long day ahoy, bits and pieces

I don't have a ton of time for writing... I have to get ready for a long work day (work event tonight that goes through dinner, and I'm staying until the end). But a few bits and pieces for you.

1. Finally, a trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus:


I'm really excited for this movie... have been since I first heard about it. It obviously suffered a delay with Heath's untimely death. But they found a work around! His unfilmed scenes (I believe the parts where he steps into other worlds) were done by Johnny Depp (swoon), Colin Farrell (bigger swoon), and Jude Law (eh). I can't wait to see this movie!

2. I just started reading dooce's book, It Sucks and Then I Cried, and I really really love it so far. All the wit of her regular blog... but obviously much more of a single cohesive story. I'll tell more when I finish.

3. My damn dog ate my shoes. My go to shoes. My perfect, lovely, comfortable green harringbone easy to slip on with the strap in just the right place shoes. I has the anger... and the sad. Now I have to find new go to shoes, because while I do have other shoes to wear in the meantime, none have that go with anything quality the other ones did. And none are so comfortable while still being work appropriate. Boo.
Suggestions for good cloth flats that are fun and cute while still being work appropriate?
I did find THESE, which are a definite maybe... though a bit more then I wanted to spend, with a bit less of the omph my old shoes had.

4. My brother, Ethan is definitely coming up to visit this weekend... coming in on Saturday morning and leaving Sunday around lunch. I already know I'm making big batches of pesto and mac & yeasty cheese, so I can feed the boy good. Trying to think of things that I can send home with him that are easy to reheat in a dorm room microwave.

5. One week until our big ultrasound! Hot damn am I excited!


That's about all I have for you today. I'm just chugging along. Work continues on the office, though nothing to really show there yet. Still getting all the paint and paper off the walls an hour or two at a time. We should be able to finish that by the end of this weekend I think (Ethan is going to bring his homework). Then it's on to patching. Okay... back to business.