good things come in threes, too

it doesn't take much these days, since my mornings are filled with talk shows (Ellen and Nate!!), my afternoons are filled with dog walks (when it's NOT pouring cats and dogs), internet searches, meal planning.

we try to keep the house pretty clean over on Olive Place, but these three new things are either always on the office desk, next to the shiny new iMac, or on the huge wooden coffee table in front of the couch:

#1. my staedtler pens. how i love them so. although they will never replace the le pen dans ma coeur, they come in a lovely variety of colors and **super bonus** a handy case that sits upright like an easel.


#2. the new recycled paper academic planner from papersource.
while i don't really consider myself an academic, mainly because the thought of going back to school full-time gives me hives (it's a combo of the hefty price tag and the thought of doing homework on the weekends), i am enrolled in a super awesome computer class thru the Brookline Adult Education program. It's eight weeks of learning inDesign, an application that's absolutely necessary if i ever get around to having a graphic design job.
the planner is the perfect size, i love the brown paper, and most of all, it uses a bizillion different fonts! i'm a font geek.



#3. well, after squeezing the life out of my powerbook, whose date of birth was circa 2005? it was time to upgrade. while mauricio just purchased the new iMac a couple months ago, it was time for the next quarterly donation of money to the apple company. sadly, the powerbook is worth zero dinero- basically, the postage to recycle it is worth more than the parts. so, we said our goodbye and then our Hellos to its cousin, the iPad. we've both been oogling it via commercials and short trips to the apple store, so last week i finally gave in and bought it. it's pretty amazing, so portable, and the battery lasts forever. i've DL'ed some cool apps, my favs being the epicurious.com app and the 99 cent Air Hockey app.