Life Today

In my kitchen:

• Cranberry Cornmeal Biscotti
• Trader Joe's Panettone
• Liberally Decorated Sugar Cookies
• Cinnamon Bread

On my nightstand:

• Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
• Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Seams To Me by Anna Maria Horner
• Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.

On my to-do list:

• so many thank you notes
• so many birth announcements (it's not too late, right? She's only ten weeks old...)
• wrap, wrap, wrap

On my mind:

• my brother spending his second consecutive Christmas in Iraq
• anyone in the Seattle area who is without shelter in this bitter cold weather
• friends spending their first Christmas away from loved ones, in a foreign country, where Christmas is not celebrated