Debby has a really nice post about how you can help out animal shelters and rescue organizations in your city.
Hopefully the City of Minneapolis has finally plowed our alley so I can make it to work this morning. It’s a good thing I took yesterday off, because I couldn’t have made it in to work! I spent a quiet and relaxing day recuperating from the festivities (Christmas Eve at my brother and SIL’s, then Christmas Day at Jeanne and Michael’s) and looking forward to this weekend’s festivities.
Reading Update
Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep. The book before Hot Mama – amusing chick lit about superheroes.
The Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nichols. Three friends on a Maine island discover that they have witchy powers.
Morrigan’s Cross: Book One of the Circle Trilogy by Nora Roberts. This is a well-written sword’n’sorcery’n’vampire novel, set in twelth-century and modern day Ireland. I’m already waiting for the rest of the trilogy to be available at my library. I liked this much better than Divine Evil.
Killer Insight: A Psychic Eye Mystery by Victoria Laurie. I continue to be surprised by the whole “niche mystery” phenomenon!
A Bite to Remember: Argeneau Vampires, Book 5 by Lynsay Sands. Romance/mystery/vampires – this book has it all and is actually a decent read. Unsurprisingly, I haven’t read the previous four books yet.
Territory by Emma Bull. Besides making boisterous Celtic music as part of The Flash Girls, Emma Bull writes some damned good urban fantasy – her novel War for the Oaks is one of my favorites (and not just because parts of it takes place in my neighborhood!). In Territory, Bull heads back to Tombstone, Arizona, in the days of the Earps and Doc Holliday and adds a bit of sorcery to liven things up.
Holiday Cuteness
WendyG sent me the cutest knitting S’Mores ornament! Thanks, Wendy!
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
*sniff sniff sniff* -Mayhem
“Well, big kitty – what do you think?” -Mayhem
“This is a tricky one, May. It looks like food, but it sure doesn’t smell like food.” -Chaos
“May, why don’t you take a little taste, just to see what’s up?” -Chaos
“Are you sure I won’t break a fang on this very unyarny yarn?!” -Mayhem
“Help! Help!” -Marshmallow Snowman
The ornament was quickly rescued!
He just had to give it the ol’ kitty test! New things must pass muster.
How did I miss that Nora Roberts trilogy! Never mind, found it at E books and downloaded it immediately 🙂
OMG the s’more is toooooo cute!!
I just had the weirdest impulse to photoshop the snowman’s smile into a frightened “O”
Knitting marshmallow snowman! Too funny.
Trek, you totally should photoshop that…..
That’s a LOT of snow! It sounds beautiful. All of Chicago’s snow melted last weekend, which was a disappointment for me, but it did make holiday travel quite easy.
I’d like to see you make a Mr. Bil movie with the kitties. heh.
Oh my that’s a lot of snow – can you send a bit our way? That is a very cute ornament – now I feel hungry!!
Gluten-free graham cracker??
Chris- He could almost be a “Mr. Bill” marshmallow- which was one of the sickest things SNL ever did. And I love it!
It’s snowing here now, just so you know.
OH NO too early in the day for an Oliver reference. Thanks now I have that earworm to keep me entertained at work today. I’ll take some of the snow too please!
s’mores ornament is adorable.
glad it was rescued from curious kitties 🙂
glad you liked those other Nora Roberts – she’s written some fabulous series.
Sheesh, with all the vampire stuff you read you probably have blood pudding for breakfast!
I LOVED War of the Oaks! It took me back to my 20s in the 70s when my friends and I owned the night in south Mpls — skinny dipping at Hidden Beach on Cedar Lake, eating breakfast at 4 am at the 26th & Hennepin Embers to watch the weirdos (and finding that everyone was watching us, what was that all about?), and watching the sun come up over the river. We never encountered any of the majikal stuff that was in the book, though. Or maybe we just weren’t looking carefully enough…
I absolutely love the marshmellow knitting smore, that is adorable.
I think the cats were trying to re engineer the toboggan to cut down on some of the drag. of course having a gigantic cylindrical head isn’t helping either
I’ve seen a lot of the s’more ornaments, but never a knitting one. I love it!
Ah! That ornament is ADORABLE!
What a cute ornament! I’ve never seen the like. I love that he’s knitting!
Territory sounds like a good read.
So it’s a good thing you can make it to work? Other than the ability to buy cat food & yarn? Good thing then.
Cute knitting snowman.
What a cute ornament!!! Have you seen my new koala ornament? It was last seen on the floor between Chief and Bert. There was no rescue for him. Here Koala…..Here boy…….
I love that ornament! I’d put it on my tree and then set up a hidden camera to capture Oliver and Julia trying to eat it. 😉
That is such a cute ornament!
I love the s’mores ornament! Feel free to send some of your snow down here. We’re just had buckets of rain.
Well — we’re getting more snow tomorrow (you are too) and we’re leaving early to drive up there. Please try to hold off the new snow until later afternoon, ‘K? So far I’ve been lucky…Evangeline & Lilliane haven’t bothered the tree. But none of our ornaments look like food. I hope the weather’s nice on Saturday, I’d love to try to talk the DH into allowing a yarn crawl. Any recommendations? (I’ve only visited the Yarnery).
I love the s’more ornaments and I’ve never seen the knitting one. Too cute! And those kitty escapades are always hilarious. 🙂
Thank you for getting the word out to help the shelters! I hope some get some unexpected donations in the next few weeks.
I also hope you got your car dug out of all that snow!