I'm moving! (again. Same city this time)

It seems the time between my moves keep getting shorter and shorter. But, thanks to the diversity that is Chicago, I've been able to find a new place that is almost $200 cheaper than what I am paying now, a little closer to work, still near public transportation, and bigger!

I signed the lease for the new place today, and am working with the current tenant to take advantage of the rent that's been paid for Jan already and get a few extra days to get settled into the new place before I have to be out of my current apartment on Feb 1.

Merry Christmas to me!

Virtual Christmas Card

In all of the moves in the last year, I've lost a lot of addresses, and people have moved as well. I'm honestly planning to send out some cards in the next week or so, writing them on the plane from Chicago to LAX.

But, this self portrait just turned out awesome, and sometimes I need to see a picture of myself happy when I feel like I shouldn't be happy, for whatever crazy reason.


So ... Happy Solstice!

Cute Puppy Spam

Dusty turned 2 this week, and for his birthday I ordered snow. Lots and lots of snow. Best part, it came on time and had free shipping!







Here are a few pictures today that I took, and a small video where he was having a blast.

Peanut Butter Cookies

While I don't have a chimney for Santa, I did some cookie baking to cheer up a friend, and thought I'd put up a picture!

They were Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip cookies, made with Reese's PB chips. They were quite a hit. I used a tweaked version of the recipe and I was very pleased with it, going to keep it for the future.

updates galore

so I haven't forgotten, just sometimes takes a little longer for words to formulate in my head and get put back out here. I'm going to try and get a couple posts up today, even if it ends up being diarrhea of blogging. Whee!