The final result

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Happy new year!

melted snowman cupcake attempt one

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Monday
Spaghetti with tuna and lemon

Tuesday
Date Night

Wednesday
New Years Eve

Thursday
Sledding! so maybe leftovers for dinner or we’ll just grab something somewhere, maybe takeout on the way down the mountain.

Friday
Chicken with tomatoes and spinach

Saturday
Tortilla Soup

Sunday
Italian Wedding Soup

(We really like soup around these here parts.)

Eden watching parent trap

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Mom, this movie is realistic fiction.

I’m making candy tonight with some of my friends. I’ve been scouring Martha’s website for recipes. Here are a few intriguing ones:

peppermint meringues with chocolate filling.

chocolate covered peppermint sticks – I’ve made these before and they are SO fun!

It’s kind of hard to get to but here is one of my segments from monday morning.

Click this link. And then from the video player on the lower right, use the drop down menu to select “lifestyle”. I am the first little video.

• I woke up this am at 4:30 for my first of two TV appearances today. I talked about Tangle and how fashionable knitting can be. It was really interesting to see the behind-the-scenes of our local TV station. At noon I’ll be making an appearance at another local TV station.

I’m quite tired…

• I’m really liking these knitted key cozies and this knitted arm chair. All need to do is knit so I can make everything that I fall in love with.

• Maybe it’s because I’ve already been awake for an ungodly amount of time, but I feel as though I’m hyper-aware of every detail today. I noticed the chipped fingernail polish of the anchor who interviewed me, the City employee picking his nose as he waited in traffic, and the way the hair curled on the back of the grandma-lady’s head as she carried packages into the post office. It’s like a super power or something.

• Also, I think I’m going to find a way to turn off my voicemail. I loathe listening to it and usually I wait weeks to listen to them anyway. Texting is the way of the future yo.

bewildered

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Eden: santa reads cursive?

• Yesterday one of the local TV stations called and asked me to appear on their noon show next Monday. I’ll be talking about Tangle, demonstrating how to knit and showing off some of our finished projects. I’m wondering what I should wear! eee! (It’s KREX for those of you who live in town and want to watch.)

• Speaking of my “celebrity” (haha) appearances, here’s the MP3 of my radio interview. Thanks to my lovely friend Carrington for recording it for me.

• Other than that, I don’t have too much else to say today. Life is… well, life, full of surprises, heartaches and joys as always.