Small Steps

Daydreaming

Today I divided my day off into three parts:

1. Packing and shipping orders out

2. Enjoying all my new Christmas loot, including ordering a mannequin my lovely parents bought for the shop, loading Tina Fey's"Bossypants" onto my new Kindle, and eating an entire box of chocolate covered cherries.

3. Sitting on the beach enjoying the sunset and contemplating life

Feelin' good : )

Santa Is On His Way!

Three days until Christmas :)

Better get all your baking, cooking, shopping, wrapping, Christmas-movie-watching, Christmas-tree admiring, jingle bells singing, Christmas-light-viewing, eggnog drinking, holiday cheeriness in!

(Doesn't this picture just make you go "awwww"?)

Messy Goodness

"A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent life." Mary Randolph Carter

Its OK to translate quotes only in the way that you want, right? 

Ok, good.

Therefore, my to-do list for today includes:

1. Ignoring the sky high pile of clean laundry on my bed. Hey, at least its clean, right?

2. Ignoring the half-roll of toilet paper left in my bathroom. Sometimes toilet paper magically appears in your bathroom without you having to go to the store, right? We'll just worry about that later.

3. Pretending my car isn't filled with two jackets, a few shirts, empty cardboard boxes, my snowboard and a couple empty coffee cups. If I can't see it in the backseat whilst driving, no one else can see it, right?

4. Oh, that lightbulb in the kitchen is out? You just wait and see how good I am at cooking blindly.

5. Being green and all, we don't want to waste all that water washing dishes when we can just use the plastic. Its good for the environment, right?

Maybe tomorrow I will find a quote about how a clean house is helpful to oneself. Or maybe the next day.

What I've Been Up To

Since I haven't updated the blog in a bit, heres what I've been up to!


We went to Owen's work Christmas party last weekend, and it was a blast. It was at a fancy spot at the Hyatt in Incline, about 15 minutes away. When you walked in they handed you a glass of wine, and had great appetizers that filled you up before the dinner was even served! It was fun to get a chance to dress up and there was a great DJ for dancing later in the night.

Ready to go!

Owen and his best work bud Ryan

Then we strapped our Christmas tree to the Oldsmobile and spent the night decorating it, listening to Christmas music, and baking cookies!

And Tuesday I had my first day on the mountain, on a beautiful sunny day. Squaw Valley's season pass includes a pass to Alpine Meadows this year, another great mountain nearby, so I went there to check it out. Great trails and a lot less walking from your car to the lift, which is fine with me!!

In the Christmas Spirit

I have been working nights this week, and have been watching a Christmas movie before work each day while I am cleaning or working on my shop. Sometimes the ABC Family's movies can be corny, but I watched Desperately Seeking Santa yesterday and may have to add it to my favorite Christmas movie list!

We are getting a Christmas tree tomorrow and I can't wait to decorate it!