Since I hadn't been to the gym since before Thanksgiving, I was fully expecting a painful experience when I did get my butt back there this week. But it ended up not being so bad. The worst thing was actually the ridiculous influx of people that I suppose happens every January. It was hard to find free machines my first night back and I ended up not doing as much as I would have liked.
Actually, maybe my limited workout contributed to it not being so bad. But I really don't think my hiatus set me back too far. The first walk/jog warmup was tough, but by the second night I was right back where I was before my break. I do a 3.2 mph walk followed by a 4.6 mph jog, with the reverse to cool down. I'm considering bumping that up to 3.3/4.7. Considering I started at 3.0/4.4, this is pretty awesome. And also counts as three levels.
I was also back up to my highest weights for lifting by the second evening. So I guess my muscles didn't disintegrate as much as I thought they had. Hopefully the crowd at the gym will thin out soon and I'll be able to access the machines I want again. It's not that they were always free before, but there actually seem to be lines now. Whereas I used to just be able to go to a different machine and come back, I now find myself waiting. It probably doesn't help that my work schedule means I'm at the gym at the busiest time and don't have much flexibility in that.
The greatest improvement to my workout has been putting Daft Punk's album Discovery on my phone to listen to. I watched the music video for the album, Interstella 5555, several times in college (possibly upwards of 100, as it was perfect to have on whether I was grading papers or stoned and falling asleep) and listened to various songs even more. Now my jogging warmup happens during a chase scene, which I think is why I'm motivated to go faster. I lift weights to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which helps me keep time and encourages me to increase weights and make it through all my reps and sets. This album has definitely made working out more fun.
My New Year's Resolution is to get to the gym at least three times a week, every week. Well, until Thanksgiving, because December just fills up with too much other stuff. I don't think it will be too hard to keep.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Zero Sum Bookcase
The other day I saw a reference to a zero-sum bookcase. I can't find it now, but the idea of a zero-sum bookcase is that you've read every single book you own. In the discussion I saw, it was pretty much taken for granted that no one had reached this state and the conversation was focused on how long it might take one to achieve such a thing, assuming no new books are bought and no other books re-read before it's over.
This intrigued me. I certainly have several books that I bought or was gifted and haven't gotten around to reading. There are a few I started reading, but never finished. So I decided to take stock and see how long I could theoretically stay occupied if I stopped buying books.
I'm not including textbooks, which I read sections of for classes but have never and will never read cover to cover. I am including books I was supposed to read for class, but never got around to. Mostly because I already sold the ones I actually have no intention of reading . I've also excluded several of Boyfriend's books, because there's a whole shelf full and I'm not really sure whether or not I'm interested in them. A lot were for classes he took in college.
This is actually a good time to do this as I haven't bought any new books for a while and this list mostly captures things that have been sitting on my shelf for a long time.
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. A friend of mine got this for me just before I left for college because we're both huge Buffy nerds. Although it sat on my bookcase in my dorm room all through college, I never even attempted to read it. I might someday.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Okay, I've actually read most of this. The bookmark indicates that I made it to page 213 of 309, which isn't bad. I just put it down one day and never picked it back up. I'm not sure I will. I know the story and I read enough of the book to get the gist. There's a ton of French and German that I never understood. Besides which, it centers on an older man pursuing a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl and there's only so much of that I'm willing to read. I sort of waver back and forth between considering this book "read".
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare. This is a good book to own. I can reference things easily and it looks cool on my shelf. But it's not exactly something you just sit down and read. I'd be more likely to buy Dover editions of individual plays if I ever got the urge to read them. Which I kind of want to do for Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and a few others. Thus far, I've read Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, King John and seen Macbeth performed.
The Iliad by Homer. I've read The Odyssey, which was a bit more to my tastes. Adventures on the high sea are more interesting than bloody battles. Also, we were supposed to read this in a week, which was a frightening prospect during my sophomore year of college when I was taking 18 credits. So I didn't quite finish it, though I still intend to one day.
Metamorphoses by Ovid. We read bits of this in my Classical Mythology class, but I'd still like to read all of it at some point. The Greek Gods are fascinating
The Voyage of the Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes. Another book I bought for Classical Mythology. I'm not sure if it was never assigned or if I ignored the assignment, but I have yet to read it. I really just need to go on a Greek myth kick at some point and knock these out. Maybe this year?
The Bible. I made it through Exodus. I'm still determined to read the whole thing at some point
The Koran. I bought this at the same time as the Bible. It's a book I'd like to have read, though actually reading it is proving less interesting.
Dispatches by Michael Herr. I'm not sure if I'll ever actually read this in it's entirety. It's about the Vietnam War and is broken into chapters that basically work as short stories. We read a chapter in a high school English class, but the copy we got there was censored. I forget if it was for language or violence or what, but entire passages were occasionally blacked out and it made me mad. So I bought the book with the chapter so I could read the uncensored version.
Chainfire by Terry Goodkind. This is the ninth of eleven books in Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I loved the series in high school, but I got so angry at the premise of this book that I only made it 100 or so pages in. I doubt I'll ever attempt it again, but there's a chance I will. So it stays with the rest of the collection.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I bought this shortly after rewatching Muppet Treasure Island a few years ago because I was motivated. I made it about four chapters in before I got distracted. Not long after, I decided to attempt it again and again got distracted about four chapters in. If I could only make it to the ship I'm sure I'd stick with this one to the end.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I just received this book for my birthday six months ago. It is entirely reasonable that I haven't gotten to it yet. It'll probably happen soon.
The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft. Boyfriend's mom got me this for Christmas. I'll probably be picking at it for years. But it's also totally reasonable to have not read a book I've only owned for a week. Especially since I haven't been home for that week and this book is a beast. Not as beastly as The Complete Works of Shakespeare, but still difficult to cart across the country
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. This was a Christmas gift ages ago. Maybe a decade ago? Either way, I think I made it halfway through and then got distracted. That happens sometimes.
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. I received this around the time the movies were coming out. But it was toward the end of my interest in Middle Earth which peaked during my junior year of high school. I don't think I've seen Return of the King since I saw it in theaters. However, that interest has recently been reawakened. I am currently re-reading Fellowship of the Ring and intend to come back to The Silmarillion once I finish Lord of the Rings
The Town That Forgot How the Breathe by Kenneth J Harvey. My friend bought this for me for All Hallow's Read and I've been having a difficult time getting into it. I'll read a few pages, get bored, and move on to something else. Then a week or so later I'll find myself wondering about the characters or plot. So I'll pick it back up and read a bit before getting bored again. I think this points to the book being a poor execution of an interesting idea.
This intrigued me. I certainly have several books that I bought or was gifted and haven't gotten around to reading. There are a few I started reading, but never finished. So I decided to take stock and see how long I could theoretically stay occupied if I stopped buying books.
I'm not including textbooks, which I read sections of for classes but have never and will never read cover to cover. I am including books I was supposed to read for class, but never got around to. Mostly because I already sold the ones I actually have no intention of reading . I've also excluded several of Boyfriend's books, because there's a whole shelf full and I'm not really sure whether or not I'm interested in them. A lot were for classes he took in college.
This is actually a good time to do this as I haven't bought any new books for a while and this list mostly captures things that have been sitting on my shelf for a long time.
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. A friend of mine got this for me just before I left for college because we're both huge Buffy nerds. Although it sat on my bookcase in my dorm room all through college, I never even attempted to read it. I might someday.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Okay, I've actually read most of this. The bookmark indicates that I made it to page 213 of 309, which isn't bad. I just put it down one day and never picked it back up. I'm not sure I will. I know the story and I read enough of the book to get the gist. There's a ton of French and German that I never understood. Besides which, it centers on an older man pursuing a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl and there's only so much of that I'm willing to read. I sort of waver back and forth between considering this book "read".
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare. This is a good book to own. I can reference things easily and it looks cool on my shelf. But it's not exactly something you just sit down and read. I'd be more likely to buy Dover editions of individual plays if I ever got the urge to read them. Which I kind of want to do for Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and a few others. Thus far, I've read Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, King John and seen Macbeth performed.
The Iliad by Homer. I've read The Odyssey, which was a bit more to my tastes. Adventures on the high sea are more interesting than bloody battles. Also, we were supposed to read this in a week, which was a frightening prospect during my sophomore year of college when I was taking 18 credits. So I didn't quite finish it, though I still intend to one day.
Metamorphoses by Ovid. We read bits of this in my Classical Mythology class, but I'd still like to read all of it at some point. The Greek Gods are fascinating
The Voyage of the Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes. Another book I bought for Classical Mythology. I'm not sure if it was never assigned or if I ignored the assignment, but I have yet to read it. I really just need to go on a Greek myth kick at some point and knock these out. Maybe this year?
The Bible. I made it through Exodus. I'm still determined to read the whole thing at some point
The Koran. I bought this at the same time as the Bible. It's a book I'd like to have read, though actually reading it is proving less interesting.
Dispatches by Michael Herr. I'm not sure if I'll ever actually read this in it's entirety. It's about the Vietnam War and is broken into chapters that basically work as short stories. We read a chapter in a high school English class, but the copy we got there was censored. I forget if it was for language or violence or what, but entire passages were occasionally blacked out and it made me mad. So I bought the book with the chapter so I could read the uncensored version.
Chainfire by Terry Goodkind. This is the ninth of eleven books in Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I loved the series in high school, but I got so angry at the premise of this book that I only made it 100 or so pages in. I doubt I'll ever attempt it again, but there's a chance I will. So it stays with the rest of the collection.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I bought this shortly after rewatching Muppet Treasure Island a few years ago because I was motivated. I made it about four chapters in before I got distracted. Not long after, I decided to attempt it again and again got distracted about four chapters in. If I could only make it to the ship I'm sure I'd stick with this one to the end.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I just received this book for my birthday six months ago. It is entirely reasonable that I haven't gotten to it yet. It'll probably happen soon.
The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft. Boyfriend's mom got me this for Christmas. I'll probably be picking at it for years. But it's also totally reasonable to have not read a book I've only owned for a week. Especially since I haven't been home for that week and this book is a beast. Not as beastly as The Complete Works of Shakespeare, but still difficult to cart across the country
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. This was a Christmas gift ages ago. Maybe a decade ago? Either way, I think I made it halfway through and then got distracted. That happens sometimes.
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. I received this around the time the movies were coming out. But it was toward the end of my interest in Middle Earth which peaked during my junior year of high school. I don't think I've seen Return of the King since I saw it in theaters. However, that interest has recently been reawakened. I am currently re-reading Fellowship of the Ring and intend to come back to The Silmarillion once I finish Lord of the Rings
The Town That Forgot How the Breathe by Kenneth J Harvey. My friend bought this for me for All Hallow's Read and I've been having a difficult time getting into it. I'll read a few pages, get bored, and move on to something else. Then a week or so later I'll find myself wondering about the characters or plot. So I'll pick it back up and read a bit before getting bored again. I think this points to the book being a poor execution of an interesting idea.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Where Does The Time Go?
Every year it happens. I flip the calendar to December and then I turn around and it's Christmas. It's the busiest month of the year and it leaves me with no time to blog.
So what did I do in December? I traveled a lot. I put up the Christmas tree and bought and wrapped presents. I attended a bunch of holiday parties. I didn't go to the gym at all.
I drove down to LeJeune to see my brother before he shipped out to Afghanistan. I'm really glad I was able to see him before he left, and I can't wait until he gets home. I also sent him some cookies which I'm hoping he receives before they all crumble or go stale.
I went up to Pittsburgh to visit friends and go bridesmaid dress shopping. We played Cards Against Humanity which is related to Apples to Apples but as a black sheep. Two of my friends decided to get it for each other for Christmas but I don't think they ended up doing that. Which is a shame as that would have been funny.
I went to Boston for my company's holiday party and to visit Boyfriend's family and some friends from college. The weekend was busy but lots of fun.
Then we went back to Colorado to spend Christmas with my family and celebrate my mom's birthday before finishing out the year in Pittsburgh.
Now we're home and things are settling down. We don't have any plans this weekend which hasn't happened since October. I'm hoping to have time to go the gym again and keep up with this blog. Here's to a relaxing January.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Ritzy Wedding
A few weeks ago, Boyfriend and I flew to San Francisco for the wedding of some very good friends of ours. We took both Friday and Monday off because it takes all day to get from DC to San Francisco. I feel a bit weird complaining about that, because when you play Oregon Trail or read Little House on the Prairie, you realize that it used to take people the better part of a year to travel that far. I mean, I can't even comprehend traveling that far at a rate of twenty miles a day. Still, six hours in the air is an awfully long time. It was long enough that even though I brought food on to the plane to eat, I almost broke down and bought more before we landed. But Boyfriend kept me strong.
A bunch of the groomsmen were all landing in SFO at roughly the same time so we could consolidate trips to the tux rental store. We were the first, so we hung out with Bride and Groom and played games while we waited for the rest of the people to land. Then we got the tuxes and dinner and headed over to the Ritz to check in.
I was (possibly unreasonably) excited for an excuse to stay at the Ritz Carlton. And it did not disappoint. We got a free glass of wine just for checking in. The room had a fireplace and a fireplace channel on the TV. One provided warmth, and the other provided the sound effects of a log fire. We had a huge, comfy bed that was so wonderful Boyfriend and I were asleep by 8:30. The jet lag may have also had something to do with that.
In the morning we woke up super early. We showered and got dressed and went in search of breakfast. But nothing opened until 6:30, so we took a walk around the hotel and watched the sunrise. It was gorgeous and I wish I were actually coherent enough to appreciate sunrise more often. In winter, the sun is usually rising right around the time I'm heading to work, but I'm not exactly awake at that point. So it was a real treat to see the sunrise and hear the waves crashing against the cliffs and be able to actually enjoy the morning.
The Ritz had a nice gym and a full spa with free access to a sauna and a steam room. So after breakfast I went for a jog. I actually managed to run over half a mile, which is something I've never been able to do before. In high school and college gym classes, I was hard pressed to make it halfway around the track before I collapsed in a heap of exhaustion. So continuously jogging for half a mile was a pretty big deal for me.
We had the rehearsal brunch at noon where we met up with a bunch of college friends, met the rest of the bridal party and the families of the bride and groom. We also got yummy french toast and bacon. Then there was a party at a nearby pub for the younger wedding guests. It was a lot of fun, but I only lasted an hour before exhaustion took over. Apparently I missed some epic karaoke.
The day of the wedding dawned gray and wet. But it was supposed to clear up, so the couple went forward with their plans for an outdoor ceremony. The girls hung out and drank champagne and ate eggs and sausage and did hair and makeup and played SkipBo for a few hours. Then we all trooped outside for photos. I like the idea of doing pictures before the ceremony, because it helps maintain the flow of ceremony -> reception. Especially when I'm one of the people in the wedding.
We got all the pictures done, and then hung out inside and watched football for a while. The rain stopped and the clouds rolled away just in time for a gorgeous ceremony with views of the ocean. I even managed not to cry all the way through, though the same can't be said for the best man. Boyfriend was standing across from me occasionally making faces, so that helped stave off the tears.
Following the reception was a cocktail hour, during which we all found out which tables we'd be sitting at. All of the tables were named after games, which I thought was really cute. The wedding party was mixed up among the guests, so we all got to sit with people we actually knew. I thought that was a nice departure from putting everyone together at a single table. Bride and Groom shared their own table and came around to greet everyone between courses. The food, by the way, was amazing. And there was plenty of wine all night long.
After toasts, the dancing started and the whole thing really turned into a huge, fun party. My dress didn't quite make it through the whole night (I changed into something more comfortable with about an hour left), but I actually did. I even made it to the after party, where we played a game called Cards Against Humanity and passed around a bottle of Jack Daniels in a weird game of tag.
The whole weekend was a ton of fun. It was great to see so many people from college that I hadn't seen in months or years. And it was wonderful to see two dear friends who had been dating for seven years commit to each other for the rest of their lives.
We get to repeat the whole thing next August. Thankfully that wedding will be on the same side of the country as me, so I'll have a better party to travel ratio.
A bunch of the groomsmen were all landing in SFO at roughly the same time so we could consolidate trips to the tux rental store. We were the first, so we hung out with Bride and Groom and played games while we waited for the rest of the people to land. Then we got the tuxes and dinner and headed over to the Ritz to check in.
I was (possibly unreasonably) excited for an excuse to stay at the Ritz Carlton. And it did not disappoint. We got a free glass of wine just for checking in. The room had a fireplace and a fireplace channel on the TV. One provided warmth, and the other provided the sound effects of a log fire. We had a huge, comfy bed that was so wonderful Boyfriend and I were asleep by 8:30. The jet lag may have also had something to do with that.
In the morning we woke up super early. We showered and got dressed and went in search of breakfast. But nothing opened until 6:30, so we took a walk around the hotel and watched the sunrise. It was gorgeous and I wish I were actually coherent enough to appreciate sunrise more often. In winter, the sun is usually rising right around the time I'm heading to work, but I'm not exactly awake at that point. So it was a real treat to see the sunrise and hear the waves crashing against the cliffs and be able to actually enjoy the morning.
The Ritz had a nice gym and a full spa with free access to a sauna and a steam room. So after breakfast I went for a jog. I actually managed to run over half a mile, which is something I've never been able to do before. In high school and college gym classes, I was hard pressed to make it halfway around the track before I collapsed in a heap of exhaustion. So continuously jogging for half a mile was a pretty big deal for me.
We had the rehearsal brunch at noon where we met up with a bunch of college friends, met the rest of the bridal party and the families of the bride and groom. We also got yummy french toast and bacon. Then there was a party at a nearby pub for the younger wedding guests. It was a lot of fun, but I only lasted an hour before exhaustion took over. Apparently I missed some epic karaoke.
The day of the wedding dawned gray and wet. But it was supposed to clear up, so the couple went forward with their plans for an outdoor ceremony. The girls hung out and drank champagne and ate eggs and sausage and did hair and makeup and played SkipBo for a few hours. Then we all trooped outside for photos. I like the idea of doing pictures before the ceremony, because it helps maintain the flow of ceremony -> reception. Especially when I'm one of the people in the wedding.
We got all the pictures done, and then hung out inside and watched football for a while. The rain stopped and the clouds rolled away just in time for a gorgeous ceremony with views of the ocean. I even managed not to cry all the way through, though the same can't be said for the best man. Boyfriend was standing across from me occasionally making faces, so that helped stave off the tears.
Following the reception was a cocktail hour, during which we all found out which tables we'd be sitting at. All of the tables were named after games, which I thought was really cute. The wedding party was mixed up among the guests, so we all got to sit with people we actually knew. I thought that was a nice departure from putting everyone together at a single table. Bride and Groom shared their own table and came around to greet everyone between courses. The food, by the way, was amazing. And there was plenty of wine all night long.
After toasts, the dancing started and the whole thing really turned into a huge, fun party. My dress didn't quite make it through the whole night (I changed into something more comfortable with about an hour left), but I actually did. I even made it to the after party, where we played a game called Cards Against Humanity and passed around a bottle of Jack Daniels in a weird game of tag.
The whole weekend was a ton of fun. It was great to see so many people from college that I hadn't seen in months or years. And it was wonderful to see two dear friends who had been dating for seven years commit to each other for the rest of their lives.
We get to repeat the whole thing next August. Thankfully that wedding will be on the same side of the country as me, so I'll have a better party to travel ratio.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
First Thanksgiving
I hosted Thanksgiving for the first time ever this year. Despite all the stress we'll pulled it off and, everyone had a wonderful time.
Since we were out of town the weekend before Thanksgiving, all of our prep got condensed to the day before and the day of. It definitely contributed to my stress. Thankfully, Boyfriend had managed to delegate a lot of the food to our guests, so I didn't have a ton of cooking to do. But getting the house clean was no small feat. I was definitely driving Boyfriend bonkers by the fifth time I asked him to vacuum the stairs and was refusing to let him put dishes in the dishwasher. Ultimately, I managed to get the house up to company standards in time.
Boyfriend was in charge of the turkey and I was on stuffing duty. Since we were cooking the turkey on the grill, we opted not to stuff it, which gave me a lot more time. And that's definitely a good thing. I was chopping ingredients for over an hour, which just goes to show that I'd never make it on Top Chef. It didn't help that when Boyfriend saw how much I'd chopped, he asked me to double the recipe because he didn't think we'd have enough. we ended up having more than twice as much as we needed, but that meant I got to eat stuffing for breakfast all weekend.
Boyfriend told me that people would be arriving around 2. In my family, that means that people show up at 2. In his, it apparently means that people start trickling in around 3. On the plus side, I was good to go an hour before everyone arrived and actually had some time to relax a little - and listen to Alice's Restaurant Massacree.
Dinner was a wild success. Everything was delicious. Everything except the cranberry sauce made it to the table on time, and I remembered to grab that shortly after I sat down. The eight of us went through 14 bottles of wine while we ate and talked and generally had a great time. It's a good thing I didn't have to drive anyway afterwards.
Since we were out of town the weekend before Thanksgiving, all of our prep got condensed to the day before and the day of. It definitely contributed to my stress. Thankfully, Boyfriend had managed to delegate a lot of the food to our guests, so I didn't have a ton of cooking to do. But getting the house clean was no small feat. I was definitely driving Boyfriend bonkers by the fifth time I asked him to vacuum the stairs and was refusing to let him put dishes in the dishwasher. Ultimately, I managed to get the house up to company standards in time.
Boyfriend was in charge of the turkey and I was on stuffing duty. Since we were cooking the turkey on the grill, we opted not to stuff it, which gave me a lot more time. And that's definitely a good thing. I was chopping ingredients for over an hour, which just goes to show that I'd never make it on Top Chef. It didn't help that when Boyfriend saw how much I'd chopped, he asked me to double the recipe because he didn't think we'd have enough. we ended up having more than twice as much as we needed, but that meant I got to eat stuffing for breakfast all weekend.
Boyfriend told me that people would be arriving around 2. In my family, that means that people show up at 2. In his, it apparently means that people start trickling in around 3. On the plus side, I was good to go an hour before everyone arrived and actually had some time to relax a little - and listen to Alice's Restaurant Massacree.
Dinner was a wild success. Everything was delicious. Everything except the cranberry sauce made it to the table on time, and I remembered to grab that shortly after I sat down. The eight of us went through 14 bottles of wine while we ate and talked and generally had a great time. It's a good thing I didn't have to drive anyway afterwards.
Setback
It turns out that in Blogger, Ctrl +z does not mean undo. For some incomprehensible reason, it means delete my entire post. The fact that Blogger auto-saves every thirty seconds makes this "feature" fairly disastrous.
Also, the mobile app I downloaded is refusing to sync with the site, so I can no longer use it to edit posts.
Stupid Blogger.
Also, the mobile app I downloaded is refusing to sync with the site, so I can no longer use it to edit posts.
Stupid Blogger.
Monday, November 28, 2011
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Where did November go? I just turned around and realized I haven't updated this thing in two weeks. I've been too bust flying across the country, seeing old friends, hosting my first Thanksgiving, and getting ready for the holidays.
This time of year always seems to flash by much faster than I expect. Maybe it's because the days are shorter. Maybe they're just fuller with the holidays coming. At any rate, I've had almost no time to blog. So now I'm really far behind on life stuff and book reviews and all that. But it is coming. If slightly out of order.
In the meantime, here is our totally awesome Christmas tree.
We got it on Saturday morning and decorated it on Sunday. This right here is my favorite part:
The only sad thing is that it's in an otherwise empty room. The only place I can sit and admire it is the dining room table, and that's not so comfortable. One day we'll move one of the couches back upstairs. Hopefully.
With the tree set up, I am ready to embrace the holiday season and all the ridiculousness that comes with it. Though I do wish that it felt a bit more wintery. The temperature has yet to dip below freezing, and today it was warm enough for me to wear a sleeveless blouse. Winter, where are you?
This time of year always seems to flash by much faster than I expect. Maybe it's because the days are shorter. Maybe they're just fuller with the holidays coming. At any rate, I've had almost no time to blog. So now I'm really far behind on life stuff and book reviews and all that. But it is coming. If slightly out of order.
In the meantime, here is our totally awesome Christmas tree.
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| Christmas tree! |
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| Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal! |
With the tree set up, I am ready to embrace the holiday season and all the ridiculousness that comes with it. Though I do wish that it felt a bit more wintery. The temperature has yet to dip below freezing, and today it was warm enough for me to wear a sleeveless blouse. Winter, where are you?
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