Feeling industrious

My throat is still sore and my voice is pretty pathetic. I feel like Peter Brady -- "Time to Change" -- remember when his voice was cracking? LOL Since I was up early this morning (!) I sat down and copied some more recipes onto 4x6 index cards. Now I need pages that will hold those cards horizontally in a 3 ring binder. Anybody have a source?

I also wrapped 3 Christmas gifts that my mother-in-law had shipped here for the boys, which gave me the opportunity to check out my stock of gift wrap and the like. Turns out I have more than I could possibly use in 5 years. I went thru the gift bags and found bags that were given to me when Garrett was born. Seriously. Nice to know, though, that I have ribbon, bows, paper, boxes and bags aplenty. The only thing I might need is tape.

I have begun organizing the spare bedroom and listed a couple of things on ebay that we have not used that I am sure someone else will love. Took down the Halloween decorations and rearranged a bit in the laundry room so that when it comes time to break out the Christmas stuff I am ready. Baby steps, right?

Stuff I'd like to accomplish this week:

get the pavers set in the sand between the house and garage (Rob got most of it done)

get rid of the rabbit fencing that was around the garden (again, Rob did it)

finish burning the yard waste in the fire pit

continue working on the Holiday Control Journal from FlyLady

work on Nancy's sweatshirt (the border finally arrived)

start planning for Christmas gifts for teachers

I am still flying pretty high after the concert. It really was remarkable. And I enjoyed it SO much more than the one in 1999. I couldn't figure out why until I looked back at the setlist from that night. This time there were just more songs I liked and that I knew. It adds a lot to be able to sing along.

I love Magic -- all of the songs. Most of them have a decidedly political perspective, though, and this doesn't. The day I first heard it I was surprised at the melodic quality of his voice, and that translates pretty well onstage as well. I cried throughout the entire performance of this Friday night -- I'm not sure why, except it just has such a wistful tone. Check Clarence's solo. Left me speechless.