Butternut squash and bacon mac and cheese

I'm back to my old ways. Except not. I had a modicum of free time last semester, which has dwindled to an iota.

My job is amazing, though! I'm making some how-to guides and things online, so I'll share as soon as those are up. One of the things I'm working on will require me to make a Bitstrip. And get paid for it.

I also am creating a website for a class from scratch. This is what I've come up with so far. Stay tuned and hopefully it will start to get better. Or maybe it's already at its peak, who knows?

This is me dressed up. A couple of the girls threw a birthday party where we had to pretend to be classy. So I got to wear my Dressbarn dress that I thought I would have no occasion to wear.

Cute!

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for positive experiences with me! I think I made a typo in my email and said I would be writing 300 pages when I meant words. I hope that didn't make anyone put more effort into it than they meant to :-) Sounds like I'm doing a lot of soul searching for my Managing class. I'll let you know what I find.

Winter Picture Book

Somewhere, TX

Well, so much has happened, so here's a short pictorial version.

Sarah, Heather and I took a trip to Fredericksburg, TX and did small-town things. Like witness a cow auction, antiquing, and swimming in December.

Emilia and Sarah put on a lovely holiday party and got us December babies a pinata. Santa did not have a chance.

Four weeks at home was almost perfect.

Katie, Dad and I went to a Thunderbirds game, which is where I discovered my previously mentioned love of hockey.

I was able to go to Portland and Vancouver, where, apparently they use the same architect to design the entire city.

Katie and I watched the Canucks game.

I finished my cardigan that I started in about February, along with many other craftsy things. I like to think about when I first started this sweater as a naive young professional in the Northwest. So much has changed. So much.

After reading this article on Jezebel about a call to wear only 6 pieces of clothing for a month (not counting workout clothes, undergarments, outerwear, shoes and accessories, because come ON, we're not THAT minimalist). When I read it I thought "Man, I just did that and it SUCKED". But, apparently I didn't (5 skirts, 5 T-shirts, 4 sweaters, 3 cardigans, 1 blouse, 1 dress and 2 pairs of jeans is more than 6). There is no hope for me.

I ate a lot. No one does food like Seattle.

I lost my buddy, Buck, but he stuck around for the holidays. He also stuck around long enough for his last meal to be a pork chop. He was a smart one.