Had a weird dream last night and was in kind of a funk as I was walking to the bus this morning. About halfway to the bus stop I cross a small canal and this morning, out of nowhere, a huge white egret swoops up from under the overpass and up into the sky. Egrets are an animal that I absolutely associate with places that are homey to me, ( Read more... )

Here at Chez 'Zuka we have staunchly refused to let Hankyu ruin our holiday, so we are currently all several drinks in and gorging ourselves on junk food. I'm making potato and onion soup for dinner eventually, but in the meantime Jenn has the yule log on TV, Vicky is playing with her DS, and I am sitting here amusing myself ( Read more... )

I finally had a day off today that was a scheduled one and not one where I slept all day and tried not to snot on myself. Had a relatively relaxed day where I finally accomplished some things I'd been meaning to, like putting up the rest of the Christmas decorations. I'll have to take pictures, it looks lovely in here ( Read more... )

I got my first gift exchange package today! jess_in_japan sent me the BEST SCARF EVER. It is two shades of purple and long and very soft and fluffy and I sat on the couch with it for like twenty minutes after I got home and opened it ( Read more... )

We had a delightful relaxing weekend which involved finishing Christmas gifts for various people, putting up Christmas decorations, finishing watching AmeUta (LOVE!) and watching La Boheme. It was nice to have a few days to just be calm and snuggly and low stress. Work has been giving me fits and there's so much stuff going on right now and it ( Read more... )

Dinner turned out quite fantastically, if I do say so myself. The kitchen only sort of looks like a disaster, too! We've got a ton of leftovers as well, which is always nice because that'll be lunches for... awhile. ~_^ We haven't had pie yet, because I'm still only about four seconds from feeling like I'll explode (always the sign of a ( Read more... )

A very happy new year to you all! It has been quite a year, but what I think I'll remember most is how much beauty I was honoured to be able to share in this year.

( Cut for somewhat melodramatic ramblings, the likes of which can only happen when one has had several glasses of champagne. )

Merry happy lovely shiny Christmas to you all if you're celebrating, and regardless of whether you are or not be well and loved.

Unrelatedly, I got a lovely Christmas present from Hankyu in the form of HIROMI AS SNOW WHITE IN MIROIRS. I AM DEAD OF GLEE. AND SQUEE. AND OTHER THINGS ENDING IN "EE".

I'm going to go flail at vicky_licious some more while I eat ( Read more... )

You know, working retail over Christmas, even at a job like mine that I fundamentally really deeply adore, has a way of sucking the holiday spirit out of you. The eight-plus hours a day of piped in Christmas music, the screaming children, the fact that my food options for lunch are limited to the one coffee shop on our end of the mall because ( Read more... )

Just a reminder to those of you who either haven't requested from me yet or haven't give me specifics yet, time is of the essence! If you want it anytime close to the holidays submit your requests soon so I have time to get that stuff done ( Read more... )