Etsy goodies!

jellybeans group,
originally uploaded by Darth Martha.

I forgot to post this in the joy of setting up the blog, but I just got a shipment of handmade goodness from Etsy seller jellybeans! I needed something to brighten up my windowless dungeon of an office, and I thought these would do the trick.

I've framed them in simple, black frames with plain white mats, but I want to switch them out for mats with a black core for some pop. They remind me of a children's book I used to have called Put Me in the Zoo; the main character was some kind of huge puma/lion/cat thing covered in spots that he could change the colors of, juggle, and use to perform other sundry tricks. It's so cheerful! Yay!

Take THAT, Smucker's!

My hubby made me the happiest woman on the earth again yesterday. This happiness is somewhere below engagement/wedding bliss and getting surprised with flowers or sparklies. I asked him what he would choose if presented with the choice of his favorite Smucker's strawberry jam (not preserves, mind you) or the strawberry puree I made for my cake order (yay, leftovers!), he said, "Pssh. Are you kidding me? Puree. Hands down."

I win.
*flex*

A bright spot in an otherwise trying day

So, I won't go into too much detail, but a muckity-muck (mm#1) sent an e-mail recommendation on my behalf to a fellow muckity-muck (mm#2) to let him know I'd be heading his (mm#2's) way soon and that he should give me a job. Mm#1 forwarded the whole back-and-forth e-mail conversation to me, so I got to see his original recommendation. IT WAS AWESOME! It is now on record somewhere that I kick some serious butt. On top of that, mm#1 said that I'm "very underutilized here."

Mm#2 said that there's a hiring freeze at the moment because of the economy, but that didn't really put a damper on the fact that SOMEONE IN POWER ADMITS I'M UNDERUTILIZED!!!! Plus, mm#2 said I should come see them anyway when we relocate, and he copied the appropriate VP in his organization on that e-mail.

I need to go print that e-mail out before the internet gets deleted or something.