Lunchtime...

It is 12.51 (lunchtime + 21 minutes) and I am stuck at my desk. Johann, the German woodworker who has a studio across from our warehouse has decided to take his lunch at our table today. I have been avoiding Johann like Hermione avoids the bathtub since my last run-in with him this Spring. I was in the Palen-Kimball lunchroom purchasing a Pepsi from the now-missing pop machine when he cornered me to scold me on the evils of consuming unnatural sugar. After 30 minutes of telling me I was obese and making an offer of his personal training services, I was able to escape with a business card, a promise to call him and the memory of the moment scarred in my brain.

Molly threw the card away for me and helped me to laugh, rather than cry, over it.

I'll be eating my sandwich and drinking my Pepsi at my desk today.

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens;
Brown paper packages tied up with strings;
These are a few of my favorite things..."

I promised myself I wouldn't write anything on the blog until I finished my 'thank you' notes but I just need to decompress for a few moments and this is the best place to do that...

And so... here are a few of my favorite things (in pictures):

Ryan, in his sweet kilt

Hermione and Sister Katie

www.yvestown.com (I love the hankies... not the cat)

Harry Potter!

Christmas tree

(www.escobarhighlandfarm.com/trees.html)

chocolate...mmm...

(www.babble.com)

Lilacs

(www.theflowerexpert.com)

Phew... I feel better already! Thank you, google images! :)