So I'm back, safe in my own wee bed, with a door that I can close without being rude or seen as sulking (depending on the host ( Read more... )

And on the third day of her visit, the Caro looked out over the slopes of Apex Mountain and declared it...

( ...not too bad. )

Conversation between my Father and I this morning:

Caro: Said with a totally straight and non-accusatory face Hey Dad, I was wondering if you wanted to think about getting in a half day at Apex this afternoon. I just checked the ski report and they have 4 inches of fresh powder.

Dad: Really? We could do that.

Caro: Giving the knife the most ( Read more... )

( Transcript of actual conversation between my father and I: )

I am hearing, although most assuredly not listening to or watching, Bill O'Reilly interviewing Sarah Palin about what she does in her spare time ( Read more... )

Well, after much brouhaha and craziness, I got to Calgary intact. I missed my plane, but did get here with relative painlessness and not too much cost.

The mystery of the missing snowboard gear was solved quickly with a distraught phone call from glass_hurricane confirming the permanent irretrievability of said clothing. However, with the grace and class that ( Read more... )

If I lent my snowboarding pants and jacket to you I need to know now if not sooner, please, please, please.

I leave tomorrow and have torn my place apart looking for them. I can only think that I loaned them out and have not gotten them back.

I ***REALLY*** need them.

EDITThe mystery has been solved, however I am no nearer to solving the issue ( Read more... )

Well, it's the eve of the day and good old non-christian me has just finished her frantic running around and money hemorhage ( Read more... )

I was just sitting outside having a smoke and a family of raccoons wandered out. Poppa and I had a bit of a chat establishing boundaries (okay mister, you just stay over there and I'll stay here and we'll be just fine, right?) The kits were adolescent-sized, but even so the four of them were just so adorable with their general innate, lovable ( Read more... )

My utterly normal ex-boyfriend has continued on his utterly normal course through life and after an utterly normal dating period of about three years, is getting married. I am deeply amused ( Read more... )