bakeries + weddings + beans from even stevens

1. the bakery
i got to work at the bakery today. it was the happiest. i love the bakery. i love the food. i love the people. that is all.

2. taking a shower but still smelling like coffee
that may sound silly, but i love the smell of coffee. today i was on coffee duty, so there was coffee smell everywhere. i just smelled my hand. yep. still there. i kinda missed that. that and coming home and finding espresso beans in my shirt.

3. christmas lights
today i saw a lot of christmas lights. some were in my own front yard. some were in vallejo. my dad has taken inspiration from the tree-thing in the avatar movie--the one where they plug their braids into the glowing strands--and so he is hanging christmas lights from the tree. not like wrapping the lights around the branches, nooooo, they are hanging vertically. in vallejo there was a house that was pure christmas lights. it was crazy sauce.

this is my dad, making the avatar christmas tree. ava-mas tree? christma-tar tree? anyway.

and this was taking from the car (i was parked, don't fear), so it's really bad quality. but it basically did look like that. just pure lights.

4. miss jill wood is now mrs. jill olson
jill got married today. it was perfect. it was happy. she was glowing. i may or may not have been a tender heart and teared up a little bit while i was talking to her. i'm so happy she found her e.c. (eternal companion, that's what's up!) and that they are so right for each other. jill is the first of my really good friends to get married, so it was kind of strange to realize that she has moved on to a whole other part of her life, but i couldn't be happier for her. jill olson has a nice ring to it :)

ignore me. i look weird. but mrs. olson looks AH-MAY-ZING.

5. laying on the couch watching hgtv
yep. it's true. i spent the rest of my evening on the couch, watching frosty the snowman, wipeout: christmas edition, and various shows on hgtv. i was one happy camper. i may or may not have also looked at wedding ideas on my laptop, because, you know, weddings are so happy, and i was just at one...and i'm a girl. what can i say? i like weddings. and diamond rings.

tomorrow is arguably the best day of the year. it's the FRENCH LAUNDRY CHRISTMAS PARTY. i'm so excited i can't even stand it. as soon as church is over, the morgans and hughes' will be bookin it down to yountville to partake in the holiday festivities at the best restaurant in the world. (that was me stating a fact, it wasn't an opinion, by the way.) i'll be sure to update you all.

oh, by the way, i'm up to 1150 views. that is crazy. anyways. sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite, and all that good stuff you say before bed. night!

for anyone who's interested, this is what my advent calendar ended up looking like. i didn't have enough room to bring it home with me, so i opened them all before i left :)

aaaaand this is beans arrongaron (spelling?) from even stevens. he is now a pink-haired elf, working for t-mobile, in case anyone was wondering what happened to him.

 

and just for fun, i'm throwing in the classic beans quote.

beans: does 'gassy' have two 's''s or three?

and on that note, i'm out.