Eseme's Den

That is what we are at, up here in Maine. Single digits, your eyes ache after a while. It was -6 yesterday.

On the plus side, that means that the amazing Gelato Fiasco was selling gelato for 38% off (1% per degree below freezing, with a caveat that if it is -68 degrees why will not pay us to eat gelato). We are thinking of going there today.

Gelato Fiasco

I have been super busy with holidays, snow, and birthdays.

We got a foot or so of snow the week before Christmas. It melted a bit. The weekend before Christmas was a 2 day ice storm, Sunday-Monday. The weekend after Christmas we got about 6 inches of new snow (it was about 8-10 where I work, and the drive home December 30th, Sunday night at 9:30 was not fun).

More snow yesterday into today. It is incredibly light and drifts everywhere, because when it snows at -6 there is nearly no moisture in the snow.

There has been much shoveling, and biodegradable kitty litter on the ice. More shoveling today, in half-hour increments, as it is still extremely cold.

I got, among other things, a zany fascinator for my hair, a lovely hand-made mug, and a book on the history of the Lego mini-figure for Christmas. My display of Holiday Lego sets won the cube-decorating contest at work and I got a $100 Wal-Mart gift card. I bought all the cleaning supplies that we use (ALL of them) and a new magnetic whiteboard/cork-board for a message center.

I crocheted 2 small Totoros, 2 tiny Totoros, a chibi Cuthulu, a chibi ninja, and I am at work on a Psyduck pokemon. I also made my niece a sweater and hat, and a hat and scarf for her Raggety Ann doll.

Visiting my sister, her awesome partner, and my niece at Thanksgiving was a truly wonderful vacation. My niece is the most cheerful, happy, and non-fussy baby I have ever met. She is also very friendly, gave me a head-but kiss as soon as she saw me.

Life is cold but good, and busy.

Well, more at my parents' house from ReaderCon, but that parses oddly.

Yes, it is indeed 12:48 AM.

But since I will be a bit busy tomorrow unpacking and finishing work on a spiffy elven vest, I am posting now, so everyone knows I made the drive safely.

I hope I'll be seeing a bunch of very cool and interesting people wandering through my journal, and I'll be looking in on their journals.

*waves* Welcome!

So, after wandering the beach, I headed back to my hotel.

( The party itself, plus a Halloween costume! )

The directions to a holiday party I am going to include an intersection with a local store.

Hussey's General Store : Shot Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer

Indeed, they do appear to exist : http://www.husseysgeneralstore.com/

Perhaps I should leave early to experience the wonders?

Well, I must have done well. I managed to loose weight while on vacation.

Also, there is a country song for everything. And they get stuck in your head...

So, I don't always hit LJ every day.

Friday, I was thankful for my local bookstore, and the fact that they will order in anything I need, and are locally owned and operated. Yes, it is handy to wander into a giant chain store and find just what you want on the shelf, but I like local businesses more.

Saturday, I was extremely thankful for Skype. Skype lets me call my Panther over the internet, and talk with him for six hours. And once he gets a web-cam, I will be able to see him. Playing D&D and just chatting is just wonderful.

Today is not over yet, but I think I shall be thankful for back roads. I'll be driving to another town for a con meeting, and taking the back roads the whole way. There is something every nice about driving along the back roads for an hour, past lakes and hills and little towns.

There is this Words! meme going aroud. Comment and I use 5 words to describe you.

Below is 5 words from Lissa:

( Words! )

Back from vacation.

Back in the same state as Vinny (see icon).

Both a visit to a friend and work have confirmed that the WiiFit is the coolest thing ever. Sadly, no money for a new gizmo and a bigger TV.

Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

Very tired from the drive, but home. The con was very fun. There will be a con report of some kind when I am awake.

I have returned home safely, although my glasses did not.

Much fun was had by all.

Sooooooooooo, tiiiiiiiiiiiired.