For those of you who are familiar with my Day Zero Project, you may also know that one of my failed goals was #56: make my grandmother’s Christmas cookies using a cookie press. I’ve been forging ahead with a few of the goals I was unable to complete, and I am pleased to report that [...]
Christmas
So after all of the excitement in mid-December, I drove to Michigan with Nigel and Nacho on December 23. It was a long drive, as usual, made longer by the fact that I was the sole driver, but Nacho was a great travel buddy and stayed awake chatting with me the whole time. We did [...]
Today I arrived home from work to discover that Nigel had opened his Christmas present. Last night I started packing for my upcoming trip to Michigan; I had gathered up all of the wrapped Christmas presents and placed them in a reusable shopping bag, which I left on top of the coffee table. Nigel’s gift [...]
This post could also be titled “The Best Christmas Gift Ever!” I have been bursting at the seams to share this news with everyone, and now that all of my ducks are in a row, I finally can! On November 19, I tried out for Gotham Girls Roller Derby for the second time. I think [...]
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am still alive. Things have been pretty busy around here getting Nigel acclimated to his new surroundings and settling back into working 40 hours/week (how easy it was to forget what that feels like…). Hhmmm, what else have I been up to? We went to [...]
My time here in New York has been such a whirlwind so far, there’s been hardly any time to blog! I just wanted to report that I started a new job on Thursday, December 9. I am working at Sposta, a small creative agency that works with a bunch of NYC-based publishing companies (think Conde [...]
I’m almost done with my Christmas shopping…only two people left on my list! For the second year in a row, I’ve managed to do all of my shopping online, and I love it. There are some especially good deals to be found this year. I can’t wait to visit Michigan for the holidays and retrieve [...]
I upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and it’s beautiful. The admin area is fantastic. I have decided that pretty much everything is better with sriracha (hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, scrambled eggs, etc.). Christmas shopping is DONE. I did it all online this year, and it was awesome. No lines, no hassle, no screaming kids, no stress. [...]
in the past 365 days i have done a lot of crazy shit: finally got over mike (and by finally i mean FINALLY!!! haha.) developed an eBay fetish dated 2 new boys went to CRAZY parties @ chelsea’s house had 2 of my close friends come out made the dean’s list for both SS06 and [...]
