Happy New Year!

I have only one resolution: get a haircut. I have a pathetic history with attempts at hair styling. I always seem to get the snotty hairstylist who can sniff me out as Not One Of Them, and treats me terribly, leaving me to slink out with a hair cut which isn't what I wanted. Bad, bad hair person. I gave up completely, and for the last four years my boyfriend has been repeatedly manhandled into timidly trimming my split ends. This year, I intend to spend obscene amounts of money finding someone I adore who will make me look fabulous.

Anyone in Seattle know a good hair person?

current favorite foods (not neccessarily together) -- Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Chocolate Cookie, POM Wonderful juice mixed with sparkling water, and Wasa crispbread.

Though I rarely look at knitting magazines, I found myself peeking at the Winter 2003 Interweave Knits yesterday and found a bunch of stuff that was of interest:

• pictures of knitted boots and a take-out container -- you can take a look at all of the knitted shoes here
• Amy's first column (!!!), you can read more from Amy here
• a review of Stitch 'n Bitch (did they changed the cover a bit?)
• an article about inmates knitting for charity
• a very cool striped scarf, really cute flower shaped washcloths, and a whole bunch of great information on knitting gloves

I think I need a subscription.

number of

batches of toffee made: four

batches of toffee edible: three

batches of chex mix eaten so far: three

cups of cocoa with homemade snowflake marshmallows: five

pots we completely destroyed: one

times setting off smoke alarm: one

virtual snowflakes made: up to around eighty

times I caught myself humming Little Drummer Boy: too too many

times I have watched Bernard and the Genie: once so far

I wish everyone the happiest of holidays!!

Some instructions on how to make paper snowflakes: one, two, and three.

Leslie's fabulous Advent Calendar has some great last minute recipes for party foods today.

I keep forgetting about this super fun Snowflake Maker! (note: Flash)

snowflake marshmallow report: It went well! Wherever cooking spray was called for in the recipe I also shook some powdered sugar since slimy marshmallows didn't really appeal to me. My snowflakes didn't turn out quite as pretty as the ones in the pictures, of course, but they do look really charming floating around in your cup. And if you use the hot chocolate recipe from the post just below the marshmallows melt really slowly, if you use a mix (Swiss Miss Chocolate Sensation is yummers) they disappear so quickly, sniff.

cookie recipes I want to be able to find later:

• chocolate coin cookies
• chocolate heart cookies
• chocolate wafers

Anna put up a delish looking recipe for Vegetarian Swedish Meatballs.