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My wife is part Pac-Man.

Will Cervarich — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:43:18 +0000

We worked late last night and agreed on the way home that cooking in was simply not an option. We dropped the pup off at home and popped down to Leisure Public House.

As is often the case when pastrami is a menu item, I ordered and indulged. Pastrami and I get along very well. Bets had the Prosciutto with homemade fig jam. And we had some tasty stouts. And we had some soup. And when we were full and happy, we had a rousing match of Ms. Pac-Man.

I did not know this about my wife: she’s a Pac-Man Wiz. She sailed through the levels. I’d wait for my turn and watch agape as she devoured those little dots. We squealed together and shouted at the ghosts she squeaked past. We laughed and high-fived. It makes sense that she’d rock at Pac-Man. It’s chaos and order; high-stakes; rules and patterns. She’s good at those things. And it was fun. She’s real good at fun.

Today, we’re getting ready for Crafty Wonderland (it’s TOMORROW [5/7/11], Portland people! And we’re going to have a great sale bin!), we’re sending orders, sending samples to an exciting possible new account, crossing our fingers, finalizing some design choices on the new line, eating the ghosts we can get to, and devouring all those little dots. One level at a time.

High-five.

***Song of the Moment: 1000 Miles Per Hour, by OK Go***

A very special fortune

betsy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:00:13 +0000

These crack me up. I got another special comment treat today on a very old post. Brace yourselves, folks. I think this one is magic:

“you are outstanding in the stuff. I wish to be great weekend. Your dream will fulfill this month. Best wishes.”

Thank you, kind sir, for your well-wishes. I wish to be great weekend to you too, and many outstandings in the stuff to you and yours. May your dream, too, fulfill this month and many happiness find entrance ways to you.

photo credit and business plan, but with certainly no affiliation to the fortune above: Kari Chapin

***Song of the Moment: Future Reflections, by MGMT.***

Confessions: we’re probably not going to be friends.

betsy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:21:09 +0000

Believe it—I recently received the comment below on a very old post. And while the commenter attempted to be as vague and ambiguous as possible, they still managed to create a responsive paragraph that had absolutely not an inkling of relevance to the post:

“Greetings. Very first I desire to say that I actually like your blog, just discovered it the past week but I’ve been following it since then. I appear to concur with most of your views and beliefs and this post is no exception. Thank you for any excellent blog and I hope you keep up the very good function. If you do I will carry on to browse through it. Have a great evening.”

no need to encourage a great evening, that comment made it ALL right.

I will go forward in the day with my good function and hope you all continue to browse through it.

Here’s to all of you and your own good functions! xo~betsy

***Song of the Moment: You’re My Best Friend, by Queen***