Happy New Year! Have a meme.

1. What did you do this year that you hadn't done before? I joined a gym. I fell off the bandwagon, but fully intend to get back on it this year.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Not so much new resolutions, as trying to maintain the ones I've made in the past.

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Our family had a lovely Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Hubby, Bean and I went to see the new Star Wars movie on Christmas Eve; and to avoid spoilers, I'll just say that we all loved it. Loved Rey, loved Finn, loved Han and Chewie and Leia and Evil!Bill Weasley. Although...I think the thing I really loved, the thing that really proved just how far ( Read more... )

So far this weekend I have made: sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, chocolate crackle cookies, brown sugar butterscotch cookies, and fruit and almond bars ( Read more... )

luvscharlie, I received your card! Thank you so much ( Read more... )

Amy and Bruno never came back home. Hubby talked to some people while putting up lost kitty flyers, and apparently one woman had her dog taken from her back yard, and another also had a cat disappear. None of the shelters have received any cats matching their descriptions or with their microchips. I'm afraid they're gone for good, which deeply ( Read more... )

Not only has Amy not come home, now Bruno's gone missing too. I really really hate people sometimes.

The Kansas City Royals won the World Series this year. Some of you might have guessed I was a wee bit excited by this. Today they held the parade, and a few people showed up.


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I was at a Halloween party with Bean last night, so hubby manned the front door and the candy bowl. It was a clear and cool Saturday night, but we still only had 50 people come to the door. I blame the World Series, which all the adults were watching at the Halloween party.

( Halloween Roll Call! )

Proper post later, but for now, I'm just gonna bask in Royal blue glory.


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I spent many hours in the bookstore yesterday afternoon before I had to go and pick up Bean from the bus stop. It was lovely. Today was spent baking an apple cake and throwing the ingredients for sausage and potato casserole into the crockpot. Oh, and dancing around the house while listening to my iPod. Again, it was glorious ( Read more... )