Happy holidays!
For the day before Christmas, things have been very quiet around here. The presents have been wrapped for several days now, the bread is rising on the counter.
The cake is baking in the oven for my Christmas Eve Trifle. Which isn’t a tradition, but if this one turns out [...]

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This little girl has an amazing voice. Hard to believe she’s only 7.
Has the usual little-girl-cute factor, but it’s also an amazing song.
Hope you’re having a wonderful holiday, white or not!

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When I escaped the office yesterday, I caught a bit of the Today show – last minute gifts. And I loved, loved, loved this one, enough that several people who had already gotten one gift are getting another one.
http://www.firstbook.org/
Give the gift of reading to kids who can’t afford books.  First Book is a [...]

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This is the wall behind my desk.

I moved my desk to this corner of the office a few years ago, largely because of the built in bookcase.  It gives me great storage, for books, for pictures, for frames that I haven’t put pictures in, for my gargoyle, and for those pesky business papers that are [...]

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Thirteen bits of randomness, all before 6am
1 – I woke up at 3:42 when Princess called me back to “cover me up mommy.” Because her five year old arms haven’t yet mastered the art of tucking a blanket around her slender chilled shoulders. That’s ok; at least she went back to sleep.
2 – [...]

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And you thought I forgot. Or had the wrong day marked on my calendar. Or something.
Love you sis and Professor!

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Your Score: Fanny Price
62% romance, 48% sauciness, 40% etiquette, 55% intelligence

  Still waters run deep. You’ve got plenty of intelligence and more heart than you get credit for. But you never say a word when insulted, and this reticence sometimes allows others to assume you’re a [...]

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A bit of Christmas music from the midwest to you, extra sizzle provided by the acappella singers of Indiana University, Straight No Chaser

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Christmas Meme:
1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year?
Should I have one of these?  Mmm.  I really love Denise A. Agnew’s “Special Agent Santa”, but I don’t know if I re-read it last year or not.
2. What is your favorite Christmas movie/show?
This one’s easy – White Christmas!
3. What is your favorite [...]

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I got this from Crystal.
Since I know more than a few people who would say I wasn’t “nice” this year, I have to give credit for my niceness to living the married life, instead of kicking strange men out of my bed, making out with multiples, and generally making a fool of myself in bars [...]

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