Gobble, gobble

Happy pre-turkey day everyone! My boss is leaving for the day and told me to go home, so I am going to do just that...right after I finish this post.  :-)

After weeks of tweaking the save-the-date postcards for the wedding, I think I've finally hit upon the final design. Those should go out next week (hopefully!)

I'm really jonesing for new technology -- including the Kindle from Amazon and the ever-present iPhone. My cell contract is up in May 2010 and after talking to D, it looks like we're leaning towards getting a family contract for two spanking new iPhones. Can't wait!

Big Wild Life

This photo by Bill Roth of the Anchorage Daily News is a great image -- a big bull moose crossing a midtown street with snowy mountains in the background. And the marquee text on the front of the bus says "Big Wild Life" -- our city's new-ish marketing slogan.

We're getting ready for Thanksgiving at our house. Our bi-monthly organic food box is coming today and I usually pick that up downstairs from my office. This box contains a bunch of yummy stuff we can use to make Thanksgiving goodies. I bought a turkey and all the trimmings this past weekend so I think we're good to go. Although I did forget whipped cream but can get by with the half/half in the fridge, sugar and an Ikea milk frother that my parents bought for me.

Book club selections

My book club is comprised of some really fun gals from work -- all different ages so we get a great cross-section of reading selections (and strong opinions about the aforementioned reading selections). We started our little group last February and since then one member has moved away (very sad about that) and one has pretty much dropped out. But the core group of 5 is still going strong.

Lately the books have been super depressing, so when my turn to pick came around again everyone asked that I select "something happy." I decided on David Sedaris, who is hilarious and I'm embarrassed that it's taken me this long to fall in love with his books! I've heard so much about him -- other friends have read his essays and even gone to book signings/readings. We had a good discussion about our favorite parts of the book I picked: Naked. Since then I have also read When You Are Engulfed in Flames, but really want to get to Me Talk Pretty One Day and Holidays on Ice. Sedaris just has a funny and sometimes poignant way of dissecting life, especially his own. If you can, get an audio book and listen to him read his own essays!