eight is great!

in the spirit of the holidays, i had intended to do a countdown of the 12 days of christmas, basing my post each day around its corresponding number (probably slacking off at three, since by then missy and i will be up to our ears in cookie dough when we go to our parents this weekend to do our typical pre-Christmas baking extravaganza).

of course i had this idea on the 13th day and then had to neglect it until now. and so its the 8th day of christmas - or the 8th day until christmas, i'm not quite sure how to properly phrase/think about that - and as 8 is typically a special number for me (birth date), i imagine now is the time to start my festive little project. here are eight things that i'm totally loving today:

1. the dexter season finale
2. the way lou reed sings the word "fire" in the song sweet jane
3. snickerdoodles
4. the fact that i received an email that started off with "has anyone seen the copier...". as though the machine just picked up this morning and waddled out of the office
5. a new snoopy stuffed animal
6. colorful file folders
7. getting up on time thanks to my fantastically awesome new alarm clock
8. the following "to-do" list email from missy:

things that need to happen before Friday

1. finish Christmas balls if it kills me
2. finish decorating – it is just stupid to decorate post-christmas
3. make little Christmas party invitation
4. get mitch’s address, mail my one Christmas card
5. make limoncello – this is happening tonight as it needs to sit for a week. Subsequently, we now have a Christmas gift for a. Joanne
6. make truffles – this is also happening tonight
7. go to Lord and Taylor, continue securing best Christmas presents ever for Christina even though I am probably getting nothing from our parents
8. get my haircut, try to look presentable and to not to give mother additional fuel to mock me post-eggnog