spring, LOTR one-man show, letter from Clark

Corel Painter 8 experiment. Played around with the digital watercolour brushes for the first time. (have only experimented with the regular Painter watercolour brushes before)

Geez, it's supposed to go up to 27 degrees Celsius in Toronto today, breaking the record set in 1976. Jeff was kind enough to get out some of my summer clothes from the storage locker, so I'm no longer stuck with my winter stuff, yay! I'm a huge fan of peasant skirts, and wear them as much as possible during warm weather.

I suppose I'm not a typical woman in that I don't wear make-up and don't enjoy clothes shopping, but I do have a weakness for peasant skirts. They're comfortable, inexpensive, and I like how the cloth feels swishing around my legs when I walk.

Toronto's winter has seemed waaaay too long this year.

HEY, I got tickets to the Lord of the Rings One-Man Show for next Thursday! My friend Walter ("Lord Korak" in Blatherchat) has kindly agreed to go with me. I'm really looking forward to seeing this. Jeff and I are already planning to take Sara and Annie to the Lord of the Rings musical next year. The fact that Jeff is voluntarily going to see a musical (a musical of Lord of the Rings, no less) is further proof of how much he loves his nieces.

More good news: Flickr is rewarding its Beta customers as well as improving its Free and Pro packages. Which means I get my subscription extended to TWO years instead of one year (those who paid for a 2 year Pro account get 4 years) as well as two Pro accounts to give away. In addition, but all free and Pro accounts get their upload limits doubled, which means free accounts get 200 MB a month, Pro accounts get 2 GB.

Good move on Flickr's part, showing Flickr users that Yahoo's acquisition of their company is a good thing by ponying up tangible rewards right away instead of making vague promises of future goodness that never pan out. Kudos to both Flickr and Yahoo; if only other acquisitions were handled as gracefully.

And finally, a posted LJ message from Clark Wierda (who is in Kuwait right now) about the surprise package that Margaret put together for him at FKO.

"It took about two weeks, but I received the package Margaret sent.

Nobody tipped that there was anything in the works when I called. If I try to thank everybody, I am sure to miss someone. To all who signed the card, thanks. To UT, thanks as well for the customized card. I was looking for your names on the first card and they were conspicuous by their absence. All was clear once I opened the next card. I claimed first review of the goodies. The rest were well received and disappeared over the next 24 hours. Kathy and Bear, your items were perfect each in their own way.

I'm not a writer, so I have not the skill to express how I felt as I was going through the package. The only way I have is thus: You guys totally blew me away.

Thanks!!!"

35 days until we get possession of our new house. We're meeting with our contractors this afternoon.

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