Meanwhile In The House

Today's storm was perfect excuse for a fire.




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Before the Storm...

How many days till spring? I am sooooooooo totally done with this winter! Yet another storm on its way.

And it's not like we don't have any snow yet. The driveway is hard to deal with, even with a little bit of snow and this sure looks like it's going to be more than just a little bit of snow.

Last number I saw was 6 to 12 inches. The kids are in school still but will have early release, hoping they will make it home before the storm arrives in earnest.

I guess it's a good day to catch up on administrative stuff. Still, I am sooooooooooo not in favor of snow!

Ear piercings

Qate got her 4th and 5th piercing. Erik got his first two.




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Too Cold

Did I mention that I am DONE with winter???
Subzero temps and another frigging snow storm on the way!





The driveway is still hard to handle from the last snow storm (a few days ago)

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Cape Cod Churches

Catching up on Cape Cod pictures. Yeah, I know I am slow, I blame picasa which STILL doesn't allow to blog from my account like it used to do.

One of the cool finds we discovered was this church in East-Falmouth with a church bell that has been cast by Paul Revere.

When we visited there actually was a service going on and they welcomed us into their church and we sang Christmas carols with them.

Another pretty church.

I would write more but I am too tired to make any sense. Just enjoy the pretty pictures.

Light House and Dreams

Catching up with more pictures of a Cape Cod light house.

Seeing this ship made me dream about traveling. We wondered whether it still is possible to book passage on commercial cargo ships. When I was a girl we used to go to my aunt in Great Britain once a year, taking a container ship from Scheveningen to Norfolk.

They took only a few passengers, maybe 20? I loved this trip. There is something incomparable and wonderful about being on the water. Definitely on our list of trips to take, things to do.

So I am ignoring the snow and the frigid temperatures and dreaming about ocean travel instead.

Decluttering Project of the Day

We have been working on creating ectropy out of entropy. Today I worked on my filing system. Over the years I have had many different styles of filing systems, a lot of them being characterized by "To file later" and "To do: URGENT!" folders.

OK, it might not have been that bad at all times, but it wasn't perfect either. Turns out "later" arrived and I am tackling the filing system now, trying to toss as much as I can, get a lot of stuff online and on computer and slimming down to the bare basics.

 

Feels good to get it done! It's remarkably painless, as long as I put good music on to listen to while working.

More Nantucket

 

Catching up with Nantucket pictures.

 

Sylvia's complaint "There is TOO MUCH sand in Nantucket!"
Duh, it's an island in the ocean, there might be some sand indeed.

 

We walked for hours, uphill both ways, there was much whining and gnashing of teeth, but eventually we made it to the light house.

 

I loved all the light houses we visited this vacation.

 

 

 

This sign made me go "Hmmm, ok..."

 

Ice...

 

Did I mention how much I hate my driveway? Especially after an ice storm???

 

We could have skated easily. Instead Erik got himself down and then somehow lost the newspaper in the middle of the sheer sheet of ice and had to use a stick to retrieve it...

 

Nantucket

 

Nantucket was awesome. I never realized that they used to be the whaling capital of the world.

 

Learned many interesting whaling facts in the museum.

 

Including the fact that Erik would be the perfect way to join a whaling expedition and be the resident greenhorn.

 

Which would include climbing into the dead whale's head and scraping out all the oil.

 

We now know what a Nantucket sleigh ride is, when they harpoon a whale and go for a wild ride following it...

 

Making sure they have a hatchet ready in case the whale decides to dive down.

 

After the museum we explored the island for a bit.

 

Interesting stores, cobblestones, and Sylvia seems to be a popular last name around there, to the utter delight of our Sylvia.

 

She relished in drinking Nantucket lemonade right here on the island.

 

 

 

 

One of our favorite stores :D