Life in the Cheese Drawer

thansgivings of my youth have made me expect enough snow on the ground to go snowmobiling with my cousin bill, enough snow to get stuck in the drifts in the pasture.
last year, there was barely any snow all winter long, and it was warm enough in january to go without a coat. minnesota’s in a drought, and i can’t imagine anyone denying some sort of climate change.
and while i hate being cold, i do live in minnesota where i expect the cold and don’t deny the cold. i don’t get surprised at -3, and in fact brag about it. i don’t like the cold and bundle up against it, but goshdarnit, i’m hardy?
so where’s my snow? where’s my average december temperature? it’s got to be lower than the 50 degrees that are supposed to make an appearance this saturday. i want my cold temps! i like snow on christmas, the white draping over lights-strewn pine trees, the ground changing from a drab november brown to a crisp december white,  so where is it?
i’m hoping that by the time i pull out my christmas decorations and hopefully find the room for a tree, there will be something white on the ground, or at least in the long-term forecast.
here’s hoping.

got a call from the landlord today, and he says our place will be ready in a week to week and a half (or so). here’s hoping! i’m ready to be in one spot and unpacked.
we got our final paperwork and check from the house sale yesterday! that was a big check-so big that i actually had to mail it in to ING because they don’t do image checks for amounts over $3000. so it’s a final deal. it was kind of sad driving south out of the cities after flying in from denver instead of north. oh 94, i knew you well ;(

1. i must remember to never fly without dramamine again.
2. christmas music!
3. kitties!
4. there’s a lit up tree between faribault and owatonna that is strung with clear blue lights for the solstice season. it makes me happy whenever i drive past it. tried to get a pic tonight.

this does not do it justice at all 🙁

i think i have some pie photos that i will post when i get back to a computer tomorrow, if i find my card reader somewhere. waaah i hate living out of boxes!
the day after thanskgiving is awesome because we get to have pie for breakfast – today i had pumpkin and key lime! yum! and then later on there will be many leftovers of turkey and squash (yummmm). that will be after i recover from eating my nutella, banana and strawberry crepe i had earlier today. it was ginormous and almost as yummy as squash. maybe yummier.
liz, jane and i took a tour of frisco and breckinridge today and have deduced that frisco isn’t that great for touristy stuff. but frisco had a roku for dad’s xmas present at walmart, and we got $20 off! woo! much better than a 10% employee discount! then we walked around breck where the only things i bought were food. ah well!
tomorrow we’re leaving the condo by 10 a.m. and spending the day tooling around denver for a little bit before flying out at 7:30-ish. we should get back to mn around 10:30. then sunday, and then back to work. 🙁 hopefully nate and i will be able to move in next weekend. hope hope hope.

update 4:30 p.m., thursday
happy thanksgiving! this is the most laid back t-day i’ve had. we had eggs and bacon for breakfast, then went to copper mountain to poke around. there didn’t seem to be any other touristy types there, just skiers and snowboarders. then we came back to the condo, ate pizza and made pumpkin pie. now the pie’s in the oven and we’re waiting for charlie’s friend hammill come for supper. we probably won’t eat until 8 p.m. D:
update 4:36 p.m., thursday
ken helped us make pie:

oh, ken.
update 7:06 p.m., thursday
just finished eating. blaaargh….
for being mostly premade, this meal turned out pretty tasty!
update, 7:34 p.m., thursday
watching charlie brown thanksgiving. tried checking out at kohls.com  and they are having issues. >:( losers. i want to buy something, and now they won’t let me. maybe i’ll try again in a couple hours.
update, 8:17 p.m., thursday
just ate pie. ugggghh, so full! time to pass out…
 

omg trip on a plane to colorado!