Decemberish

we are getting snowed on!

it made driving to work and running errands  hellish exciting, and i still have to drive back to E's. so far, everyone has been using their common sense on the roads (in town, anyway) - i haven't seen any accidents, just fishtailing, and we're all allowing plenty of room for braking. (see, Oregon? that's all you have to do!)

snow sure is pretty if you don't have to be out and about, isn't it? i'm very much looking forward to a quiet, yarn-filled day tomorrow, with Christmas carols on the radio and something (what, i don't yet know) yummy for dinner.

this week, i made a test batch of molasses cut-out cookies:

 

i freaking love royal icing. i also freaking love that my mother baby-talks to the cookie deer ("Hello! Hello, little guy! Look how cute you are!"), and then bites off their heads.

E and i had a great date night on Thursday! we got burgers and fries at a local place called Moo Cluck Moo - they serve all-natural, humanely raised meats, Calder dairy products, and they pay their employees a living wage. E had the Moo with everything, and i got the Bigger Moo with cheese, mayo, and ketchup. she got the sea salt fries and i got the garlic fries, which were excellent  - pleasantly garlicky, but not strong. thus fed and watered, we proceeded to here:

every year, they close off a 4-mile stretch of Hines Drive for this light show. it's $5 per car, and so much fun!

we want to go back, dressed warm, so that E can bring her camera and tripod. there were SO MANY cool displays! i particularly want a good photo of the parachuting reindeer at Santa's Flight School.

it's T minus One Week until K, J and Little V get here, and there is so much to do! today i'm going to take advantage Mom being at work, and wrap me some presents before slooooooooowly heading back to E's. this coming week will be full of cleaning, Cookies - The Sequel, mailing said cookies, finishing crafts, more cleaning, and continuing to turn this:

into this:

yes, that's a giant fishbowl of yarn. decorative, but also extremely useful - i'll be able to actually see what i've got instead of blindly rooting around in a basket, and i will get to use my market basket for shopping again! also, winding the yarn into balls has been very interesting - it's forcing me to really look at each color, and i'm getting so many ideas for stash-busting projects!

gotta run! have a great weekend!