why thank you!

best parts of thanksgiving:

beating rosie at her own best-gingerbread-house competition

cinnamon-roasted almonds

having a bedroom and a warm house, all decorated for the holidays

late night discussions with sibs about the effects of too much in-front-of-screen time

subsequent resolves to abolish screentime for the month of december (woot!)

doing laundry in machines that actually work

getting completely caught up on grading

christmas present shopping (i'm almost done! boys are the hardest to shop for. whyohwhy.)

sleepovers with cousins

raymon's interpretive dances ('dance of the tenderlilies' is a real show-stopper)

'the nutcracker' duets on the piano

lots of journal&thinking time

setting up the tree

deciding my life plan for the next two years (hats off to tiffany who is my personal shrink)

realizing all the pieces that still have to be put together for the next two years to pan out

two rolls of good ole black and white, shot through the telephoto (photos forthcoming)

one great find at d.i.

writing one new song...the ballad i've had locked up for many moons. still in the polishing stages

and speaking of polishing, i meant to do that to my car this weekend, as it's been a good six months since i had that done. but alas, no time.

cheers to all those i love.

(*and for those of you who love me and who are concerned about the previous post, it's just a quote. my heart is not really pink, nor is it bleeding. but man those words are. i like them. so do not worry.)