i LOVE the holidays. i LOVE to keep busy. this is what i did this week:

i baked 2 batches of cookies (peanut butter kiss drop cookies, paula deen's snowflake cookie cut in different shapes, YUM), creme brulee pie (sorta yum), roasted a roast, made a bunch of sides, went out with friends and family, and mainly sad in front of the computer chatting with paul.

unfortunately today was a communication blackout day. of course he wouldn't tell me what it was about and i didn't care to ask. it was good that i was especially busy today because otherwise i would have sat in front of the computer all day... so it all started with pho with paul's dad, julie, and john. lynn came over and we made a creme brulee pie (store was out of heavy cream but we improvised... :P) and paula deen's snowflake sugar cookies, which came out WONDERFUL (i LOVE baking cookies!) between all that i went out to dinner with shyam and jill. gajamoc was fun, it was pretty good although i make okonomiyaki differently at home.

thanks family and friends for making this christmas a good one despite the situation i am in. i am truly blessed!