[Gossamer]

On a brief note... just a brief one, its 3:07 am and I have something to share for those laptop users out there. I'm in love with a new product from IKEA that I picked up on a whim while shopping that fateful day a couple of weeks ago. It's a laptop desk from IKEA. Its a little portable thing that really reminds me of a TV dinner type stand that you sit next to the couch or a chair in your home. The cool thing about it is that its really stable, but its main arm up has this huge curve to it so it places the table over where your sitting regardless of how your sitting... so no more straight up and down. You can't tell by the picture, it looks straight up and down... but it is sort of designed like one of those hospital tables that swing over a hospital bed so a patient can eat off of it. The table itself tilts from parallel to the ground to slightly angled down towards your lap to ease your wrists. It's totally adjustable too.. it goes from super short to super tall. Thats crazy fun. My hubby keeps stealing it for his tabletop when he moves out to the living room when we game together on other things. It allows you to sprawl while typing, and gets your hot laptop off your lap and allows air to flow around it so it doesn't overheat or burn your thighs. I've taken mine outside, to the couch, to the kitchen, sprawled on the floor... its adjustable, and the table it turns out is great for art, crafting, beadwork... anything you want to do while your sitting on a more comfortable seat.

There's also a million and one design plays for DIY on the internet ripping it off, so don't think I'm promoting IKEA. I just absolutely absolutely love this product. Its one of those 'nifty fifty' near the top... my top fifty list of all time 'coolest' products and gizmos. My top 1 item is a saddle stabalizer that I love using on flat backed horses. Its this killa strap that wraps under a foreleg so you can literally hang off the opposite side of a flat-backed horse and not worry about the saddle sliding off. My main trail horse has a set of whithers like a gaited horse... meaning they are high and bony... so they hold a saddle nicely... but those flat backed monsters like my drafts are hard as heck to get anything to stick to their backs especially while mounting and dismounting. If you can teach a horse to stand with one (which was easy as heck for me to do), you'd be a fan as well.

But anyhow, back to the laptop stand. When I go back to the store, I'm picking up a spare.... its just that great.