walking in a slush-filled wonderland
Dec. 14th, 2003 06:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickToday is Pungenday, day 56 in the season of The Aftermath, 3269.
The snow at 3 AM was untouched and gorgeous. By the time I left the house at 3 PM, the rain had turned the end of our driveway and the parking lot into a slush-filled area roughly the size of Lake Erie. It's still snowing with bits of sleet mixed in, and generally it's miserable to be out. Not that that stopped me from going shopping. ;) I hit Toys 'R Us and Target to finish shopping for my oldest nephew, my sister and brother and their spice and a couple of other people whose presents need to be mailed, now all I need is a couple of boxes big enough to put these toys for the nieces and nephews in and ship 'em. Oh yeah, and a luggage cart for hauling them to the post office and about four bazillion dollars for postage. For myself, I got an evergreen-scented candle to make up for having a fake tree and thus no fresh-tree smell for the house, a stuffed felt penguin ornament for the tree to join the rubber duckies and the Hello Kitty ornaments, holiday cards to send out and a gingerbread latte which could possibly be the best thing ever (although the peppermint hot chocolate seems like it might be competition for the title). The question for tonight is "do we top the tree with a giant flaming eye, or with the Grinch?"
The snow at 3 AM was untouched and gorgeous. By the time I left the house at 3 PM, the rain had turned the end of our driveway and the parking lot into a slush-filled area roughly the size of Lake Erie. It's still snowing with bits of sleet mixed in, and generally it's miserable to be out. Not that that stopped me from going shopping. ;) I hit Toys 'R Us and Target to finish shopping for my oldest nephew, my sister and brother and their spice and a couple of other people whose presents need to be mailed, now all I need is a couple of boxes big enough to put these toys for the nieces and nephews in and ship 'em. Oh yeah, and a luggage cart for hauling them to the post office and about four bazillion dollars for postage. For myself, I got an evergreen-scented candle to make up for having a fake tree and thus no fresh-tree smell for the house, a stuffed felt penguin ornament for the tree to join the rubber duckies and the Hello Kitty ornaments, holiday cards to send out and a gingerbread latte which could possibly be the best thing ever (although the peppermint hot chocolate seems like it might be competition for the title). The question for tonight is "do we top the tree with a giant flaming eye, or with the Grinch?"
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Date: 2003-12-14 03:33 pm (UTC)I still have to hit the UPS Store tomorrow for a couple more things going out. Speaking of, check yer office tomorrow... *slinks away schemingly* ;-)
(I just had to reanimate the full lyrics into an icon from the Bucky Xmas Carol strip - feel free to snag! :-)
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Date: 2003-12-14 06:04 pm (UTC)Well, the tree is fake, so we could probably shape it something like Barad Dur. ;) I was *seriously* tempted to get the Santa and his reindeer set from the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" series, but the only Nazgul figures we could find wouldn't sit on top of the reindeer figures. ;)
Speaking of, check yer office tomorrow... *slinks away schemingly* ;-)
I have tomorrow off, dear, but I'll be in on Tuesday. Scheming, eh? If it's ticking, just remember that I know where you live. ;)
feel free to snag! :-)
Oooh, thanks. =)
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Date: 2003-12-14 06:15 pm (UTC)Dang! That was one of my favourite parts of the comic. :-)
I have tomorrow off
D'oh! Oh well, no ticking, and nothing that will spoil, either. ;-)
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Date: 2003-12-14 06:22 pm (UTC)Foxtrot was funny-but-scary... there's a serious point in there somewhere about competing traditions, I think.
How much snow did you get, and did it qualify as "big weather"?