Happy New Year!

My first resolution: to get back into blogging more frequently.

We had one heck of a snowstorm here in Portland the week before Christmas, with the aftermath lasting through the weekend after Christmas. It was quite unusual. First it was ice, then snow, then some freezing rain and more snow for good measure. My office closed early a couple of the days and didn't open at all one day. Marc got to be my taxi driver on the days I did work so that he could have the Xterra during the day. My poor Civic sat on the street covered in snow for a couple weeks before I was able to drive it again (finally) this week. It only took a day to wash all the pretty snow away after it started raining, so now we're back to more traditional winter weather.

We were cat sitting for Pete and Courtney's cats while they visited Colorado for the holiday (once their flight was finally able to get out of town), and that put us really close to Grandpa's old house. We stopped by to see what progress the Park people have made--and it was weird. The garage, house, and driveway are all gone, along with some of the trees and a lot of the shrubbery from the back of the house. It made it hard to judge where things used to be. And it was sad.

It was also sad to hear from my mom that my grandma (her mom) died on the 28th. It's when things like that happen that it really sucks being so far away. Goodbye, grandma. I love you, and I'll still think about you often.

We went over to Jocelyn and Neil's house for NYE last night. We had a good time playing Guitar Hero and discovering our "Wii age" on the Wii Fit. And the food! There was soooo much food. I left feeling like an overstuffed whale.

Speaking of food, Marc has quite the hobby going right now. He's turned into a baker! From pumpkin bread pudding to apple cranberry cake to pumpkin butterscotch cookies to turkey meatloaf with bacon and cheese to lemon olive oil cookies to apple crisp... every day it seems like I come home to a different treat! We owe a lot of this to Joy the Baker's web site, which also aided me in making peanut butter fudge krispy treats (YUM!!) and pumpkin pie bars. I think it's so inspiring as a site because the pictures make all her food look so incredible. So, yeah, we've been eating well lately. Now I need to start thinking about getting back into a running routine. Blah.

Happy New Year to you! May the coming year bring you happiness, laughter, and plenty of good memories.