Aaahhh, that’s better. I’m stretching out a bit here, changing things up with the theme. I was going to try to totally strip it like Ben Arment has been calling for, but I ended up with another theme that kinda looks like my old one, but a little bit simpler. I still like the dark kind of look, but I’m moving towards blue and away from orange.
I’ll be adding back features in the coming days. For now, this is where it’s at.
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anyone can feel free to get me this for Christmas, I won’t mind. 
I’m without shame.
One of my favourite things to do when I was a kid was sliding on ice. I know, it doesn’t sound that exciting, but bear with me. At school, in the parking lot, there were often these long stretches of uninterrupted, smooth as glass, ice slicks. We would take a good run at these ice slicks and then leap onto them, and see how far we could slide without falling. I would hold my hands out, surfer style, to keep my balance.
These days I’m falling into the role of the overprotective parent. “Oh, watch out for that ice there! Don’t walk there, it’s too slippery!”, etc. Ugh. I hate it! Today, after dropping of the Linguist at school, in front of my in-laws house wouldn’t you know it, there’s a patch of ice beside the front walk. It’s a bit thin, as it’s formed over top a little dip in the pavement, so the Comic and I walk on top of it to crunch it into a million little ice fragments. And there’s a section of ice where it’s smooth and perfect for slipping and sliding on, so the Comic is doing her best to slide as much as she can. She only slipped once, and she regained her balance without me. And I said, “Good balancing!” instead of the usual disparaging remarks about sliding on ice.
See? I can learn too.
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I’ve been kind of busy the last week or so at the studio, so I’ve not had a lot of time to blog. Sorry! I did, however, change the header image to better reflect the season (ie. snowy winter). It’s been a while since we had such an early white, and hopefully we’ll even have a white Christmas this year. That would be nice.
This year is the first year I’ve ever had winter tires, and it is very exciting! Exciting in a “I can’t believe it’s not butter!” kind of way, not in a “Oh no, you’re driving through this stop sign into the intersection!” kind of way. Many thanks to Andrew for finding me a great deal on a used set of tires. They are amazing. No more slipping in the snow, easily parking on top of the snow mounds by the sidewalks, no more aforementioned skidding into intersections… it’s good all around. And, I get the added bonus of NEEDING to get summer tires and rims, heh heh.
Also, the Comic has been driving me crazy lately, she’s in some kind of major “No” mode, making it difficult to get her to do anything she doesn’t want to do. Getting ready to leave the house to get the Linguist to school is a major stress-inducing 15 minutes (yes, that’s 20 minutes just to get coats and boots on), and we’re often late getting out the door. It’s not such a big deal for the school part, but if I have to go in to work after, it’s not that great. Picking them up after work is equally bad. Gah! Sigh. It comes in waves, I guess. Such is life. Deep breaths, deep breaths… relax…
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