Up here (Central New York, near Lake Ontario) it's really rare for the kids to get off from school. It snows all. winter. long., and we get a lot of the lake effect snow. I will say they keep the roads well plowed and salted, but the boys were horrified to learn that the six inches that would have kept them out of school in PA is laughable here.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2006: You're ON THE LIST!!!
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2006? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Amy - Dec 21, 2006 4:56:28 am PST #92 of 513
Because books.
libkitty - Dec 21, 2006 6:54:33 am PST #93 of 513
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Eighteen inches is several days off work
A couple of hours if your lucky. They used to give sun days occasionally back in the heydays before oil crashed in the 80s. But not since I've been here.
When my cousins were young in Anchorage, they got a new superintendent from Florida. First snow, he cancelled school. There was much joy among the students. Some adults took him aside and had a chat. That was the last snow day that year.
Edited because I know better than to make a plural with an apostrophe, really.
Amy - Dec 21, 2006 7:00:29 am PST #94 of 513
Because books.
::bounces into thread::
My Secret Santa gift arrived, and quester outdid herself! The box overflowed with goodies, and they were all so cool! (And all the stuff just for me was wrapped in shiny purple paper!)
For me there were beautiful crescent moon earrings in a beautiful little wooden box with "Joy" carved on the front, a crescent moon Christmas ornament (I think it's definitely an ornament, quester -- at any rate, it's on the tree now!), a SILVER CIGARETTE CASE that made me squee out loud (!!!), the best fridge magnet ever (St. Von Nicholas of Myra, Patron Saint of Cakes and Cookies), notepads and playing cards and a gorgeous 2007 desk calendar of Peru, and all kinds of things for the family -- wind-up chattering teeth and a frog and a penguin and a platypus (I think), a Wizard of Oz flip book, and another Christmas ornament, which Sara has already claimed. Oh! And pirate bandages and a harmonica!
Best. Box. Ever. So many goodies, and such cool ones, too. Thank you, quester!
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2006 7:42:27 am PST #95 of 513
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Eeeeee!
Here I am, sitting at work, and my co-worker brings in this big box from LUSH! I was puzzled at first, and said "I don't *remember* ordering anything from Lush...."
Lo, it was a prezzie for me! The aptly-named "Serenity" gift box, full of stuff I love and stuff I've been wanting to try! I want to go home now now now and take a bath! And then another bath! And then a shower! And a bath again!
I have only one question, though, which may seem silly: *which* Stephanie was my Santa? Vortex, or Ellie's mom?
My thanks are just as abundant regardless of which Steph was the Santa for me-Steph, but I just want to know who to thank....
Amy - Dec 21, 2006 8:12:41 am PST #96 of 513
Because books.
OMG, I forgot to mention the very best part of my silver cigarette case -- aside from the fact that my 100s actually fit inside! -- it's an Alice in Wonderland case, with the Caterpillar smoking the hookah on a mushroom while Alice peeks up at it.
LOVE.
Beverly - Dec 21, 2006 8:24:37 am PST #97 of 513
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Okay, now I want to start smoking again, just so I can have a cigarette case like Amy's.
Amy - Dec 21, 2006 8:32:40 am PST #98 of 513
Because books.
What I need now is a big fancy dress ball to go to, so I can elegantly withdraw my gorgeous cigarette case from a cunning little evening bag.
Not that there are any fancy parties where they let you smoke anymore, damn it all.
Vortex - Dec 21, 2006 8:43:43 am PST #99 of 513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I have only one question, though, which may seem silly: *which* Stephanie was my Santa? Vortex, or Ellie's mom?
Nope, I was last year. I am sensing some "fixing" of the secret stephanie santas
Deena - Dec 21, 2006 8:58:00 am PST #100 of 513
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Man, I want one of those cigarette cases, too!
Amy - Dec 21, 2006 9:07:48 am PST #101 of 513
Because books.
::preens::
::blows smoke rings::
::coughs::