Who needs to go downtown to ring in the new year? Sounds like the kids on our street have quite the arsenal of fireworks...

Picked up a Crab Pie from a local seafood market today--yummy! It came out of the oven right as Dad and the boys got home. :)

I am such a "cushy blankie" addict--WallyWorld had really soft blankets in holiday colors marked down to $2.50--I pounced. :)

Spent the day out with Mom, taking her around on her errands--she did great for the first day out since being back home. :)

Peppermint hot white chocolate for the win! :D

Teleclass with Gay and Katie Hendricks just started http://ping.fm/b0Xci

Read the 1st chap. of Daughter of the Goddess last night and I think I'm going to be ordering all of the suggested reading list!

Having another one of those "why didn't I know about this sooner???" moments. http://ping.fm/TZB23

Bah! Got a summons for jury duty that starts on the first day back for the spring semester.

Ooooh, another book delivery from paperbackswap.com ! Daughter of the Goddess--historical perspects of the HP in various cultures.

Kudos to the Beyond Victoriana blog, focusing on multi-cultural steampunk (some gems in there)! http://ping.fm/qoBLI

Today's Djhali's favorite day of the year--she gets to shred the gift wrap without being fussed at. :D

Not quite sure how she did it, but I just found Doc under the little tree--curled up around the trunk, under the tree skirt.

Favorite gift of the day--has to be the window cat hammock from my nephews--they were so excited--picked it out and paid for it themselves!

I hope everyone had a wonderful first day of Christmas! :D

Just discovered chocolate egg nog. Yum!!

Into the theoretical/academic side of steampunk? Found the Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies yet? http://ping.fm/Czbwu

Mom made it through surgery--so far, so good. :)

It's official. Office Depot has lost my XPS system *again*. I've been at this since 9/29 w/ these, um, people--time to file a small claim?

Yet again, Office Depot fails--my computer was supposed to be in on Mon--it's Thurs and still no computer.