Black Friday Ads Thanksgiving was great! It snowed all day, the turkey was moist and juicy, and we Skyped with family and friends. Our army pal shared some hilarious quips, I’ll call “humor in uniform”, concerning perspectives people have about Montana. Last night, we watched one of my all time favorite holiday classic movies, “The Bishop’s Wife”. This morning, […]
Month: November 2010
Thanksgiving Barf-O-Rama!
My sister, her husband, and their 8 kids were coming to visit for Thanksgiving. About a week earlier, they’d all been sick with a stomach virus. My sister sent us disgusting emails elaborating on the 20 puke buckets and the peanut butter vomit that her youngest splattered all over her face. My mom expressed her […]
How to Make Snow
How will we get the groceries home in the winter without them freezing solid? They’ll be in the bed of the pick-up truck exposed to the air! Won’t the cans of soft drinks burst? These were questions our southern brains used to ponder before we moved to the frozen north. Turns out the frozen north isn’t always […]
The Ghost Towns of Virginia City and Nevada City, Montana
The first snow of the season is always exhilarating. Freezing snow and wind blew in our faces as we hurried inside. The gal at the entrance said something like, “My goodness! Look what you’re wearing,“ when she saw E in a summer dress with no leggings on her bare legs. I smiled and then walked over to […]
Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 97
Rain, sleet, and snow. I could not have picked a more perfect day to schedule a trip to Costo to have my studded tires put on. Autumn has disappeared almost instantly and winter has reached our doorstep. William Shakespeare wrote 154 poems in sonnet form dealing with such themes as the passing of time, love, beauty, and mortality. […]
Fun Tips for Raking Leaves
All of those beautiful golden leaves have just about fallen. We’ve been doing a lot of raking and the simple pleasure of playing in fall leaves has all but disappeared. Snow clouds have been hanging over the mountains and it’s time to finish up the yard work. This is when the grumbling from the peanut […]
A Strong Desire for Skates
“If one imagines with enough energy behind it, expectations eventually manifest.” ~ You Get What You Expect Temperatures cold enough to freeze the pond haven’t yet arrived in Kalispell. Nevertheless, that hasn’t stopped the “I can’t wait to ice skate” enthusiasm which began shortly after summer faded away. Ice skating is a favorite winter sport […]
An Archer is One With the Bow
It was early morning and still dark when I read the weather forecast. It said “TODAY, patchy fog possible”. I was a bit disappointed, as I am not yet ready to be socked in with inversions. The morning progressed, the sun came up, and frosty autumn leaves glistened on the lawn. It all looked so […]
Making Groceries
I can hardly believe it’s November. Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. We don’t trick or treat but E made some peanut butter eyeballs for the occasion. We had a good time with the decorating, but I must say that some of them came out looking like they had a bad […]