its winter!

It finally feels like winter! While downtown has been festive with colorful lights and a carousel, this is the first morning I woke up to frost and a chilling 34 degrees. Not bad weather for the end of December :) I'm also amazed at how beautiful the Olympics are today - it's so bright and detailed.
On more happy news, Judy is coming to visit tonight! She's stopping by for a day on her way to visit her brother. Yay! :)

my new favorite toy

Yesterday I finally caved to my temptation for a labeler. I bought the Brother PT-80 P-touch Electronic Labeling System. Its such a neat little gadget! And it supports a lot more features than I thought it would. I can select various font styles, symbols and framing. Isn't that great? I can add little symbols, and frame my labels with quotes, candy wrappers, wood planks, and banners. Now I want colorful labeling tape. It's so cool :)

holiday fun :)

After missing the holidays in Seattle last winter, I'm so excited about celebrating it this year :) So far, we've had snow in Seattle! This almost never happens, but last weekend there were giant pretty snowflakes falling hard in the city!! Thanks to the storm, we also got in a our first snowboarding of the season at Crystal Mtn. Although it was a bit blizzardly, the powder was amazing. Hmm... Jason and I have been having fun organizing and decorating too.

And... Amy's going to be arriving in a little more than a hour! She's here on a sell-trip for Boeing and to hang out :) It's going to be a fun weekend.