Busy busy quick post

I did not get a golden ticket. I did not even get a chocolate bar in the mail. I do not appreciate getting my hopes up about receiving chocolate AND a chance to win big monies. I did, however, receive a little gift from a film agency we work with that I thought would be a box of candy, but which was in fact a tiny camcorder. Nothing crazy fancy or anything, but still: fun times!

This weekend J and I embarked on a very special family tradition: making toffee. If you know me in real life, you know about the toffee. It’s a beautiful butter almond toffee coated in chocolate that my mom makes every year to give away as holiday gifts. It is a recipe handed down from my grandma and is Super Top Secret. For Hanukkah, my parents bought us all the equipment we needed and we set to work hunting down the ingredients and preparing to enter into family tradition. I’ve been watching toffee be made since I was little and I’ve helped with my fair share of batches, so the actual candy making went pretty smoothly. This could also be because I had my mom on the phone with me almost the whole time, making sure I knew all the tips and hints and was looking for the right things. Anyway, I feel very grown up now that I’m third generation toffee making.

I’m going through a very positive New York time right now: everything feels like it is going really well, friends are good, work is fun, I’m doing some new and challenging things. When life is being nice, it’s like everything becomes these easily manageable chunks and I can see a clear path in front of my feet. I never quite get that clarity to see YEARS down the path, but I feel pretty good about the next few weeks.

(Knock on wood.)

If you’re looking to kill a little time, here’s a fun game for you. It’s a sequel to one I posted about a long time ago, and is one of those games where you have to click around a lot and discover what will help your little guy. You can play a whole game, but they’re selling a second chapter for $10 when you finish.

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