happy christmas, etc.
just a quick update!

i'm back at work, unfortunately. it took me a while to wake up today, mostly because my darling enabler husband and i stayed up late polishing off the season 1 Alias DVDs. we even re-watched the season finale complete with appearance-obsessed cast commentary (minus the lovely pasty white english-ish sark, sadly).

we're having a new years eve party at our humble abode. the last big cocktail party we threw was our engagement party in march. back when we just had a concrete slab in the living room and white patches of paint around the stairs. granted, we don't have much art on the walls, but our house is in significantly better shape now. and by "art," you know i don't mean expensive shit. but for some reason, we can't bring ourselves to put up those picasso prints i bought at the college vendor fairs with picasso's signature blown up and printed below the poster in the white space... so until we either a) make the big bucks, or b) make our own "art," (including filling fabulous frames with some of my photography and my sweet creative husband's painting) - we're stuck with blank walls. although we do have a giant beautiful, majestic yellow retro umbrella advertisement leaning on top of our CD library in the living room, a college graduation present courtesy of the sweet blake. i digress. so, party. we're looking forward to not only our First New Years as Married Folk, but also our First Carpet Cleaning as Married Folk. we have one tiny patch of carpet in our house, in the living room, thats just asking for some red wine.

erik and i have serious cabin fever. i think we may hit the mountains new years afternoon and stay there until sunday night. i just have a feeling all our favorite camping spots are charred. luckily, santa and baby jesus brought erik this book for christmas. it's time to find new favorites.

i hope the holidays were lovely and inspiring for you all.