Monday, December 31

December mosaic

My creation

December 31: wreath

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One last Christmas-related photo for 2007.

December 30: discarded

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I guess Christmas is over for these people. Pack it up or throw it out. Poor Rudolph.

Saturday, December 29

Gingerbread house

My mother-in-law gave me a gingerbread house kit at Thanksgiving this year, and I wanted to build it to use as a centerpiece when we had them over for dinner yesterday. Here are a couple of pics!

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December 29: #1

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I love this little guy on our Bialetti coffee maker.

December 28: DKT

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More bar bathroom artwork.

Friday, December 28

December 27: angels

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At Rockefeller Center.

Click here to see my runner-up shot for today, a chandelier in the St. James Theatre.

December 26: gingerbread

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I made this gingerbread house from a kit. Here's a full-size shot.

December 25: tree(s)

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Oh Christmas tree(s), oh Christmas tree(s)...

The first one is my in-laws' tree; the second is mine. (Full disclosure: the pic of my tree was actually taken on December 23.)

December 24: angel

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This is my advent calendar. On Christmas Eve the last ornament goes on the tree. In my family, the angel is always the last ornament and she goes at the top. I tried to take a closeup of the angel but the pics were way too blurry.

December 23: hohoho

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For Sean.

Monday, December 24

Merry Christmas to all...

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and to all a good night!

More Christmas pics here.

Saturday, December 22

December 22: caught

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Another mistreated flag. (Nice wreaths on the door though!)

December 21: mirror

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Thursday, December 20

December 20: Santa

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Merry Christmas!

December 19: gloom

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This is not a black & white picture, believe it or not. The sun looks so weird behind the clouds.

Update for Jodi

I know Jodi is tired of seeing those lemons, but I wanted to point out that I finished the limoncello and it is fantastic! So yay me. :)

Tuesday, December 18

December 18: bumble

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Scary right?

December 17: badger

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The label on a bottle of wine Sean received from a work contact today. I like the badgers.

Sunday, December 16

December 16: petal

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A pretty spot of color on a cold gray day.

December 15: shadow

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December 14: ESB

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Empire State Building again. Today was my office holiday party, held at Tribeca Rooftop, which has a gorgeous view.

Thursday, December 13

December 13: squirrel

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This guy was chilling in the tree outside our kitchen window this morning. I also took some funny pics of Zoe playing tug this evening.

December 12: sick

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I barely got out of my PJs all day.

Tuesday, December 11

December 11: Santa

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This is a little cheesy, but I'm sick and barely left the house today.

December 10: pattern

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Sean got this in Japan.

Monday, December 10

December 9: lava

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Continuing with the blue light theme from the past couple of days. Bonus Christmas decorations in the background!

Sunday, December 9

December 8: oink

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My friend E sent me this piggy keychain. When you press a button on the top, his snout shines blue and he makes an oink sound. It is the most awesome thing ever. Here is a pic of him in regular light.

December 7: ESB

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Thursday, December 6

December 6: shadow

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I HAVE a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.


--Robert Louis Stevenson

Wednesday, December 5

December 5: biodegradable

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When I read this label out of the corner of my eye the other day, I thought that last line said "one biodegradable wiFe". And I thought, "Well, aren't they all?" But then I remembered plastic surgery and figured probably not. :(

Tuesday, December 4

December 4: smiley

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I just love this picture.

Monday, December 3

December 3: wallpaper

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Our house was built in 1896 and most of our walls have layers upon layers of various wallcoverings. The landlords are doing some renovation, and this appeared among the demo debris. You can see various layers of paint and wallpaper, but the pink and green flowers are my hands-down favorite. I just can't imagine papering a whole room with that outrageous print! It is kinda Christmassy, though, so bonus points for that!

Sunday, December 2

December 2: snow!

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First snow of the season! Zoe liked it. Janey wasn't so keen...

Saturday, December 1

December 1: random

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I can't believe it's December already.

I opened my jar of hand cream this morning to find this heart. It's so fascinating when chaos creates order.