So, a quick back-dated (shhhh!) Christmas post ( Read more... )

Wednesday was Cookie Day. I baked/made six different types of treats for about 2 dozen different people. I made chocolate-covered peanut butter graham crackers, chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookies, hazelnut cherry biscotti, shortbread, candied orange peel, and chocolate-covered mango. It was a crazy, crazy day. My brain literally turned ( Read more... )

Whooo, it's raining like woah. I woke up at 5 or 6 this morning to the sound of raindrops beating at my windows and clattering on the roof. I fuzzily said to myself, "Huh. I don't know if I expected this," and promptly went back to sleep. I woke again this morning to a slightly tamer version of the same. Today is a day for books and tea ( Read more... )

The Wabbits and Puppydogs have left the building! But they were fun while they were still here. :DDDDDDD Sorry, no pictures of their time here though. I pretty much fail at that ( Read more... )

And, as generally happens, it seems as though we are approaching a black hole as we approach the holidays. Time compresses and there is more events occurring and more projects that need finishing than time permits ( Read more... )

Really, that's the only way to make dinner ( Read more... )

Yay! Another Halloween. I <3 this holiday so much. I love decorating the front entryway with candles and pumpkins and fake spiderwebs and all of that. I love the candy. I love the costumes. I am, at this very moment, a zombie. I made small children uncertain as I was scary, but was giving them candy so I'm both good and bad. Children think ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday elfsoto!!!!

Another year older and sillier. And the world is a better place for you in it.

I went paddleboarding (or SUP'ing, as my Mum calls it XD). I didn't quite make it to standing, but it was choppy on the North Shore. It's fun and you don't notice until after you're done where you're sore. And, awesome of awesomes, Mum and I saw turtles while we were taking turns paddling. :DDDDD \(^_^)/ One looked like a big rock with a ( Read more... )

Fall has started. It is incrementally getting cooler (depending upon the day) and it is raining more. Yay ( Read more... )