Happy Anniversary!

The past 11 years and 1 day have been pretty amazing, don'tcha think?

Happy Holidays from Devo!

Put a Fork in Me

I've officially crossed the line between "my house is going to spotless for my holiday guests" to "it's clean enough".

Hi, I'm Heather, er, Amber

My name is Amber. Like the color. Or fossil resin. (Take your pick.)

But everyone calls me Heather. My current boss does it. My old boss did it.

Recently I got some interoffice mail proving that one of our deans does it.

Do I look like a 'Heather' to you?

I'm a Follower

My 11 paper clips ready to battle.

My war.

The losers.

My army wasn't big enough for a necklace ...

Christmas is Ruined*

Since we're all going to be together for Christmas for the first time in like a million years, Billy's family decided to do a gift exchange among the adults. Yay!

I totally wanted to get my person a scarf with pockets - specifically one Bath and Body Works sold like four years ago. Unfortunately, well, they're out. I looked around online and found a cute one with pockets that opened to the side, which made it more usable I thought, so I ordered it.

It came yesterday ... and I hate it*. It's not soft or long enough to wrap around your neck. Granted, it is pretty. And warm.

So, since I can't knit or crochet (poop) and since the ones on Etsy were either ugly or $80 and since Christmas is pretty much here, I'm devastated*.

* I am exaggerating for effect. Christmas isn't ruined; it's just broken. I don't 'hate' the scarf, but it's not what I wanted. And I'm not 'devastated', just disappointed. However, if you can knit me up a scarf with pockets by next Thursday, all could be fixed.

How'd You Like that Wrapped?

Christmas is nearly upon us (Oh, no! When did that happen?!) and I've been gift-wrapping like a champ. The other day I had to break down and put a few things in gift bags. (Blech.) This hurt my heart.

What do you prefer? Wrapping paper or gift bags? How's come?