Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts

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.