For those of you who don't read Helen's blog (and why not?), this is a feature she's been doing called "12 of 12", where you take 12 pictures of your day on the 12th day of the month. Edit: Credit where credit's due! to Chad, now linked in my Stalkees column on my sidebar. Do you know how hard it is to take pictures of anything remotely interesting when you sit at a computer 10 hours out of the day?


I park in the mall parking ramp, and cut through the mall on my way to work. The second floor of the mall was purchased recently by the University for office space (big joke), and they've been renovating. I walk through a construction zone every morning and every evening.


This is my building! There's the coffee shop there on the first floor right, and the pet shop on the left, and we're on the second floor. The city put those snowflakes on all the lights downtown this year; I thought they were so cool. That's the only snow we've seen so far this year, though that is supposed to change today. We'll see.


This is my desk. That's all I have to say about that.


This is the meal I cooked four servings of Monday night. It's a very yummy chicken breast with a spinach, onion, and cottage cheese "filling". However, Tuesday afternoon I got a headache and upset stomach, so now I'm wondering if it was food poisoning, and I have no stomach for it.


So this is what I ate instead.


Turns out my camera only holds 11 pictures (I haven't needed the memory before - not much of a picture-taker), so I took a screen shot (I'm quick and spry, clever and sly!) of my computer as I wrote a letter to my Congressman, asking him to support the Stem Cell Funding Enhancement Act. Contact your Senator too, and ask for their vote!


One of my favorite times of day is when I come home and get the mail. I think that's part of the reason I'm an eBay addict. Today the most exciting thing in the mail was a Christmas card from my cousin Sonia, with a picture of Ben and Nora. Nora, I swear, could have been the model for Cabbage Patch Kids. So cute!


Tomorrow is the first Saturday of tax season, and I volunteered to be the first to bring breakfast. This is my Egg McMuffin maker, which I absolutely adore. I would like to say that I haven't been to McDonald's since I got it, especially since I'm reading Fast Food Nation, but I'd be lying. Damn that Filet O'Fish! I'm putting things in a box so I remember to bring them tomorrow.


Time for a run! They say you're supposed to put your treadmill in an inviting environment, but all I really need is that cute little TV. Prize for anyone who can identify the name of the episode I'm watching!


I have time for a little TV. I'm sorry to announce I am again watching All My Children on a regular basis, and I still hate Kendall.


Josh has a gift certificate to burn, so we met at the Old Capitol Brewery for drinks. I was starving, so I opted for cheese fries, which is the only thing I've ever had there that they haven't messed up. Chelsea is spilling her beer in this picture.


It's 11:15 and I'm desperate! One more picture to get in! Bed, my favorite place to be. And check out my teddy bear flannels. I had complained that "fun" sheets don't come in queen size, and Mom found me these. I can't say I'm not looking forward to retiring them, but they are still (relatively) usable, and I'm loathe to retire anything usable.

And that's my first 12 of 12, I hope you enjoyed it.