Over the River and through I 90 (I think that's where I went...)

A week or so ago, I "went over the river" (as we Canadians call it when we cross the the Niagara River to get to the United States) to assist the NCS Upstate New York Chapter with the Reuben Award Judging in the Book Illustration category.  Lots of fun and nice to see my old friends, Graham Nolan, Frank Mariani and Margaret Shulock and to meet Scott Jensen for the first time.  (and hoping to see him again soon!)

Moi, Graham Nolan, Frank Mariani, Margaret Shulock, Scott Jensen

I'm hosting the NCS Canada Chapter judging for the editorial cartoon division on Friday.  I was hoping to have my living room painted (hasn't been done in years because I can't decide on a colour) and the drapes replaced (I got rid of the valances because they had faded), get some new window treatments for my kitchen (threw out the old ones when we put in new windows and I can't decide what I want to put up there), buy a new fridge and stove (we've had ours since we got married...the d@mn things just wouldn't die...but our fridge is hovering on konking out and we're going out on Thursday to buy new appliances...just didn't get around to it in time for this Friday).  However, my studio renovation is complete.  And when you're having a bunch of cartoonists over to your home...well...priorities, priorities.

I'll just dazzle everyone with wine and lots of food...and more wine.  Who cares about window treatments anyway?

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[StriderGirl]

Exactly. :)

(p.s. We had to buy a new fridge two weeks ago. There's a Bad Boy Superstore just around the corner so we went there... Never again. Thankfully everything turned out fine for us, but if anything *had* gone wrong, we'd have been up You-know-what Creek - THEY HAVE NO RETURN POLICY. NONE. And you don't find that out until you've already signed the bill of sale. THEN they hand you a piece of paper with instructions for the delivery of your appliance, and down at the very bottom of the page in the tiniest font I've ever seen, it says that all sales are final, with no refunds or exchanges. I've never seen anything so sleazy. I respectfully but strongly suggest that you stay far away from them!)