I am the Christmas Queen!

Dad is depressed. I need to save Christmas. Up, up, and away!

Hmmm

Does the treadmill workout cancel out the hot fudge sundae?

Thankful For...

corgi love
photographs
chai tea
office with windows
the *new* car
heat at City Hall
a job I love
my bus driver
quiet moments
juicy pears
aveeno lip balm
cold gusts of wind
family
freedom
tree-lined streets
hello flips
ugly red and gold chairs
health
hope

Pub Trivia

Tick tick tick tick...the clock finally wound down, and I bolted from City Hall as fast as my feet could carry me. It had been a busy month at work, and my brain was about to short circuit. I was definitely ready for some down time.

I headed up the familiar stairs at Penny Lane Pub and staked out some seats, noting with pleasure that the room had yet to fill up with its usual cloud of smoke. Pulling up a stool, I shrugged out of my coat (alas - dry cleaned just a week earlier!) and ordered a pint of cider. A little bit of stress ebbed with each sip of tart, amber colored liquid, and looming deadlines slowly faded into the background of my thoughts.

The room began to fill up with motley crews of trivia lovers ready to compete in the weekly battle of wits. Clouds of secondhand smoke stung my eyes as I looked around the room to size up the competition. There were some serious competitors, but there were also teams I knew we'd romp. Yes, this was going to be a great start to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Visualize the Small, Pert Bottom

I've got some serious junk in the trunk. You know how some people have apple bootys? My dad calls mine the pumpkin booty. Seriously, it needs its own zip code. Tomorrow I am going to take my first steps towards a healthier lifestyle. Maybe not the best idea three days before Thanksgiving, but I guess I need to start some time. So bring on the dreaded Kashi cereal that makes my intestines emit high pitched whines that sound eerily similar to whale calls! Bring on the workout sessions that keep me from watching episode of Top Chef! Bring on the shin splints! Catherine 2.0 will arrive in stores in the Summer of 2009. Be ready.

I'm starting to look more and more like Venus of Willendorf

Beginnings

A Fairly Sad Tale

I think that I shall never know
Why I am thus and I am so.
Around me, other girls inspire
In men the rush and roar of fire,
The sweet transparency of glass,
The tenderness of April grass,
The durability of granite;
But me - I don't know how to plan it.

- Dorothy Parker