Snow and Sugar

Yesterday as I was leaving work, the town was getting ready for the Christmas Light Parade down main street. I had really wanted to go and take pics since I haven't been since high school. But as I was leaving work it started to rain and then snow and it was just so cold. It also was an extremely long and trying week. And I got sick on top of everything. But it was quite lovely to see the town get covered in snow and see all the families out ready for the holiday festivities.

When I woke up this morning from my standard one hour of sleep..we still had snow! So, still in my pj's, I grabbed my snow boots, jacket and camera and took some pictures before it all melted.

And sure enough, by 1pm most the snow was gone. That's New Mexico weather for ya!

We also made our first batch of biscochitos. We did a triple batch (which makes about 15 dozen..I think) My sister Melly is a pro at them so I mostly just helped her press out the cookies.

Random Cookie Note: We're on like our 5th cookie press! We finally found a great brand that works beyond amazing with minimal hand strain. We make lots of biscochitos during Christmas time. :)

Wow! Sorry for the photo explosion. I'm gonna do my Teeny Tiny Things post tomorrow since I kind of overloaded this one with pics already. I'll also post the biscochito recipe. Hope you had a lovely weekend!


~HM~

Are You There Weekend? It's me, Heather.

Hello, hello.

So. It's 3am. And I'm awake. Stupid insomnia. It's been such a tough, tough week. I am most definitely ready for the weekend.

One super happy thing is that its December! Which means my sister Angelica and her husband will be home for the holidays in 4 days!

We have a family of teachers, so they all get a nice 2 week-3 week break. I really need to get me an academic schedule back. The long winter break is probably the #3 thing I miss most about college. (#1: Being in a creative, challenging environment and learning. #2: Being surrounded by my wonderful friends).

I did manage to get our library Christmas decorations and tree up. I try and incorporate my book page decorations into every possible display possible! While I was in the back by periodicals decorating, one of my favorite little patron dudes, age 1, walked over and helped me decorate. He was absolutely enamored with the tree and lights.

Fun Library Fact: The patron who volunteers and dresses as Santa for the library is Jewish! :)

Any fun plans for the weekend?

I'm gonna try and get over this cold and hopefully get a tiny things post (*fingers crossed* documentary) up by Sunday night. I haven't done one of those posts in ages!

PS-Oh! I auditioned for The Box Performance Space house improv teams with one of my best friends Jennae. We had about a half hour audition with 4 other people, playing improv games. It was so much fun! I so miss being on the stage. Its just so magical to be in a room with other actors creating. Hopefully I get a call back!

~HM~

Thanks

Hello all! I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving! We had family over at my parents house. For some reason it took ages to eat this year. We were all very hungry by the time we finally ate (6pm!). And some of us (me) were a little buzzed off Sangria! :)

Below are some Instagram pics from the weekend. I had two days off of work and spent much of it being super lazy. (Except for the part where I helped prep all the food for Thanksgiving dinner!) 

Hope you were all able to spend the holiday with family and friends and the ones you love!

~HM~

New Mexico Thanksgiving: red chile+mashed potatoes= the best!

My sister Melanie's Super Nintendo. Fun Fact: She spent part of her First Holy Communion money on this. :)

Got Melanie some nerd-books for the long weekend. :)

Made some yummy hot chocolate in my Casita Tacita (Little House Cup).

The Kids Come Home

This weekend we made a super short, but super awesome trip back to Portales, NM.

We went to see the show Three Kids Coming Home: Three New Plays by New Mexican Playwrights at Eastern New Mexico University. The three playwrights are the amazing and talented Leonard Madrid, Claire Rice, and Jamie Barnes. Felipe Macias directed all three plays and they were amazing!

We hadn't been back to ENMU in about 3 years! It was definitely nice to see old friends again and a couple of professors. We were getting all nostalgic for the good ol' days of college.

Watching these wonderful shows and being back at the theatre really made us all want to do something together. A movie, a theatre show, something!! I miss that collaboration with fellow artists so much. We've all gotten the theatre bug again, so hopefully this time we'll finally do something! :)

This pic came out a bit blurry but it's one of my favorites of the weekend. That's me in the orange cords on the left, Jami Witt in the middle and Jamie Barnes (one of the playwrights!) on the right.  Jami Witt's sister Morgan and my twin sister Hilary were laughing at us cause we were all acting like we hadn't seen each other in like 20 years..but man, 3 years still feels like ages and ages. :)

We were also laughing cause Barnes and I are wearing like 4 inch heels and Witt is still that much taller than us! I think she grew 5 more inches since we graduated! :)

It was a truly great weekend!

~HM~

The Littlest Cat Lady

Last night I was trying to describe to a new friend how much of a nerd/weirdo/odd girl I was when I was little. I feared it came across like, "Oh, look at me, I'm a hipster. I was SO WEIRD!"


But, lucky for me, I have proof.


Exhibit A: My Cat Stuff Collection

Why yes, this is the picture that keeps on giving! If you look closely, there is a Weekly Reader cover story on tigers, a Lisa Frank pencil case, tiny cat erasers, a small cat puzzle, cats stickers, my cat drawing and of course cat posters I collected from my mom and sisters. 

The best part of this photo is how ridiculously proud I am with my cat stuff. I remember sticking all these things to our wall with that gummy stuff and being so excited to document my awesome cat collection. My twin sister was kind enough to take this picture for me.

If this photo becomes an internet meme, my life will be headed in the right direction. :)

Go cats! 

~HM~

 

Write? Right.

I've owned this book for at least 5 years. And I'm finally getting around to really, really reading it.

Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life- by Anne Lamott

It's time to do this thing.

And by "this thing" I mean, write a f**king screenplay already! 

~HM~

Why hello you busy week!

I took a chance and looked through Instagram to see if I had any photos to share about my week so far. And I did!

First, it was Halloween!

I made the most amazing Black Swan outfit! And...I didn't even wear it out! I know, I know...ridiculous! It really did come out pretty f**kin' gorgeous. I hand sewed all those feathers on. Plus side, now I have an amazing costume for any parties in the future. My twin actually had a great idea to do some kind of silly parody just so I can use it.

I thought it was adorable when my coworker gave me a teeny tiny tomato...and then the other librarian gave me teeny tiny jalapenos! I shall make a teeny tiny salsa with them now. :)

Lastly, I had a coffee date with my good buddy friend Alex. The peppermint mocha is back and tastes so good! Sooo good in fact, that I made another coffee date with my friend Jennae. She love, love, loves pepp mochas!

My plans for the weekend kind of got super busy again! Friday: JP coffee date, Saturday: High School Drama Club reunion, Sunday: Cabaret at Albuquerque Little Theatre and Monday: watch the cute little Finn Monster...baby dude of the lovely Emily.

I'm sort of in love with being busy! November is shaping up to be quite the lovely month!

~HM~