Sledding

Went sledding this weekend. I was very glad that I made time for it. We found a cool place to go, just about the right thrill rating for kids the age of mine.
You walked up about 2 flights of very gradual stairs made of railroad ties and gravel and then you had about maybe 100-150' of hill top to choose from. It was a fairly fast hill but not too scary. Everyone was having fun, although many parents seem somewhat oblivious to the danger. It was so crowded that there were many collisions at the bottom of the hill. Some were letting preschoolers sled alone, and those guys don't move quicly in a panic, in a snowsuit. They didn't know to get up and move out of the way as soon as they stopped. Someone needed an ambulance although I didn't see what had happened.
One girl around 10 years old was so overweight she was having tremendous difficulty getting back to the top of the hill. She told us to go around her on the stairs. That made me sad, I'm not exactly the picture of fitness, and I'm quite a bit older than she, and I didn't have any difficulty (aside from being too warm and very sweaty).
You never know how many times you are going to get a warm (above 30deg) winter day on a weekend when there is snow on the ground. You couldn't ask for a better day to sled.

Funny Things

2 of them.

1) My six year old upon seeing a diet pepsi can in the cupholder of the car (at home I only drink diet CAFFINE free -in a tan can, she knows that the blue has caffine). "Mommy, you are drinking caffine at this hour? You'll be up all night lady!"

2) My four year old often talks or sings until she gets sleepy (don't know where she gets this). I heard her over the baby monitor last night (okay, she's not a baby, but our doors are heavy and I like having a set of "ears" in there). She was signing about a stuffed animal she calls Ruffy (a dog), making up a song for about 5 min. Really cute stuff like,"Oh me and Ruffy, Ruffy is so cute, cutest puppy I've ever seen... " Then suddenly I hear, "Me and Ruffy are gonna take over the world." in a very singsong voice! Ha. I asked her about it this morning and she admitted that she had no idea what that means.

It's Friday

I am so glad it is the weekend. It's been a long and strange week.

It is very comfortable where I am working now. It went from 80 deg to around 68-70. I should wright it down because it is unprecedented. We bundled up all summer in our sweaters and have roasted a good part of the winter.

Today I have my layers on and I am comfy. Nobody is commenting anymore, I do believe we are 'getting over' this blogging craze. We as a nation, maybe. Well I know the young MySpace crowd isn't over it. It has lost some appeal to me for reasons I know not.

I am wearing a sleeve-less shirt!

I think this is the first time ever that I have had on less clothing than my weather pixie!

I am guessing that where I sit at work, it is around 80 deg. I say this because we keep the house in the upper 60's and I am comfortable in a sweater or sweatshirt or long sleeved something...

I am still warm, and I have on a lacy sleeve-less shirt. It was my intention to wear this under my new black, zip up, Christmas sweater, but I guess it was not meant to be.

Me and Britney

I had such a weird dream last night!!

I was hanging out with Britney Spears. Just chatting and hanging out. She was pregnant in my dream and I was soooo sympathetic to her. I said,"I feel so bad for you. When I was pregnant I was so self-conscious of my growing size, people were so rude to me.... But you, the tabloids are always photographing you and they won't cut you any slack at all."

File that under things I would never say to BS, because a) I'm sure I'll never talk to her and b) if I had the chance I wouldn't talk to her and c) I don't like her (based on my limited exposure).
But I thought it was a funny dream. And I guess it was sort of nice that I was nice to her. Hmph.

I also dreamt I was taking ballet classes...

Stress and Cupcakes

I had a hard time sleeping last night. One thing I woke up remembering was a dream I had about making cupcakes. I was making them for my friend Heather, for her Birthday or something of that nature. I was very stressed because I didn't have a lot of time to make them and get to work.
I put them into the oven and when I went back to check their progress, they weren't done and then I noticed the oven had shut off. I tried to set it again to bake at 350Deg. But it wouldn't accept what I was putting in. I tried over and over. Finally I got it to accept it and again when I came back to peek at the cupcakes the oven wasn't on. This part seemed to go on forever. Then when they did bake, they got way too tall so that they were touching the rack above them and it was all messy and screwed up.
Then I was thinking that I'd never get them cooled in time. Then I decided I would just be really really late for work (oh well). Next I realized I had nothing resembling frosting and I also didn't have the ingredients to make any. So then I hatched a plan to stop on the way to work and purchase frsoting and I would have to frost them at work. Then I couldn't decide which kind of frosting to buy.
I know this doesn't sound the least stressful now. It doesn't to me either but it was an incredibly frustrating and stressful dream. Luckily I did have my handy cupcake carrier, that was the only part that wasn't a hassle, getting them to work. But I must've changed dreams or woke up before I got there because I don't remember how it all ends.