on my quest at becoming some what domestic for my future as a wife i'm beginning to look into recipes and learning to cook. recipes are so exciting to me. even more exciting than recipes in general are vegetarian healthy choice recipes! mmmm! last night i cooked "chicken" and dumplings. i've never made a dumpling before and i've only ever tasted a dumpling once in my life so creating those babies was a challenge. i used mushroom broth instead of chicken broth and faux chicken instead of the obvious chicken. onions, peppers, carrots...delish! joshua and my father both went back for seconds so it couldn't have been that bad so in conclusion, i am awesome.

lately josh and i have been having cozy nights in with wine bottles and good film. i purchased the charlie brown christmas movie on dvd for six bucks last night. my vhs copy had finally bit the bullet. i'm stoked on watching it as soon as thanksgiving is over. out of respect. i never seem to get the christmas feeling until right up to the day. last years christmas eve was spent on an airplane home from tokyo and then on christmas day i fell asleep every hour or two. this holiday season has been comfortable so far and since i am no longer a raging lunatic of emotional drama i know for a fact that i'll be having a very merry christmas.