A mind-blowing morning here at casa de Gaggle of Girls!

1 – I have, in my hot little hands, The Daring Book for Girls. The same book that is now being offered as a gift along with a $100 contribution to WBUR. This follows co-author Andi Buchanan’s wonderful segment this morning on NPR’s Weekend Edition. I’ve never had a book worth $100 before!

2 – Thanks to the organizational prowess of my friend Sue, I could find down coats, mittens, and hats at a moment’s notice! I even know where all the snow pants are! Go us! Mmmmm… labelmakers….

3 – I got everyone awake, fed, clothed, and with coats, hats, & mittens and out the door before 9am on a Saturday. Yay me! (OK, I forgot the backpack. But I remembered everything else!)

4 – LG is the next Houdini. She was buckled (tightly!) into the car seat (5 point harness!) wearing underthings, shirt, pants, socks, shoes, zippered coat, hat, and mittens. When we arrived at the meeting place so my mom & step-dad could take them for the day, she was down to: underthings, shirt, pants, socks. I think if I had given her more than the 30m drive she’d have taken off the socks too. at least.

5 – I still don’t have my sites properly functional. I’m going to be a nervous wreck until they are up. I feel so guilty that people can’t find what they are looking for.

6 – This will only make sense to 1 or 2 readers, but today’s purchases at Stop & Shop was cheaper than the same items at Market Basket. Two local grocery chains – the former is known for being pricey, the latter for being inexpensive.

The mind boggles. I think its time to go back to bed. Too many things swirling in my head, including the new jingle for NaNoWriMo. DO NOT LISTEN to Episode 5 of the podcast!