winter-inspired haikus

[also inspired by cory, the haiku master]

10 degrees tonight
my roommate's in hawaii
lucky, lucky girl

crockpots are so great
i made soup for the whole week!
warm and delicious!

cold fingers and toes
turn death-white and stop working
how i love Raynaud's

oh-seven

the holidays were simply fabulous. time with very treasured friends and family left me super-saturated by love and grace. i am so incredibly blessed.

me and the fam on Christmas. we are a small bunch, but we are stellar. especially my grandma, the coolest 91-year-old you could ever know...

after Christmas, i made some trips: to MI (for Kristi and Ben's wedding) and FL (for the Purdue bowl game). good times. :) and my time in indiana was incredible, seeing dear friends - some of whom i haven't seen in 2-4 years - and just resting and eating enough to feed a small village. so yeah, i won't clutter up things with a million pictures, but for those i got to see, no matter how long the time spent together, know that you blessed me immensely. really.

i'm not big on the whole New Year's resolution thing, but i do like to make some changes at the start of the year, since that seems to be a natural time of reflection and such. the things i found needed tweaking i'm not going to share here, but basically i found that i need to take better care of me. the past year i've let some things slide, and that has produced a not-as-good kimmy at times.

so, to that end, today i went grocery shopping and bought some real food, including...MEAT. and this week, i got new contacts and glasses, very much needed and momma's generous Christmas gift to me. so with increased protein consumption and better vision, '07 looks to be a banner year...

(me + glasses = smarter? dorkier? grad-school-student-ish? i'd love a little feedback...)