Happy Easter!

Holidays I should have off….

It is cold as freakin’ balls here today. My apartment was so cold, I could not get out of bed. I stayed in bed an hour late. oops, but my boss never comes in before 10 so I knew I was ok.

Then the streets are totally deserted…for a second, I thought the Cloverfield monster was doing it’s thang.

Finally, I just realized I forgot to put eye makeup on, which means I look like a psycho because my eyelashes are naturally different colors so it looks like i put mascara on one eye and not the other.

sigh. MONDAY.

Oh yeah, Go Giants!

PS today is supposedly the most depressing day of the year? What’s the story there?

One of these is not like the others

I should have taken the day off…

Happy New Year!

Sydney 2008

The Final Christmas Count

• 2 Snow Storms in Denver- approx 10 inches total
• 1 DVD player
• 20 dozen tamales made by my parents and I in preparation for our Holiday Party
• 2 huge dinner at my aunts house- traditional Italian and then Beef Wellington
• 1 High Tea at the Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder
• 1 night out in LoDo- damn it’s hard to find a cab
• 1 long walk up Colfax Ave in my red high heels with James b/c my Dad forgot his cell phone and couldn’t come get us. No, I’m not a hooker!
• 75- the number of times people asked about my cats…sigh
• 0 trips to the mall- yay!
• 1 hour with my friend’s adorable little baby, Haley. Tick, tock, tick tock. KIDDING
• 10 the number of times it took to get my nephew’s Slinky to go down my dad’s stairs properly.
• 1 grandpa, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, 3 cousins, 2 dads, 1 mom, 1 brother, 1 brother’s girlfriend and two nephews (and that was a small gathering for us!)

FUN TIMES

Christmas in Colorado

Chex Mix

Christmas TreeNativity Set- this year I got cats, uh oh!CousinsThe Nephews- otherwise known as Optimus Prime and the Red Power Ranger

Secret Santa

I got a little crafty this year. The $50 minimum meant that I couldn’t get a nice jewelry box….so I went with the trusty Michael’s approach. A plain wooden box some gold leaf and metallic leafing materials and I was all set…

The finished product

and here it is!

SO SCARY and WEIRD
How does that say Happy Holidays?!

The tour begins

This is in an atrium off of Park Ave. I don’t normally walk through buildings on my way to work, but it was for a good cause.

Now here comes the candy factory as referenced earlier….

Candy Canes CookiesEek! So creepy and not even the scary mole man thing…that is still to come…

Random holiday decorations

Midtown is a melange (big word!) of “holiday decorations” this time of year. We’ve got the obvious Christmas Decorations, the mixture of “Christmas” and “Hanukkah” decorations, such as my office which has huge wreaths in a Christmas motif then small trees decorated in blue and gold.

But then we get the buildings that don’t want to offend anyone so they are more winter themed as opposed to holiday themed. On Park Ave, there is an animatronic candy shop complete with gingerbread cookies and striped aprons on the creepy little dolls.

The building next to me takes it to a whole new level though…creepy Madame Alexander-esqe dolls of every race and creed ice skating on frozen ponds, amidst the cotton ball snow drifts. What is the real kicker though is the smattering of gopher holes around each pond. Expecting a cute fuzzy animal to provide some cheer? Oh no. What you get is a creepy bearded man/mole type of thing that pops in and out of its hole. Hands down the most disturbing decorations I’ve seen in my years here. Pictures to follow….