candy canes and camera phones

most people who know me know about my obsession with holiday-specific treats. cadbury cream eggs at easter... shamrock shakes for st. patricks day...

and for Christmas... there is nothing i love quite so much as a candy cane. my sister, kate, shares this love with me and we have instituted some very specific rules about our candy cane consumption. we may not consume out first candy cane until the day after thanksgiving and we must stop consuming candy canes on the day after new years. needless to say, the day after thanksgiving is highly anticipated.

here is the cellular converstation that kate and i had yesterday regarding our favorite holiday tradition...

Kate:







1 down... 11 to go. until the next box. :)

Me:









Word.

Kate:







To yo motha.

Me:









Mmm hmmmmm

Kate:







Fo shizzle

Me:
You win.

Kate:
Thats how we do it in the 90210 ;)

Me:









Wait. maybe i win? mint m&ms. holla.

Kate:







You totally win.

Me:
Yessssssssss.

Kate: (some time later...)







I just couldn't stop.

happy thanksgiving

today i am thankful for my family. for the time we can spend together. for the support we offer to each other. for the traditions and fun times we share with each other. and i pray for the people in this world who feel alienated from their family. or have simply grown distant or estranged. or who are mourning the loss of a member of their family that they loved dearly.

today i am thankful for my friends. for the friends who listen to me. who support me. who give me hugs. who give me kisses. who make me laugh. who make me cry. who i could not live without for even one day. and i pray for the people in this world who are not surrounded and enveloped by friendship. who feel loneliness and isolation. who need someone to share their life with.

today i am thankful for warm houses, good food, hot coffee, soft pillows, cute clothes, a car that runs, and indoor plumbing. i am thankful for creativity, beauty, uniqueness and truth. i am thankful for music and concerts and iTunes. i am thankful for education, for scholars and professors and knowledge. i am thankful for people, for the people i pass on the street to the people i shake hands with and give hugs to at church. i am thankful for jane austin and jj abrams. i am thankful for the internet and NPR and the BBC and cable television. i am thankful for words, for voices, for speech. i am thankful for life. and love. and happiness. i am thankful for all of the amazing things that God has blessed me with today and yesterday and everyday.

and i'm thankful for YOU. for reading this. happy thanksgiving.

sara hates...

it has begun. winter weather. i hate it. i hate it so much that it makes me want to do a desperate outrage to myself. like run my car into oncoming traffic. stick sharpened pencils into my eyeballs. or listen to james taylor sing "shower theeee people" on repeat for 72 hours. i hate it.

here are some other things that google says i hate.

sara hates untidiness and lack of organization.
sara hates men on drugs.
sara hates lawsuits.
sara hates other cats, and all the cats in the neighborhood are afraid of her.
sara hates that bar because every time she goes there she has to re-introduce herself to the same 12 people.
sara hates triathlons (and misses mom).
sara hates shoes and heating vents.
sara hates kiss-asses.
sara hates the thought of going to the country.
and...
(this was on page 10 of my search, i swear)
SARA HATES THE SNOW.

word. google. word.

sara needs...

sara schipper just posted a funny thing on her blog. since we have the same name, all the same things are true for me. so there's no point in me repeating them here. but go have a look. then try your own name. it's good times.