NEW LIFE

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New change of pace. New blog:

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Thankful

Thankful for another successful Thanksgiving.

It's nice to see family that I haven't seen in so long, and it was nice to be able to prepare some food for everyone to enjoy and take home.

Thanks to Martha, I successfully created my own signature cranberry sauce, honeyed walnuts. And more.

Yum.


Also, thanks to Black Friday (btw, have you ever realized that you feel like wanting to purchase more if someone you're shopping with is buying a lot of stuff? I do. I'm a psychological mess.) I have accumulated more nice DVDs. However, that's not where my shopping adventures will end! Thank you Internet. Thank you.

Thanks to the cookies enabled on my computer that lets my shopping carts remember what I've put inside. Yay!

Thanks for reading.

Harry Potter!

Watched Harry Potter today with the great Stephanie. Mark my words, Harry Potter movie haters, I really believe that part I was a pretty decent film adaptation. As Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a big chunky book with lots of amazing detail, it must have been really difficult to capture the same spirit in movie form. Like the book, the movie was full of action when it called for it and built tension for the next installment.

However, I do have some problems with some parts that the film left out (spoiler alert):

Letting Go

Thanks xkcd -- so true, so true.

You've Gotta Have Faith

Just a comment on life: sometimes it's terrifying to put your fate into the hands of other people. But, more often than not, you cannot do things by yourself.

It's best to trust that the people who have agreed to support you will follow through with their promises. It's so not worth it to worry about their reliability -- you have no idea what they're capable of.

I just have to remind myself about this time and time again. Being an only child makes me feel strongly independent, but somewhat skeptical of other people. It is an attitude that I must change.

I'm going to participate in this...

This Holiday Season

My goal is to be a little bit more domesticated.

I'm going to make crafts! Yes, crafts out of pine cones. And, I shall bake something. Yes, I said bake. In the oven.

Lately I've been spending lots of time on Martha Stewart's website and, as much as I've complained about being a domestic goddess in the past, I want her skills to rub off on me. Why can't I create beauty out of every day household objects? Why can't I make anything edible from scratch?

Challenge accepted.