December Doings

We put up our tree, which lasted about six seconds before this happened...

Look at that face. It's nothing but trouble. And that hint of white in the right of the frame? That's our tree skirt, which apparently is the most irresistible cat toy on this planet, and will therefore never look flat, straightened and pretty ever again.

I got a great, big Blue Carrot stamp to make all of your holiday treasures a wee bit more special. I'm also resisting the urge to stamp EVERY THING.

We went to Pittsburgh for the day, a trip that's never complete without Ikea and Primanti Bros. You'll notice there is no pickle in this picture. It was in my mouth, where all Primanti pickles belong.

I have the horrible job of being in charge of decorating our office for the holidays. And by horrible I mean amazing.

My first order of business three years ago was to ignore the plastic pine Christmas "pole" that we had, and purchase this stainless, aluminum beaut from eBay. Packing peanut snow? Yeah we do that.

If I'm known for one thing, it's my cutout cookies. They are so time consuming, however, that I don't make them very often. I broke out the rolling pin this week though to make a batch for the director of the school of art at the university. I'm hoping nothing says "thank you for giving me a job, and please keep giving me a job, so I can pay for my car" like snowflake cookies.

And, as always, I can't go too long without at least one Mozart picture. Look at that brooding, noir-heroine face. This kid's going places, I tell you.