Whoops...

It's been a while.  Four months and a day to be exact.  My bad.  

Things have been anything but uneventful, in fact a little too big and significant to try to capture in this format.  Here's my quick list of life since I last wrote:

Obama, Prop 8, trip to SF and the gorgeous bay, brother and his fiance break up, figuring out how to bake gluten free bread, getting ready to leave my job, looking for what's next, dad having surgery, relatives visiting from Italy, cousin's album released, cousin in Egypt has new baby, lots of dental work (finally fixed my smile!), diagnosed with scoliosis, Anna gets married, I get my first Tarot reading (I'm good with it - future looks good), and I figure out what I want to do with my life.  Phew!  So there it is.  See?  Too much, too much.

Other things that have been going on are that:
My love affair with a doppio espresso with soymilk has been deepened by my new espresso maker. 
I'm trying really hard not to eat dairy, but home-made soy yogurt isn't working out.... wildwood soy yogurt is my new friend.
I feel awesome when I am dairy-free.
I love my friends madly.
My couch (aka Bette Porter) still seems like the best purchase ever.  I spilled Indian food on her pale gray upholstery and that resilient thing...she bounced right back.  Love her - sexy, curvy, firm, classic, perfect.
It's hitting me that I am going to Italy in three months, I can't wait!  Oooooh, yay.  Yay Italy.  Yay for this trip.
Phone drama!  Got the google phone, hated it, returned it, stalling in indecision, thinking about the Iphone, wondering when the exclusive contract with AT&T ends, my phone dies, bought a cheapo to tide me over while I am paralyzed in a rare bout of indecision.
Met my cousin's celeb wife.  What an interesting Xmas dinner.
Adah turns 6 tomorrow.  Whoah!  Whoah.
Sleeping isn't going so well, going to an ENT to see if my deviated septum is the culprit. I miss being rested.
Realizing that I have an extreme salt addiction and truly lack a sweet tooth.  Everything is too sweet for me: cashews, squash, yams, pears, ick.  I put obnoxious amounts of salt in everything I cook...love love love it. This isn't new, just coming to terms with it.
I love my house.  It's been a year and a month and I love it more all the time. 
Holy snow!!!!!   So much...the love/hate relationship with winter continues.

So, there is is, nothing particularly newsworthy, but never a boring life nonetheless.  I resolved not to make resolutions this year, but just to try to live a little better, whatever that looks like.  No promises about writing more often/regularly etc.... but I think 4 months without writing is a one-timer.  Time for a doppio...