five golden eddies

we are off to celebrate the holidays with tripper's family in south georgia. merry christmas everyone! back on the 27th!

update: we're back! hope everyone had a very merry christmas! ps ... i consolidated the pictures of eddie into one. to see the originals that were here earlier, you can click the little heart to get to my flickr page. thanks!

home sweet home

tripper and i had a ton of fun last night shopping for and putting together this *huge* candy bin for the people who work in our building. chocolate covered pretzels, snow globes, candy bars, candy canes, ding dongs ... sweets for the sweet. they're all so lovely, each and every one. thanks y'all for making our home so grand!

intermission

since we're halfway through the holiday scramble, i thought i'd take a break from things with letters on them, an intermission of sorts, to post this fabulously funny alligator from patience brewster krinkles via the paper garden. krinkles make me laugh.

image from the paper garden.

thanksgiving table

my mum and dad came down for thanksgiving dinner this year and since we finally have enough pieces, tripper and i decided to use the fancy plates. i'm so glad we did ... the set table looked beautiful! and the food i cooked (yes, i cooked, and all from scratch i might add, right down to the two kinds of sauces) was actually edible! hooray! tripper and dad ate turkey parmesan (and by turkey, i mean chicken. a word to the wise ... do not go shopping for thanksgiving dinner supplies at 10 p.m. the night before.) and we all had pasta in a tomato cream sauce, caesar salad, super creamy mashed potatoes and bread. i'm so thankful for family and friends and for the fact that it's three days later and nobody has gotten sick.