The best Christmas tree ever

so ever since, oh, the middle of November, i've been dreaming about a Christmas tree. So last Sunday we went up to Winter Park with some delightful friends and chopped one down!

At first we were hesitant about the two-hour drive, but since it had snowed the previous day and Sunday turned out to be gorgeous, it was the perfect tree-cutting day. Five couples tromped out into the woods with one saw and one hatchet, and somehow we all made it back with perfect (albeit different) trees.



Ours took awhile to find, but when we did, RL dubbed it the "crown jewel" of Christmas trees, then hung his hat on it to stake his claim. Also so we could find it again. We brought him home, and I gave him the more appropriate name of "Ed" and decorated him up!



(The blur on RL's lap is Little the cat, who is very upset because RL tied a little red ribbon around her neck. Little don't jive with costumes.)

Now for some presents to go under it! I love Christmas.

Big Fat Will Pinch You

Another funny photo--RL's relations have an affinity for picking up stray cats. This one happened to come with six toes. His name's Big Fat and I luff him.

yeah, so....

it's been awhile. here are some funnies from our trip to NY.

The sign at RL's favorite childhood sub shop. I had to take a picture of this renegade rooster who has apparently ripped his own leg off, fried it up, and is serving it for your pleasure. I also enjoy the chicken leg necklace. Beware the Renegade Rooster! He will destroy his own kind and feed their body parts to unwitting sub shop customers!




Multiple of these signs were posted in our room at the swanky Howard Johnson outside Toledo, Ohio. They did have a coffee maker (minus the coffee pot. Details, right?) and a hair dryer, but you couldn't use them all at the same time. But what I really love is the use of caps AND parentheses. It's like simultaneously emphasizing and deemphasizing the main point of the signage.



More about our trip later. Good stuff!

adventures in cooking

so after i posted my last recipe, i realized that there are a lot more recipes i'd like to share...just stuff i've come up with and gotten good at making. they're not all original, but i've tweaked them to make them easier.

so i started a new blog! if you're looking for good veggie recipes, visit me.