The weekend, briefly

I didn't quite hit all my goals this weekend (I never managed to carve out an hour for reading) but I did start the weekend with a pot of Christmas tea.

{christmas tea}

There was lots of rolling and baking and eating of gingerbread dough. I managed to throw a bit of a wrench in the works by falling hard and spraining my wrist on Saturday. Then I successfully staved off the worst of the swelling by wrapping it tightly and using ice. Which would have been great if I hadn't fallen asleep with the ice pack on and given myself frostbite. Actual frostbite, with ugly blisters and everything. Consider yourselves lucky that I'm not sharing a picture.

{jujubes}

Candy helps distract you from things like frostbite. Especially if you're using it to decorate gingerbread houses.

Tiny little dogs on your shoulder help too.

{joey}

Joey is my sister's latest rescue dog. I don't know how she keeps finding stray animals.