I bet you all were wondering where I was.  With 2 blogs it is difficult to keep up with all of it.  Besides it has been hot here and my office is the hottest room in the house.  To make up for my long absence I have some shiny new blog designs to offer.  You see I have secretly been working on designs to offer for free and some for a small fee.

I now have 2 blogger templates for "free" (but I really really appreciate donations for the work) and I have 3 semi-custom designs for a small price.  Check out the stuff:

I plan to add quite a few more designs to the mix, but they do take time and that is something I don’t have a ton of.  So check them out and tell me what you think. 

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I finally figured out that for the free designs I forgot to add a link to the code.  Problem solved.   

You all know the most wonderful time of the year isn’t when the big fat man in a red suit tries to squeeze his hiney down your chimney.  In fact it is actually the time when the little angels in green and brown stand at the door of every supermarket in town and whore their delectible confections.  Yep, girl scout cookie time.  I have blogged about it before.

Well… next to girl scout cookie time the most wonderful time of the year is the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale.  It still amazes me that there are Nordstrom stores outside of Washington State, but I suppose you all can partake of our little tradition too.  You know the original Nordstrom’s is in Seattle right?

Anyway, I get an email from a friend yesterday asking if I wanted to have lunch and then do a little shopping at the sale.  Hmm… lunch with I and shopping.  The only thing better would be coffee afterward, but she had a hair appointment.  Of course I said yes!  I needed to get out of the house.

Since I am trying to pay to travel back to Russia I don’t really have a whole ton of money.  But… I did have a little money squirreled away from my birthday.  So there was this rack with the most beautiful little jean jackets.  It has been eons since I have owned a jean jacket.  I convinces me to try one on.  It is gorgeous!  Better yet… only $32.00!  Woo Hoo!  So it may not be cookies, but it really is just as sweet.

Sorry honey. 

Because in this life I really need more blogs to read.  Yeah that’s it.  More blogs.  More glimpses into the secrecy of people’s lives.  Sure.

My problem lies in the fact that my girlfriend Alicia has a myspace account and I abhor myspace.  There is just something fundamentally wrong with it.  Of course I am a blog junkie and that could have something to do with it.  Anyway… Alicia keeps a little blog on myspace but in order for me to comment I have to create my own account.  Again… with the hating of myspace.  So I say we all find a way to convince Alicia that she needs to start a blog away from the crutch of the teeny-boppers and pedophiles.  (not that she is either)  What she is is a talented writer, unlike me and quite humorous.  She is the mommy to 3 of the most magical children in the world.  I love her kids! and! she wants to start a Scrabble club here in Tacoma. Nerdy?  Of course!  Now my vocabulary is limited and Scrabble isn’t my game, but I just think that is the coolest idea evah!  Hey they have chess in the park in other towns, why not Scrabble.

So, go over to Alicia’s site (yes I am condoning myspace for this little task) and tell her that I sent you to beg her to start a blog so that we may all give her praise for how clever she really is.  Besides… she turns 30 next week and is spending it taking 7 high schoolers to Texas for a week.  She needs all the love she can get right now.