Today

Eye Meets Curling Iron

Happy Eva!

I walked into my chiropractor's office this morning and this little bumbling tumbling floppy bundle of joy barreled out of the back room towards me. It was love at first site. Miss Eva, all fourteen weeks of her, is pretty much the cutest thing I have seen this side of ever and made me overflow with joy. If you know me, you know how much I love dogs. Currently, my life doesn't seem to fit a pooch, but gauging how much I enjoyed this little pup today, I may have to change that soon enough. Ohmigoshloves. LOVES!

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

It's a pillow! It's a pet!

The day before Christmas break bears witness to the Holiday Sweater. A bingo board of Christmas Awesome, the Holiday Sweater can be counted on to imbue holiday cheer. It's contagious. This year, the effect was bolstered by close proximity to a pillow pet, the darling Amanda, and her cute baby bump. Happy Holidays indeed!

The golden gate was golden before the bridge

Bill and I went into work early this morning. We were treated to a beautiful sunrise and a beautiful bridge and beautiful headlands and everything was golden and clear. A "we are so glad we live here" moment with our coffee and early morning conversation.

Also, I was knitting furiously during the drive. And now, there is a super creepy doll sitting on a chair in my office. She is completely freaking out my coworkers. I put candy cane joe-joes next to her to make her more approachable, but I'm not sure that's working.

During the week: mudflats n' marshes

Part of the pond we were inspecting had dried. We needed to mark the outer edge of the area where mud was showing -- and me, being the lightest, was nominated. I walked on little towers of mud, wobbly and with moats of water around them. The further into the pond I went, the more squishy the towers became until at one point they started cracking. Like you picture ice cracking on a frozen river. I froze too and took data with the GPS unit and then ran back to the shore, hoping that light, quick touches on each mud tower would make them less likely to collapse.

The rain held. It poured when I arrived home. Good day.

A turkey a day

During the holidays, the city empties. I love this. Parking is easy, traffic is light, and bars aren't crowded. It feels like the entire city is a private party. We took advantage of the first night of Thanksgiving break to celebrate the birth of dear Jonee at Rye. Frankly, it was a delightful beginning to a fantastic few days off.

lovely engaged jonee and megan

Laughing. The best medicine.

Amy came to Thanksgiving! My entire family loved our newest addition.

Our best sides. Me and my girls.

And somehow, I convinced Amy to go with me to Black Friday. We snoozed more than others and didn't get to Target until 715 AM. We succeeded in our shopping endeavors and only one lady cursed at us. Nutty silly lady.

Curiouser and Curiouser: The 12:01 AM crew.

Amy and I always go and see the Harry Potter movies together. We were so excited about the first installment of the finale that we joined that crazy fan crew on opening.. morning. Yes, at 12:01 on Friday morning, I sat surrounded by an array of Potter fans in a packed theater. The two hours prior to the movie were full of high school kids playing Ninja and performing skits based on the books. We did the wave. We sang Happy Birthday to someone. Amy and I ate Skittles. Yay.

Pre-movie jumping. We are excited.

Pre-movie poster pose. People were really dressed up. One girl had a wand coming out of her forehead.

Still excited. Mischief managed.

Nerd Shirt Monday: a draw

Kate and Amanda

Jeff and me

Nerd shirt Monday was a total draw this week. We had to put it to a company-wide vote. Amanda won; her R2D2 necklace gave her the cutting edge. According to Kate, the winner receives a "confusing blend of pride and shame." Yay!

happy friday!

"Scottish bar stool" (sent from my Scottish buddy)