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Nov. 24th, 2006 10:41 pmHmm. The latest:
1. It is now winter. I think. It didn't get above -20 today, and it seems to be dark all the time. We still don't have a whole lot of snow, since it hasn't snowed since October. Maybe four inches of the stuff, enough to cover the ground but not to do much else.
2. Orion's parents, brother and brother's girlfriend came for Thanksgiving. It was nice, although, as Thanksgivings go, kind of Spartan -- I was going to make a salad, except the lettuce had been sitting in the fridge for a week and was brown; was going to make sweet potatoes, but forgot; was going to make some sort of side vegetable, but also forgot. However, Orion's parents brought wonderful rolls and pies and homemade cranberry sauce, so there was that. And we supplied lots and lots of turkey. Assuming that you're not one of those crazy people who actually enjoys cooking a turkey and has 40 different herb rubs for every stage of the cooking process, we have discovered THE way to cook a turkey. (I may have talked about this last year.) Don't bother thawing it out. Before going to bed on the night before Thanksgiving, turn on the oven and put in the frozen turkey. Wake up in the middle of the night to pull out the giblets, then go back to bed. Wake up in the morning to a fully cooked turkey. Slice and serve.
3. I've kind of taken up star gazing again. There's a definite reason why I never learned most of the constellations as a kid, despite being interested in it, because Alaska has two seasons: (1) too bright to see the stars and (2) too cold to stand out and look at the stars. We are currently in season (2), which is also too cold to turn the pages of the astronomy field guide. So I'll look at the star charts in the house, then run outside and try to identify constellations before running back in and warming up. I already knew the easy ones (Big Dipper, Orion, Casseopeia) but now I'm starting to be able to find a few others -- Draco, Castor and Pollux, Cygnus. I'm told there was also a beautiful aurora last night, but we were all inside watching "Cars" after Thanksgiving dinner, so I missed it.
4. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on Kismet. I've finished inking and scanning the last pages, so now I only have to color them. There's just about a month of updates to go.
That's about it, I think...
1. It is now winter. I think. It didn't get above -20 today, and it seems to be dark all the time. We still don't have a whole lot of snow, since it hasn't snowed since October. Maybe four inches of the stuff, enough to cover the ground but not to do much else.
2. Orion's parents, brother and brother's girlfriend came for Thanksgiving. It was nice, although, as Thanksgivings go, kind of Spartan -- I was going to make a salad, except the lettuce had been sitting in the fridge for a week and was brown; was going to make sweet potatoes, but forgot; was going to make some sort of side vegetable, but also forgot. However, Orion's parents brought wonderful rolls and pies and homemade cranberry sauce, so there was that. And we supplied lots and lots of turkey. Assuming that you're not one of those crazy people who actually enjoys cooking a turkey and has 40 different herb rubs for every stage of the cooking process, we have discovered THE way to cook a turkey. (I may have talked about this last year.) Don't bother thawing it out. Before going to bed on the night before Thanksgiving, turn on the oven and put in the frozen turkey. Wake up in the middle of the night to pull out the giblets, then go back to bed. Wake up in the morning to a fully cooked turkey. Slice and serve.
3. I've kind of taken up star gazing again. There's a definite reason why I never learned most of the constellations as a kid, despite being interested in it, because Alaska has two seasons: (1) too bright to see the stars and (2) too cold to stand out and look at the stars. We are currently in season (2), which is also too cold to turn the pages of the astronomy field guide. So I'll look at the star charts in the house, then run outside and try to identify constellations before running back in and warming up. I already knew the easy ones (Big Dipper, Orion, Casseopeia) but now I'm starting to be able to find a few others -- Draco, Castor and Pollux, Cygnus. I'm told there was also a beautiful aurora last night, but we were all inside watching "Cars" after Thanksgiving dinner, so I missed it.
4. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on Kismet. I've finished inking and scanning the last pages, so now I only have to color them. There's just about a month of updates to go.
That's about it, I think...