Time is Flying...

A month ago I made a quick but busy trip to RI for work. The reason for that trip was to take a gazillion (okay more like hundreds) photos of our products for a new catalog I was designing for the company. Thankfully, I was not responsible for the actual taking of the photos or the tedious process of making them transparent (I'm lucky our analyst knows photoshop!).

Then I got back from RI and dropped off the face of the earth as I designed the catalog... which went to the printers the day before thanksgiving. That's when I promptly headed to the bar for this:

 

Oh Fat Tire, how I love thee. And in the most non-diet friendly decision I went for a second and some fries. It was glorious and necessary.

Of course it was off to the races after that... the crazyness that is the start of the holidays. I cooked for the PD on Thanksgiving... my first time making banana pudding!

The cupcakes with cookie dough center were quite the hit too! Sadly, no photo, but they looked like normal cupcakes but with a surprise center!

We then made the trek to find a Christmas Tree --- first time without my parents & my brother. It was interesting.... for a brief moment at Christmas Tree Farm #2 we considered just not getting a tree. But we finally just caved and made it work.... not quite as tall as we had hoped but it'll do. Even though we couldn't get it straight by ourselves... and it's still leaning today.

Then of course it was time for our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Bash with friends. The best thing about living "at home" (aka Valley) is when people come home to visit family they visit you too!!!

Oh yeah - and at some point in the mix I became a brunette for the winter season. 

And then I went on Christmas Tree Hunt #2 w/ my parents & the boys. I must be crazy.

And somewhere in the mix I managed to make a couple meals... (and some delicious bread that I managed to not get photos of!). 

 Life is just getting crazier by the moment, but stay tuned, I'll be back... or at least I'll try!