December 8, 2006 – 5:00 am
Went to my husband’s office Holiday Party last night (the first ever!), so it’s a late start to the Friday Five: morning I just love Maria’s blue table! Not to mention, we own the same dull knife. PICT0674 wouldn’t you love to have these ornaments? I got a supercute penguin!! or how about this? working […]
December 7, 2006 – 5:00 am
Still looking for gift ideas? If you’re in Chicago, there are two options this weekend. The first, running Friday-Sunday, is the One of a Kind Show at the Merchandise Mart – over 400 artisans will be participating, and you’re sure to find something. Second, on Saturday and Sunday, Bari Zaki is have a studio sale, […]
December 6, 2006 – 5:00 am
I have yet to play any Christmas music. There, I’ve said it. My intentions are good – I just don’t get around to finding the cds, and putting them in the player (which is our combo dvd/cd player – ever since the iPod, our jukebox cd player seems to have “dinosaur” written all over it). […]
December 5, 2006 – 5:00 am
Looking for a quick read? This week’s New Yorker has a comparison of the BBC and NBC versions of the Office (currently, my favorite show). You can read Tad Friend’s article at the New Yorker website. Or perhaps you’d like to read about neurotic hosts, and the lengths they go to so that guests don’t […]
December 4, 2006 – 5:00 am
It’s a cold Monday morning here, but thankfully, school is in sesson. I’m still chipping away at the Christmas to-do list. Wrote ten Christmas cards over the weekend, and our tree is in the front hall – thawing, and strung with lights. Decorating the house can bring out the Scrooge in me – I prefer […]
