Awesome snow

The reservoir looking south towards midtown...can you see the Empire State Building?  It's there, I promise, look closer.
We went to Riverside while the snow was falling- so, so, so beautiful.  This is my absolute favorite thing in the city.  Everything is magically white and so quiet.

School started this week and so far has not been too taxing.  I am taking pretty relaxed classes- more music making, less writing.  This coming week I start student teaching in earnest and will be up and out of the house at 7:00am- yikes.

The Cutest Dog in the Whole World

I washed all his blankets and toys today. Now I just need to wash him... But he is too sleepy and it is too salty out. It snowed again this morning- so pretty!

What did you do over break?

I knit a lot. Three pairs of legwarmers are on needles. A pair of wedding washcloths. Socks for all of Mr.'s family. A hat, scarf, and neckwarmer for North Carolinians. Now that I have started, I have to finish before school starts.
Also lots of cooking. These are shrimp tacos...yummmmmm. Also made a new recipe: Chorizo and Garbanzo Bean Stew.
This is my new favorite thing: Refrigerator cake. It is just wafer cookies and layers of whipped cream (and raspberries, duh). Leave in the fridge for awhile and it is...cake. So easy, so easy to eat. The processed nature of the cookies is offset by the organic cream and berries.
More guitar hero...See how concerned M. looks?

Back

NYC had a blizzard before we went down south. While we were there it was strangely warm- 65 degrees...and it has always been that way when we visit at the holidays. Then we came home and it was snowing again! But it didn't stick..


Look what was waiting for us!!! Woohoo! I love this game- it is such a riot. My buddy S. was ready to rock. But last night we had C. and J. over. J. had been calling Guitar Hero lame, cause he had never played it. After a few tracks he was converted.

Getting and Giving

We went to visit Mr.'s family in North Carolina for the holidays. It was really relaxing. Mr. helped his mom get his dad a new laptop with wi-fi internet- very exciting.
Aren't they so cute?
We consequentially spent a lot of time in our jammies, helping to get all the new technology set up, so we don't have very many pics. Sparks had a good time- waking us up and the crack of dawn to go out and play with his cousin Diesel (D.'s, Mr.'s sis, boxer pooch). We did some cooking and I knit a lot. I made three pairs of socks as gifts and now Mr. wants his own pair...