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Entries from November 2007

Friday, November 30. 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night

Two packages should be arriving at our house today. I have eagerly been awaiting these packages. In 20 minutes (noon) our blizzard warning will go into effect and I hope that won't affect the delivery. Knowing the postman's unofficial motto I would rest easy if it were being brought in by the USPS, unfortunately it's being brought by UPS and I have no idea what their motto is. I will go ahead and assume it's NOT as good.

I've had slightly dry itchy skin and have been waking up with a bloody nose for a little over a week. Can anyone guess what's in the package? I bet you have the right idea.... but BAM, I bet you didn't think it would be in the shape of a farm animal! The cutest humidifier in the world. Ok that is probably subjective, and seeing as how it took me about 3 hours to decide which one I wanted I'll understand if you don't agree.

I liked the animal humidifiers right off the bat and then as I read more and more reviews I realized everyone was talking about how nice they are in their child's nursery. Oop. So I started looking at the grown-up kind. I soon decided that if I'm going to have some plastic jug on my floor I'd rather have it be a little silly than flat out ugly. I just hope they* work. The kitties are kind of tired of us shocking them every time they get petted.



*they - we got the elephant too.
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Friday, November 16. 2007

Pvblic Library

Our local library is small but has plenty of good books and videos available to check out. It's in an old building that says pvblic library on the outside. Many of the public buildings say this and it drives Adam nuts. Anyway, they conveniently keep all of our library cards on a Rolodex so we don't have to worry about forgetting our card. I checked out a book on CD before heading on my weekend trip to New Orleans. Quite a few weeks later I ran to library to return it worried about the overdue charges that accrue on CDs. When I got there the librarian informed me that there aren't any overdue fees. The reason? "If everyone returned their books when they were supposed to, I wouldn't have room for all of them!"
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Monday, November 12. 2007

Out and About

Since we live in the middle of the mountains, we try to get out and about at least once a week, usually on Sunday. We last went up to Kendall Mountain, maybe to 13.5k feet or so. We couldn't get all the way to the end of the road because of snow. The Subaru made it through lots of uphill/snowy patches, but we had to call it quits when the road was nothing but a couple feet of snow with a sheer cliff off the side. So, we both got out and hiked. I went up, trying to get to the top of the mountain, and Danielle went down to a nice stream. Of course, the "peak" I saw was false, but I kept going and eventually got to a point where it was nothing but loose rocks to the peak that I could see. I wasn't about to carry on on that, so I turned around. Still quite fun. (Click for full size pictures)

Danielle at 13,500 feet
Adam is up there
Couldn't go any higher

She made it most of the way, too


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can't quite put my finger on it

Danielle writing here

So I have been trying to decide what to say to keep all my loyal readers reading and I realized I can't choose one thing that stood out to me in the past week. It was a long week. A really long week and I have a feeling that this one isn't going to feel any shorter.

Last week we may or may not have done the following: owned a dog, put a palm through a window pane, spilled coffee on a silk curtain (seriously ON A CURTAIN! How does that happen?), gone to town 3 out of 4 weekend days, tried to have dinner and a drink (at the same time) in Silverton, enjoyed what will probably the last really warm day, had DVR installed, hysterically laughed AND cried while watching the Amazing Race, ate a really good dinner with friends, reawakened our love for bread machines, accidentally drove through a car wash, and found The Colonel's long lost collar (#1) laying on the front porch with a rusty bell like it had been there all along (creepy).

Also, my grandpa turned 94 on Saturday. 94. I missed having a birthday party for him and I will soon miss Thanksgiving. BUT we will be in Ohio for Christmas and can't wait to see our family. We are so lucky to be able to take a week and a half so as to see all family and even get some good friend time in. And by lucky I mean we made a point to take jobs that would allow us the freedom to travel and do things that are important to us. So it's really not luck at all.
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