Part IA, Part UP

I missed this!!!  What does it look like!!  I love new rings!  I want a new ring....

I can't find one online, unfortunately.  She doesn't have the style I'm getting on her website, but you can get an idea from her other pieces.

It's the cloisonne enamel line, not the (super cool) mantra rings.

I can't find one online, unfortunately.  She doesn't have the style I'm getting on her website, but you can get an idea from her other pieces.

It's the cloisonne enamel line, not the (super cool) mantra rings.

I LOVE her stuff!  WOW!!  I really want some of her Mantra rings and a few of the necklaces and a cloisonne ring, and....

I LOVE her stuff!  WOW!!  I really want some of her Mantra rings and a few of the necklaces and a cloisonne ring, and....

Well, I AM picking up my ring at her studio a week before you head to NY, if you want anything shipped... 

Well, I AM picking up my ring at her studio a week before you head to NY, if you want anything shipped... 

 
OK, I'm going to pm you.  Yipee!!!

IA: I'm up to my ears in library books and journal articles.  I have 2 presentations and an essay due next week which means no Thanksgiving until the weekend.  One of the presentations is meant to be about our proposed dissertation topic which I have not done a single drop of research on.  I was starting to feel the panic.

UP: While reading through one of my books for an essay, I happened to come across an entire section that discusses aspects of my really random dissertation topic.  It gave me another source that is on Jstor.  Now I can just use those and not go to the library or agonize anymore!

IA: Sitting at home waiting for a package to be delivered.

UP: The weather is sh*te, so I don't really want to go out anyways. DH will pick up the stuff for dinner on his way home!

It's actually far more than an IA, but the last remaining dog track in Wisconsin is closing on December 31, and there are over 500 greyhounds that will be homeless and/or on death row if they aren't fostered/adopted.

The UP is that I'm almost certain we're going to adopt one!  Assuming we can find one that will put up with our cat and kid, that is.

It's actually far more than an IA, but the last remaining dog track in Wisconsin is closing on December 31, and there are over 500 greyhounds that will be homeless and/or on death row if they aren't fostered/adopted.

The UP is that I'm almost certain we're going to adopt one!  Assuming we can find one that will put up with our cat and kid, that is.

That's so cool!! I really hope a lot of people turn up for the adoption though.

It's actually far more than an IA, but the last remaining dog track in Wisconsin is closing on December 31, and there are over 500 greyhounds that will be homeless and/or on death row if they aren't fostered/adopted.

The UP is that I'm almost certain we're going to adopt one!  Assuming we can find one that will put up with our cat and kid, that is.

That's so cool!! I really hope a lot of people turn up for the adoption though.

That is so cool!!!  I agree, I hope loads of people come to adopt!!!

That's so cool!! I really hope a lot of people turn up for the adoption though.

That is so cool!!!  I agree, I hope loads of people come to adopt!!!

The local rescue groups are super fabulous, so I'm sure that most will be fostered if no one can adopt them right away.

Which leads into my next IA/UP....

I'm super happy that we're seriously considering doing this, but now I've got my mom getting on my case for being "led by my emotions" and "not thinking it through".  Um, hello?  DH and I have talked about adopting a greyhound for almost ten years.  I think we've thought it through as much as is possible!

The local rescue groups are super fabulous, so I'm sure that most will be fostered if no one can adopt them right away.

Which leads into my next IA/UP....

I'm super happy that we're seriously considering doing this, but now I've got my mom getting on my case for being "led by my emotions" and "not thinking it through".  Um, hello?  DH and I have talked about adopting a greyhound for almost ten years.  I think we've thought it through as much as is possible!

This is what my mom said to me when I got a cat...in college. Sounds like the momversations never change! 

This is what my mom said to me when I got a cat...in college. Sounds like the momversations never change! 

Yup, I got the same thing when I got my cat in college.  Nothing like being on the cusp of 40, but being treated like I'm 10.

UP: I just wrapped my first Christmas present! 

IA: It was supposed to be a stocking stuffer and it doesn't fit in his stocking. 

IA: I went shopping today for tops and couldn't find a single one that worked for me! 

UP: I ended up going into Lush and buying bubble bars and shampoo. Plus I found a shop in the inside market that sold a ton of yarn for super cheap. I stocked up! 

IA: sister, BIL and niece all have swine flu

UP: they should all be better by the time we arrive for Xmas