Saturday, December 31, 2005
In lieu of my traditional New Year’s Eve philosophical retrospective entry, I did something different. Or rather, spent so many hours making this that I no longer feel like looking back, in anger or otherwise. Here you go. Enjoy. The giant one that is not recommended with slow connections: 2005 Moments (in Mpg) And the […]
Thursday, December 29, 2005
This is for Gwen: From my in-laws, I got refills of the make up I adore, some travel organizer thingy for my products (I destroy these, usually when something explodes, and need a new one every year), a very soft throw so that I can snuggle under it while sitting on the chaise, a jumungous […]
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
So Christmas happened. It was more or less like every Christmas ever, except that I wore a skirt (and looked fabulous) or a black velvet hoodie (and looked less fabulous) and June made ham (eeeuw) and Esteban went to church with me. Yes. Really. You might remember last year’s episode, in which he balked and […]
Thursday, December 22, 2005
The Holiday Cards are done. Just in the nick of time. I managed to go to the post office without hyperventilating too much, taking in one of the little Alumni CD surprise packages (um, heh, surprise!) so that they could weigh it (Erica, that was yours!) and then sell me the stamps I needed so […]
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
I like to pretend that I am strong, some kind of new millennium Katherine Hepburn, chin stuck out, ready to take on the world or maybe just walk around looking really sleek in trousers. But in truth, I am not a Kate. Other than a fervor for a proper foundation garment, we have little in […]
Sunday, December 18, 2005
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for information about my last story in class. Some of this might have been on the notify list, but since our class ended up being so small, instead of a standard two stories, we had time to workshop three per student. Thus, after I […]
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Before Joel’s annual Christmas party, Pie came over for a few rounds of Karaoke Revolution and to counsel me on my wardrobe choices. While I was wrangling my marinated mushroom appetizer, Esteban and Pie ran out to the Man Maul and also the grocery store in search of cooking sherry (for my mushrooms) and puff […]
Sunday, December 11, 2005
The first part of this entry is here. The morning after Wicked (WICKED!) I woke up super early, got dressed and went down to the front desk, ready to have a hissy fit about Eugenia’s assertion that we would need to change rooms. However, this time, Ms. Eugenia wasn’t on shift and I marched up […]
So Chicago. Despite the fact that I was not actually getting onto a plane, I still had some serious travel anxiety. I didn’t buy nearly enough clothes and apparently my main comfort in travel is that I have new everything. In fact, I was going with quite a few old standards, but given that I […]
Mo and I got back from Chicago last night (an entry to come at some point when I am feeling a bit more traveloguey), skirting up the lake and apparently down the thermometer, watching the digital gauge descend through the teens and then do a dance around 10, 11, and 12 degrees. By the time […]
