Thanks for the beans...
Jenny and I received a mystery Christmas present yesterday - a "Women's Bean Project" Gourmet Basket. Unfortunately there was no card, and no name of the sender. I tried calling Overstock.com, but they couldn't help me. So, please own up, whoever sent us this wonderful gift!

The spirit of Christmas is not exactly running high in our building - it seems we are the only people with decorations up (at least, decorations that can be seen from outside). People seemed far more excited about Halloween! Still, Jenny and I are really looking forward to spending Christmas in the city... Our tree is looking lovely this year - it is a live tree that has been growing for about 4 years now, and has reached a height of about 7 feet. I just about killed myself lifting it in and out of Betty, and dragging it up the stairs in our appartment block! Its got a lot of character too - it looks like the Angel on top is about to take a great stage dive! :-> Purple lights running up and down the stairs, a string of Guiness lights, and a dancing Homer-Santa Claus - we're all ready for the big day!

Jenny and I are heading off for a road-trip to Washington next weekend - well, assuming the snow and freezing weather let up a bit. I can't give you any hints about why we would choose to drive a thousand miles towards Alaska at this time of year - because I am pretending that I don't know why! All I know (at least, all I am allowing myself to admit to knowing), is that somewhere north of Seattle, there is a Christmas present with my name on it...