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Busy, busy week. I am going to enjoy the weekend immensely! My workplace holiday party is tonight, so I'll put in an appearance, nosh on some tasty food and hope to win a big door prize. D is off in the wilderness again, so my best gal pal from work will be my date.

Lately, all I want to do is curl up in some warm blankets with a hot cup of tea and read my new KINDLE! I ordered it off of Amazon last week and it arrived on Tuesday. So very fabulous. Even D likes it. In an average month I burn through 3-4 books. Most of that reading is done in bed and inevitably my hand gets cramped from holding the book a certain way or my neck gets a crick in it. The Kindle is so light and thin that I can read for hours comfortably. Books are downloaded wirelessly through the 3G network.

Birthday wishes

My wonderful and lovely mother is celebrating her birthday today. Happy birthday Mom! I hope I can look as good as she does as I age. Must be those Asian genes.

In other news, I'm helping out my production-company friend by appearing in a tv commercial tomorrow afternoon. I've done this before but have never had actual spoken lines -- so I'm a little nervous. The shoot is at the airport and I get to be an airline customer service person. Wish me luck!

Toasty beverages

My throat started to hurt this past weekend and I was afraid that whatever D had a couple weeks ago had made its way on to me. I popped some pills and Emergen-C, and managed to drown that cold bug with lots of fluids -- including this yummy tea that Risha brought up with her in 2008. I do love the coconuts!

Heating up some water with the adorable kettle my mom sent me last year - I also have a big silver tea kettle but it takes a while to warm up. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate our gas oven and stovetop? Cooks everything faster than the electric one (from the 80's) I had at the condo.

A friend gave me this great Primula glass tea cup and infuser for Christmas.

Pop in the loose tea or bag...

Add hot water...

Put the top on and wait a few minutes...

Viola! Yummy tea is ready -- and the infuser sits nicely in the top, which doubles as a coaster/dish.

Hrumph, cats don't like tea. They get a little milk instead.