Thanksgiving break thus far

Dreary November weather.

Cold, cloudy, rainy, wind sweeping over the plains like we live in OK.

I have spent way too many hours planted in front of my computer trying to drag out a paper. Homework on breaks is not good. No motivation plus no time constraints=much wasted time and mental agony.

Drinking several giant mugs of tea every day to combat dreariness and chills.

We have 25 boxes of tea at my house, I counted. Very nice.

I have started running again, and have discovered that I am very slow now.

The days are blurring together.

Today is for baking.

ways to wreck a turkey cake

My sister introduced me to the HILARIOUS blog Cake Wrecks, which features hideous and alarming cakes-gone-wrong. They do special features for all seasons! (veteran's day was good...)

Here are some of their recent posts on "top ways to wreck a turkey cake"

-"by sketching out your next art car for Burning Man"

-"by confusing turkey with Demon Snuffleufagus...from Rio"

-"by anthropomorphizing a mushroom cloud"

-"by angering the Tiki gods"

all credits to cakewrecks.blogspot.com

go there for more laughs!!!

home again, home again

I made it back to Illinois!

right before dark.

I definitely miss the cornfield skies; mountains are amazing too but they obstruct sunset colors!!!

p.s. books on tape are AMAZING

I actually had so much fun chilling in my car all day, getting wrapped up into the characters :)