Friends

We've arrived in Quilcene, as of Wednesday the 16th. It rained both days we were loading the trailer for the trip, then pretty much the whole way north.

Dad insisted on skipping the Siskyous (no problem... pain in the patoot this time of year), but then didn't want to cut back over to I-5, so we ended up taking the 101 all the way home... this added 2 days to the planned trip. Because of the extra time, he didn't want to stop... at all. He seemed to forget that we have a little one that MUST travel in a car seat... and needs to eat and be burped and changed and have some time to stretch a little. Poor thing was pretty miserable.

But! We got here. We're all adjusting to four adults in the house. The kitties are still consigned to mom's workshop/shed (heated) until we can get the "hand tied Tibetan llama wool" rug rolled up and stored away (currently in the middle of our room, partially covered by heavy furniture).

The trip back south (to San Diego and Arizona) is temporarily delayed because the truck decided to break down on the way to the storage unit on Thursday. They're still trying to figure out what's wrong with it. We'll make the trip at some point... have to see Great Grandpa McFadden after all, but we don't know when yet.

Mom is thrilled to have me, Scott, and Daina here. Dad is being grumpy (he's getting worse as he ages), but he dotes on Daina and is enjoying my cooking. LOL.

We managed to get our router hooked up, along with one computer, but Mom and Dad's sattelite internet has some pretty strict usage guidelines and is S-L-O-W. So CoH is limited to off hours and short time frames, various load heavy websites will be visited sparingly (I'm looking at you Ms. Contantly Refreshing Itself iVillage). IMs are out until we figure out how our use is impacting the bottom line, plus with the limited use, we're not constantly at the computer. But we still check our email at least once a day, so feel free to contact us that way. (Me: baisleac (at) gmail (dot) com; Scott: scott.kesilis (at) gmail (dot) com; Daina: daina.kesilis (at) gmail (dot) com)

And now... I must be off. Wish us luck... and Have a Happy New Year, y'all. :D

ganked from rachet



And this one totally cracked me up...

ganked from rachet

Five Favorite Songs:
1. In Excelsis Deo
2. My Favorite Things
3. Let it Snow
4. Winter Wonderland
5. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Five Favorite Christmas Treats:
1. Gingerbread
2. Spritz cookies
3. English Toffee
4. Fudge!
5. Buckeyes (the peanut butter balls)

Five Favorite Christmas Ornaments:
(I haven't seen my ornaments in a long time so this will be hard)
1. The ceramic house that goes over a bulb so the light shines through the windows
2. The cobalt blue ball with a handpainted Tigger on it
3. My "angel" topper (That's actually really cheap and from Big Lots, but it's pretty and I like it)
4. The little "paint yourself" ceramic stocking and teddy bear that I got from my friend Jeannie in H.S.
5. The nutcracker windchime

Five Favorite Christmas Movies:
1. Desk Set
2. Love Actually
3. Diehard
4. Miracle on 34th Street (original)
5. White Christmas

Five Least Favorite Christmas Shows/Songs:
(interesting)
1. It's a Wonderful Life (just UGH!)
2. A Christmas Story
3. Baby, It's Cold Outside (Date Rape, not my kind of holiday song)
4. Auld Lang Syne
5. Ernest Saves Christmas

Five Favorite TV Christmas Moments:
1. (I was trying to think of how to describe this and then noticed that Rachet had it as #3. Whee!) The West Wing: Toby spends days trying to get a funeral for a homeless vet who died while wearing a coat Toby had given to the VOA. It ends with Toby, Mrs. Landingham and the homeless guy's brother going to Arlington with a color guard and flag draped coffin while the rest of the cast is shown in the main hall listening to The Little Drummer Boy being sung by a boy's choir.

2. Umm... that's all folks.

Past 5 days
Saturday (12/5): Sunny
Sunday (12/6): Sunny
Monday (12/7): Rainy
Tuesday (12/8): Sunny
Wednesday (12/9): Sunny

Forecast:
Thursday (12/10): Partly sunny, chance of rain in the afternoon
Friday (12/11): Rainy
Saturday (12/12): Rainy
Sunday (12/13): Chance of rain in the morning, partly sunny
Monday (12/14): Partly sunny

( Come on... guess! )

Urgh.

Main Entry: res·o·lu·tion
Pronunciation: \ˌre-zə-ˈlü-shən\
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of resolving: as a : the act of analyzing a complex notion into simpler ones b : the act of answering : solving c : the act of determining d : the passing of a voice part from a dissonant to a consonant tone or the progression of a chord from dissonance to consonance e : the separating of a chemical compound or mixture into its constituents f (1) : the division of a prosodic element into its component parts

Main Entry: goal
Pronunciation: \ˈgōl, chiefly Northern especially in 1b & 3a also ˈgül\
Function: noun
2 : the end toward which effort is directed : aim


10 Goals for 2010

1) Buy each of us at least one frivolous item from our personal wish lists
2) Read 25 new (to me) books
3) EP enough to get Daina through her first year on BM
4) Get passport cards so we can visit Canada... and return. (Vancouver, I've missed thee)
5) See VA Doctors about my knees
6) Incorporate more meatless meals into our diet
7) Buy local organic when we can afford to
8) Start FLYing again
9) Start "The Artist's Way" path again
10) Buy Tupperware brand tupperware to store staples (flour, sugar, corn starch, etc)