Next Week...

Next week is not Christmas.

It is not New Year's.

Next week is next week, it is 2010, and I do not have anywhere to go, any family to see, or any houseguests coming to celebrate with us. I do not have work. I do not have cakes to make. Next week is wide open.

So, next week. I'll see you then. With Christmas recaps and contemplative New Year posts, and pictures galore.

Until then, have a safe and happy New Year's Eve, and only the best in 2010.
Love to you all!

Hi.
I missed you too.
I was busy.
I went to a ballgame.
We had really good seats.
(That's why I'm smiling so big)





See?
*Really* good seats.
It was Senior Day even.
And despite the lackluster performance, my beloved Vols pulled out a win. And I stayed up too late.
The next night, more friends blew through town for just one night. We met them out for drinks and Tall Paul. Matt played guitar, and I didn't go to bed til 1 AM. Did I mention I was getting up at 5?




Then I worked 30 hours in two days. Thanksgiving, in case you didn't know, is a big holiday where baked goods are concerned. Huge, in fact. So huge that I spent 17 1/2 hours at work Tuesday, icing somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 cakes, 150 cookies, and 100 or so cupcakes. Guess what my family did NOT eat on Thanksgiving?! If you guessed anything that involved icing, you get the prize! (The prize also does not involve icing.)

So, yeah. Work. Thanksgiving. Football. Oh, and a little Christmas decorating to boot. Pictures of that to come later, I promise :) Meanwhile, there's a couple dozen new cake pictures over on Flickr. Hope you all had an excellent November. Now bring on Christmas...