Compartment 14B
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Getting the picture. 2008-11-25 - 10:17 p.m. Yes, it’s been a week, but that darn Christmas photo book has been sucking up all my computer time. It’s almost eerie how I can sit down for “just a few minutes” and then glance at the clock to discover that it’s been more like “a few hours”. Our version is now done – all 58 pages of it, and I don’t even want to think about how much it’s going to cost (I kept thinking, how could I not add this page of photos? It’s only 99 cents per page! But let me tell you, it adds up, particularly once you’ve almost tripled the size of the basic book. But I digress…) – and the one for the ‘rents is close to done (and shorter at 38 pages), and I’m hoping my grandmother’s will be the fastest of all but I haven’t even started it yet. Wait. What? Did I not mention the Christmas photo book? Last year Uncle Bob did a lovely, basic, 20-page photo book, covering the preceding two years, for each of us for Christmas. We loved them so much that we decided to make it an annual tradition, so I duly sorted out my favourite snaps from the last year and took a crack at putting that puppy together using iPhoto on his MacBook. (No iPhoto or Mac? You can also create some pretty nifty looking books on Snapfish.com, and I believe there's a discount promotion code offered through Redbook right now.) The problem with doing it myself is twofold: one, I cannot bear to leave out any photo that I deemed worthy during my initial screening of the year’s worth of pics, and; two, by the time it gets here there will be no surprise whatsoever as to the contents and I fear I’ll be heartily sick of looking at the thing for awhile. On the upside: yay, precious memories preserved in paper form! For a “photographer” (I wonder if I’ll ever stop mentally putting that particular self-reference in quotes?) it’s pretty shameful how few pictures I print. Plus my inner control freak gets to dictate exactly which pictures are included and how they’re laid out. I’ve also been channelling a domestic diva this past week. Well, not in terms of cleaning my house (har, har, HAR! As IF!), but in the kitchen I’ve been doing home cooking galore. No plans for dinner? I’ll just whip up a healthy, tasty stir fry out of leftovers and some bok choy. Don’t want to spend the cash on a humdrum breakfast out? How does French toast with orange maple syrup and dark chocolate shavings sound? Looking for an activity to keep Grommet happy? Why not let her “help” me make some muffins or chocolate chip cookies? Also, we had our second and final appointment to pick colours and finishes for our new house today. I’m happy to report that our upgrade costs came in well under what I estimated our budget should be, and that this will remain true even after we do the after-market stuff like installing the hardwood. We’ll have money left over for things like rain gutters, window coverings, fences, land transfer taxes, etc. Best of all, I’m really pleased with our choices, even though they didn’t cost a ton. We’ll be taking possession at the end of May and our foundation is already poured. It’ll be exciting to see it taking shape throughout the next 6 months. So, yeah, less time on the crack-box than usual. I promise at least one more entry before another week goes by. Next week Biscuit turns 6 months (!) so I may even post a picture.
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