Making the best of the little things

Well, got most stuff done yesterday... got the first of two kimono mostly cut out (need to stop at the store after work to pick up another yard and a quarter of the fabric because the fabric was an inch narrower than advertised and thus I can't even piece together the collar from it), and Wonderful Husband is working on the hakama. Got our signs for Fanime laminated, and much as Wonderful Husband wasn't impressed by the laminating job at our local copy shop, he's equally umimpressed by the job that Kinko's did on these, but que sera sera. Tomatoes got staked, car got marginally cleaned, and I tried out a trio of new recipes from the newest Cuisine At Home magazine. Plus got up this morning and washed dishes from said recipes, so the kitchen is once again returned to cleanliness. And now in to another day at work. Feel the enthusiasm.

But! I have embroidery to take with me and do at "lunch," leftovers from last night to comprise said lunch, dried squid snacky things to gross out my coworkers with ("Want to try a tentacle?"--I expect this to get great reactions), fabric shopping to do on the way home, sewing to do once I get here, and then another new recipe to try for dinner tonight. So, really, life ain't too bad.

Tentacle-y goodness!

As expected, no one in the office has been tempted by my offer of squid. Not quite understanding why--I mean, it's basically jerky, just with a different base meat, right? But then, I'm one of those types of people who will happily try most things once. ("Most" meaning I'm still drawing the line at blowfish. Not into active self-poisoning.) And I acknowledge that this likely places me in the minority. *munches tentacle*

In other work news, the alarm on the door behind my desk apparently went off at 7:30 this morning. David, who lives in the building, says it wasn't him and that it was probably set off by the motion of my Stitch Sunshine Buddy. For those who haven't seen them, Sunshine Buddies are little plastic figurines about 4.5" tall that rock their heads back and forth. I have one of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. It sits on my desk about ten feet from the door. It has been sitting there for months now. Funny, it's never caused the alarm to go off before....

I don't have the highest opinion of my coworkers at times. But, fine, if *Stitch* is setting off the alarm, I'll take him home. We'll see what David manages to blame the alarms on next time. And in the meantime, my desk shall once again be devoid of any personal items whatsoever. A state which bewilders my Wonderful Husband....