Yesterday marked the first snowfall for the fall-winter season up here, and it is snowing as I type this. Now, I know many people up here see these white flakes as being sent straight from Hell to make their lives miserable, but I still enjoy watching it fall. There's something very serene about it...so quiet, so peaceful. If you put aside what might happen if you aren't careful driving in it, it really is a very beautiful event. I'd take it over freezing rain any day, something I think the South sees more of than the North.
Some have told me I will hate it here this winter...well, the jury's not even deliberating on it yet, so we shall see.
In the News:
How would you feel if someone tried to murder your favorite vegetable? Here's an article about an innocent radish that almost saw the white light: Radish Recovering After Murder Attempt
Unfortunately, a sparrow in Amsterdam wasn't so lucky. Let this be a lesson to other sparrows: don't go anywhere near domino-fanatics (maybe all other species should heed that warning too!) -- Sparrow Shot for Downing Domino Record BidFrom Comedy Central's Joke of the Day:
Martha Stewart's Holiday To-Do List
December 1 - Blanch carcass from Thanksgiving turkey. Spray paint gold, turn upside down and use as a sleigh to hold Christmas cards.
December 2 - Have Mormon Tabernacle Choir record outgoing Christmas message for answering machine.
December 3 - Using candlewick and hand-gilded miniature pine cones, fashion a cat-o-nine-tails. Flog gardener.
December 4 - Repaint Sistine Chapel ceiling in ecru, with mocha trim.
December 5 - Get new eyeglasses. Grind lenses myself.
December 6 - Fax family Christmas newsletter to Pulitzer committee for consideration.
December 7 - Debug Windows '2000
December 10 - Align carpets to adjust for curvature of Earth.
December 11 - Lay Faberge egg.
December 12 - Take dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble.
December 13 - Collect dentures. They make excellent pastry cutters, particularly for decorative pie crusts.
December 14 - Install plumbing in gingerbread house.
December 15 - Replace air in mini-van tires with Glade "Holiday Scents" in case tires are shot out at mall.
December 17 - Child proof the Christmas tree with garland of razor wire.
December 19 - Adjust legs of chairs so each Christmas dinner guest will be the same height when sitting at his or her assigned seat.
December 20 - Dip sheep and cows in egg whites and roll in confectioner's sugar to add a festive sparkle to the pasture.
December 21 - Drain city reservoir; refill with mulled cider, orange slices and cinnamon sticks.
December 22 - Float votive candles in toilet tank.
December 23 - Seed clouds for white Christmas. Festoon windows with worthless stock.
December 24 - Do my annual good deed. Go to several stores. Be seen engaged in last minute Christmas shopping, thus making many people feel less inadequate than they really are.
December 25 - Bear son. Swaddle. Lay in color-coordinated manger scented with homemade potpourri.
December 26 - Organize spice racks by genus and phylum.
December 27 - Build snowman in exact likeness of God.
December 31 - New Year's Eve! Give staff their resolutions. Call a friend in each time zone of the world as the clock strikes midnight in that country.
No comments:
Post a Comment