Calling All Book Lovers!

I just joined Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Wiki community! It's the coolest. Okay, I can probably think of a few way cooler things, but I'm pretty hyped about it right now. You should check it out if you love books!

This is a community of book lovers sharing what they love and why. You can also see what NP's reading! oooh aaaaah

Don't take my word for it...YOU, GO, NOW! tee hehe. suckers...

Ismael's birthday

These are some of the things I miss most about home...birthday parties and other family celebrations. Yesterday was my nephew's 4th birthday, and I wasn't there to sing to him and watch him blow out his candle. At least my mom is thoughtful enough to send me pics online!
Thanks, Mom!

Happy Birthday, ISMAEL!!

Hercules Candy Company!

Today, Benjamin and I, along with friends from Rochester, visited Hercules Candy Company in East Syracuse. It's housed in the owners' home, and the candy is made in the basement. We went on an informal tour where we were able to go into the basement and talk with the owners as they made the candy. Today they were making chocolates! Mmm....and we got to sample dark chocolate candies with a cherry cream center! Delicious!

After watching for a few moments and asking about all the different chocolates they had made, we went back up into the shop and bought some yummy treats! I chose a dark chocolate turtle (with pecans and caramel), and Benjamin bought a bag of green anise ribbon candy! We're pretty excited about it, especially since we saw the video of the ribbon candy making! You can see it, too, on Hercules Candy Company's web site! Just go to their "VIDEOS" page. You can also see how they make candy canes and peanut brittle. I could never make the ribbon candy myself because I'm soooooo terribly slow at everything.

I had fun...mostly because I loooooooove candy!! I'm so glad to have a candy company near my house! (only 1.8 miles away)

Check it out! Hercules Candy Company

Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

I put up my Christmas tree this past Saturday! I had a great time listening to my Christmas music and hanging ornaments! I bought this tree two Christmases ago for my apartment in Buffalo; it looked great there, but it looks like a Charlie Brown tree in my new house! It's a six foot tree and looks teeny tiny next to the six foot window in my parlor. hehe. What can ya do, eh? I'll look into a bigger tree in the future...and I'll buy my own ornaments and string popcorn, mmm...

For now, my little tree suits me well, complete with a stuffed penguin on top!