when life gives you a diabetic kitty cat who likes baby food...

and you now have an abundance of the cute little jars that are just too cute to recycle, you make little votives out of them.   The votives aren't quite as fancy (or cute) as the ones Sandi brought me from Bordeaux with the delicate French wire and cut glass...but they add a nice little glow under the trees at night.  I think I'll decorate some of them too. Yeah, that's it!  instead of completing the mounting necessary projects, I'll come up with one more non-urgent, unnecessary project.   Good idea!  2010...the year of change!

just wondering...

how it is that i can be so unmotivated to do anything all day long except the things i absolutely have to do (hair appointment, vet appointment, making meals for the week) and then when night falls, i suddenly feel a burst of energy to do all the little things i didn't feel like doing all day long???

AHHHHHHH....

[Using Arial font, because it is the "official font" at work.]
How on earth did I ever end up as a Budget Analyst?  HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??!!!!!!!  Someone tell me that I'm going to wake up at any minute and this will all be a hilarious dream...hello....someone...anyone?  
Oh.  Alrighty then.  I love my job.  Glad to have a job (seriously).  But...well, anyway.   Choose wisely little grasshopper.  Otherwise, before you know it, you'll not only be wondering how you got to be this age, but you'll screaming out to a techno universe asking how you ended up doing what you're doing for a career.  I'm just sayin...  

Until next year...

FINALLY took down my lovely Christmas tree...only because this is the last week the trash collectors would take it. :( Otherwise...I'd leave it up another month...well, maybe not. But, I loved coming home to a front window that glowed with warm purple lights that greeted me before I even walked into my house and the scent of the fir tree as I stepped through my door . This year, I decorated my tree with all my vibrant ornaments and new purple lights. Beautiful. Really sorry to see it go. As I was putting the ornaments away, I loved the cheery colors and sparkles and decided to take a picture (unfortunately, all I had was my cell phone) before they go away...until next year. Farewell my lovelies!!

Christmas Past

Just a collage of my favorite things from the holiday...

El Cheesy Goodness

The best cheese nachos (and margaritas) from El Cholo...a little post-Christmas treat. This delightful meal will definitely follow me into 2010.