"Have you seen us?" a co-worker received a photo of our boss as a secret santa gift. Luckily they framed it in glass, and we had plenty of dry erase markers on hand. Hours of fun for the whole family. Sorry Alex and thank you Cathy!

STUFFED DISEASES- the 2nd best gift I got for christmas this year.

Got to do a little birthday skiing with a co-worker yesterday. Although coverage was not the best- a storm moved in while we were there. it actually turned out to be great skiing.

On a trip to New York last weekend I was fortunate enough to get a photo with my camcorder of my freinds and I before going out on the town. After that, my camcorder and i broke up and it decided not to work for me the rest of the trip. So after 4 days in New York City, I only have this photo. I'm glad my friends have a good relationship with their own cameras.

Today was my beagles birthday. Unaware that I needed to celebrate a dog birthday, I was reminded by a co-worker who had gotten a dog from the same litter that indeed today was my own dogs birthday. Birthday or no- he is still the coolest dog.

I had the fortunate pleasure of attending a friends wedding this last weekend. As happy as I was to attend on his behalf- I still hate the damn things. To top it off I attended with an ex- yeah since we are all friends we were all invited. The kicker- a large percent of the friends are unaware that there is an EX situation. So on more than one occation I overheard myself being refered to in a NON-EX form. This left me sitting there wondering why wedding parties don't offer cyanide punch and the trick or treat dish of horse tranquilizers for those of us who must endure these functions for the good of friendship. Please no one get married for a while, I need time to recover.