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December 2004
Road to Rotorua
Friday, 31 December 2004 6:59 P GMT-05
The day started off gloomily. It was windy again last night with some rain on and off, but during breakfast it began to rain in earnest. While we were packing our car we saw cows in a line down the road, with sheepdogs (or cowdogs, I guess) keeping t
Cows and Tree Ferns
Thursday, 30 December 2004 11:59 P GMT-05
After a nice breakfast during which our host referred to us as “George’s People” which we found funny though disturbing (we reminded him that we had successfully flipped our state to the good side and it wasn’t our fault the rest of the count
Piha Undrugged
Monday, 27 December 2004 6:59 P GMT-05
Life is much better when you’re not jet lagged. After sleeping the sleep of the dead, we woke up around 7 am local time and were ready to tackle the day. So we went to the General Store for breakfast and coffee, and then climbed up Lion Rock.
Home sweet Home
Thursday, 23 December 2004 9:28 A GMT-05
Technically I took today off because I am supposed to be getting the house and ourselves ready for long term departure. But it's also nice to sleep in and drink coffee in bed. Also Gump says he doesn't approve of too much hustle n' bustle, it mak
Gump says
Wednesday, 22 December 2004 7:30 A GMT-05
There's date-nut-bread being passed around for breakfast, and he was just informed that dogs don't eat breakfast. He thinks these rules get made up to torture the dog, because clearly if there was breakfast for the dog to eat, he would eat it. Sa
Fashion these days...
Tuesday, 21 December 2004 6:33 P GMT-05
I really hate to shop for clothes, but on the other hand there's this weird taboo about going about with no clothes on, and almost as bad, going around with clothes on that in some way don't match. So I broke down last Friday and went on a clothes
More Quicklier
Monday, 20 December 2004 2:51 P GMT-05
And the Grammary Award for this year’s accurate answer to our Grammar Quiz goes to Jennifer! She not only got the correct answer but also answered the bonus question correctly too (“quick” is modifying a verb and therefore must be in adverb f
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Real Snow
Monday, 20 December 2004 7:28 A GMT-05
So far we've just gotten practice flakes, but I think what's falling from the sky might be the real thing. It seems to have successfully fully covered the errant blades of grass which were sticking up before in the lawn, and the snow falling from the
Yankee Ingenuity
Sunday, 19 December 2004 6:59 P GMT-05
Ta da!!!!Yeah, laugh all you want to, but it is a major step up from the maple sugaring set up we had last year. And true to our new outlook and a desire to fit in we are designing our "sugar house" which will badly upset our carpenter
Cold Dog Feet
Saturday, 18 December 2004 8:53 A GMT-05
It got down to 2 last night, which doesn't really sound like a valid temperature, and this morning's dog outing resulted in cold dog feet. Nevertheless Gump says today is the day of the Big W, because all of his other w's this week have been short
Grammar got run over by a reindeer...
Friday, 17 December 2004 7:28 A GMT-05
My husband's co-worker's daughter had this grammatical question --which is correct?"The year passed quicker than I expected."or"The year passed more quickly than I expected."Now for the even tougher question --why is it correct?
Moving up in the world
Thursday, 16 December 2004 7:32 A GMT-05
Last night I came home and I had a new door. Don't worry, it wasn't some random door a stranger slapped on our house, but it was a door that we hadn't had in a while. Our storm door has been slowly deteriorating for a few years, the kicker being
brrrrrrr
Wednesday, 15 December 2004 7:16 A GMT-05
I still think it can't officially be winter until we get some real snow, but apparently everything else intends to be right on schedule -- the dark nights, Orion, Christmas, and sub-freezing temperatures. Last night was the first of the cold-snaps
Kansas
Tuesday, 14 December 2004 7:11 A GMT-05
As in, not in anymore. Yes, we're officially off oil, although wouldn't you know it not completely finished with the installation. The last problem turns out not to be the Mad Scientist's fault, although since he was so sure he was smarter than eve
All dressed up and nowhere to go
Monday, 13 December 2004 7:00 A GMT-05
We have two weeks before we step on the plane to NZ but my mother is already packed.No really, she is. Everything is laid out on the bed, and she's scrutinized the size of her suitcase vs. the size of the car trunk we'll have, and all she has to do
Saturday Morning Almost Awake
Saturday, 11 December 2004 9:32 A GMT-05
Okay, just whose idea was it to have rain in December? Where's all the white stuff at? What am I supposed to do with this ice? Except say ick, which I will say now: ick. The dog doesn't like it (he doesn't like rain anyway and now when he goe
Fifty Fifty
Thursday, 9 December 2004 11:20 A GMT-05
The good news is that Lionel found his passport. There were a few days there where it had disappeared from the face of the earth and quite a few sentences were created which started with "Are you sure....?" As in "Are you sure you
blah blah blah blah blah
Thursday, 9 December 2004 11:18 A GMT-05
One of the many nice things about where I will be moving to is that people are quiet. Right now I am working in the area where Customer Service is, and when they are not on the phone with customers, they are on the phone with their “hubbies”, o
Dogs like blueberry pie and also...
Wednesday, 8 December 2004 7:19 A GMT-05
It's one of those days that really deserves a fire in the fireplace and hot chocolate, but somebody screwed up and put said type of day on a Wednesday and forgot to tell the company it was a holiday. The upshot of which is that I have to go to work
First Snow
Tuesday, 7 December 2004 7:36 A GMT-05
Around 4am this morning I heard that telltale scraping noise and then saw the flashing lights which indicate the town highway department has been up for some time and would like everyone else to know it. They made several passes on our road and I t
Gumper says...
Monday, 6 December 2004 7:23 A GMT-05
The problem with dog-design is that when you roll over on your back to have your daily belly rub, all the dog juices run back down into your snout and then you end up sneezing. This usually causes commotion and disgust on the part of the people, th
Almost
Sunday, 5 December 2004 5:58 P GMT-05
The Mad Scientist has managed to put the system together correctly, almost. We are just coasting along at this point, waiting until we can finally load the boiler in the morning, come home, load it again, and not have to worry about a) pipes bursti
Cleaning House
Friday, 3 December 2004 7:21 A GMT-05
Lionel and I are well matched – maybe too well matched when it comes to a clean house. We both simply don’t notice things until they get really bad. Socks in the hallway? Just step over them. Box escaped from the attic? Just walk around
Gump says
Thursday, 2 December 2004 7:33 A GMT-05
Sigh. Another Int'l Take Your Dog To Work Day and the dog is stuck at home. He says it's really not fair and no one understands how hard it is to be a dog. For instance last night for the second night in a row he was evicted from the bedroom be