1. Friday Black is the exact reason why I refuse to make best-of lists until the last day of the year. I started reading it yesterday and three pages in I knew that it would be at least a contender for my top ten picks of the year. Ya just never know!
2. Last night Sawyer and I drove out to Canada-Flintridge to go to the Enchanted Forest at Descanso Gardens. How many cheesy words can I use to describe their 1 mile stretch of light displays? Dreamy... magical.... amazing... luminous... I could go on and on. It was breathtaking (there I go again!). I think I'm going to do a holiday round-up in a few days, so I'll include some of the pictures, that barely do it justice.
3. Almost two weeks ago I sent out holiday cards, which featured a picture we took of Sawyer. NO ONE HAS GOTTEN THEM. Once I realized it was a lost cause and had to decide: what was more important the $40 to reorder and send or feeling super bummed? Contrary to my spending tendencies, I sucked it up, reordered them and even paid the few extra bucks to speed up the shipping. They're supposed to come later today, which means if I get them in the mail tomorrow everyone should get them by Monday. It shouldn't matter, BUT IT DOES. Sometimes you have to indulge your quirks.
4. I did manage some success putting together the POS gingerbread house kit for Sawyer the other day. In the past I have had to ask him to leave the room so I could properly swear at it, but for some reason the Christmas stars aligned and my super-duper extra amount of frosting reinforcements worked.
5. I have gotten so many miles it lately- it's been awesome. Saturday I met up with a friend and we walked over four, Sunday I ran a few, Monday I went hiking alone and did over 5 miles, and yesterday I ran a few more. Combined with being on Christmas break, I'm in an excellent mood.
6. The Where'd You Go, Bernadette trailer is out and I am cautiously optimistic. Go watch it.
Watching the Where'd You Go, Bernadette made me realise I recall almost nothing from the book O_O Oops.
ReplyDeleteThat really sucks about what happened to your holiday cards!
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Oh, I'll have to check out that trailer.
ReplyDeleteI love gingerbread houses, but have never made one.
Enjoy the week, and hopefully the cards came today.
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Sorry to hear about your holiday cards! If it makes you feel better, I haven't sent mine yet. (And one has to go allllll the way to France.)
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I'm a wait until the last day of the year person, too. There's still plenty of time for good books! I have to check out the trailer. I'd forgotten they were making a movie.
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