Moving out of B-town news!

So the weaved bowl I created in my pottery class shouldn't have come out of the kiln! It was so much better with the thought and the vision of such a masterpiece! Unfortunately it did, and I was forced to see a silly looking bowl that I had worked on for so long and had not envisioned turning out like a cartoon shaped bowl with a really bad glaze. Laughing is allowed, for if you can not laugh at yourself (and your creations) what else do you have, really?! So instead of giving the bowl to my mother-in-law for her birthday, it is now a decoration in our home. Practice makes perfect (I've got a lot of practicing to do!)

I received excellent news last night from Mangi that she will be packing her bags in Boston and moving to the windy city in a year (and three months) to fulfill her destiny of pursuing improv. This is really great news - Mangi's coming home (insert bigs bursts of screams and jumping up and down here). Not only did I learn that, but everyone will be happy to know that I finally learned the difference between zucchinis and cucumbers! Thanks Mangi! Of course, this knowledge would have been appreciated two days ago when I made my zucchini (ah hem, rather, cucumber) bread - but now I know, which will surely help me in my time of zucchini making bread desire next time.
I'm at work this morning sipping on my 44oz. of Diet Coke (okay, who are we kidding - I'm gulping it down simply hoping it wakes me up!) and dreading heading out the door to the bitter cold. Meeting with a few customers today and then it's off to home where I can put my first homemade lasagna (which I whipped up last night thanks to Elizabeth's recipe) to the test. Geez, I'm such a domestic goddess!

Here's to embracing journeys and those close to us "getting it".