Congrats, John and Leah!

Friday night out dancing with Meg and Kelly.

Getting ready together is as much fun as it was when I was fifteen.

We played hooky from pre-school.

I’m on Intel’s Social Media Advisory Board, have I told you guys that? Yesterday I went to their Upgrade Your Life Event and met a bunch of smart people who like to make stuff. That is among my favorite things to do.

(This may be obvious, but thought I’d mention that this isn’t a sponsored post or anything. Just my fun thing for the day.)

Joya Chatterjee runs a program that takes Intel employees to developing countries to teach children computer skills and supply classrooms with technology.

Muki Hansteen Izora is working on a bunch of healthcare products that help detect when seniors are more likely to suffer a fall, or help caregivers determine whether patients remember to take their medicine. He showed us a little scale that attaches to the bottom a pill bottle so it can weigh whether someone has taken medication. Then it uploads that information to your PC wirelessly so caregivers can monitor it. Genius.

This is Brett who was running a scavenger hunt we did later in the day, and mentioned over dinner that he used to be a blogger too. Turns out he made a 50-item Life List in 2007, quit his job, and traveled the country crossing things off. Then he catalogued his adventures at Amtrekker. Weird right? It’s pretty rare that I get to have a conversation with someone who’s done something so similar to what I do. Hi, Brett.

Also in the fun category, a midnight toast with a couple of girlfriends.

Good day.

I read, and read, and read.

What are you reading this summer?

Dance party in my bedroom. I’m gonna need a giant disco ball.

(By the way, I’m not a fan of the N-word, which makes an appearance in this song. I am, however, a fan of Miss Elliot and her various Misdemeanors. I also enjoy running things.)

Every time I go antiquing, I come across clever product design and wonder why certain conveniences never went mainstream. Why don’t all our pans have printed cup measure indicators inside?

This is especially true of women’s clothing. Vintage dresses have little snaps in the shoulders to hold bra straps in place, and the backless shoe pictured above has a strap of elastic in the instep to help keep the shoe closer to your heel. So much more comfortable to walk in.

I started a Flickr group for Cool Vintage Product Design. It’s filled with a bunch of little conveniences I’ve noticed over the years, so add your own if you have them.

Can you think of anything that falls into this category? What makes you think, “they don’t make them like that anymore?”

We spent Sunday on the river.

This is part of a project to do something fun every day for 30 days. Please join in.

Saturday, I bought a giant wall pineapple.

This is part of a project to do something fun every day for 30 days. Please join in.

So, Internet! Things are not going well.

Divorce aside, the last few weeks have been crisis heavy. So much Big Bad stuff has been piling up that I’ve become slightly embarrassed to be around people. They ask you how you are, and you have to answer without hyperventilating. They ask what’s been going on and you have to come up with a response that doesn’t involve too many hospitals. They stand near you and heavy things fall on their heads.

I should note here that Hank is doing well. He’s a bright spot through all of this. Also, I’m reasonably healthy, which is excellent. (Do you hear me, universe? Super grateful for the kid and the health. Thumbs up! Please hold your lightening bolts.)

My instinct is to plan my way through difficult times, so here’s the plan. I’m going to start doing something fun every day. I just watched this brief TED talk by Matt Cutts on 30 day projects:

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

So for the next thirty days, I’m going to make time for something fun every day. I started Saturday, and I hope you’ll join me.

Have you done anything fun today?