long winter's night

we're settling in tonight as the snow is falling outside (ok it can't actually decide between rain and snow but we do have a blanket of white already). here is lily in her new favorite spot right in front of the fireplace. the funny thing is - no heat comes out of this thing. you can sit and almost touch the glass and nothing. these 70's fireplaces aren't really meant for high heat so i just use duraflames. my place is so energy inefficient it is terrible. with this cold snap i have realized that i will need to think about new windows sooner rather than later.

ok, enough about that boring stuff! but the snow! yeah for snow! i just love it SO much. i need some time inside to knit. i have some holiday gifts that still need to be knit up and when i realized we were just a week from christmas eve i had a near panic attack. nothing to show you yet but i'll keep you posted.

so for now, how about a pic of something i have never noticed in my place before? the moon through my skylights. it was very cool.


and one more pic very similar to some i posted last year - one of my favorite hang outs during the hoidays (though i have only been there once so far this season!)

yum! trophy cupcakes.

ok, off to get ready to see a movie. hope this finds you all well (oh, i see the roads seem to be all covered now! this is going to be an interesting night!)