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Dec. 23rd, 2007 05:13 amHappy Birthday ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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It does look like the elder step-daughter no longer considers me the source of all evil. I am ... relieved.
Today is the kind of day where I wish I lived a house with a cathedral ceiling wall of windows (at least triple-pane, of course!) with a huge fieldstone fireplace in the center. So I could sit and watch the wonderful blowing snow through the windows around the roaring fire.
I really do like winter.
Lets see, what else is there - last night was the family Christmas withiraunink's family. kosmickitten & bernesemntdog hosted - it was her first turkey, she mixed recipes. Unfortunately, she took the temperature from the shorter cooking time recipe, and the time from the longer cooking time recipe, and didn't monitor the internal temperature closely enough. It was good, but a little dry. iraunink & I got a Hogfather DVD! We're happy about that - I've been watching it over my shoulder at work today.
Speaking of work - 7-7 today and tomorrow (Christmas Eve), then 7AM-3PM on Christmas Day. Then four days off, followed by two weeks of 'work every day except Saturday' (except that I don't work New Year's Day). The days I wouldn't normally work, I'll be working 4 hour days to cover for my co-worker who's in Sri Lanka getting married - he's due back the 16th. Add in another OT day on the 18th, and I should be able to buy myself a Nokia N810 come early February.
Today is the kind of day where I wish I lived a house with a cathedral ceiling wall of windows (at least triple-pane, of course!) with a huge fieldstone fireplace in the center. So I could sit and watch the wonderful blowing snow through the windows around the roaring fire.
I really do like winter.
Lets see, what else is there - last night was the family Christmas with
iraunink's family. kosmickitten & bernesemntdog hosted - it was her first turkey, she mixed recipes. Unfortunately, she took the temperature from the shorter cooking time recipe, and the time from the longer cooking time recipe, and didn't monitor the internal temperature closely enough. It was good, but a little dry. iraunink & I got a Hogfather DVD! We're happy about that - I've been watching it over my shoulder at work today.Speaking of work - 7-7 today and tomorrow (Christmas Eve), then 7AM-3PM on Christmas Day. Then four days off, followed by two weeks of 'work every day except Saturday' (except that I don't work New Year's Day). The days I wouldn't normally work, I'll be working 4 hour days to cover for my co-worker who's in Sri Lanka getting married - he's due back the 16th. Add in another OT day on the 18th, and I should be able to buy myself a Nokia N810 come early February.
Minneapolis has declared a Snow Emergency starting at 9PM tonight. In practice, that means I can't park in front of my house from 8AM tomorrow until 8PM or the street is "fully plowed to the curb" (1), whichever comes first - an interesting condition, given that after the last big snowfall they didn't declare a Snow Emergency. I don't expect to see the curb on my street until spring. Since I'm working 7AM-7PM tomorrow, and will get home about 7:30PM, I'm off the hook for 'moving in time to not be towed', and I think I'll be safe to park in front of my house when I get home from work. On Christmas Day, there will be no parking across the street from me - so when I get home from work about 3:30, I'll be just fine to park in front of my house.
I do like it when the City is so nice as to tell me I can't park in front of my house when I'm already planning to not be there.
1 - The City of Minneapolis web site says "After a street is fully plowed to the curb, feel free to park there, even if Snow Emergency parking rules are still in effect. Fully plowed means the street is completely cleared and plowed to the curb. Plows may come through more than once, so make sure that it is fully plowed to the curb before parking." Any emphasis is theirs.
I do like it when the City is so nice as to tell me I can't park in front of my house when I'm already planning to not be there.
1 - The City of Minneapolis web site says "After a street is fully plowed to the curb, feel free to park there, even if Snow Emergency parking rules are still in effect. Fully plowed means the street is completely cleared and plowed to the curb. Plows may come through more than once, so make sure that it is fully plowed to the curb before parking." Any emphasis is theirs.
