Today I got a friend request on Facebook that was a porn spammer. That was a first, and another instance of Facebook becoming more and more like Twitter.

My son is all about colors. When he tells me about things, he always identfies things by color, and sometimes that's all he says. So, you have to know which book is the purple book (Marveltown, because the endpapers are purple. No other reason), which pajamas are the red ones (Mickey Mouse), etc. Yesterday he decided he wanted to make an orange and white cake. We were going to the grocery anyway, so this was pretty easy - we got a mix and some food color gel. It was fun to turn half the cake orange and then swirl them together. We did the same with the frosting. The cake itself wasn't very yummy - a little dry and I cooked it a few minute too long, but the three-year-old wasn't too concerned. We had an orange and yellow cake, and that's what mattered.

Today I hope will be a busy day at work. We need it. We have two parties and that generally means we'll be busy. I don't know why that is, but it's as if when there aren't parties scheduled, there is something going on that just keeps people from coming in. This upcoming week should be nuts - Veterans Day on Wednesday, then a party on Friday, three on Saturday and two on Sunday. Plus walk-in business. Christmas is coming, we can feel it in the air.

I painted two really cute samples this week. Now to just get the time to glaze and fire them. If Hannah and I can get the stuff we want to get done today (and I think we can) then I can do some of the other stuff I need to do. This is the time of the year when I would really like to just move into the shop. I never have enough time to do all that I want to do. Michael and Henry might not appreciate that, though.