i loved the blue and white of our table for christmas dinner



my mom with some new earrings



ed in heaven with his new case of beer



amy loves her new coach wristlet-thing



bailey investigating the new dog treats w/ max in the corner sniffing in






rodney the reindeer making his move on me



classic family picture...i thought this one was the best in my book

christmas love

Every Christmas Eve, my sisters and I begrudgingly take on the task of lighting the luminaries. It is our family tradition that stems all the way back from when my mom was a young girl in Buffalo. We line the sidewalk with luminaries as a way to welcome the birth of Jesus. We light the candles around 9pm and wait to see which candles last until Christmas morning. Christmas Eve always turns out to be a freezing night where our fingers freeze and a majority of the candles burn out as soon as the luminaries are set. As much as I complain, I love it and will most definitely make my own kids do it.

I got into Cleveland last night, delayed about 3 hours because of the weather. I swear, I can never plan it right. I got at the airport suppppeeer early about 3 hours early thinking I would have to fight with the huge lines, but there were none! So I was there way early and then had to wait because of the delay. So that was my typical airport experience.

I updated my flickr page w/ thesis images, much that were already on this blog.

Merry Christmas!

a house pattern that is for my cover letter and business card

Global Warning comes to an end...

...well just at Parsons, that is. Today was our final day of thesis and everyone brought in their work. The last two weeks were hell, but I think it all paid off. I can now exhale a big sigh of relief. I want to thank my mom, ed, amy, kate, maria, adge, and my roommates katie and lauren for all their support through this semester. Only a few more days until Cleveland. In the mean time, I am just catching up with boring things like laundry, but then going to be doing more things like christmas shopping, going to the Met to see the Gauguin paintings that have been off limits for the wing's renovation, and soaking up as much of the city before I jet off. Then my goal is to get my new site cut up and coded after I get back to the city in January. Much love to all!