Out with the old

And in with the new!

I’m home from my last Christmas celebration with the family. This year, I managed to make it through five gatherings. (Blogging them soon, I PROMISE FAMILY OF MARK!) And last night after the last gathering of family, I headed to my dear friend Linda and Bob’s place, along with JoAnn. (And we all missed Rhonda, who needs to be at our next gathering!) The plan originally included a night out on the town to see NEW WAVE NATION (80′s cover band) we saw them a few months ago for Girls Weekend Out.

However, our Linda Lu was under the weather. So we stayed in and watched Little Miss Sunshine instead. (Loved it!) Superb casting…

“Do what you love. Fuck everything else.”

And now? Now I am home again. Marky had to go to Rochester to work for the day and I am here working for the day as well (except I want to go to bed, I shall pour the coffee instead!)

Little Miss All Things Hostess and Mark are hosting a New Years Open House Brunch at our place tomorrow late morning-early afternoon. My Lil Brother keeps RSVP’ing with over 20 guests, so I have some serious QUICHE to get making! In reality, I think about 40 or so assorted people and little people and brand new peoples should be stopping by throughout the afternoon…I am excited! I love a good get together! AND what a way to start off the new year, with friends and family!!!

So now, I have to do all the cleaning and organizing of the new penguins.

And do some more baking (since ALL THE COOKIES I HAVE MADE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AWAY TWICE OVER!) Ok, I didn’t bake these buckeyes and coconut bars today, but I did coat them with chocolate. I did bake peppermint brownies and cinnamon oatmeal cookies today. And fruit and nut muffins and biscotti and chocolate coffee bean bark bites.

I also have a few dishes to prepare: quiches, stuffed french toast, hash brown casserole and Baked Ziti.

French toast and hashbrown casserole is in the fridge!

And well, I should wash the floors too, huh?

I also want to get in the “end of the year” blogging, but who the heck knows if I will have time for that! In between batches of cookies maybe. JoAnn is coming up early this evening and we are likely to have some drinks and watch a movie and then walk on over to McGarrets for the Skiffle Minstrels. Woo hoo!

How are YOU celebrating the end of the year and beginning of the new one?

Jane Doe called. :)

Love it! But my number is really, 867-5309.

Thanks to Eden!

Nintendo, PS2 and more

I got a copy of the HAPPY FEET PS2 game in my stocking this year for Christmas. Not JUST because of the penguins, but because Mark always wants me to play his games with him, and I refuse.

Well, maybe I would play this game…

So strange. Thank you Gawker.

On the way back to Buffalo this morning we were listening to an NPR report about the tabloids. And they threw out a fact that there are more US Weekly subscribers out there than the New Yorker and The Economist combined.

I said to Mark, “What if you are the kind of person who subscribes to both?”

“Well, then your just weird.”

Guess I’m weird! Although I do not get US Weekly in the mail currently, I have in the past and I enjoy every second of it. I do get the New Yorker currently. And there’s no way in hell I can afford a subscription to teh Economist, although I do grab it off the newsstands now and again.

Cheap!Cheap!Cheap! ELF Cosmetics!

E.L.F. Cosmetics!

(Eyes, Lips, Face!)

Can you say $1?

Thank you Karen for the heads up!

Eats, Shoots and Leaves

PUNCTUATION Game?

Gulp. I am only a…42% STICKLER!

Albright-Knox

I know, I know

“Exhibition and installation information is subject to change. If you are planning on making a visit to the Gallery to see a specific work of art, please call first to avoid disappointment.”

But, I miss seeing my favorite painting.

And I always enjoy these as well.

Mind you, I do like a lot of other things too…like these…(click on image for larger picture!)

But seriously, please PLLLLLLLEEEEEAAAASE bring back out my Kandinsky. He who made me love modern art. Thank you.

LOVE these two pics from tonight by the way…

So far…

I have managed to um, eat more dessert for my birthday! I met Erin at the Cheesecake Factory today!

(As in order to go cheesecake and head upstairs to the food court to eat it up. Yum!)

Erin ordered Key Lime Cheesecake.

I ordered Crazy Carrot CakeCheesecake and Pineapple Upside Down Cheesecake (couldn’t decide!)

Oh yeah, they are as good as they look

Of course the traffic to get to and from the damn place was insane.

But I did smile finding out that BUFFALO IS GETTING A SEPHORA!!! HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS YET?

Woo hoooooo!

Now I am off to dindin with my dearest and most likely headed over to the Gala at the Gallery.  Much to blog about, later.

Yes, I want the motherfucker to die. But not on my birthday. Gee whiz. All I wanted was snow…now I might get the blood of a ruthless dictator instead, forever on the 29th of December the news reports will discuss this historic anniversary.

Yes, I want the motherfucker to die. But not on my birthday. Gee whiz. All I wanted was snow…now I might get the blood of a ruthless dictator instead, forever on the 29th of December the news reports will discuss this historic anniversary.

Thank you! :)

A few glimpses of e-cards I found this morning waiting for me!