So usually my thing is not to post things that have appeared on a Martha Stewart show. But this is too cool.

A Year of Mornings - beautiful book by two best friends ... one in Portland, Oregon and one in Portland, Maine ... as they photo-blogged for each other to keep in touch.

Made me think of my sister, and how we talk every morning. Hey Moll - we should do this. It may not be as pretty. But it would still be memorable.

And happy 94th birthday to Grandma, one day late.

Tales from the Road:

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Kristie's new bathroom colors are so cool.

So I'm being a total sheep and painting Abbey's room today. "Cha Cha Pink" and "Denver Omelette" yellow. The plan is to finish up on Wednesday. I'll post pictures when it's done. (She's camping out with The Brothers until the big reveal. When she calls them that, I always picture a couple of monks.)

Too bad Tim kaboshed the loft bed, new carpet, new closet doors and updated light fixture. But since when should an almost 8-year old have a better room than me anyway?

TOTALLY UNRELATED: Random vid from Wes Craven:

AFTERNOON UPDATE: See the current crop of office crazies (and a few of us Fun Haters here.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Kristie is not in this photo, as she hates when I put her on my blog. So here's Janet, Winkel, Danita and Bryan instead.