it's finally christmas inside the apartment!

christmas shopping yesterday was so much fun. we did present and decoration shopping in about two hours at target. the apartment is so cool. and my christmas cards (above) rock! still have to get a tree, though. there were only about 5 sad little trees left, so we're just gonna do the fake thing. we did buy the coolest ever art deco christmas tree a few months ago from cool stuff, but we never decided how to ship it here from houston, so i guess that was a little bit of a waste. oh well, it'll look good next year!

i love the way everything is so low stress now. no fighting or debating. just pick some shit up and buy it and be happy. oooh, we also got the coolest ever christmas cd from twisted sister. it's so funny, i've had it on non-stop. i love it.

yeah, not so good at cupcakes.

truth: i suck at muffin making. i bought all the stuff to make my cupcakes, but shit still went wrong. first, i didn't have a bowl, but i do have a small pot so i mixed them in there.



second, i forgot to put the oil in. i bought it, poured it, took a picture of it, then realized when i was cleaning up that i forgot to use the damn oil. i knew the cake batter tasted funny, i thought maybe eggs tasted different here. (first time i bought eggs in six months.) and are you supposed to pour unused oil down the garbage disposal? i seem to remember my mom pouring it into an old milk jug after frying fish... did i f*@# it up?



and third, some of the little f!#kers overflowed. but i threw them all away and ended up with a crop that doesn't look half bad if i do say so myself...



ok, who am i kidding, they look pretty sorry.

lessons

i'm learning a few things about snow. #1 - why they put down ice. for the record, converse sneakers don't do so well uphill in wet snow. or downhill for that matter. but i got my eggs, dammit, and i am making cupcakes...

i took this picture outside this morning...

my week of not being able to get out of bed is finally up. jack got up so early this morning (4:30!) to work before work and i got up with him. and it snowed. we went out the back door to watch it in the dark. and it was so effing cold. and i was delirious with cold and snow and early. and happy.

it's finally real winter. and outside my front windows are rooftops covered with snow and christmas lights in the trees and a huge wreath with ribbons waving in the wind. and christmas cds filling all 5 slots of the cd player. and, this weekend we're going shopping for christmas decorations and presents and i want to make such fun things for the holiday.and we'll have all new stockings and wreaths and ornaments and a tree and wrapping paper. and i'm so excited because, although this will be the third christmas holiday we've spent together, it's only the first one we've treated like a real christmas and not just another day. (last christmas day we shopped for a toilet plunger and ate lean cuisines.) although apparently jack is a secret christmas rock star. not only does he know all the words to christmas songs, he also usually knows who it is singing them.

but for right now i just want to go play in the snow.

happy birthday to me

yesterday was my birthday. i've been in bed for a week pretending i am sick. last night i was sweaty and awake and wanting a glass of water. this morning i'm finally ready to get out of bed, but am out of coffee. i'm debating whether i should go get some or just eat the rest of the Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream for breakfast (or late lunch as the case may be).

wedding

so, maybe we'll just get married here in the apartment. it's too cold for the beach. i don't like the thought of city hall. new orleans, nah. mexico, nah. las vegas, nah. maybe we should just walk to city hall.

so pretty

snow came today, and i've been waiting for it.