I've crossed into a new age bracket. Now I'm lumped in with people ages 26-35. Older, check. Wiser? I think so ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

Nathan orchestrated an incredibly covert operation. He secreted away my money that I'd been saving up for Narae, and arranged for donations small and large to the fund so that she could be ordered before Christmas and come live with us in the new year. I can't wait to post his and Linda's photostory, but there are a few loose ends inside the ( Read more... )

Less than a week until Christmas ( Read more... )

I had a lovely afternoon wrapping presents and eating taco salad and shooting the breeze with Linda, Erin, and Sarah. I'm feeling a little more renewed in the holiday spirit department. I got to flex my hostessing muscles and hang out with awesome people. December, which was starting to look like a disappointing end to an otherwise great year, ( Read more... )

It is the third of December. And I have finished all the Christmas gifts. Yep, that's right. I'm ready for Christmas already. We have three gifts to buy, but that will take like, an hour, so I'm considering this a holiday win. I feel so accomplished.

As I alluded to earlier, I got a head start on Christmas this year. Since my last post, I've completed gifts for my mother and for some unnamed individual (made some stuff that could be given to anyone, just in case). I also constructed a santa suit for Patrick (who will be playing Santa for our Christmas doll meetup) and dress forms for Penelope ( Read more... )

So, I'm making Christmas gifts this year. Also, I have commissions that I should ideally finish before the holiday season gets really intense. And we're hosting Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Oh, and apparently I got so caught up in reading everyone else's post-election posts and watching political TV (what's wrong with me?!) that I never actually put up an OMG-YAY! of my very own. So..OMG YAY!

Lots of fine print in our financing restrictions meant no Kia Rio for me. Instead, we had to go with a Spectra. Which isn't actually bad--a slightly (like $10) higher payment, and a car with only 12,000 miles on it (instead of 44,000), power everything (as opposed to manual everything), and brand new tires ( Read more... )