Up the Irons! for 3 December, 2009

I’m off to “Bogan Christmas” this friday. Every year we all get together and have a Christmas party. $5 presents are brought and fought over in a deadly duel of wit and brute force. Seriously, people are injured. Food is consumed. Metal music is listened to. Singalongs are rampent. Pink “Hello Kitty” guitars are occasionally played. It’s one of the best days of the whole year. I’m excited :)

This week, I am thankful for:

Our new kitty Levi, who has settled in really well to her new home  \m/  wonderful people in the publishing industry who just want to help  \m/  my new German and Turkish cookbooks  \m/  Haute Macabre, for inspiration  \m/  passing my Braille proficiency exam with High Distinction!  \m/  Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines series – it is just awesomeness. Dark steampunk young-adult books with the coolest ideas and concepts and characters  \m/  twitter, for being annoyingly, incessantly odd  \m/  Bella Lili jewellery  \m/  honey-roasted vegetables in a salad for lunch today  \m/  stacks of books just waiting to be read  \m/  self-saucing chocolate pudding  \m/  Outrageous Fortune (if you’re in NZ and you don’t watch this, shame on you.)  \m/  pocket warm  \m/  CDH, for just being the bestest friend a gal could.

What are you thankful for this week?

Horns up! \m/
Steff