She's black, He's white. She's white, He's black.

I was never a truly big fan. But, the guy is a pop icon. He was quite the entertainer whether he was doing it deliberately or privately.

Farewell talent.

inSPYred

I read all sorts of blogs every single day. From that, I've learned a few things:

1. I'm not as creative as I think I am.

2. I'm not that great of a cook.

3. I did not invent the intranets.

So, yes, reading blogs ups my insecurity level. With that said, it has inspired me to try my hand at all these wonderful crafts and recipes out there. Here's one that I've coughed up so far.

twig and thistle

Square one

Here's me trying to get my act together and finally back to writing some updates.

Stay tuned.

Labor of Love

I'm all for Child Labor. Okay, let me re-phrase that. I'm all for my own child's labor.  What better excuse to have kids than have them shovel snow off your driveway or cook mac n cheese from scratch.  Kid A is a winner!

The best $1 ever spent.

Baked Macaroni and Cheese from scratch!

Merry Christmas!

Yes, Virginia. There is an Edward Cullen.

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be mortal's or vampire's, are little. 

Yes, Virginia, there is an Edward Cullen.

He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there was no Edward Cullen! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Edward Cullen! You might as well not believe in werewolves.  The most real things in the world are those that neither mortal nor vampires can see. Did you ever see werewolves dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart a mountain lion and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest vampire, nor even the united strength of all the strongest mortals that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Edward Cullen?Thank God he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of many.

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

I should really pay more attention to the old adage - "Be careful what you ask for."  I complained to P last week that the weather people liked to mess with us (Seattle) eastsiders.  Their promise of snow never showed up....until last Wednesday!  And boy did it make a grand entrance.

    A sledding down our neighborhood hill

 

     So pretty, so white, so cold, so much!

Although, after being snowed in for 3 days straight, I'm beginning to think they're over staying.