As Promised...

How I Spent My Mid-Winter Vacation

I decided that I’ll have to break up the Hawaii report into a couple of entries. It was just too amazing to handle in one posting.

(Disclaimer: I'm not being compensated by Wehrli World Travel, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Marriott Hotels, Polynesian Travel or the State of Hawaii. I'm just telling you what we did)

I had one wonderful trip to Aloha-Land. I went to The Parents’ house for a couple of days before the trip, and we flew directly from Chicago to Honolulu. We left this (those aren't clouds-- it's snow, y'all):














And arrived to this:

Having a Great Travel Agent- Priceless
Our wonderful travel agent, Sue, did a great job of setting everything up. While I really enjoy doing it all myself, it was great to not have to worry about the little things like schlepping our luggage, worrying about how to get to hotel and ship etc. The Parents are in their 80’s, and I’m no spring chicken, so having the transfers, hotel etc packaged with the cruise et al made life much easier.

Sue is in the Chicagoland area. If you’re in the market for travel planning, I can highly recommend her. I don’t know if she does long-distance services, but with telephones and email, you might drop her an email or give her a call. The Parents have used her services for years, and have never been disappointed.)

Why a Cruise in Hawaii?

There are a bunch of islands, and if you want to see several of them, you have a couple of options. You can fly from island to island, or you can visit on a cruise ship. On the one hand, pack, fly, check into hotel, unpack, pack, check out of hotel, fly, check into hotel, unpack— rinse and repeat as needed. You get the picture.

On the other hand, board ship, unpack, pack, travel around, leave ship and fly home. Meals are included, and it ends up being a lot less stressful.

Advantage= cruise.

About the CruiseLine

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL America division) is the only cruiseline that has US flagged ships (Pride of America, Pride of Hawaii and Pride of Aloha). These three ships can stay in the Hawaiian islands without having to go to a foreign port. If you are planning to cruise in Hawaii, and you want to go to another island in the Pacific, there are other NCL and ships from other lines that do that, and it adds a couple of days (and a few dollars) to your trip. But if you want maximum time in Hawaii, and fewer at-sea days, then the NCL America ships are the way to go.


Thursday: It’s an 8 hour flight from Chicago to Honolulu. We flew on United. When I printed our boarding passes, it showed a full flight. Apparently they blocked a bunch of the seats, because we weren’t more than 2/3 full. It was great to be able to stretch out for that long flight. We were met at the airport and transported to the Marriott Waikiki Beach. Norwegian Cruise Line has an office in the hotel, and we were pre-boarded for the cruise as soon as we arrived. This is huge. Norwegian also has pre-briefings on land excursions if you get to Honolulu a day or so early. We were pretty tired, so after dinner we hit the sack. Here's the view from the balcony of our room:


















Friday: A bus picked us up to take us to breakfast and a briefing about shore excursions. I had my doubts about the value of this, figuring they wanted to sell us something—which they did, but it was really valuable; time well spent in planning our time in Hawaii. We took an afternoon bus to the Polynesian Cultural Center. It’s quite an interesting place.

It’s run by Brigham Young Hawaii Campus, and students from all the islands demonstrate aspects of their culture including traditions, crafts, dances and music (and food). It’s sort of work/study, and the admission fees cover tuition.


A word about Shore Excursions

In Hawaii, the ports are not where the action (or the beautiful scenery) is. Unless you want to stay on the ship (not a bad option if you want to relax and enjoy the ship-- something to be said for that) or visit the numerous tourist shops that seem to crop up near the ports, you’ll want to get out into the island. You can certainly do a lot of these on your own. Rental cars are available, and it will cost less. The disadvantages are that you don’t get the information you’d get from the tourguides—who with one exception were terrific. You also have to focus on driving, and will miss some of the always spectacular landscape. The other possible disadvantage is that the ships sail on schedule—although they’ll wait for late returners IF you’re on one of their tours.

The disadvantage to shore excursions is that they are a bit pricey (although I consider it money well spent), you may visit more macadamia nut and coffee farms than you care to, and some of the knee space is not great.

Saturday: We were up at the crack of dawn. We left our luggage in the room (it was picked up and magically appeared at our stateroom) and boarded a bus for the Arizona Memorial.


As a Navy veteran, it was very moving to me. This is the stack of the Arizona. You can still see drops of fuel oil that come up to the surface. It's hard to talk without choking up when I think of it.

After the Arizona, we had a little tour around the Honolulu area, including a trip to Peli—VERY WINDY up there.

Then to the ship:


We boarded the ship, and our statroom was amazing. The Parents had a room with a king-sized bed (two singles put together).


I had a sitting room with a window, and a seat that folded out to a bed.
When the bed was opened, it took up the entire room, which was just fine with me. There was a living room area with another couch that folded out.
And then there was our balcony. We were on the port side completely aft, and our balcony curved around our room. (Pictures of that maybe tomorrow). We were underway at 8 pm.



Sunday: Hilo. An early rising, and then on a bus to Volcano National Park.


It was like looking at a moonscape—rocks, lava, and then there were the steam vents and sulfur pools. These are still active—having erupted in 1984.


And then to Rainbow Falls.


We got underway that evening, and sailed past Kiluea where lava continues to flow into the ocean.



That orange stuff is lava.

Aloha

I'm back from Hawaii-- and a bit tired. I don't want to mess up The Parents' computer with my hundreds of pictures, so I'll catch up with you in a couple of days.

It was a wonderful trip. And most wonderful to spend time with Mom & Dad all to myself.

We left with rainbows. We returned to snow.

These are a few of my favorite things....

Holy Cow!!! Am I Lucky or What???

So I'm at work Sunday night, and everyone's in a big panic about all the weather that's supposed to arrive in the greater DC area on Monday night going into Tuesday. The Nurse is supposed to fly to Chicago on Tuesday morning in prep for the trip to

So I'm in a dilemna-- Do I stay--or--Do I go???

I made the decision to try and switch my flight from Tues morning to Monday night.

Remember-- I'm coming off a night shift.

Hmm. I can sleep from 9 to noon-30, pack, and The Husband can take me to Dulles.

-OR- I can sleep, stay up as late as I want, pack, and try my luck on Tuesday.

Hmmmm.....

I think I'll play it safe. Worst case, I guarantee DC zero snow, just because I left early.

So-- 8:30 p.m. flight on Monday. 10 passengers on the plane. They couldn't cancel, because it continued from Midway to Las Vegas.

I woke up this morning to this.

Bear (go Bears!) in mind, this is Chicago, and they're used to this stuff.

I guess I'm lucky.

Gettin' So Excited...

For a lot of reasons.

1. Yes, that's snow you're seein' there. Finally. I was up at 4 this am, and looked out the front door, and what to my wondering eyes should appear.... It's about bleepin' time!!!!

2.

Yep, you're right again. That'd be me (with re-redded and just-cut hair== thank you Gail) at the FedEx. And That'd be the bleepin' article on it's bleepin' way to the bleepin' journal. I won't have to b**ch and moan about it any more. My friends and coworkers won't have to listen to me b**ch and moan about it any more. I have my life back. Sort of. Until the next revision.

3. After hitting the FedEx, I was able to spend a short bit of time at The Shop. Got to do a bit of knitting, a bit of catching up, and got to see some of the amazing new yarns that Holly and Aimee have procured for us, the Irregulars and for our at-the-shop friends we haven't met yet.


4. This is the REALLY big deal. I was supposed to be spending time this week (before the bleepin' article got so bleepin' out of hand) getting ready to go here with The Parents. We'll be living here


Our room's not too shabby:









I really need a break. And I'm so grateful that I'm getting this one. With my parents. All to myself. I am so blessed.

And I've got some packing to do.

Sorry, Can't Talk Now

Final angsty writing throes.

The 30th reference needs to become the 5th.

FedEx tomorrow or DIE!!!!

Back in The World

My editor gave me a brief pass on being late on deadline, so I decided to give myself a break. I'm about 90% done with my final edit and I figure I need about another 6 hours or so to get it finalized for the FedEx. So, The Husband and I decided to head to Blacksburg for the weekend to see The Daughter.

Nice break-- I knit on the Lizard Ridge shawl for nearly the entire trip down, and made some pretty good progress.
While we were driving I kept seeing things that reminded me of ridges:
Wonderful, of course, as always, to see The Daughter. I won't get an opportunity to see her again for awhile, since I'm away in a couple of weeks, and hopefully she'll be very busy with her pep band duties (wink, wink--don't wanna jinx 'em) during break.



I forgot how much "fun" it is to live in a pseudo-college dorm situation. In our case, our condo is in a primarily student-occupied area. The neighbor kids apparently had quite the good time Saturday night, and we were treated to LOUD yelling, knockin' on their door, and the like. At 3:45 am. My first move this morning was to check the entryway to make sure there were no frozen college students out there. Ah yes, those were the days.....

I stopped by my home away from my home away from home (Mosaic)--My home away from home is, and always will be KnitHappens) and saw Mimi. She and her little cronies at the Blacksburg house of yarn are also working on Lizard Ridge projects-- most lovely. I would have liked to spend more time there, but there was basketball to watch.

OK, Already-- Blogger-- I give up!!!! I was trying to put in a link to a very nice banner I found at hokiesports.com that tells you that Virginia Tech is currently in first place in Men's Basketball in the ACC. This is because a) The Hokies beat Georgia Tech yesterday and b) Duke beat Boston College, bumping them out of first place. A picture tells a thousand (or a hundred or so) words, and it would have been more fun to see than reading this, but there you are.

And then the trip back-- mostly in the dark, so precious little knitting was accomplished.

And now to finish the bleepin' article and make it go away.

I Haven't Died-- Yet

I'm just in final edit hell. I hope to rejoin the human race sometime this weekend.

That is all.

Hap-py New Year!!!

Even though we're already almost 2 weeks into 2007.

It's been a rather wacky couple of weeks while SEEkING SAkNITY...

The Husband picked me up after work (that would be 7:30 p.m.) on Dec 28, and we drove to Blacksburg (yes, it's about 4-1/2 hours). We spent the night at the apartment, then departed the next day for Atlanta for the Chik-Fil-A Bowl.


The whole Atlanta experience was fun. We joined a lot of other Hokies fans at Hard Rock Cafe for some pre-game excitement.

We went to the parade. So many bands. So many cows.


We even found a friend for Maeve's pooch Abbie.


Hokie Bird had a great time:
One of the neatest things to experience was the Hokie Nation following the Marching Virginians to Fan Fest.
Imagine thousands-- really! Thousands-- of football fanatics in maroon and orange joining in the parade. It was awesome!



We ran in to friends from home, drank some beer, and watched some football. Our seats were spectacular, and the first half of the game was great fun to watch.

The final results were not terrific. We rather got our butts handed to us, but overall, the trip was well worth it.

The morning after the game we left for Chicagoland for New Years' Eve. Wonderful timing that we have, we went through Nashville just before the Titans footbal game started. For those who may not know, the stadium is just off the main highway that runs through Nashville. You get my point.

I KNOW how long Illinois is. I've driven it many times. But every time I travel through those hundreds of miles of cornfields, it reminds me that there is room to breathe in our fair nation. (The Husband and I wryly commented a number of times about how many townhouses and strip malls the Washington area developers could cram onto those thousands of acres of God's country.)

Spending time with my family is always important to me. We have a great time together, and it's always difficult for me to leave.

Our journeys totaled 36 hours of driving time during a very busy week. Much of that was in daylight, so I was able to knit. Hurrah!! I finished the casserole mitts. I wasn't as happy with them as I hoped I'd be. They didn't felt as thickly as I'd like. If I make a similar item, I'll probably double the yarn. Mom is going to re-felt them and see if they don't shrink and thicken up a bit more.

I made great progress on starting this:

I'd been intrigued by the lovely Lizard Ridge afghans I've seen, including this one by Katie. (scroll down past the beautiful sweater.)

I've had 10 balls of Noro Kureyon in stash for a very long time, and could never quite figure out what to do with it. I found it rather intimidating on the ball, since the colors are somewhat vibrant, and the irregular thickness of the yarn made it difficult for me to visualize the outcome. Of course, I could have just knit some up to see what happened, but sometimes I just don't feel like venturing out there all by myself.

An afghan requires 20 balls, and while I could have gotten 10 more balls of another colorway and alternated or made strips, I decided to make a shawl. I just love the bumps. The pattern instructions say that the bumps will flatten when blocked-- but hey, I think I'll miss them!!!

We returned home to, of course, work. 5 nights in a row for me.

Got off work Wednesday morning, slept all day, and then hit Late Night. Steph and I were both off night shifts and, I must say, a bit foggy. (If you look closely at my Lizard Ridge above, you may notice that the top row of bumps is not offset from the one below. Needless to say, I paid more attention to talking and listening, and less to what I was doing. Also needless to say, there was subsequent froggage and now I proceed.)

I've REALLY missed my friends at the shop. We had quite a crowd (Sorry about no links-- I'm tired, and I need to wrap this up.)-- Maeve, Holly, Nikki, Niki, Elsbeth, Steph, Carolina, Dani, a new friend, Troy (hey-- she's an EMT-- has a badge and everything!) Aimee, Kelly, Jasmine--- and the beat goes on.

I haven't had time to think too much about the New Year-- intentions, resolutions and the like. The short list is to maintain integrity, serve as a good role model for my children, and try to get a little bit organized (this one is the real challenge).

We'll see how it goes.

Merry Christmas To All

...And to all, a Good Night!

Favorite And Least Favorite...

Christmas movies

(Before I begin, let me give a "shout out" to my buddy Erin, who was woefully neglected in the last post-- my error-- so sorry. Chopped liver, she's not.
Also-- Happy birthday to Aimee, who's just getting better.)


Back to the movies, Let's see--

Favorites....

White Christmas (Bing and Fred)
Holiday Inn (Bing and Fred, again)
It's a Wonderful Life (Jimmy and Donna)
Love, Actually (Hugh, Emma, Colin, Bill, and a boatload of others)
The Christmas Story (Ralphie)
Come to the Stable (Loretta)
Bells of St. Mary's (Bing and Ingrid)
Christmas Vacation (Chevy)
Hardrock and Cocoa and Joe (If you are from Chicago and watched Garfield Goose)
Charlie Brown Christmas

Least favorite..

Hmmmmm..... can't think of any, although there are some cheezy cartoons.

What are yours?

The Hurrieder I Go....

It's been a busy few weeks.

Work presented me with a complicated patient situation that was emotionally and physically draining, but it is completed.

I was able to spend a rare afternoon at The Shop with Holly and Steph to de-stress. I'm not able to do it nearly enough. The "Irregulars" are a group I care about a lot-- and I miss them when I can't hang out with them. (The aforementioned situation kept me at work very late one night and prevented me from attending a gathering that I was really looking forward to-- Why is it that events collide like that?)

I was able to go home to the Midwest for some wonderful time with family, and a very long day of cookie baking.

A bonus was that Dad's birthday was on Friday. It was also the first night of Hannukah.

Although we are not Jewish, we've had latkes on the first night for many, many years. The Daughter asked one year, when she was quite small, if we could celebrate the Feast of Lights, and I thought a modified celebration would be just fine. The Latke connection is through Gramma (Dad's mother), who made the best potato pancakes ever. As years progressed, we were never able to find any that compared, either homemade, purchased, or in a restaurant.

I came to the conclusion that the downfall of the latke was the widespread introduction of the food processor. The potato shreds are shorter and blunter than the hand-shredded ones, so they don't get as crispy around the edges. So I shred them by hand, and although they're not as good as Gramma's, they're not too shabby. And in honor of Dad's favorite dessert, we had strudel from Trader Joe's. Again, nowhere near Gramma's, but a passable (and I must admit, more reliable) alternative.

And so, to the cookies. We do this every year, and come from far and wide to make the cookies that my dear Gramma used to lovingly bake for us. Sister #1 was able to spend time with her to learn the secrets of her success, and as the years have passed, we use technology and make minor adjustments. But the Flaky Cookies, the Bird's nests, the Almond Crescents, the Brownies (these are not your ordinary brownies, believe me!), the cutout butter cookies, the gingerbread cookies-- all from scratch, and all unbelievable. We've added Mexican wedding cakes that Sister #1 perfected, as well as some really fun chocolate and pretzel snacks.
The sisters bake:

the offspring decorate:
(and bake if so inclined-- they're so happy to be together that they spend a lot of the time just hanging out),

the brothers (and Dear Ol' Dad) watch football and old movies and refresh the beverages. And The Parents watch over it all with love and support.

I'm so fortunate to have such a terrific family, and I don't for a moment take it for granted.

Knitting wise-- yes, that's what keeps me sane, right? I've made some progress. I'm working on casserole mitts for sisters, a stocking cap for The Son, socks (always) and have a few other projects in the wings.

Coming Up
I have one day left to get ready for Christmas. Then to work on 21,22 and 23. I'm actually off on Christmas Eve and Christmas, then back to work on 26,27 and 28.

Then off to Blacksburg for the night, and on to Atlanta for The Chik-Fil-A Bowl. (The Siblings have come up with a bunch of other names, since this is a bit different from The Peach Bowl, which is what it used to be. "Boneless Chicken Bowl" "Fried Chunk of Chicken Bowl" -- You get the idea.) From there we go to The Parents for New Years' Eve. And then back again.

I'll have to put together some thoughts on a 2006 retrospective. See you then

Nicely Done, Hokies

A nice win over UVA, and a respectable season. While we lost to Ga Tech and BC, it was pretty good overall. We won't make it to a BCS bowl, but there may be a bit of post-season action.

So what does one do after football season is over? (Yes, I know that there are pro games --- Go Bears---but college ball has a special place in my heart.)

Well, I'll have some weekends free. In my job, we have to work weekends, because people don't get sick on only weekdays. With the football schedule, I've had to work every weekend that wasn't a game. So that means that I may be able to hit The Shop on some Sundays.

I'll also have to spend a big chunk of time doing the final edits on The Article-- yes, the one that I submitted last March-- solicited by the journal, and then escaping into a black hole somewhere. The peer reviews are done, and I've got fixes to make-- all due by Jan 20. If all goes well, it will be published in June. This writing stuff is not for the weak of heart. Hats off to you, Erin!!

I'm spending an extra day in Blacksburg, relaxing a bit before heading back to crazy-land. It's been a busy couple of weeks. I worked a bunch of nights going into Thanksgiving week. And then, since I was also working Wednesday, Thursday (Thanksgiving) and Friday, I recovered a bit on Monday, and then we had our Thanksgiving on Tuesday.

This is the way it works in our family. Since I have to work holidays as well as weekends, we "declare" our holidays for whenever we can do them-- hence, Thanksgiving on Tuesday. It worked out well for The Offspring as well, since they were both able to work on Thanksgiving. (Both have been promoted to "Blue Shirts" at the theater where they work-- I'm such a proud Mama!!!)

Thanksgiving dinner was great-- all the usual foods, including pumpkin pie and lo-carb pumpkin cheesecake made from pumpkin that The Daughter prepared, froze and brought home. They were great. (10 pm phone call the week before: "Mom-- I have this pumpkin. How do I fix it?" She made a pie that we sampled before the Kent State game-- really good.)

The real bonus was that I finally got the dining room cleared out. We actually ate at the dining room table. What a concept. After Christmas, it'll most likely become my home until The Article edits are submitted.

I'm setting up my Blacksburg room as a study for The Daughter, since we won't be here as much for the rest of the school year. The bed will be more like a couch, and I got a table that will be perfect for spreading out books and papers. We put up a small Christmas tree in the living room here-- artificial, which goes against my nature, but a lot more practical since the apartment's small, and the girls won't have to worry about taking it down to avoid needles everywhere (never mention the fire hazard) when they leave for Christmas break.

Well, I've got a boatload of stuff to do before I head back north. No knitting, since I'll be driving, but I'll listen to an audiobook-- such fun.

Catch you later.

Quick Note

Busy, busy time. More to come soon. I've been reading your blogs, but for those of you on typepad, it hasn't been posting comments properly.

Nashville-- Here I Am!

Due to a burp in the registration system for the conference I'm attending, I have the morning free-- so a bit of a blog, and then to the Country Music Hall of Fame that is across the street from my hotel and the Conference Center.

I'm looking at the Ryman Auditorium right now-- original home of the Grand Ol' Opry. I was thinking of trying to get tickets to the Opry last night. Carrie Underwood was playing-- but I opted for barbecue take-out and early bed in the hotel.

So I'm looking forward to several days of interesting sessions-- I'm DEFINITELY in the session I wanted this afternoon.

No pictures right now-- there are computers set up for us to use at the conference, but I do believe they'd frown on my breaking in to access the cpu and load up photos-- so next week I'll catch you up on any interesting things I might see.

Whoa-- Brain Burp!

I'll be in Nashville next week-- not Atlanta. Wrong City, wrong state...

Guess it comes with getting older...

Yes, Yes, Yes... I'm still here

... But with working, and sleeping, and commuting to Blacksburg for football games, I'm lucky if I even read my emails, never mind blog.

I've had some progress on the knitting front, albeit with little projects. Commuting to Tech has its advantages.

I'm nearly finished with the second Chuppah Square. (It's coming, Cindy-- really it is!!!) These puppies aren't blocked yet, but soon....

I'm halfway through the first of a pair of Hokie-themed felted clogs. (I can't find the rest of the yarn!!!!! Quel disaster!!! It's around here someplace!)(Sorry- no picture of this one. More later.)

I'm working on a Cherry Tree Hill sock-- on 0's if you can believe me, and using Wendy's generic toe-up pattern. I may do something interesting on the cuff when I get there. I'm thinking about it.

Football

There's nothing like it at Virginia Tech. We had a couple of disappointments, but it looks as if we may be back on track.

This is what "Orange Effect" looks like in Lane Stadium. Phyl would have been in heaven. (The game was against Georgia Tech. We won't speak of this further.) The Daughter is in the band-- The Marching Virginians. They have a great time, before and during the game. As they're approaching the stadium, the ever-amusing Tubas always have fun. Yes, that's a porta-potty. And yes-- there was someone in there. Can't beat college kids for having a good time.

And this is "Maroon Effect." It was against Clemson who did orange that night.This is their Tiger being very worried, because things weren't going their way.

The game against Clemson on Thursday night was just amazing. Both teams played well. Both teams treated each other with respect-helping each other up after plays, obligitory pats on the butt... Almost no fouls!!! Although I know that Clemson fans were disappointed, everyone seemed to have a really good time. When the students "stormed the field" at the end of the game, it was out of sheer joy.



They behaved themselves and it was great.

There were a couple of downers, though.

This was my view of the first half of the game. The idiots a couple of rows ahead of us (who must have gotten the tickets somehow from the nice people who usually sit there) decided they needed to stand, although there was NO ONE in front of them. Granted, in the student sections, people stand throughout the game, and that's fine-- but we're in the first row of the more (ahem) shall I say, mature area. We stand when there's a reason to, but mostly we just want to watch the game.

We really wanted season tickets this year. The only way we could get them was to give a rather sizeable donation to the athletic department for special seats. I say this not to be snobby. We would have been happy to get tickets sitting with God, where we spent much of last year, but they just weren't available. So we figured that since we bought tickets on e-Bay last year, and paid a boatload for them, we'd rather give the extra $$ to the school and the athletic fund. In exchange, we have real seats with real backs (and cupholders--can you believe it?) that we like to sit in during the game.

They decided to put on a show, too. (We were hoping not to be present at the conception of their first child.)But at least they were sitting down at this point, and we could see the game.

Virginia Tech has a program called "Hokies Respect." Those who "act out" are theoretically singled out by "Jerk Alert." (hey- it works!) I did not take a picture of the female half of this couple making obscene gestures to the other team's fans. There was really no excuse for that behavior. "Jerk Alert" really fit the bill.


Aside from that irritation, it was an amazing evening. The bottom line was that the overwhelming majority of fans on both sides, and the players on both sides had a great time-- with great respect and good spirit. It was a wonderful atmosphere.

I've missed my friends from The Shop. Hopefully I'll be able to go on Wednesday night for awhile, and maybe on Friday.

Coming up:

A special day for me on Friday.

I'm off to Atlanta for a conference next week, then flying back to Roanoke for Band Parents' day at the Hokies game against Kent State. (Kent State? Should be interesting. They're scheduled against Florida State this year, too.)(Kent State?)

Hmmm-- conference, airplane, KNITTING TIME!!!!

Drive-By Entry

All's well-- just another crazy couple of weeks.

The VT vs GT game was a good one-- but we lost. Frank Beamer put it best-- "We helped them out a lot, and they didn't need our help." It was "Orange Effect" at Lane stadium, and as soon as I get my act together, I'll post some pictures. I also visited with Mimi at Mosaic in Blacksburg. She works with Gina there. I was SO happy to find another ball of the pink stuff so I could finish the baby kimono.

I worked through the week and weekend, doing an overtime shift each week (cha-ching!) Yesterday a group of us went to Stephanie's hospital to do a presentation.

We're having a "Great American Bakesale" tomorrow at work, so today has seen me as a baking fool. I've done 4 batches of brownies and a couple dozen muffins so far, and now that I'm out of eggs, I need to go get some more.

Hopefully, I'll hit KH tonight.