Happy Two Days After Christmas!!! I hope everyone had a great Christmas :)

We're heading back to MA today - DH's mom is actually driving us from LI to Penn Station, so PLEASE cross your fingers that traffic isn't bad, as no one is as paranoid as I am, so we're only leaving two hours before our train leaves, which is making me horribly nervous. So cross your fingers that we don't miss our train...

And that I find a way to shove like 20 hardcover books into my luggage, because I am not going to be parted from them to ship them back to ourselves!

Ok, "see" you in MA!

(also, since the 12 days of Christmas just barely started, I am not ditching my Christmas icons yet, so don't yell at me!)

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(and Happy Birthday to my Papa! He's 83 today!!)

I am having way too much fun w/ the Norad Santa Tracker.

Thanks for all the crossed fingers - my feet were fine last night!

and no, Flitwick stayed at home for the trip - he's too new and shiny for me to want to travel w/ him just yet. I don't like to travel w/ things I like, for fear of losing them - Dh's lucky I let him come w/ me ;)

So! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!! SANTA COMES TONIGHT!!!!!!!!

For all those travelling today and tomorrow - have good trips!

(see how much more Christmasy actually sleeping more than 2 hours makes me?)

On Long Island. I was nearly killed by the cold I was forced to walk like 90 blocks through, dragging a very heavy suitcase, after getting off the train, so refused to leave the house today. So far it's working - Dh even went and brought back pizza and garlic knots.

To top that off, and probably because of it, i had NONSTOP foot cramps all night last night. I got like 2 hours of sleep, and ended up getting the worst headache of my life thanks to the sobbing in pain I did most of the night. Ugh. So today I feel awful and not at all Christmasy.

Anyway, the train from Boston was nice - very soothing! I love trains. I'm glad we decided to take it this year.

Keep your fingers crossed that my feet behave tonight?

And also, I know I rode on Sat to make up for not being in state last night, but I was very sad to not have had my lesson last night! I was left feeling very out of sorts when I saw by my watch that I should have been riding!!

also, do not try to rob my house while I am gone - the neighbors are watching it, and they are fierce ;)

also, sorry for the typos - DH's laptop keyboard hates me.

joyeousjust sent this to me and I HAVE to share:

Cutest pics of ratties ever!!

Ok, not really Friday, but MY Friday! I'm leaving at 11:15, which will hopefully get us to Alewife and then to South Station in time for our 1:15 train. It really should be, as Alewife is like 20 min from here, and Alewife to South Station is like 30 min.

Eeep - Cathy and Leslie are trying to force me to leave at 11! They don't want us to miss our train. Too funny! I'm telling you - I am the model of rationality here! ;)

I am all confused - DH dropped me off, which was weird, it's Tuesday but I won't be riding, which is weird, and I'm leaving at 11:15. I'm all confused! And sure that I forgot to pack something. I hate packing. Hate it.

Someone posted a chocolate brownie cake recipe and now I WANT it. NOW. Maybe I can make it for New Year's? Though a New Year's party is not the best time for a cake-cake. Cupcakes, yes, but an actual cake? I dunno. Maybe I can make it down at DH's mom's.

My new computer continues to amaze me - this will not sound like a big deal to you all, but I can connect it to an external monitor and CLOSE THE LID!! Amazing. I can't w/ my iBook, as it cools through the keyboard. And since Flitwick is able to run the latest iTunes, I actually get to use that neato Genius function that creates playlists based on a specific song, which is just the COOLEST thing ever.

Ok, time to eat my muffin...um, I mean work...

OH! This computer is the gift that keeps on giving! After Christmas, I had planned to start saving up for a computer, in hopes of buying one this time next year, but now I can save up and buy both a new riding helmet AND field boots! I need a new helmet sooner rather than later, but I figured w/ saving for the computer, the boots would have to wait quite awhile.

Of course, good luck to me finding boots to fit my giant foot and skinny long calf.


What did I forget to pack for NY? I know I brought enough shirts/pants/sweaters, but I honestly can't tell you if any of them will actually go together....

Hehhe: Evil Waitress Coffee Scented Room Spray and Smoochalicious Lip Conditioner Set

(I am also amused by her Sexy Librarian ones!)

So, we just finished watching the first season of True Blood! I quite liked it, and Dh did too, though he was muttering a bit in the last episode! I was surprised it took him that long mutter ;)

Anyway. I've read the first few books in the series, so kinda knew some of the plotlines - even if I had forgotten who the strangler was! I think they did a really good job of getting the feel of the books. And I know a lot of people don't like Anna Paquin as Sookie, but I think she's great! I don't remember Tara having such a huge part of the first few books, but whether that's my poor book memory or HBO just expanding her role, I don't know - but I really like her too. And Sam is just how I imagined him, actually.

All in all, I quite approve of the show and can't wait to get season 2! I'm getting MythTV to record it every time it's on HBO now, but it so far looks like HBO is just reairing season 1 through the end of the year.

I am posting this
article mainly for the Roomba challenger, but the other two are pretty
neat also!

In other news, DH's work party on Friday went well. I got to put a few more faces to names (we'll see if I remember next time I see these people!), and "remet" a woman who I've met before through evilbirdgirl! So that was neat. We didn't stick around for any karaoke, but headed over to the Ruby for the last scRum of 2009 - there ended up being like 20 people at it over the course of the night! Crazy.

Friday was DH's last day of work before vacation, so he was still sleeping when I left. Lucky him!! I think the plan for tomorrow is he'll actually get up, drive me to work, and then come back to get me at 11:30 so we can go right to Alewife to get to South Station to get Amtrak. Must remember to pack tonight....

As usual!

My drive in was better than I was expecting, though not as good as it could have been. Strangely, Maynard was the best plowed - well, not counting our street! And once I got into Waltham, it was fine, but those middle parts of 117. I'm not entirely sure they actually plowed - I think they might have just driven up and down a bit, to make tracks! Oy. And then no one shoveled near the staff door here, so we had to walk through 8" of snow (haha, Waltham got more than Maynard! HA HA!!(Ahem.) to get in. Grrr.

Stupid winter!!

Though, speaking of winter, I am being quite tempted to get a Hello Kitty Cowgirl fleece riding helmet cover for lessons. What do you think? ;)

I miss my new computer!! He's so fast and light and and friendly! He's pretty much all set to take over as my main computer - I got my music onto him and pics and various files. I need to install Open Office (I do have a copy of Word, but hey, it's not like I NEED Word now, so why use it?), and that's about it. But I'm kinda reluctant to bring him upstairs and hook him up to the monitor and keyboard and mouse - he's surprisingly quite nice to use AS a laptop. But I can't let him hang out on the dining room table all the time - I have horrid visions of coffee spilling on him! Maybe I should look into a different desk, where I can use him as is, and then only connect him to everything else as needed? W/ my current desk, if I just used him as is, he'd be too low and too close to the edge, I think. Hmmm.

Ok, work. At least there are 45 borrowing requests today - that;s more than all of last week combined, I swear...!!

I finally uploaded the pics from the Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum - click on the pic to get to the rest!

Ok, this enormous trackpad is freaking awesome. I love that I can scroll using my fingers! And zoom in and out!!

Hehe, I look like a doofus, but look! I am now well into the 2000s - my computer has a built in camera! ;)

HOLY FREAKING COW!! We just did "our" Christmas, since we'll be down in NY for Christmas and it;d be stupid to drag the presents to each other down there, and Dh GOT ME A MACBOOK PRO!!!!!!!!! I am in shock!! I'm using it now, and holy cow is it pretty! And fast!! And can run Facebook! ;)

I think I am going to name him Flitwick, as he is very small ;) (um, that's in a good way - he's so light!)

Happy Birthday ajodasso!!!!

Very quick update as DH is pestering me about dinner.

I joined that adult group lesson today, and I'd been worried that they were much more advanced than me, but that turned out not to be the case - I think they were probably right around my level. And I was worried that I'd die halfway through the hour, but I didn't, as they took many walk breaks ;) So that all worked.

Not much comment about my position - heels still an issue, as are keeping my thumbs on top, but my lower leg continues to improve.

Onto the important update - we JUMPED!!!!! JUUUUUUUUMMMMPPPEDD!!! We started off doing a line of trot poles, and then Tal raised the second into a teeny crossrail!! And then she raised it again!! Ok, so it ended up being _maybe_ a foot height, but still SO exciting!! And Artie was better than I expected - he was slow, but Tal warned that he might try to walk, but he never did - and once we even cantered the crossrail!

SO SO SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!