What a day. What a day! We were driving home tonight and the Ho said in the car that it's so nice coming up here to Portland for Christmas. And I have to agree. I really, really love it. It's cool, it's wet, there's family here, and it's just...Christmas-y. I did love...

We made it north! Portland is cold and wet, my brother is here (and soon my parents), and gosh durn it if it doesn't feel like Christmas. Is it crazy to feel like grey, drizzly weather can be pretty? I definitely don't miss it ALL the time...but it does make it feel...

We are PREPPED and ready for Christmas, yo! Lots of packing today, lots of prepping, but we should be ready to go. I also FINISHED my read-through today. Uuuughh. Finally. I have all my notes down, all 19 pages of them, and the daunting task of implementing them is...