Monthly Archives: December 2008

With 2009 upon us, I think we’re all looking back at the last year saying, “WTH happened?” A lot happened this year. Here is my list of favorites: – Best Book I read this year: Wicked by Gregory Maguire. I … Continue reading →

The Hubs and I went to my parents’ for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. When we got there, my Mom was trying to get my Little Sister to put together my dad’s “birthday cake.” (Little Sis’ birthday was the day … Continue reading →

(A little early) I’ll be sans computer for the next few days, so I’m wishing you all happy holidays now. Toby can’t decide if he wants to be naughty or nice. (We prefer the nice.)

It’s still terribly frigid here, but that doesn’t stop my dopey hound dog from wanting to spend time outside. He’ll hop around on three legs (the smallest number required to stay upright), playing with his trusty yellow ball. Except, once … Continue reading →

Even though it was only about 10 degrees outside (with a wind chill of -15), this group toughed it out and posed for some quick pictures. You’d never even know it was so cold, though – they hid their shivering … Continue reading →

Sounds like a bad superhero name, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what we’ve got right now. Apparently it’s exceedingly rare and makes all the meteorologists jump up & down and clap their hands like Mama Klump. (“Hercules! Hercules!”) It makes me … Continue reading →

We’re currently being dumped on by Mother Nature. First up, freezing rain. (My windows sound like they’re being tapped by a thousand little bird beaks as I’m typing this.) Then sleet. (Up to a half inch. Whoopee.) Then a few … Continue reading →

We lazed around most of the weekend, taking advantage of the fact that it’ll be a few weeks before we get another lazy, do-nothing weekend. Toby, of course, took time out of his hectic schedule to take a nap. 😉

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is all the goodies we get to make and eat. There’s nothing like a holiday ham, frozen grasshoppers (creme de menthe and vanilla ice cream), and a plethora of Christmas cookies (not … Continue reading →