The first snowstorm of the season on Sunday was beautiful. But was followed by a cold snap Monday. Which left us with icy rutted roads and brutally slow stop and go crawling commutes. Making me question the wisdom of driving a car with manual transmission. And the wisdom of remaining in Minnesota. But before the blizzarding the lad and I enjoyed the Union Depot grand re-opening on Saturday (one of my tweets about it wound up in L’etoile’s LOL/OMG Weekend Twitterings). And Saturday night I enjoyed a very different sort of event. My ears are still bleeding (not really). And Sunday was a lovely lazy day around the house with both the little man and my boyfriend.
Five strange and/or wonderful things:
- I’m sure you have all heard about the IKEA monkey by now. But I’m posting it here, for posterity sake. “Dressed in a wool coat and wearing a diaper, the male monkey surprised shoppers at the busy Leslie Street and Highway 401 Ikea in North York.” Never forget.
- I remember hearing about these Kinder Surprise chocolates before. But the surprise in the U.S. is a $2500 fine for smuggling contraband!
- Ahh, Happy Holidaze from Pusheen. My own cat, Freddy, has been a destructive dick this week. He broke my favorite mug, from House on the Rock, by nudging it off the kitchen counter in the middle of the night. And he chewed a hole through one of my brand new smartphone touch gloves. Bah humbug. At least he’s been leaving our Giftmas tree alone, more or less.
- Simply stunning. Ethereal Macro Photos of Snowflakes in the Moments Before They Disappear
- Some legalized happiness happened last weekend. 15 Pictures Of Gay Lumberjacks’ Beautiful, Washington Wedding: Corianton and Keith had a wedding ceremony in August and finally made it legal over the weekend after the state legalized gay marriage.
Let the countdown begin! Less than two weeks to go until the boy’s winter break from school. And the holidaze. We’ve just now figured out our plan of attack when it comes to seeing my family, the boyfriend’s family and having my son spend time with my ex-husband’s family (key words: lots of driving around the metro). But I haven’t yet sorted out New Year’s Eve! I’d like to keep our annual hotel-room-with-pool tradition alive. Hrrrmmmm.
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