Day Off

For you whiner's out there - Candace - the snow has been melting quickly and is hard to find anymore. Though I enjoyed the quick glimpse into the coming winter, I'm thankful that we get a couple of more weeks in Fall.

I took the day off yesterday, a well deserved rest, and got so much done I had to share! I got up and took London to the vet, got new tires for my car, went to the bank, washed my car, went to a doctor's appointment, met a friend for lunch, changed my oil, cleaned my whole house, and did 3 loads of laundry. Though many of you probably do that much on a daily basis, I find this to be quite an accomplishment mostly because I did everything that was on my list - everything. I love when a plan comes together like that.

First Snow

All day Saturday and today it has been dumping snow! We have a nice layer at our house and I'm sure that the mountains have even more. Good thing I got my new skis last week! Won't be skiing quite yet cause it's not quite thick enough to cover all the rocks and sticks and you wouldn't want to get hurt this early! It feels so much like Christmas time that it's hard to believe that it's still two more weeks before Halloween let alone Thanksgiving! I'm drinking some hot choco as we speak and have been pulling out all of my sweaters and down coats. I'm full on ready for this time of the year though I feel like the 2 weeks of fall wasn't quite enough. I'm sure we'll get a little of the fall back but I'm not sure I've seen such a big early season snow since I've lived here.

My new skis! The Volkl Kiku, can't wait to ride them!

We went by Pep Boys earlier today to get new wiper blades for my car. Fogg went in and asked the sales clerk to show him the best windshield wipers that they carried. The clerks response was "for like snow and rain?" Um, seriously? What else do you use windshield wipers for? Anyway, Fogg got me hooked up with some great new wipers that work like a charm. Now it's off to the tire place for some good all weather tires.


London is also soaking up the winter spirit as well, he's curled up in front of the fire...

Scotland

Well, my brother just arrived in Scotland on Tuesday, well maybe Wednesday, who knows what time zones he's gone through, for a two month travel around the country of our ancestors. My mom is mostly Scottish, my grandmother traveling over here when she was 6 in 1922 because of the potato famine. We still can't understand most of what she says and it's been a few years. Anyway, our childhood was full of Scottish tradition, Scotch meat pies, English tea with milk no sugar and as hot as a boiling pot of water, kilts and funny Scottish sayings. But as my brother shows in his first posting of his new blog, it's the Wally Dogs that kill us the most. My mother got some from who knows where and put them proudly in the living room on either side of the fireplace. They could possibly be the ugliest things we'd ever seen. My mom's defense every time of our insults was that they are "antiques" but my complaint is that this particular antique is ugly and that I never wanted to inherit them from her. In fact, my brother and I told her that if she does pass them along to us, we'll proudly sell them for the supposed "loads of cash" that they are worth. But my brother found them in a museum on day one of his adventure in Scotland. He should start a Wally Dog count...