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  • The Christmas Eve dinner party was a huge success. I don't think it could have gone any better. Everything was delicious. That was my first dinner party in the new house, and I couldn't be more pleased. Here's what …

  • I didn't mention that we're having Christmas dinner tomorrow night instead of on Sunday. Tomorrow was more convenient for our guests. I did almost everything I could do ahead of time tonight. Unfortunately, since I …

  • Christmas Menu I've finalized it, and here it is: Appetizers: zesty cheese straws tortilla chips with homemade black bean salsa Dinner: prime rib mashed red potatoes asparagus sauteed with butter and garl…

  • Unless something really weird happens, my vomit streak will remain intact. Yay! I can't get that Chronicles of Narnia thing out of my head. "I told you that I'm crazy for these cupcakes, cousin!" And I love how…

  • This day has not started off as I had hoped. I woke up with a headache and mild nausea--this is not terribly uncommon for me. Usually when I get the headache under control, the nausea goes away. Usually. I bought…

  • UPDATED because I have the video now: I just watched SNL from Saturday, and the Chronic(What?)cles of Narnia is brilliant. "You can call us Aaron Burr from the way we're droppin' Hamiltons" .

  • Last night I put the trash and the recycling at the curb, as I do every Monday night when I get home from playing tennis. This morning in the shower, I remembered that I had meant to get my water bill out of the recy…

  • First snow of the winter

  • I don't know when I've lookd so forward to a weekend in my life. I just want to get through this day so I can have two days off. They're going to be busy days--housecleaning, menu planning, shopping, basketball games,…

  • Yesterday was one of those days. I don't normally walk around pissed off and cranky, but I sure did yesterday. I didn't feel well (I'm trying to cut back on the coffee, so I can give up caffeine AGAIN in the new year)…

  • I'm not much in a blogging mood these days. Not much is happening around the office. Robbie did tag me for the 5 weird things about myself and I'm working on it!

  • Oh, Happy Day (Seriously. I'm not being sarcastic)

    I had an exhausting and stressful day and then came home to find a letter from my old friend Jill Newman in the mailbox. I don't think I mentioned it here, because I was pretty sure it would come to nothing, but I sent…

  • I'm outta here for the weekend. I'll be in Idaho the next three days, back Sunday afternoon. I'm going to see Andre Agassi play. And Steffi Graf, James Blake, and the Bryan Brothers. I tried to email a few people b…