With weather this nice, it’d be tough to skip out on a parade downtown. Maybe they weren’t expecting the REALLY HUGE crowd, because there was only a single beer truck. Thing is, it was fun standing in the really long line and soak up the sun and people.

Been on a flower buying kick of late. No holiday or rhyme or reason. Avoided these mylar balloons.

One of those days when the weather was so nice I decided to get some outside time, do chores done during the day, and use the evening to work. This meant I’d stay in on a Friday night, but it was well worth the trade-off.

Oh how I’m ready to retire the holiday themed photos, but alas, the remnants lived on. I did finally get the tree down and ornaments packed away. Got rid of the original ornament boxes I’ve been keeping in favor of a single wine case box with some tissue paper in between each ornament. It halved [...]

There was Pictionary. And even more Pictionary. I’d just like to take this opportunity to whine that I never got to draw. Gabe cuts into roast beef while the winter vegetables hang out in the background. We played an old game of Charades from 1968. It had gems like: “A man says what he knows, a [...]

Not the best representation of a fine Christmas afternoon. Potluck dinner at my mom’s house reminded me that we need more potluck meals in life. The brie wheel above is from Costco and I highly recommend it. And though we didn’t see a movie (a recent tradition), we did enjoy every moment of the day.

An unexpected dinner at Honey in Northside was delicious. I dropped off my friend at a tavern where she rang in the new year, and got her winter coat stolen. Dagnabbit. I rang in 2010 watching CNN at home and watching the ball drop with some New Belgium brew. Reflecting on the year that was, [...]