Friday Five

1. #ALSIceBucketChallenge: Like I said yesterday, I don't really get it.  But that hasn't stopped me from watching a ridiculous number of videos on Twitter.  Apparently they're making tons of cash for the ALS Foundation which is fantastic - confounding, but fantastic nonetheless!  My personal fave so far is Matt Bomer's, though the video "isn't listed."  I don't understand what that means so I didn't want to post.  You can find it on Twitter though using the hashtag above.  So very, cute!  It may not be the most original way to make money for a cause, but anything used to raise awareness is wonderful!

2. Also, sort of obsessed with the new card I made this evening as a special order for a wedding.  After an inordinate number of times trying to get the stamps straight, I finally nailed it (though to the trained eye, it's still a teensy bit crooked - but not crooked enough that I couldn't handle it).

3. Random Acts has some pretty crafty and creative ideas to get people to be kind, but none so creative and awesome as the one they shared today.  I believe this week's theme is the Arts and if this idea isn't perfect to get art to the community, I don't know what is.  I'm so going to do this.  I'm thinking Naptown is the perfect place!

4. Travel Planning: I know it's a geeky thing to geek out about, but it's a means to an end.  Doing the research and seeing all the fancy pins (yes, Pinterest is how I research, deal with it) gets you all sorts of excited for the trip to come.  Of course when said trips are 5 months and 12 months out, it proves a bit hard to concentrate on anything else...

5. As a gift to myself, I promised myself, I wouldn't get overly stressed out about Christmas this year.  You heard me, Christmas. It's a little over 4 months out.  So I've already started planning and shopping.  Don't get too excited, I've only bought 2 gifts so far, but I like the idea, that some of the shopping is already off my plate.  I even have a few other ideas for people that I just haven't bought yet.  Hopefully, this will save me from the November freak-out of 2013, but that remains to be seen.