'tis the season

'tis the season to be jorry,
fa ra ra ra raa, ra ra ra raa.

It's almost 2009, and what have YOU done with your year? Me, I've completely lost it! Not my mind, but my 2008. It has FLOWN by. I really cannot believe it's already a cold, cold winter and almost a frosty new year. I'm looking forward to 2009, it's got so much to offer! I start school in January, go on a cruise in February (AND turn 26! woo hoo!), and I know that the year will only get busier from there. I have a lot I hope to achieve in this upcoming year, but no real "resolutions." Most of what I want to do involves success in my education and still keeping up with housework as well as family and friends, but I would also like to enhance my recipe repertoire. I need to stray from my usual four or five recipes (delicious and easy as they are) and branch out into some still tasty and simple(r) but more exciting choices. I've got tons of recipes that I've never used, and cookbooks I've read but never taken from, and I need to change that.