Introspection, hearing loss, and everyday life.
Steve’s band, still yet to be named, and their significant others all went on the town last night. We had a blast. I have not gone dancing in a long time. It’s a great way to recharge, I feel full of energy. Today we head out to Craftsbury to celebrate New Year’s by wearing semi-formal attire in a big old farmhouse.
Hope you all have fun New Year’s celebrations.
Dec 31st 2005Friends
my new camera has a setting designated specifically for “action shots of children in sunlight”. Why only children? What happens if I take one of an adult?
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Dec 30th 2005I Laughed When
Steve keeps leaving his stuff on my side of the bathroom counter.
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Dec 30th 2005I Peeved When
Somehow I have lived in Vermont for five years without a good pair of snow boots. I have a comfortable pair of waterproof shoes that don’t go much higher than the ankle. They work pretty well, if you are willing to tolerate snow trickling down your ankle once in a while. I finally decided I just need to bite the bullet and get a solid pair of boots.
How hard is it to find snow boots that don’t cost the earth? I scoured the internet post-Christmas and found a perfect pair on clearance. While I was in the process of checking out, they sold out in my size! And suddenly, everywhere on the internet, they were gone. Snatched by bitches two steps ahead of me in checkout. I suppose that is a good thing about the internet, you can swear loudly at consumers you can’t see, instead of directly encountering the person when they run in front of you and grab the last pair off the shelf just as you were reaching for them, and someone’s hair might get ripped out.
Steve and I went to town and Steve spent his gift certificates while I searched several stores and then every department store at the mall. All I found were dainty, sherpa fashion boots. You can’t shovel the snow in those! You can’t go snowshoeing or traipsing in the woods in those! Come on people, THIS is why folks further inland make sarcastic remarks that Chittenden county isn’t really in Vermont. I finally did find some REAL boots at EMS and at a sportshoe store, but I had a pact with myself that I would get them on sale. A fantastic deeply discounted, post Christmas sale. And these boots all cost $100 or more.
I went back online today and found another perfect pair, marked down since I was online last. The kind you can run around in the snow with, the kind you can slip your foot right in and zip up, marked down to $29 from $100. This time, someone else in size 8 shoe swore at their laptop while I zipped nimbly through checkout.
Dec 29th 2005Everyday life & Vermont
I hear about money grubbers who sue if they slip in a church parking lot. No one should make money off of human mistakes or fate of the weather or their own clumsiness.
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Dec 27th 2005I Peeved When
Sugar cookies with frosting, chocolate mints, truffles, sand tarts, green and red M&Ms, brownies, ice cream, chocolate covered peanuts, brittle bark, Geneva cookies with peppermint, and Mom’s Christmas log with chocolate mousse, orange marmalade and Liqueur.
Delicious baked haddock, lime chicken, gourmet macaroni and cheese, and tender, tender Omaha steaks.
Apples to Apples, puzzles, and crazy snow bocce with egg nog drinkin’.
Indoor tennis, long walks, and snowman building- complete with pet cat.
Like most cats, the snowcat would not stay put.
Rain, rain.
Six people, one toilet goes on the lam.
One car accident on a sharp curve, fortunately my brother was not hurt although his car was not as lucky.
Instead of going to a Christmas service, we put together an impromptu service at home, complete with guitar music, candles, readings, and a guided meditation.
Gift-alapoolooza. This will be the last entry with pictures uploaded from my Sony 2.0 megapixels camera that has no zoom, because Steve got me a Kodak 5.0 megapixels camera with a zoom and picture printer. Sweet!
Peanut butter cup cookies, sand tarts, chocolate dipped pretzels, peppermint bark, chocolate covered cherries, sugar cookies with frosting, chocolate covered brittle, Chex Mix, and Billie’s famous Christmas creamy fudge.
Delicious “slop”, lime chicken, turkey, pizza.
Risk, Imaginiff, Cranium, Pinball.
Snowshoeing, skiing, working out at Iroc.
Snow, snow, MORE snow.
Six people. One shower.
I discovered napkin folding!
Gift-apolooza. Steve got THE wooden percussion frog.
Wedding date: August 5, 2006 in Salt Lake. I’m a bridesmaid! Steve’s the best man! And I want to road trip!! Watch out for the roadtripping bridesmaid this summer.