about froze my ass

Thursday night ski lessons and it was cold as a witches you know what! The instructor was late so we had to stand around in the cold waiting for him. BRRRRRRRR! The lesson was good, he gave me some good advice for my turns. 

Wednesday night I curled on a team as a sub. Met new people it was fun. I ran into an old friend from 'back in the day" I had not seen her in about 15 years. I did not even know she curled at the club and here she has been curling for years. It was great catching up on things.

My Friday night team kicked some butt! I did not have my best game but I did alright, the ice was really fast. Val and Tara came by the club we had a beer together then went to Fabulous Ferns for a couple more drinks and popcorn.

Today I worked on the upstairs bathroom most of the day in addition to doing my laundry. This bathroom project has taken on a life of it's own. Every time I think I am getting close to being done, I decide to do something else. Today I waxed the floor thinking it would be easier now with everything taken out of the bathroom.

That's my big exciting life!
carmen

Whew, I be busy

Let me clear my throat...joined another curling team on Tuesdays, we kicked some booty! Thursday I started my skiing lessons at Hyland Ski area. It was great fun. Friday I went to the Zoya Women's Christmas party. We started the evening at the Tap and Grill in Maplewood, then on to my aunts house for dessert and games. It is always fun to see my aunts and cousins together. Saturday I went to see the Rollergirls. We started the night at Camp, had some food then off to Station 4 where I found a couple shots of the Doctor, Dr. Magillicutty that is, then off to the roller derby. The half time show was a polka band :) After the Rollergirls we caught the shuttle back to Station 4 and walked two doors down to Innuendo for a drink.

Sunday I had to work at 0600, had a bit of a hangover. After work Mike and I installed new light fixtures in the bathroom and ran a couple errands. Today I ran more errands and finally got my car washed, damn was it a mess. I love the snow but the city uses too much salt on the street.

Right now I am coloring my hair, 367/3RV Black Cherry another 10 minutes and rinse!

December is going to be busy, I have curling on Tuesday and Friday nights and skiing on Thursday nights. I am going to Orchestra Hall on the 19th, the Minneapolis Institute of Art on the 22nd and The Ritz theater on the 27th.

OK, gotta rinse...

We got snow!

I just came in from shoveling snow, it is fantastic outside! I love how quiet it gets when the snow falls, all sound is dampened, it's like a hush falls over the city. I am sure we will get a few more inches before morning which should make driving to work quite an adventure.

I cannot wait to get my skis on, I need to send out an email to everyone and find someone to go skiing with me. Hell I will go alone if I have to. I think I can talk Mike into going, I gave him my skis and boots from last year. ohhhh I can't wait!

This puts me in my happy place.

I'm going to sleep early tonight so I can get up early for the morning snow removal. I hope I can get out of the garage.

Good night all...

Sweet dreams

CM

Adventures with a Ceiling Fan

No more putting it off, the ceiling fan went up today. The process was not hard however Mike and I, well actually Mike did it I just went along with it, hooked the wrong wires together. Talk about SPARKS flying!!!!!!! wooohoooo. Needless to say we had to rewire it. It's all better now.

Lets see... Tuesday I curled on the Abraham team with Courtney, Dave and Barni, we kicked some butt!! The team we played against were all men who have competed in the Nationals. It was a lot of fun. 

Wednesday was supposed to be my stay at home doing laundry night but Mike decided we should work on the bathroom so we got the toilet and sink out and I had to put new shut off valves on the sink, the old ones were no longer working. We were unable to find a toilet and sink that we liked so now there is nothing in that bathroom. Rhory called and I met her out for a cold and frosty one. It was good to see her we had not talked for quite a while. It turned out to be another late night and no laundry was done.

Thursday responsibility kicked in and I did my laundry and cleaned the house whew!

Friday was curling night again. My team played against Amy's team and we were once again victorious! I think we have won our last three games. Cheryl, her girlfriend Dee, Amy and I stayed until they had the drawing for the Winter Carnival Bonspiel. My team had entered the drawing. We were the last team pulled so we are in the bonspiel. The Winter Carnival bonspiel is a big deal, people from all over come to get into the spiel. The theme this year is "once upon a time" so I guess we need to dress up as a story or something. Another late night.

The weather outside is frightful but the snow is so delightful, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....... We already have about 5 inches of snow on the ground and there is no sign of it stopping. I say "bring it!" I cannot wait to get out on the slopes. Maybe I need to play hooky this week and go skiing.

Boring as it may be, that's my week..

carmen