Today we did yardwork and the yard looks a million times better. The squirrels seem to think so, too. There are four of them out there now scouring the nooks and crannies for their hidden nuts. Whenever I find a wayward nut I throw it across the yard or put it in the compost.

On a whim I taped the Saturday Night Live with Colin Firth last week -- only because he is so dreamy. I only made it through about 3 skits with barely a titter. Even after that experience, on a whim I taped SNL last night with Ben Affleck -- who I really want to like, even though he hasn't given me much reason to -- and the first 30 minutes was HILARIOUS. I watched almost the whole show although admittedly did have a finger on the FF button for most of the last hour. Very funny. Really.

I've got a lot going on the next week and am preemptively feeling spun out. Luckily, I've got cold beer and The Sopranos start in a half hour.