Tangled in Amber

I have my favorite colors, I suppose, for jewelry and hair...

pretty things

Jack Was Here

The ice wasn't as bad this morning...

see, you can see the glass!

...but I still had to use my library card as a scraper.

A Two Cat Morning

It's been getting super cold and icy up in my 'hood, lately. and it's baffling us all.

see how confused they are?!

Normally November is cold, but not this cold.  Not ice cold.  Where is our rain, dagnabit?!

Anyway I am fortunate that I have lots of fuzzy creatures to snuggle with and keep the cold at bay.  (Plus extra blankets!)

I went to Powell's tonight, to go holiday shopping for my niblings (they all get books: that way I know they'll fit).  I'd forgotten just how pleasant it can be just to browse in a bookstore.  It made me miss my Borders day.

We Hold Our Traditions in Our Hands

Remember how yesterday I was all, "I have a lot of things on my To Do list this weekend"?  Well one of the biggest, fattest Do's on that list was baking my family's traditional Christmas cookies, which are German spritz cookies and unbelievably awesome.

my stupid cookie-press crapped out on me, so they are a different shape this year

It took over four hours to finish them all.  I sort of hate them now, just like I do every year.  (And that's exactly why I only do it once a year.)  But I will ship them out to family far and wide, and it will make them happy and reinforce our family ties, and that is a good thing.

Yay traditions!

Victory

I have a lot of things on my To Do list for this weekend...

This was one of them

You'll Never Sweep My Memory Clean

It is a very rare day that I post a photo with no processing.

Today is a rare day.

Three

Today is the pig's birthday.

Unlike the other animals in our household, we know this for a fact.

I like tell people that my dog has done a great deal to prepare me for eventually having a kid, in that I love her and am glad I have her and wouldn't trade her for anything- but holy crap she is inconvenient and probably I'd never do it again.  Unless I was drunk.  I might totally bring home a french bulldog/second child if I were drunk.  They're just so little and cute!