merry christmas everyone!

mike and i are heading over to my friend lee's house for dinner and drinks. i gotta say: not being home for christmas is really a bummer. i told my boss last night (at work, bleh) to "consider this my last xmas at borders". mike and i are going to make it a goal to go home for xmas next year. anyway, we're still going to have a good time today. last night we opened all our gifts. mike got me some really great things, as always. i'm sort of rambling here, and we're heading out the door in a minute.

my mom told me this morning that my brother, eric, is dying. he's in a hospice right now, and it's only a matter of days before he's gone. i'm really sad about this and i honestly don't want to think about it right now, but basically i'm really angry that i can't be home right now to say goodbye. but my thoughts are with my family right now, and i hope they know how much i love them, and wish i could be there.

we love you all! merry christmas.

--anne

Happy Holidays!!

on the road up to timberline

mount hood is bursting at the seams. notice the green moss growing like crazy in 5 feet of snow. 

LET IT SNOW!!!

on saturday, we headed east for a little road trip. an hour later we were here. mount hood. you see, portland is rainy. it's definitely not cold, and it looks nothing to me like christmas. so we went to the snow! next time, we'll actually attempt to ski.