Christmas goodies

Santa treated me very well this year, including bringing me an HD digital camcorder which is crazy awesome. Among other things, I got clothes, games, candles, water bottles, cash, and gift cards. My list was well-cleared! Also, and not as a gift, I was given a ton of knitting supplies (including double-pointed needles!), crochet hooks, and a partially completed afghan from Fiance's grandma. I hope to finish the afghan by next Christmas... We'll see how that goes.

I contributed to the holiday spirit by making goodies. These included:

-chocolate and peanut butter fudge

-buckeyes

-spicy rum balls (first time!)

-cookies [chocolate chip with reese peanut butter cups; chocolate chip w/ chocolate chunks; white chocolate chip; chocolate with peanut butter chips (and peanut butter and milk chocolate swirl chips); and chocolate with chocolate chips and chunks]

-banana nut bread (small loaves)

I also made reindeer cookies with my nieces. These are super easy, super clean, and it's fun to eat the decorations as you work. And, as you can see, I have one niece who is very creative and makes alien reindeer.

All recipes are linked to google docs, including my personal notes.

Hope you all had a great holiday and a wonderful new year!

New blog, new name, new stuff

I can be very restless. That's the beauty of the internet... If I'm not feeling one blog I'm doing, I can scrap it for another. People like me are one of the many reasons there is so much junk floating around cyberspace. Go us.

So the name. As a librarian, I am big into sharing information. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I am recycling it. That's the beauty of recycling; you can take one thing and turn it into something new. I will continue with random comments about books and movies, but I am also adding more ramblings about my personal life and hobbies. This blog is for me to chronicle some of the things I do and share it with anyone that cares (or is just nosy, like myself).

Post #1 is pretty self indulgent. Following posts will probably be too. Awesome.