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happy unbirthday to mirage897and happy belated birthday to sooper, a pair of pretty damn cool people.
sorry i'm late.

wonderful snowy weekend

this weekend i did a good job of being xmasy and not stressing out.
friday i went to the grocery and indulged in cheese, but also got everything i needed for my annual xmas candy. i also got a lot of xmas decorations up. it felt good.
i called my grandpa and uncle tom and let them know i wasn't coming to chicago this weekend due to potentially stressing them out and a big snowstorm. they were very cool about it and i had a really nice chat with my uncle.
he is a very smart man.

saturday ross and i were both in the mood for xmas music. i put the suet out for the birds and got the tree up and cider mulling on the stove early. i got some schoolwork done. corrin and susan braved the weather and we had a lovely day together making candy, knitting, watching house episodes, making (and eating) all kinds of hors d'ouvres, and making each other laugh. it was just how one is supposed to spend a snowy afternoon. with good company, food and drink in a cheerful, cozy house while it snows sideways outside. i started monkey socks for my neice that i have been promising her for months and i LOVE knitting with fleece artist. it is so incredibly smooshy and touchable. corrin just about finished that hat she is making her mom. she also had a skein of alpaca that i kept stealing and sticking in my shirt because it was THAT soft and THAT good.
we actually didn't get all that much accumulation. about 4 inches i think. but it is supposed to snow again tomorrow.

sunday was low key. or at least it was after ross and i had a somewhat stressful discussion about finances. we have had a lot of big repairs this fall. the furnace and ross's car, and things that - you know - you REALLY do HAVE to fix. can't be put off. we spent some time figuring out how we are going to work with xmas and realized we really need more information...but we'll make it work. i am so HUGELY in love with that man. things are good even when they are stressful. there were little signs all through the day of how well we work together...anticipating each other's needs and whims and making each other laugh and the way we almost instictively help each other and move out of each other's way in the kitchen. we curled up on the couch and re-watched house episodes and i made some serious progress on my monkey socks. i love them. part of me wishes i was making them for me. obviously i will have to make myself a pair when i am done with these. i think rachel will love them.
ross made steak for dinner and i took care of the snap peas and the potatoes (sweet for me). we thought i would have to go into school for a meeting, but they called and told me i didn't need to come so i gratefully stayed home. i have three more weeks of this and i can't wait for it to be done even though it means lots of papers over the next couple of weeks. i am ready to have my life back again. i am ready to have time to treat myself like a whole person and not a working machine.