222 posts from 2008

• 07:12 Good morning and Merry Christmas, all!
• 09:39 Dare I say it... it is snowing... argh! On the plus side, Seattle is having the extremely rare white Christmas.
• 13:29 I got "Bakewise" for Christmas and am having a hard time putting it down. Must get moving in the kitchen for xmas dinner prep.
• 13:32 And, oh, day 8 of Seattle's Snowpocalypse - it's still snowing.

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• 07:40 Snowing hard again. Looks like a couple more inches overnight.
• 12:36 All systems are go for Christmas Day; friends north of the city will drive in & walk up the hill as necessary. Cookin' up a storm.
• 14:28 I'm trying, without much success, to keep my mitts off the spiced nuts for tomorrow.
• 16:20 Christmas Eve Dinner: Andouille Gumbo, Roasted Yams, Cornbread. Russian Tea Cakes & Apricot-Cashew Fruit Cake.
• 18:45 Listening to the Seattle Symphony's new Christmas album - gorgeous arrangements of holiday classics - tinyurl.com/8g9nqe

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• 06:54 Updated forecast: more snow both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. And the city is already near-paralyzed.
• 06:57 I keep hearing Santa's voice from Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer: "I'm afraid we'll have to cancel Christmas."
• 07:00 At work, we still haven't been able to deliver the gifts to our "adopted" family this year.
• 07:04 What we need is Rudolf the Red Nosed Snow Plow - see Cliff Mass's editorial on Seattle's lack of preparedness - tinyurl.com/9n6pcl
• 08:39 Last night our neighbor was enthusiastically telling us about Pickleball, which believe me I had never heard of before.
• 11:21 Lest I complain about being snow-bound, Drake suggests I read "The Vikings in Iceland," which he recently finished. The guy loves Vikings.
• 11:25 On a recent flight the guy next to Drake was building a replica Viking ship. I mean what are the chances 2 Viking nerds together on a flight
• 14:31 ♫ I'm making a (grocery) list, checking it twice ♫
• 18:29 It's ridiculous that our neighborhood is in the shape that it's in - since Thursday. You take your life in your hands going out.
• 18:31 On foot doing a grocery run, I saw a gentleman who was literally stuck on the hill - he could not get his footing to move up the hill.
• 18:37 On my way back there was gentleman who had fallen - 911 had responded to assist.
• 18:43 The city has done nothing - zero - to clear any sort of access up or down our hill. And zero bus service on the hill. Six days now.

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• 05:57 It looks like even our neighbor, Mr. GMC Yukon XL, is not trying to get down the hill this morning. Snowed well into the evening last nite.
• 06:48 For all my joking about cabin fever, am very grateful to be safe & sound at home. Folks stranded at the airport, food is running low there.
• 09:14 Dang glitter on my face - I can't get it all off. Made the mistake last night of rubbing my face after moving a glitter-covered pine cone.
• 11:23 Holiday post is up - Apricot-Cashew Fruit Cake - a Christmas tradition for us - tinyurl.com/8s5xj4
• 15:56 I have to laugh - my beloved Apricot-Cashew Fruit Cake recipe is not generating much traffic at all.
• 15:57 I'm thinking that maybe fruit cake has a brand identity problem. Kind of like prunes are now "dried plums."
• 16:05 I thought about renaming it, but dang it - it *is* fruitcake, albeit a fresher, lighter version. Don't worry little fruit cake, we love you.
• 17:14 Been snowed-in since Thursday; at this point I'm finding it difficult to change out of my yoga pants before our neighbor arrives for dinner.

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• 07:52 Looks like we got 6"-8". Completely quiet. Not a creature is stirring....
• 07:54 Snowstorm + Sat night in our neighborhood = party central. Big (adult) crowd last night sledding down our main arterial street.
• 08:09 2"-4" more snow forecast for today. My bro has tickets for the Seahawks-Jets game today - he'll have an adventure getting there for sure.
• 08:19 If there was ever a morning for pancakes, bacon, and eggs, this is it.
• 08:34 Here's what it was like last night (bottom of our hill) - tinyurl.com/8paor2 - apparently the cops showed up at some point.
• 11:50 Fortified with breakfast, facing the next round of snow, which is now falling. Love these King Arthur pancakes - tinyurl.com/5d8qap
• 13:52 Snowing heavily, relentlessly. 6 more inches now predicted today. Argh. Making my apricot-cashew fruitcake.
• 16:11 Well, at least all the crazy fans at the Seahawks game (which includes my brother) saw them win. Hope he gets home OK. Still snowing. Hard.
• 16:25 Sorry to keep tweeting about our weather but honestly, I've lived in Seattle 25 years and never experienced anything like this.
• 16:28 All I can do at this point is laugh.. a sort of semi-hysterical cabin-fever laugh.

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• 07:27 16 degrees right now in Seattle. Calm before the huge storm expected to hit around 4:00pm today.
• 07:30 Will be bundling up and walking to the store for provisions thru Tuesday. All is still ice from Thursday's storm; driving too dangerous.
• 07:36 Heat in our front room (with sliding glass doors) isn't quite keeping up. With the high winds predicted, I think we'll get chillier yet.
• 09:27 Pulling out ski clothes, plus beautiful cabled wool mittens my mom knitted for me in 1990. Think of mom a lot during the holidays.
• 16:19 The snow has started, right on cue per the forecast. Completely covered in white.
• 16:26 Very small flakes but it's coming right down and accumulating.
• 16:54 A snow storm goes better with nachos!
• 19:30 Snow is falling lightly now. No wind - hoping that holds.

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• 06:38 51. Today.
• 06:48 Another at-home day. The (steep) arterial route by our place is closed by the city, reverting it to a sledding hill.
• 08:38 UG, another snow storm arriving as early as tomorrow afternoon. I feel a case of cabin fever coming on.
• 13:44 Good news! I have been selected by the United Nations to receive $650,000. I just need to contact their Nigerian office...
• 14:44 Oh crap. High wind warning issued by NWS for tomorrow. Sustained winds could be 50-70mph; gusts up to 90mph.
• 17:51 Replying to some very nice birthday greetings today.

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• 05:54 Woke up to thunder, lightning, and snowing. Deciding against trying to drive up the hill to the pool this morning.
• 08:11 So the snow day was just a day late. Heavy snow now falling in our neighborhood.
• 11:26 Working at home, Drake is playing Dean Martin's version of "Let it Snow." And yeah, it's still snowing.
• 16:18 Drake's venturing out on foot to the grocery. Me, I'm sitting tight w/some cocoa. Snow has stopped, getting dark, temps dropping further.
• 18:36 Afternoon diversion: playing with the race-car track our neighbor has set up for her god-son. Zoooom!
• 18:38 Cards are done, presents are purchased, tree is decorated... more cookies tonite: toffee bit cookies drizzled with bittersweet chocolate.

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• 05:26 This is something I might actually make
• 05:29 Oops - here is the URL - tinyurl.com/5tbwlt
• 05:41 On the snow watch this morning. So far nothing near downtown (Seattle). Looks like now it might start more around 10:00am.
• 07:41 School's are all closed today but I think I'll be fine for the morning at least going into the office.
• 12:34 So far, this Seattle Snow Day thing has been a complete bust with needless school closures. The sun is streaming in through my blinds.
• 15:10 Today we are conducting a study en Español and so all day I hear distant Spanish conversation coming from the lab.
• 15:36 Doing some competitive analysis, browsing corporate web sites. It's hard to figure out what these companies actually do: blah, blah, blah
• 15:38 It's like they all went to each others' web sites, copied all the industry buzz phrases, and threw in their own graphics.
• 19:20 Our heating system is having a hard time keeping the main living area warm. Baking cookies to add some warmth.
• 19:22 I think the difference inside today is the wind, which is pushing more cold air on our sliding glass doors.

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• 07:46 My MIL writes the most awesome emails to us 2-3x a week, just little details of their life that make us smile.
• 08:30 Re-started Swim Plan workouts today- www.swimplan.com/. My times are slow, but I'm ready for structured work-outs.
• 16:29 I am waving the white flag and getting computer bifocals. Tired of pitching my head back to see the computer thru my progressive lenses.
• 16:42 We are cranking on some new business today. I'm doing project for a super new client. In this economy, grateful we are keeping busy.
• 18:36 Drake is making his world-famous spicy Brussels sprouts. Well, they're famous in our world anyway.
• 18:46 I just realized: Happy Beethoven's Birthday! Sheesh, I need my Peanuts calendar to remember this.
• 20:31 A flannel nightie is definitely in order tonight.

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