I suppose I should give the addendum to the Ugly Santa debacle from the Christmas party ( Read more... )

I was at a Christmas party last night that included a gift exchange. It wasn't really a white elephant exchange; the gifts were mostly nice, useable things (a picture frame, a set of mixing bowls, a Starbucks mug, a bottle of wine, a gigantic chocolate bar, etc). This wasn't the "wrap a roll of duct tape and can of Spam" kind of gift exchange, ( Read more... )

Generally, I'm quite a good packer. I can Tetris things together so that they fit in the car (or trailer, or suitcase)--a skill I inherited from my father. I can pack light and travel with no checked luggage. I can find a way to organize my cupboards so that everything fits ( Read more... )

Goodness. I haven't posted a real summary of the weekend yet. I was too busy getting over the cold that I caught from Colin that he caught from Jakob ( Read more... )

Yay, Christmas decorations are up!

There's no tree in the apartment, so I had to get creative. We may get a tree later (after Thanksgiving), and if we do, I still have plenty of ornaments that didn't get put up, but in the meantime, here's what we've got:

( This way for pictures )

The writing prompt on the lj homepage is "What have you lost that you wish you still had?", and I don't usually write the prompts, but an immediate response came to mind with that one ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas!!

(Or Merry Boxing Day. Or something.)

It's been a really, really good holiday so far. Busy, but it's busy in that good way--the "We're seeing lots of family and spending lots of time together" way, rather than the "I've got papers and projects and meetings and work" way.

Christmas Eve, Colin and I had breakfast with murphy987 (yay!) ( Read more... )

Randomness ( Read more... )

I can remember being in kids' choir when I was in elementary school, being the brat who would poke other kids when they weren't doing things right ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving, Part Two ( Read more... )