A Few Updates and Things

 A little of this, a smidgen of that.

• Margaret asked which credit card design I chose: I went for the mix tape, since it makes me laugh, and who doesn't need more of that in everyday life?

• I opened the package of Peeps I got right after Easter, and I just tried one and they're barely stale. I know it grosses some people out, but I like them stale, so that they're chewier, and if they haven't gotten that way in more than three weeks, they aren't going to. The formulation must have changed. No more Peeps for me, then. That's okay.
• Elisabeth wrote about a trip to PEI that her family took two years ago, and that made me think to pull out the lighthouse certificate I got on one of our trips there, when we went point to point on the island. Actually, Mom and I each got our own cert, with our names written on them (I erased mine to put it up here). I wonder if they still do this? I am forced to admit that 1996 is a few years ago now.

• After complaining about non-soft "soft" toothbrushes, I tried this Colgate ultra soft one, which has a head that's less bristle-y and almost more like foam, kind of, and found it to be much less of a problem for my delicate mouth. I'm also going to try the one that Elisabeth suggested recently, Curaprox, and see how they compare.

• I mentioned in the post about my new cabinet that I bruised my foot getting it in, and wow, did I ever! It's a bit swollen, and turning nice shades of black and blue; Tuesday night it was so sore and achy that I sent a message to my doctor asking if it was true that a foot isn't broken as long as you can walk on it. (Her answer: generally yes, but come in if you want it checked out. I'm giving it a little more time to see if it gets better or worse.) I will spare you any photos of it for now, but trust me, ow. Still worth it, though! But it's slowing down my yarn re-org progress. I'll keep icing it, rest as much as possible, and hope for the best.
• Speaking of the yarn re-org! It isn't done, as I'm slowed down by my foot and also by the cleaners due to come tomorrow, but I'm so happy with what I've done so far. After a few changes-of-mind, I have all fingering-weight yarn along here:

• Mmm, well, I guess I should clarify: all of that is fingering yarn. It is not all the fingering yarn I have. Ahem. My personalized retirement yarn store plan is coming along nicely. Further updates as they happen.
• Someone in the building is having their condo gutted this off-season, and the jackhammering started today. It is so loud. (They like to do such noisy work in the summer, "when no one is here." Ha, says the no one who is in fact here.) So loud. Just so loud. Thankfully, they did stop around 4, at least; it could actually have been worse.

I think that's all the "I should blog about this" things I was thinking of, but if I missed something, ask away!