Christmas hath come and gone and I am sad. Chris forced me to lock up and put away all the Christmas decor on the 29th. What a bunch of shit. Sidenote: I am mildly relieved that all the lights, garland, pinecones and glitter accoutrements are out of site; Kasia's favorite mid-afternoon snack is ornaments mixed with toilet paper.
The outdoor magic is still displayed on the exterior. It's been cold the past two days; too cold to get out there and take the stuff down. Plus, Christmas lights look great with a fresh dusting of snow and since we haven't had much snow, I'm wishfully thinking the longer the lights stay up, the sooner the snow will come.
It's been a challenge to get back in the saddle with work. The past two weeks I've completely slacked. Our office was open last week Tuesday through Thursday. I went 2 hours on Thursday. Whoops. I couldn't muster the strength to take off my sweatpants and get into the shower.
New Year's Eve was spent at Casa de Dell'Aquila (a.k.a Kathleen and Delly's house). It was low key compared to last year....... 2011: a drunk and super fun night at Tailgators, listening to the soulful sounds of Infinity (a Journey cover band) and washing it down with cranberry and vodkas til 3 AM.
Kathleen and Delly have two cute little girls, ages 2 and 4. Addison is the older one and weighs 28 pounds. Payton is 2 and weighs 35 pounds. Payton also looks like a baby ewok, so I call her Wicket.
Ewoks were very closely attached to their fuzzy children called woklings. An entire Ewok village fawned over newborn babies. They always gave the children much attention and they considered the care of their children a shared responsibility. Woklings had few rights and the children had to learn many rituals and legends that would serve as moral guides throughout their lives. When the Ewok came of age, he or she attended the Festival of Hoods. This festival marked the transition from wokling to Ewok.[5]
It is a total compliment to be nicknamed with an Ewok name. Ewoks are obviously magical and live in tree forts (Bright Tree Village is the name of their community) on the forest moon of Endor.
When I win the lottery, I am going to do as the Ewoks and build a sweet tree fort. This fort will rest of the property of my 10,000 sq. ft. ski lodge in the mountains of Colorado (stashed away in the woods, but close to a ski resort).
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