TEH SNOWZ

Snowing again... we're in the middle of a HUGE white blotch on the radar, but it's moving quick. "They" say anywhere from 2-5 inches, which will be about right (more towards 5) if it keeps up at the current rate of fall. It's pretty, because I don't have to go anywhere tonight. Illumination class is canceled due to crappy roads, which is good, but there will also be no hot tub for me, which is not good. :( Also no Geminids (at least what we'll see... they'll still shoot all over the sky, far above the clouds), which makes me sad. Saw a few the other night, was hoping for more.

Grocery shopping is done, lunch has been had with my sweetie (happy birfday old man... you is 30 nao. ;) ), and now it is time to cut the bottom off the Christmas tree (before it's completely buried in snow) and stick it in a bucket of water to drink for a few hours before decorating. I have twinkly white lights. :) Yay!

note to self...

...next year, when picking out the tree, bring the stand along to make sure the base actually FITS. This one does now, but with a lot more effort that I'd have preferred to put forth.

I think I want a Sawzall for Christmas.

Snow and Irony

Irony
Originally uploaded by gshower7

Snow is done, mostly. About 3 1/2" of nice fluffy light powder on the ground, and we've moved out from underneath the white cloud of DOOM on the radar. Will make for easy shoveling tomorrow, I hope, and maybe, just maybe, it will clear off a little bit for some meteor-viewing tonight. That would be good.

House is warm, dinner was good, and birthday cupcakes are quite tasty. Got the mail from the last week, Christmas presents and cards are arriving!
( And in the 'heh... that's Ironic...' department, )

And now, since it's been several hours sitting in a bucket, is time to put the tree in the stand, plunk it in the corner, and make it purty.

Posty posty posty post!

Tree 07
Originally uploaded by gshower7

Marvin
Originally uploaded by gshower7

Tree is up, alll decorated. :) Is pretty, not as nicely shaped a tree as last year's, but definitely fresher. I'm tempted to get up at 4 AM because I may have to refill the stand... it's drinking water like crazy. Nice and green and healthy (er... as healthy as a cut, dying tree can be, I suppose). My twinkly lights are a bit spastic this year; some of them aren't working quite as well, but I haven't heard of any recalls or Bad Things that Happened when Twinkly Lights Went Blinky, so I don't think we'll burst into flames just yet.