Winter Break, Basically

Basically, 'no pants Saturday' all day every day. 

Girls' Weekend: NYC

I went to New York with my mom and sister… in October.

We stayed in a great hotel near the Library, visited the Botanical Gardens, Times Square, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Highline (wish I had better pictures of that, but we went at night). We saw a Broadway show. We shopped a little. We ate pizza, Shake Shack, smoothies and (I) drank a lot of coffee.

I'm sad to say, despite how happy I look in the pictures, I wasn't exactly motivated to blog about the trip. I'm still not sure if I feel motivated to blog about it, but here I am. The pictures sort of feel like a dream. An out of body experience. Reliving it through these photos… and going to try to enjoy my girls' weekend in DC in a couple weeks a little more.

The Trouble With Cleaning

Reading this post on Unfuck Your Habitat seriously scares me to death. (a) It mentions spiders. (b) Embarrassed to say I've been there.

I hate cleaning. Really, really despise it. And I have this tendency to let things get a little out of control… and then one day, when I finally decide enough is enough and I need to clean I of course spy a spider or something in the mess and I'm too freaked out to touch anything.

Unfortunately, I don't have any help these days. So trying my damnedest to not let it get that out of control… and contemplating hiring a maid.

Every Day

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Winter Break, Day 1

Woke up without an alarm today. Had coffee in my new Twitter-inspired mug while I watched the finale of Alpha House in bed on my iPad. Read the Amy Poehler/Tina Fey-edited EW while I watched The Getaway on Esquire, cuddled on the couch with Maverick.

Took a long shower. Blogged.

Met friends for Mexican food and beers. Reminisced. Gossiped. Vented.

Had a belated Christmas dinner and present unwrapping at home with my family, and then went to the movies to see Saving Mr. Banks.

Then it was home again for crafting, cleaning and blogging, apparently. And I didn't check my work email once.

All I Want for Christmas

Feelings today.

Penguins in Holiday-Wear

Because, why not.