February 15, 2006

In the game Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker there is an auction in which the player can particpate. It allows the player to bid for goodies. Some computer controlled people bid against you. However, if the player’s bid is much higher than the preceeding bid, then the other people all go into a state of shock and are unable to bid for awhile. This is handy for winning auctions.

As of today, I know exactly how those computer characters feel. I peeked at our ebay auction of Schlock Mercenary business cards and realized it was over $100. I just sat and stared for a minute while little swirlys made my head spin. Maybe I’m making up the swirly part, but my head definitely felt spun for a moment. Last Monday I felt a little silly putting up business cards for auction. I was afraid they wouldn’t get bids at all. I mean, who buys someone else’s business cards, particularly out of date business cards? Apparently there are some collectors out there. This blows me away and makes me really glad at the same time. Thanks to those collectors we have $100 worth of additional time in which Howard can be a full time cartoonist.

We own the Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 1. (Great collection, I just wish it had more roadrunner.) Looney Tunes was a part of my childhood. It makes me really happy to share some of that with my kids. So, today when I walked in on Gleek, Link, & Patches watching Looney Tunes I was even more delighted that they each were munching on a large carrot. Apparently Bugs Bunny promotes healthy snacking habits. Yay Bugs!

This week is busy. Not an insanely busy one like I had last November, but still fairly packed. Fortunately NotMyBaby’s grandpa is in town for two weeks and so I haven’t had to watch him. That freed up time for me to manage preschool, the monthly potluck luncheon at the church, and prepare for LTUE.

I get to spend half a day at LTUE with Howard. That will be really nice. I wish I could manage more, but I don’t want to incur too much babysitting indebtedness. I’m particularly excited to be able to be on a panel with Howard. We’ve never done that before.

Once LTUE is over I need to plan for Howard’s birthday and Patches’ birthday. There really isn’t much planning to be done, but I haven’t even had enough brainspace to think about it and the birthdays are just two weeks from today.

February is disappearing fast. I’m glad. I’m really ready for longer daylight hours and warmer weather. The first crocus bloomed last week. It made me glad. Unfortunately today it is buried under snow. Sigh.