For Christmas, I received a generous check from Mrs. Claus with instructions to spend it on something I wanted but never felt comfortable spending my own money on. And what do you think that was?

Hee.

Looking out the back of my apartment...

The view from my front door...

My front door! I love my little sign.
(No, I will not leave it up all year.)

Some of the stuff I got for Christmas/my birthday...

The obligatory cat picture. I'm sure she's probably blind from the flashes of all the pictures I've taken of her in the past four days.