all i need is this paddle-ball game. and these matches. and this clock. and...

hi friends. hope everyone had a nice xmas and will soon have a great new years. my week's been pretty enjoyable because i got to make the braised lamb again, watched my niece turn 1, hung the rest of my window treatments with power tools, took apart my breakfast bar pendant lights, and realized that the xmas season is slowly ushering out and i don't have to take any xmas lights down!! sorry, sarah. yours are very beautiful but now you have go outside and take them down and i know that will make you annoyed and sad since you'll have to 1, take them down, and 2, i know you totally don't want to. anyways, i'm glad that i don't have to do that.

i saw martha's new daytime show for the first time this week and i really find it delightful. i was lucky enough to catch the halloween episode, which unfortunately featured rosie o'donnell. she's QUITE obnoxious and at one point, i wasn't sure who was hosting the show and then i was just pissed b/c i knew it SHOULDN'T have been ro-hulk, but it was. then i realized how much anger and outrage i still harbor for martha's time in prison. there are no words for the animosity i feel towards one of the most intelligent, powerful women in america going to prison on a faulty charge when enron guys are out and about running fancy free with little to no worries about their futures. island, people. i'm starting an island and this kind of shit won't fly there. you'll be shot in the ass or foot or something. martha and hillary will be running it with my assistance and bill will also be around because we like him so much. oh man. it sounds like heaven on earth.

i'll leave you with a picture of the view from my dining room on xmas and one of my niece on her first birthday. happy b-day bellachino and a safe and happy new year to all of you.