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I'm at home today on my MTA-mandated holiday. Between the weather and the distance and the not-huge amount of work I have to get done, my boss is letting me stay home while the MTA figures out what to do. I wish I had crazy stories to tell you, but really I'm just sitting here in pajamas letting all the craziness happen outside. I'm doing some laundry. Perhaps I will follow Willow's lead and do some live blogging throughout the day.

posted by Liz @ 9:56 AM

I just watched Sharon Stone auction off her earrings for AIDS research on the Ellen show. Joe won them for $7,500.

posted by Liz @ 10:36 AM

Kitchen is clean now. Hmm, this is turning into the most boring live blogging EVER in the history of blogging. Maybe you should watch this instead. If you missed SNL this weekend, I highly recommend taking a peek. This may be the best thing they've done in a long time.

posted by Liz @ 12:52 PM

I went scrounging for lunch things to eat and came up with very little. We're in that phase before leaving on vacation where we don't have a lot of new food around. I ended up heating some chili and making chips with leftover blue corn torillas, olive oil, and sea salt. Funny how desperation can push you to get creative. Bloomburg is on television giving us a non-update. I'm frustrated because I have some gifts that are being held hostage at my office and may miss out on our fancy holiday lunch I was looking forward to. Boo! Kelly has to get to work tomorrow, though, so I may be able to catch a ride if it turns out to be necessary.

posted by Liz @ 2:50 PM

I'm going to make an attempt into the city tomorrow. Kelly and I have a tenuous plan worked out for getting a car and picking up more people. This plan involves getting up at the crack of dawn and harrassing the nearby car companies, but I think I'm up for the challenge. I'd normally relish extra holiday days, but I'm sort of eager to wrap up my end-of-year things and reclaim things I left at my desk. How boring am I? Anyway, I got fresh laundry and a clean kitchen out of it. And a bag full of blue corn chips. J was busy, too. Here's what's left of a giant candy bar I brought home from work:

ONE of the giant candy bars I brought home from work. The other was the golden ticket one, which I eventually got (no golden ticket). He finished that one off this morning before starting in on this one.

posted by Liz @ 9:34 PM

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: After some waiting around in the cold and a long car ride, we made it into the city with no problems! It's really early, though.

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