  Sorry, boys & girls, for the lag in posts, but we've been dealing with a family situation. I haven't really been surfing the net lately. I haven't really been able to concentrate on one thing. However, Chris and I did manage to clean out our closets last night. Instead of sharing the closets, we've decided that we would each have one closet each to ourselves.
I think we're officially a married couple now. For the most part, even though we've been married for over a year (and living together for about 5 years before that), it still feels like we're roommates. But, things are beginning to move toward the other spectrum. Chris flew out to Louisiana this morning for a funeral. He'll be back in the Big Apple Friday afternoon. We'll have Friday night together and then I fly to Louisiana on Saturday morning for a little Christmas vacation with my family. I'll try to post from there, but if I miss a day or two, we'll all somehow survive, I'm sure. I plan on getting my hair cut and add more blond highlights while I'm down there. It's just cheaper, damn it. It amazes me that quite a few women that I work with spend about $150 on their hair each time they go. And they go very regularly - about every 8 to 10 weeks. Insane! I've nearly finished my Christmas shopping and I'm very proud of myself, if not a little astonished by my power-shopping ability.
If I don't finish buying gifts up here, then I'll have to finish shopping at my old buddy: Pecanland Mall in Monroe, La. I used to work at Deck the Walls (picture frame shop) when I first started college. Great times!! Pecanland has always been good to me. Last time I was home, my mother-in-law (Daisie, we'll call her) and I went through like 6 stores in less than an hour. We're animals! But I must confess, I really can't keep up with her when she's going full steam for some long-term shopping. I don't know how she does it. My Mom used to be the same way. I just haven't shopped with her lately, so I don't know if she's slowed down any yet.
Must send a big shout out to COURT as I was mentioned on her blog the other day. You should definitely read her blog along with the others that I have linked to the right of this post. I wouldn't waste your time. I promise. As a matter of fact, I was inspired in some way or another by each one.
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" Each copy of "Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom," is 5-by-7 feet, 112 pages and costs about $2,000 to produce. Hawley is charging $10,000 to be donated to a charity he founded, Friendly Planet, which has built schools in Cambodia and Bhutan. Here's a cool link to the most realistic drunk simulation I've ever seen. urlLink Click here . OK, off to eat a broccoli chicken & cheddar Hot Pocket. 
