Archive for December, 2008

Gratuitous snow shots.

 Not only did it snow continuously for three days, the wind picked up and started blowing all that powder around to make lovely drifts. This is the view out our front door. The drifts were about a foot and a half in places. I tromped out to take pics of Curtis working. He was digging [...]

Why yes. I am spoiled.

 So now ive been stuck in my house for four days. I thought about going mad for a bit, but I had just cleaned the house and didn’t want another mess. I’m suppose to leave for vacation tomorrow and in a fit of boredom I made sure everything was packed. Then I remembered that I [...]

Snow. Yea.

Eight years ago I moved from the frozen tundra of Idaho to the mildewy fields of Oregon. Sure we get snow here. Normally we get a whole inch. People freak out. Lots of wrecks happen. We don’t leave our house. It melts the next day. Not this week. It snowed. Then snowed some more. It [...]

The slugnog posting

 This story is pretty gross. Just to forewarn you. My mother left when I was thirteen, and my fathers cooking skills left a little to be desired. He wasn’t bad. His meals were simple and unvaried. It was like; Monday meat loaf night. Tuesday was cube steak night. Wednesday was fend for yourself. Meaning cold [...]

Christmas Quiz

1. Wrapping paper or gift bag? –> Gift bags are way easier. Lot more expensive though and the cats don’t get as much enjoyment out of them. 2. Real tree or Artificial? –> We have a teeny tiny fake tree. I just cant justify cutting down a tree each year so my cats can tear [...]