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So, after the usual (and some unusual) holiday flurry of activities--baking, shopping, wrapping, decorating, cleaning, cooking, feeding, exchanging and exclaiming--I have spent the last couple of days doing almost nothing.

I am shockingly good at it.

Hope y'all are happy, warm, entertained and well-fed for now and for the coming New Year.

Haaapppeee Birthday, Tallulah Rasa!

Weekend, anyway, and I've been having a blast. We've been home at the lake, got most of the mouse invasion cleaned up (just, don't ask. It was traumatizing enough the first time), and had lots of kids with significant others/buddies hanging out. We've grilled and toasted and snacked and played and shot off fireworks. Fixin' to pop some popcorn and ( Read more... )

Just realized I left The Blues Brothers off this list. So, my top eleven movies, in no particular order:

Star Wars Trilogy (4,5,6-the only ones that count)

The Princess Bride

The Freshman

Cowboys and Aliens

Goundhog Day

Big

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Back to the Future Trilogy

Midnight (Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche - beyond cute)Monty ( Read more... )

Just for the record, yesterday I looked fabulous.

My top ten movies, in no particular order:

Star Wars

The Princess Bride

The Freshman

Cowboys and Aliens

Goundhog Day

Big

Ferris Bueller's Day Off/Back to the Future

Midnight

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Young Frankenstein

Just in case you were wondering, a nice cabernet sauvignon pairs very well with homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Sal has a birthday
I thought she bloomed, like a rose
Born in blood works, too

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