Out of some strange compulsion this afternoon I counted the number of rubber ducks I have, and it turns out I have 94 of them … and that isn’t counting the great big piñata or the duck that isn’t actually mine. 94 ducks. Under other circumstances I might suspect I have a problem, but I can and do turn down buying more of them on a fairly regular basis. But just because I don’t buy every single one I see doesn’t mean I can’t look.
Sadly though, not all of the ducks I do have are completely unique. Of the 94 ducks there are four sets of identical twins and one set of identical triplets, which still leaves me with a lot of individuality. The twins and triplets really couldn’t be avoided though. They were sold as familial sets … and I don’t believe in breaking up families.
I don’t want anyone calling me a home wrecker.
Go fill your head with candy.
It seems Jeremy likes the birthday gift I made for him. It was partially an effort to make up for the lame card and cash I gave him last year. It also stemmed from a sudden urge to draw, color and stick my hand in a working oven. I did have some trouble deciding what kind of theme I wanted to do. It came down between Frog Style and Katamari Damacy. There would have been a full set of twenty-six instead of just nine, but I ran out of materials and time. I also have a nagging suspicion that twenty-six could have been overkill and I that if I had actually been ambitious enough to complete the set before mailing it off, my loving friends and family might have locked me in a room with very soft walls and forced me into therapy.
So apparently today is one of those strange days when rain pours forth from the heavens accompanied by a bit of thunder and lightning, and the entire time the sun is merrily shining away being obscured only by the occasional passing cloud.
I don’t know why this surprises me.
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