Well the Danish have their own version: det regner skomagerdrenge. That translates to "It's raining shoemakers apprentices".
Those crazy Danes!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
I am Immortal!
One achievement I forgot to mention in my year recap is the finishing of a 2 year project. It was called.... Winelander. An amazing combination of three buck chuck and a series from the early nineties.
The exact reason why we started watching it is lost in the fuzzy corners of my mind but I'm fairly sure it had something to do with a certain oddly accented star, the deliciously cheezy fight scenes and special effects...and sailor jerry.
A wonderful side point was the clothes oh the clothes. A glimpse into the heart of nineties fashion that would curdle the blood of anyone who retains the gift of sight. Shoulder pads and jackets with enough fabric to cover a small African elephant.
Our wine of choice morphed from Charles Shaw's Cabernet to his Shiraz. With random other brands thrown in every week or so. As the weather turned warmer we started in on Chardonnay but one thing was clear, white wine and Highlander don't mix! Our viewings went down from 3 nights a week to one, and finally we stopped altogether. A summer went by.
Once the weather turned our thoughts turned as well, back to our old friend. Aside from a loud and ongoing dispute about which episode came next (I am telling you Katie we did NOT see the ep. with that guy from SGU who hunted with a pack of rottweilers. How would I not remember that??) the rest of the show passed in a wine, cheese and fruit filled haze. It was magical.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Another year goes by...
Can't say it's been uneventful. Let's see...(in no particular order)
Fostering a puppy for a weekend
State Fair fun
Camping weekend
Fishing trip
Boarding a new horse
Best friend got married (I was maid of honor)
A new batch of chicks
Trip to Palm Springs
Think that's it. Let's have a pictorial review!
Casey was a gift for a friend of mine, but he needed to be kept under wraps for the weekend, so I ended up babysitting him.
Ah the chickens at the State Fair. Pictured are bearded, booted Mille Fluer D'uccles.
Camping at Baker Park Reserve for our 1000 White Women book club
Boyd Lodge fishing trip helped me hone my paddling skills.
Dexter is a Hackney pony who is staying with us until his owner gets a barn built.
Paul & Sophia May 7, 2010
Fifteen baby chicks!
Hiking in Palm Springs was amazing!!
Yep, it was a good year. :)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
A year later...
Yes, yes, I haven't updated in a while...a loooong while. Moving on.
I had a dream last week. *Katie decided we needed life sized cookie jar replicas of ourselves. So we shopped around potters who specialized in ceramics and found... MY MOTHER! She quoted a price of $2000 per cookie jar, and promptly started planning how much money she could make if she specialized in cookie jar people.
At which point I was chased by bears past a swing set in our backyard. *
I had a dream last week. *Katie decided we needed life sized cookie jar replicas of ourselves. So we shopped around potters who specialized in ceramics and found... MY MOTHER! She quoted a price of $2000 per cookie jar, and promptly started planning how much money she could make if she specialized in cookie jar people.
At which point I was chased by bears past a swing set in our backyard. *
Thursday, November 19, 2009
In my Dreams!
So Katie says I need to start writing down my dreams because she finds them hilarious. I think it may have to do with our choice of beverages but we shall see.
Two nights ago I dreamt that my brothers ordered a baby king cobra on line. For some reason they decided to keep it in an old cardboard box of Lego's. After a few hours they got tired of it so Tim tossed it down the stairs (jerk!). I Of course was totally exasperated and tried to explain WHY you can't just toss a baby cobra down the stairs into the living room and expect it to be ok!
So I go to find it and put it someplace safe, like a nice terrarium (I love terrariums). Of course it was out of the box and slithering around the room, so I'm looking under the couch and moving stuff around and I spot Tim's old amp. It's open in the back, so I tip it up to look and BAM! Cobra bites me in the EYE, my left eye, BTW. I still have a totally clear memory of it striking me in the eye. It gets my lower eyelid and scrapes the top part of my eyeball. I could feel the pain of the bite and the venom starting to numb and burn my eye.
Was I terrified? NO! I was just so pissed at Tim. "SEE??!" I say this is why you CANNOT throw a cobra down the stairs!!"
Two nights ago I dreamt that my brothers ordered a baby king cobra on line. For some reason they decided to keep it in an old cardboard box of Lego's. After a few hours they got tired of it so Tim tossed it down the stairs (jerk!). I Of course was totally exasperated and tried to explain WHY you can't just toss a baby cobra down the stairs into the living room and expect it to be ok!
So I go to find it and put it someplace safe, like a nice terrarium (I love terrariums). Of course it was out of the box and slithering around the room, so I'm looking under the couch and moving stuff around and I spot Tim's old amp. It's open in the back, so I tip it up to look and BAM! Cobra bites me in the EYE, my left eye, BTW. I still have a totally clear memory of it striking me in the eye. It gets my lower eyelid and scrapes the top part of my eyeball. I could feel the pain of the bite and the venom starting to numb and burn my eye.
Was I terrified? NO! I was just so pissed at Tim. "SEE??!" I say this is why you CANNOT throw a cobra down the stairs!!"
Friday, October 16, 2009
End of an Era
I have had my driver's license for 10 years. I don't speed (more than 5 over) I'm careful about obeying all laws. Well, ok I have accidentally run a few red lights, but not on purpose mostly!
Last night Katie and I were driving home from Ty and Dave's. We pulled onto 55 after a police car. Katie mentioned she was glad he was in front and not following us. Almost as soon as she said that he put on his blinker and pulled to the side of the road, when we passed he started following us. I wasn't too worried, I knew he was running the plates. It was close to 1:00 AM and I'm sure he was looking for suspicious characters. I drove normally and took my turn onto Rolling Hills and he pulled in after me and sure enough, turned on his lights.
Oh crap, so much for my 10 year streak! I'm glad Katie was with me, she found the insurance info and I got out my license, so exciting! He came up to the window and all I could think was, he looks like Jeff Krotzer, how am I supposed to be afraid of him??
He says, "The reason I pulled you over tonight is your tabs are expired". I might have gaped a little I had NO clue. He asked if it was my car and I said yes, he took my license and went to run it. At that point I remembered that the car is NOT in my name and waited for him to come back and billy club me. I guess that little discrepancy -or the fact that it's in dad's name, same last name- didn't bother him because he came back and just told me to get new tabs.
Nice, no ticket, no nothing.
This morning I told mom and she said oh yeah, I forgot about that, we need new tabs. Thanks Ma.
The wholde incident did kind of make me want to be a cop, but I think they frown on the sort of vigilante justice I would bust out. Oh well.
Last night Katie and I were driving home from Ty and Dave's. We pulled onto 55 after a police car. Katie mentioned she was glad he was in front and not following us. Almost as soon as she said that he put on his blinker and pulled to the side of the road, when we passed he started following us. I wasn't too worried, I knew he was running the plates. It was close to 1:00 AM and I'm sure he was looking for suspicious characters. I drove normally and took my turn onto Rolling Hills and he pulled in after me and sure enough, turned on his lights.
Oh crap, so much for my 10 year streak! I'm glad Katie was with me, she found the insurance info and I got out my license, so exciting! He came up to the window and all I could think was, he looks like Jeff Krotzer, how am I supposed to be afraid of him??
He says, "The reason I pulled you over tonight is your tabs are expired". I might have gaped a little I had NO clue. He asked if it was my car and I said yes, he took my license and went to run it. At that point I remembered that the car is NOT in my name and waited for him to come back and billy club me. I guess that little discrepancy -or the fact that it's in dad's name, same last name- didn't bother him because he came back and just told me to get new tabs.
Nice, no ticket, no nothing.
This morning I told mom and she said oh yeah, I forgot about that, we need new tabs. Thanks Ma.
The wholde incident did kind of make me want to be a cop, but I think they frown on the sort of vigilante justice I would bust out. Oh well.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
First Snow
We got our first snow of the season last night! On my way to bed last night I looked out the window and saw snow flurries like glitter falling outside the window. So pretty.
This morning I went to let the chickens out, usually they're all camped out in front of the door waiting to run outside. This morning the only one out was Jack. Pumpkin must have kicked him out of the coop, poor guy. It's not any colder than it has been, they just really don't like the snow on their feet.
With the bright sun this afternoon they're all outside basking in it. Winter is coming, but it's not here just yet.
This morning I went to let the chickens out, usually they're all camped out in front of the door waiting to run outside. This morning the only one out was Jack. Pumpkin must have kicked him out of the coop, poor guy. It's not any colder than it has been, they just really don't like the snow on their feet.
With the bright sun this afternoon they're all outside basking in it. Winter is coming, but it's not here just yet.
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