I'm schlepping along on my roommate's pet sitting runs, in case she gets stuck in the snow. It beats another day lying around watching bad tv. I was starting to get bed sores.
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How and where are you spending this Christmas Day? Make spirits bright by sharing a photo!
Well, my family's festivities have mostly concluded. My brothers are currently harassing each other in the living room. My cats are flinging toy mice around. One said mouse just hit the screen of the laptop I am using. We started the morning with my dad going and picking up my brother. The youngest brother arrived around the same time Dad got back. We opened presents, then Dad cooked breakfast, then we lounged for a while, then went down to my grandparents for Christmas dinner.
This year has been a hard one for some members of my extended family. There was a significant incident earlier this month involving my cousin. I do not know how that will play out, nor do I know all the details. Needless to say, there is another person on my list of people I would like to smack upside the back of the head. I just hope everything works out in the new year.
My youngest brother and I went to see 'Sherlock Holmes' early this morning. It was a good movie, in my opinion. They definitely left it open for at least one sequel, which I would be more than happy to go see in a year or two. But now, I am feeling a bit sleep deprived, so I will head to bed shortly.
Merry Christmas to all!
Well since my last post I have been hitting the books pretty hard. I passed A&P1 as well as my math course with an A, so that's good. I'm in A&P2 and English now, and I expect the same grade when it's all said and done. I'm trying to do my best as the nursing program that I'm doing these prerequisites for only has a few spots, and entry is competetive. Also Frank was in the Denver Parade of Lights with his high school marching band and we set up the twins for their prekindergarden assessments.
Without further ado, pictures...
This is obviously the twins. They've found a new way to play 'Hungry, Hungry Hippos'.
Christmas Eve we went sledding! Here's Dad and Langdon after a trip down the hill.
Sara waiting patiently for her turn. (We only have a couple crappy sleds that they have to share. For some reason, even though we're in Colorado, by the time we think to go looking for sleds they're all gone. I think maybe I'll start looking this next summer....)
At the bottom you can see Kev, Langdon, and Frank.
Trevor getting ready to try his luck on the sled. He had a blast, even going down on his tummy.
And here he is on his tummy!
Langdon making a snow angel. (Pardon my glove in the upper left corner.)
Logan trying to keep warm in the cold. I think it was around twenty degrees or so.
Frank on Christmas morning. He loves the new shirt he received. :-)
Logan eating the traditional 'Christmas Pizza'.
Sara with her new rollout piano.
Langdon with the toy he asked Santa for multiple times. He was telling everyone within earshot how badly he wanted this robot.
And finally, Trevor happily playing with his new Hotwheels cars and tracks. Merry Christmas everone. I hope Santa was good to you as well. :-)
How and where are you spending this Christmas Day? Make spirits bright by sharing a photo!
~ First time being away from my family ~ I was then with a friend and w/ a very close friend along w/ his family. And some friends, gift-giving, food, drinks, music.
And some Christmas giveaways from DAVIES ~ Paints Reinvented ( as we are valued customers ^q^)
Yesterday we what was described as a blizzard by the local news. Today I took a few photos and shoveled a bit of snow. Got my upper body and cardio workout today.
The snow has gifted me with many things this year: an interesting, drama-laden, knuckle-breaking drive home; the wonder of precipitating an indoor snow storm in my kitchen; the ability to create a snow angle when I opened my front door; the healthy glow of shoveling 13" deep snow; not to mention the calorie burn of shoveling so much snow not just at my house but at my 101 year old neighbor's house, too; the changing of a flat tire in snow; and the warm snuggles of cats and dogs.
Now, I get to enjoy a shoveled porch, walk, drive, and section of street; a heated sofa to ease the sore muscles of shoveling all that snow with a garden shovel - who needs a snow shovel in Oklahoma? - and a hot pot of lentil stew, fresh baked bread, and spice cupcakes with chocolate chai frosting. I don't have to go anywhere today or tomorrow or the day after, although the day after that, I'll have to get the flat tire fixed and put back on my car in place of the spare there now and go back to work.
I hear we're supposed to get an ice storm for New Year's.
Yanno, I think I prefer the snow we just had to ice.
In fact, I do prefer snow to ice.
It's snowing inside my kitchen!
I finally made it home from work (a 15 minute drive that took 2 1/2 hours of drama-laden, knuckle-breaking suspense and will result in nightmares and PTSD flashbacks) and put the kettle on for hot tea. And where the steam of the kettle meets the cold air, I have snow flurries - inside my kitchen. There's a snow drift building up between the dishwashing liquid and my Eggy Whip beside the kitchen sink.
It's not enough to have 11 inches (did you hear that - ELEVEN INCHES) of snow in the middle of my front yard, now I have blizzard conditions building up inside my kitchen.
I really need to speed up saving my money to get the wiring fixed in this house. It needs to have working heat if this cold weather trend keeps up around here.
That or I need to sell the house and move to a warmer climate.
I dislike cold weather. I despise snow. I loathe snow on top of ice. Those feelings are mild when compared to finding a snow storm inside my kitchen.
Of course, now that I'm home, I can set about warming things up some.
I turned the sofa on (what, you don't have a heated sofa? How sad for you.), set the stove to bake the bread that's been slow-rising inside it all day, heated water for tea (and was appalled at the resulting indoor blizzard), and set the space heater on. In an hour, it should be a toasty 50*F in here. Except the sofa, which will be much warmer.
I have movies, a remote control, books, notebooks, pens, my laptop, hot tea, and snacks all in reach, so I can camp on the sofa until it warms enough to go to bed.
Did I mention I dislike cold?
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