So, I was...

...driving home after crashing dinner at my parents house this evening when my heart jumped out of my chest. Why is it, that seeing a deer's behind dashing along the side of the road at night when you're traveling 70 mph can get your heart racing so fast?

Anyway, the evening went quite well. I learned over dinner that a puzzle I gave Grandpa for Christmas only had 474 pieces instead of 504. I guess it serves me right for purchasing it at the dollar store, but the dog was just so darn cute. Grandpa was also disappointed, so I had to right the situation.

I hijacked Mom and drove to Deals in Pekin in search of the same dog puzzle. Our Deals is sure to have the same products as the Deals in St. Charles, MO, right? Yes in deedy! I bought the only two in the whole store. Hopefully Grandpa can get one whole puzzle out of three boxes of pieces.

Can you help think of...

...the Top 10 reasons Jane's Co-workers should not leave her alone in the office?

'Tis the season...

...for spending time with family, and that I did. I had a wonderful "Christmas Break" and have sufficiently bummed around today so that I may be ready to go to work tomorrow. For some reason I got a newspaper today, so I took the chance to look at the ads. I might actually try to hit Target before I head into the office tomorrow. We shall see how awake I am in the morning.

Have a wonderful day! Jane

How you should NOT light a candle.

This is a "snapshot" of what my microwave looked like when I tried to melt the wax in a glass candle jar, so I could clean the jar and recycle it. Once upon a time the wick had gotten consumed by the wax and was no longer burnable.

Little did I know the teeny-tiny wick holder at the bottom had some metal in it. Within 6 seconds of pressing start, sparks were flying in the microwave and the flame looked like a blow torch. The glass even got scorched along the bottom where the metal was.

I strongly suggest NOT using your microwave to light a candle, although it is possible. Not that I was trying, but Myth CONFIRMED.

Gotta send another HOLLA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!
I hope you have a splendiferous day!

On to other news... I had a couple pop-ins yesterday! Thank you to the Iadipaolo's and Matt. It was wonderful. Below you can see Sophia using a flashlight through the cat door to find "chicken cat". Sure enough, he was sitting on step number two.