Belated Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving all!

I am thankful for:
Chris and Chris getting fired from the ship, so that this could happen:

Chocolate and Music

(I simply remember my favorite things)

I made truffles today, and they turned out so well and pretty that I had to take a picture of them:

Also, this song is one I love recently. It's glorious. So go listen to it.

Snow!

Two posts in two days? Unthinkable! But today marks the first snow of the year, and I always think thats a big deal. The times I miss my Maryland childhood the most are summer when its perfect for sailing, and this day: the first snow. Because no matter how much a pain in the butt snow is to a working adult, I can't help but get excited when I wake up and see the white sky outside and run to the window to see if there is any snow on the ground.  If I was a kid at home, Dad would've gotten the sleds down from the attic last night, and we would've turned our pajamas around backwards to help things along.

Then we'd go out and play in the snow.

What would we do? Play. What an odd concept that is nowadays. No one ever goes outside just to run around. It has to be justified as exercise. Or maybe, in the future, playing with the kids. But, never just playing for the sake of playing.

I doubt this snow will stay around very long. But next snow... I'm gonna play.
(and then I'm gonna come inside and drink a lot of hot chocolate with marshmallows)

Life update.

So I havent written a good, honest post in a while, to let people know how I'm doing. Just pictures, mostly, and events, no thoughts really.

School is going fine. (for a real school update, see my other blog: littleluthier.blogspot.com)

I have quit my bakery job. I wasnt getting enough hours, and even when I was getting enough hours, I was working harder than it was worth the money to do it. Even with the sudden end to meager, yet steady, money, it is still a load of stress off my back, more than I had even realized was there. Now I have time to work on violins. I have to say I really enjoy being able to do what I love for money. I realize how lucky I am.
I also realize that I am the sort of person who works best with deadlines. So I make them for myself. And to-do lists. I love to-do lists. Sometimes I put things on the list just to be able to check them off. (eat a piece of yummy chocolate. check! take out trash. check! win 500000000 dollars in the lottery. che- hmmmm..)

To-do lists are great for everyday life, but it's not as great for planning the future.
My future to-do list looks something like this:
     - Graduate MSCST.
     - Move back to Nashville.
     - Live Happily Ever After.

So, there are a lot of little sub-categories of those three things that keep changing on me (mostly just that third one), and it's a constant struggle to rearrange, re-adapt, rebeokwithhowthingsare.

In the meantime, I have recently bought myself a good winter coat and boots, so now I am prepared for the winter ahead, (snow in the forecast for tomorrow!) and a possible move to alaska in a few years.

Also, I'm looking forward to cooking my first Thanksgiving dinner in two weeks (any suggestions/recipe ideas?) and seeing my Love again (first time in three months).

Back to our regularly scheduled program

So, no one loves Duy Huynh apparently, but maybe a picture of me as a zombie will garner some comments:

the makeup

the boys

the girls

the turkey leg

Zombie Pub Crawl last month.

More love.

I recently discovered the art of Duy Huynh. I love everything he does, but these are a couple of my favorites:

Homesick Traveler

The Solo

Nevermind the Rain

Freedom