Catching Up

It's been a wild couple of weeks, what with the Islamic Studies search kicking into high gear. We had our first candidate on campus last week, and all went smoothly, so I guess all the hard work, sleepless nights and fretting over details paid off. We have a little breather since this is a holiday week, and then the next candidate comes Dec. 2-4. The final one arrives late on the 7th and leaves early on the 10th. And then I hope to focus on Christmas.

But what a fun weekend I had! Kevin was up north, right smack in the middle of nowhere, near Fifield. Actually, you can't even see nowhere from there. :) He left on Thursday and came back this afternoon. I planned to knuckle down and get some cleaning and organizing done, and maybe even paint the craft room. (Remember that? I bought the paint late in the summer. It's lovely - the wall color is called October Skies, which is the best Van reference on paint that I've ever seen, or expect to. But I digress.) Anyway - I played pretty much all weekend. Judy and I had a little slumber party, stayed up late, watched movies and played around with paper and ink. We went to 2 church craft sales, and I got a few little things. Then Pam and I did some shopping at some very fun new stores in Middleton, and I got a few more little things, some very fun ones for the holidays. We had dinner at Fitzgerald's and even saw Drew on the way home. Church, and a little more shopping today, and then I played around more with paper and ink. I came up with a totally different card that some of you may see soon in the mail, so just act surprised, or tell me now if you'd rather get a different one. :)

Have a good (short) week! I'm very excited about having Thanksgiving here, and all the fam.