Well, it is a lovely winterscape out there this morning. Birds chirping, sun shining. So we shall see if the SO makes it home today or not. Our band leader offered to drive him if he can't make it. But that would mean he would also have to come get him on Saturday morning and take him to his car. Which I guess I'm okay with; I don't really plan on leaving the house myself.
Next up, make coffee from the kettle on the woodstove, unearth the birdbath for the fifth time, restock the feeder. Then laundry. Then dishes. Then office work. Then knitting. I promise myself knitting in front of the fire regardless of the contents of the rest of the day. I am about eight rows of simple garter stitch from finishing the body of my first ever sweater. Then sleeves, once I can find the pattern book.
Oop, kettle is boiling!
And now I see that there are tire tracks where my neighbor came in late last night and left this morning. So it must be navigable for his 4WD at least.
Liese, knitting by the fire sounds like a lovely day.
you remind me, I actually need to search for some yarn to finish this baby hat. If I can't find it, off to Joanns. And just in the nick of time too, I am imposing a yarn and fabric ban for 2011.
I think we're going to the pool this afternoon. Meanwhile I'm just sitting on my ass and eating as much Jamaican food as I can and surfing the internet and uploading to flickr and contemplating scanning old pictures. But I don't want to get up.
We've had two birds in the house since I've been here. My mother thinks they're omens and she wants to play the lottery or something. The first one was a hummingbird, one of which is our national bird. So much cooler than a mouse. The second one was a dove which dive bombed our glass porch doors. Poor thing. It listed a bit, but it made it off the porch under its own steam.
Happy New Year bt and family!
I had an OK night's sleep considering I had traded my usual bed partner for two little squirmy people. The funny part was my cat Burrell yowling in frustration because she thought she'd been bumped from the bed. But I invited her up, gave her pets, and fell asleep to her purrs.
Oh! Matt's story reminds me I do in fact have a creepy vermin memory all my own. Filled washer, forgot to throw in the laundry and left the lid open all night. The next morning when I went to start a new load, I found instead a drowned rat floating in the washing machine. Yuck.
Happy New Year, billytea!
My new job starts on Monday, guys.
Congrats, bon!
ita, I definitely consider hummingbirds to be birds of good omen. Play the lottery.
We have quite the blanket of snow outside. And I need to go out in it to buy snow chains. Not for local driving, but we are heading up into the Rockies on Sunday and I'm pretty sure I'll need them up there.
The next morning when I went to start a new load, I found instead a drowned rat floating in the washing machine. Yuck
Very icky, but on the bright side the place you found it was self-cleaning. The only location more convenient would be the toilet bowl.
Now that's looking on the bright side!
