Red.
Green.
December.
Year’s End.
New Beginning.
Christmas lights.
Learning new things.
Good communication.
Problem solving with Joe.
Spending time with my kids.
Being kindly, gently surprised.
My cat, Bas, purring by my head.
Being prepared for upcoming events.
The quiet right before the alarm buzzes.
The look of snow when it’s not on my street.
Warm under the covers in a slightly cold house.
Tall shopping bags to carry tall [...]

Kids, one of which was sick.

Made pickles, yet to be tasted and judged.

Made lip gloss/chap stick (depending on if you are my son or my daughter…it’s actually the same recipe), turned out good this year.

Created Snowflake(and an occasional mutated car or Mohawk dude)Ornaments this year using toothpicks stuck into foam balls, spray painted white and [...]

or at least I’m awake…ok? I ate bad food, expelled it and slept for 24 hours straight. But that was yesterday.
I’m not a Republican. I’m not a Democrat. I think it’s fair game to make fun of them all with the same amount of gusto.
Along those lines, Bush has said some really funny things [...]

Along the lines of finding out more about religion in general and Mormonism specifically, I recently read Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer. The LDS church seems to be up in arms about the book. You can read their official response here and some more reviews here.
Although I found the book fascinating, [...]