This has been an interesting winter, to say the least. We wound up having two days off the week before last and even had a snow day last Wednesday. That now puts us at 9 days missed. Sounds like Ohio might be nice and give us 4 days beyond our normal 5 calamity days, so we shouldn't have many to make up (hopefully ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the nicest weather day of my trip. We started the morning with a quick drive to pick up donuts from A Baker's Wife and then had breakfast on the girls' back porch (Amy also made scrambled eggs).

( Sunday in the Park with Amy (& Rachel) )

Since judiang did this meme, I thought I should as well. Watching the Gold Medal Match between Canada and Sweden for women's curling. Go Canada! (Or Sweden!)

( Lots of questions. Probably boring answers. Sorry! )

For some reason, February is usually my worst month of the year. You'd think a short month wouldn't have such an affect on me, but it usually does ( Read more... )

I own a high def TV, but am too cheap to pay for high def stations from my overpriced cable company. (I just don't watch enough TV to make it worth the extra moolah.) So I figured mom would be interested in watching tonight's opening ceremony and invited myself around to her place. Cuz she not only has a high def TV (even bigger than mine) but ( Read more... )

Does NBC think we're stupid or something? The gymnastics event (uneven bars) with Nastia Liukin took place already in Beijing. However, while watching MSNBC's 5-7pm show on the Olympics, everyone was talking about the event as if it hadn't happened yet. (And yes, the MSNBC show was live.) What was really ridiculous was when they interviewed a ( Read more... )

Today has been Exercise Day here in Chicago. Earlier, we rode bikes along Lake Michigan and just a bit ago we went swimming in the pool. And we've only had brunch for food today - it's almost like a health spa or something! Anyhoo, I'll get into more detail (or you can read elsaf's journal entry instead) about my trip thus far.

( Friday's shenannigans. )

So, I'm coming upon the morning hours while sleeping today when I have an interesting dream. Leo, meanwhile, was rattling the phone, which is his way of telling me it's time for breakfast. I managed to work this into the dream ( Read more... )

You know you're an Olympics Junkie when you schedule the rest of your life around the Olympics.

Oh, sorry for not being on CoX lately, judiang. I should have some time this weekend to finish up our Valentine's Mission with Icy & Imanni. Looks like Sunday will have to be it again. Should be available from 11am til 4pm (though I'll have hockey on in the ( Read more... )