I got home from Indianapolis Sunday and spent the day in a frenzy: unpacking, doing laundry, and dealing with the piles on my desk. Monday morning I got up early, walked with Laurie and then showed up for jury duty. After listening to how important we all were to keeping the wheels of justice moving (which I happen to believe is true) we were cut loose after only an hour. Oh happy day – I did my civic duty and also got my week back!

I plan to get some sewing done this week in between being chained to the computer. I admit that I have also been doing a bit of browsing/goofing off online. I need to quit finding interesting stuff, but since I've already found the following, I thought I'd share.

You may have seen this already. If not, I think you'll laugh, possibly out loud. 

Then there's this article on the new world of communication etiquette. My take-away is that my children are right – texting saves time. And they text better than I do. I tend to text in complete sentences and use way too many words. I'm also guilty of sending texts and leaving voice mails that probably would be viewed at the other end as time-wasters. I am going to try to be more thoughtful of the reciever's time from now on – more texting, less calling, fewer words. Except when I call my mom.

There's this op-ed piece about living with less stuff by Graham Hill. I know that I will never have that little stuff (this is a man who does not quilt) but he makes good points. I have been cleaning out our nooks and crannies and I like our space better. There is more stuff that needs to go away. Later, not today.

And in case you are considering taking up ice climbing, you should be aware of the down-side. The guy wearing the helmet-cam was not seriously injured. I was left wondering how he got the rest of the way down…

I hope you didn't spend too much of your time on these :-). Now I am going to sew!