A happy weekend

A friend of mine got married this weekend, and it reminds me that you don't need a lot of extras when you have love!

Le Sigh

 I am tired. Tired of ice and snow and grey skies. I would rather be here:

Doing this:

Or this:

Le Sigh!

Freezing February

 Saint Louis got a big dose of yucky winter weather recently. I think the snowfall total so far this year is 22.8 inches. Anyways, the college shut down for a couple of days this week, and I took advantage of the lull between the freezing rain and sleet to go out and snap a few photos. It's amazing that something that looks so pretty can be so terribly annoying!

Archer is just dropping in to say "Hi". If you're wondering why Darcy is rarely pictured here, it's because he has too much dignity, intelligence and poise to stoop to wacky poses. Seriously, Archer was just hanging out with me on the couch like that. I HAD to get a photo.

Holiday Happenings

So, I found out about this photo websharing site called dropbox where you can store tons of files, video, photos etc. The free version is super fast and covenient and I am now using them to post photos to this blog. The one problem I've found so far, is that each picture posts as its own individual post as opposed to one nice, neat long photo blog post. Oh well, right now the convenience factor is heavily outweighing the desire I have for everything to be "neat and tidy".Anyways, I hope your Christmas was a great one! Mine so far has been lovely. Our family kicked off the holiday festivities by driving out to St. Charles and enjoying the decorated historic district.

It was freezing, but totally worth it to see actual Carolers walking around. There were also some historically accurate Santas and such walking around - I'm not sure why, but watching people in costume acting like Santa makes me uncomfortable. Like, I know they are fake, and they know that I know they are fake, but I still have to smile and pretend that they aren't? Ugh, I just tried to avoid them.

I especially enjoyed how the lights melted little holes in the snow - this is my parent's walkway.

On Christmas Eve morning snow started to fall and by the evening we has a good 3-5 inches on the ground. I loved how Christmas lights looked in the snow!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to everyone! This New Year's my best friend, Shalyn, is coming in to town and we have decided to go over the top and cook a 4 course French meal out of Julia Child's cookbook. I'll post the results both good and bad here afterwards!

The Little Apple

My last work day was this Friday and I now have a glorious 17 days off for the Holidays. I'll be spending my time reading and playing around with my camera! Oh ya!

A Sunday in

This is what it looked like outside. So my sister and I decided to stay inside and in order not to go mad with boredom we - Painted (Caroline painted, I watched)

Read books
And made pizza.

p.s., pizza isn't so good when you forget to add salt to the dough. :(

Better Late?

than never right? I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My mom always goes all out on holiday dinners...

The kids even got their own table, the candle made them feel grownup! I think.

In other news, after two years insulin free, Darcy's diabetes is back and we've had to resume insulin shots. He's doing great now that his blood sugars are down and I'm hopeful we'll get him in to remission soon. You all should have seen the look on the pharmacists face when I came to pick up a prescription for "Darcy the Cat" as he is now in the Walgreen's system!

Chicago Deep Dish

Caroline and I had our neighbor and friend, Julia, over for dinner Saturday. Goodness, I miss having her (and Dave!) living across the hall, watching Lost, having impromptu dinners and just hanging out. Julia, thanks for coming out and for making your delicious dessert! As for the rest of you (all 3 or 4 of you - ha!), this pizza recipe is a cinch! Make it and get ready to be very pleased! Email me if you want the particulars!

Al Fin

So, I decided to go out and finally purchase a DSLR - a Canon Rebel T1i - and my new best friend. I want to spend the next several months getting aqcuainted with this camera, so I can take gorgeous photos when I go to Spain this summer!

So be prepared for many, many test shots of my pets. I apologize in advance.

I knew it was going to be a good weekend...

when I came home on Friday to these lovely flowers on the dining table. Caroline told me to look at the card and this is what I saw:

Thank you to my beautiful friend Lauren for making my day!