Weekly List of Links That Keep Me Awake

This week has been hectic. Two sick kids, driving all over creation to Peanut's daycare, and getting lost twice on the way there, and work of course. We went to see the Christmas tree lighting at the Capitol. It was beautiful and very Xmasy. Except for the two extraordinarily whiny kids I had with me. Who's kids were those? I have no idea, not mine certainly. Yesterday was Peanut's 9th birthday! Stop growing damn it. Normally I'd post this on Sunday, but since it's Christmas I thought you guys could use the internet to escape from your family for a minute. Here's some of the links that have kept me awake all week.

And here's the weeks link that helped me stay awake all night. Enjoy!

Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.

— Scottish Proverb

The very best recipe for making cookies I have ever seen.

Galadarlings 100 Ways to Start Loving Yourself. I think I am going to work through all 100.

I want the Walking Dead chucks so bad! Do you think Santa will come through? Also he should bring me this cone of shame shirt.

I always liked Jane better then Daria. I would love to have done this cosplay!

Cocktails based on the Harry Potter characters. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm down for this.

Wow, apparently George Orwell knew his shit.

Rad Harry Potter fan art.

What do you think a 4-8 year old thinks the meaning of love is? Some of these answers are dead on to me.

So obviously Veteran's Day is way behind us..or way ahead of us depending on your perspective, but the troop can use our help every single day. Here's 11 ways you can! And here's 8 more ways to help people.

Love Actually is not just one of my favorite holiday movies, but one of my all time favorites. But it's not perfect and I had to agree with a lot of Hate, Actually.

 This statue is so intense. I could look at it all day.

An artist took hundreds of tourist photos of popular destinations and layered them. They look like eerie watercolors. Almost ghost like. Very cool idea.

This is super adorable. In a menacing dark side kind of way.

I worry so much about my kids having a complex about food and their bodies. This post made me cry a little bit, but also reminded me to speak up! And that hot chocolate with whipped cream can cure anything.

What have you guys seen or written this week? Leave it in the comments for me!