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Nice – ice cream and soda pop under the counter I suppose. What a world! I can’t imagine wanting to buy and eat a cupcake in that situation.
Lately every time I visit the cafe, it’s a surprise to find you there, CabinGirl.
Our temp right now is +13F.
Set ’em up – eskimo pies all around.
time to belly up to the ice bar:
I bet the martinis stay well-chilled to the last drop. mmm.
do you think if I laid down on this ice bar my birthday migraine would go away? It’s been four days. 🙁
Have your martini and then go to bed!
Where is that?
Google “ice hotels”. There are several in Scandinavia and Canada.
I “borrowed” the image from this article.
Oh, that looks tempting. As long as I could bring the two dogs with me for warmth. 🙂
Well, you wouldn’t want to let them be sleeping on the floor in that place….
brrr…
You can watch the Ice Hotel segment of a video here about Joanna Lumley traveling north to see the Northern Lights.
Oh, and tomorrow’s forecast here, 34C/94F. The dogs are already passed out on the floor in anticipation. There may be bathing.
Thanks! I searched on YouTube “Joanna Lumley Northern Lights” and there was plenty more.
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) runs much of their content online (we don’t have a TV). So I was able to watch that video a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed it.
That SUCKS! I got one on Christmas night that lasted through the next day, but at least it wasn’t totally deadly (since I can only take tylenol). At one point, I wound up drinking a mint chocolate chip milkshake to try to relieve the pain.
Maybe sticking your head in a bucket of ice water?
Thirteen is a mite chilly, Alice. We’re wimps here in the 25 degree weather (plus wind) today.
I’m enjoying being around and free to roam the internets this week after a long work-related hiatus. How have you been?
I’m doing great, Cabin. Staying indoors and getting weirder by the day. Thirty years in Florida makes Minnesota a mite difficult – too many clothes required. Can’t believe I used to fantasize about those ice hotels.
I just spent a few hours in a frantic search for a lost bathing suit. Like I said – weird. I’m looking forward to you having some time to hang around the pond a bit more in the near future.
We could do some cookies… brownies okay, but no cupcakes.
The first winter I moved back north to Indiana, the temp fell to -35F in Jan. I was somewhat heartened to hear the first snow of consequence in many years also hit my old digs in south Florida as well – but not much.
We’re in the -13F category w/ windchill … brrrr …
But good for the ice hotel business I guess. 😉
Single digits here. I was out running errands and drove as carefully as humanly possible. I was worried about fender benders or speeding or ANY reason I would have to be pulled out my car into that air.
Everybody gather round, have a hot toddy and warm yourselves.
I’ve heard of those. What exactly is in one?
There are many, many variations. Here’s one to give you an idea:
Cold water, about 1 1/2 pints
Three teaspoons of brown sugar
8 whole cloves
Lemon juice from half a lemon
2 shots of Irish whiskey (or a tad bit more – never brandy or rum)
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients except the lemon juice in a sauce pan and boil
Add the juice of half a lemon
Pour into a mug, breathe and sip
Thank you
I have all those ingredients. I may give it a shot (lame pun inteded :))
Give it a couple;-)
Last one of 2009.
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does this one really count as hump day?
It’s over the hump of Waiting for the Football Deluge week. 🙂
Don’t remind me about the football glut coming up. I used to think of it as parade day instead. I lived such a sheltered life. 🙂
Well maybe you’ll find something else to distract you this year. 😉
I’ll have no problem getting distracted, even if it’s by a cottage cheese sculpture. Someone else, on the other hand, may have a little more difficulty…
I’m imagining a scenario where John Madden and Cris Collinsworth call the play by play of your labor and delivery.
Someone would be banished to the front yard for that. Hopefully it won’t come to that. 🙂
He.could.go.all.the.way!
Then again, I might be needing a laugh about that time…
Has your headache gone away yet?
My headache is about a 5 today. Vastly improved.
🙂
Is there a relationship between the headache rating and the number of kids in the house?
Got any plans for New Year’s Eve — like having your sons round you up some cute butts to ogle. It’s the perfect activity for midlife crisis. 😉
Glad to hear it. And I second Andi’s suggestion.
I think the little mister should come anytime after midnight tonight, so he can say he was born on a blue moon…too bad we’re not in the Eastern hemisphere, or we could have a lunar eclipse to go with it.
Did you happen to see Avatar or any other 3D movie before the headache? I am unwilling to watch any 3D movie because of the links I’ve heard between them and migraines.
I saw a regular movie the night before it started. But we had to sit in the second row and I ended up leaving early because it was effing up my vision so bad. I had not thought of that connection, but I’ll bet that was the trigger.
Another sign of my provincial life — I’ve never experienced the distraction of a cottage cheese sculpture.
My ass looks like a cottage cheese sculpture…
Umm … nice imagery.
Well I was going to say YOUR ass looks like a cottage cheese sculpture, but I thought that would be mean.
But my ass DOES look like cottage cheese and proudly so — it’s part of the official requirements for geezerhood.
You couldn’t pay me to look at mine.
Maybe they were designed to be in back on purpose, to spare us the view when we get old;-)
It’s a balmy 14 degrees here, going up to 30. Shorts and t-shirt weather.
Yeah, man! Bust out that Coppertone!
Happy Greetings, kids! I’m ready to wish 2009 a less-than-fond farewell, myself.
Hope we can send out the year in the best way possible for each of us.
I don’t know anyone who thinks 2009 was a good year.
Glad to see you hangin’ out today, CG!
Have any feelings about the little one’s arrival date?
Maybe someday? 🙂
I’m rooting for 12/31, for no good reason.
We’ll all do the same, then.
That would make this one of your more eventful New Year’s Eve celebrations, no?
🙂
It would definitely give us something special to celebrate henceforth. 😉
Yes! You’d just have to take extra care that the CabinBoo doesn’t grow up feeling gypped.
🙂
He’ll think all the commotion and fireworks are for him.
To me that sounds like a blessed childhood.
‘Course, if it stays the same into adulthood you wind up with someone who thinks he’s president ’cause he gets to play dress-up on an aircraft carrier.
😉
Morning WW.
Yeah drop-kicking 2009 in the trash bin of history sounds like a very appropriate way to celebrate the new year.
Other fun for New Years Day — the flog theme is Gates, Doors, and Passages and I’m betting you’ve got some prime source material in your neighborhood.
Howdy, Andi! Compliments on the Hump Day pic above. I find the light so pretty this time of year.
‘Drop kicking’ indeed.
The Aughts on the whole weren’t real great for me. I have hopes that the Teens? Tweens? Toos? will see an upgrade.
I’ve been thinking about the FFFlog, actually. This week has been a mite too chilly for hiking about with camera — wind chill yesterday was about 15 below — but maybe I can scare something up.
Glad you were able to travel about & meet your holiday obligations safely, btw. Last week’s weather was a mutha.
Hi WW! I don’t know, there have been worse years.
Indeed there have — but never before have I felt so old.
🙂
Hope you’ve enjoyed a good holiday time so far.
Tis true of me, too. This year, NYE will have a blue moon. Which, as you know, only happens once in a blue moon. So 2010 is bound to be something special.
Yeh — it won’t be 2009.
I’m afraid I don’t remember the meaning of a ‘blue moon’. (Insert joke here about using the outhouse in January.)
It is the second full moon in a single month.
Aha — ok.
I’m so out of touch with the natural world this winter that I’m barely aware of the moon. So sad.
that is all.
I thought of him just the other day. He’s making contact from the Great Beyond.
Hmm…maybe he should make a holiday appearance?
It’s New Year’s. Marmotinis all around!
As long as he brings the hookah, too.
Oh, man — I’m gettin’ a flashback!
Thanks for my first real smile all week!
T’weren’t me. T’was the marmot. 😉
Ah, but it’s the medium and the message that count.
🙂
I’m headed outside for some (gasp!) fresh air. There’s also an enormous, sizzling ball up in the sky here that I’ve got to investigate. It seems to convey warmth.
Enjoy the day!
If you figure out how to communicate with the sizzling ball, please see if you can get to come visit south central Indiana. 🙂
Have a good one (or two or three).
That’s my favorite marmot – the marmotini. 🙂
If not the best, certainly the most welcome. 🙂
Well I need to go pretend that I’m going to get some stuff done.
See ya later.
I think this was keres’ creation:
Wow, you ladies are talkative this morning. Just out for a little errand and now there were 40 new comments.
Well, I’m off again into the cold. Meeting asklet for a matinee show of Avatar. Then to MMA practice, sorely needed after all the food and lazyness of the last week.
Hope you’re seeing the sun there, ask. It’s a lovely day here on the outskirts. I’m headed out also.
Enjoy the day!
Have fun! (Remind me again, what is MMA?)
mixed martial arts.
An FB friend told me I HAD to see that movie. But to be honest, the stills of the green people kind of creep me out.
Just back! These blue aliens are not creepy.
Saw it in 3D and really enjoyed it, even at 2 hrs 40 m. Strong message and great special effects, though the battle scenes were a little predictable.
I do appreciate exciting effects and cinematography (and I DON’T mean car chases, LOL). I was never a LOTR buff, but always thought about catching it, to escape into another world/sensory experience for a while.
We are going to rent Star Trek tomorrow though. Probably on the geeky side, but seems perfect for a New Year’s Eve.
I loved Star Trek when we saw it in the summer.
3D is just a way for the MPAA to keep movies from being pirated. It has nothing to do with the movie; it’s only the moola.
I didn’t realize that was the attraction of 3D, but it makes sense.
Good morning everyone. It’s new years eve, and the predicted high is 35C/95F (i.e. stinking hot). It might be a good day to head for the beach assuming we can find one that still allows dogs (most beaches close to dogs in the Summer to protect nesting Hooded plovers).
Hi keres. Have fun and don’t forget that camera. It must be Thursday somewhere!
Sorry about the dog denial but pictures of hooded plovers sound like a nice tradeoff.
Hope you have a great New Year’s Eve.
We’ll probably just take the dogs down to the river. As for plover pics, they’re very skitish. Hence the dog prohibition. But I’ll take a camera wherever we go.
As for NYE, we’re usually in bed well before midnight.
Rivers are good. Photos are better. Maybe you can find a nice shot for this week’s Flog (Gates, Doors, and Passages).
Actually, by the time we got home from Hobart we decided to settle in in front of the swamp cooler. Puppies included.
Lily did her best to hog the coolest air.
T-minus 3 hours and 16 minutes to New Years.
We’ll most likely make it ’til midnight if only because it’s nearly 9:30 and still in the low 80’s/mid-20’s. Plus, there’s a huge lightening storm coming our way.
Wow, that’s hot. I hope you enjoy your natural fireworks. 🙂
Our warmest NYE was about 70 degrees. It’s definitely not going to be that warm tonight.
I hope the storm is just pretty to look at and doesn’t do any damage.
Just in case you don’t last that hour … Happy New Year
Good morning all. I missed the return of the marmot yesterday! Sigh. Work is taking up far too much time.
Oops … careless clicking.
Morning b2. Do you get off work early today?
A half day today! Yippeee!
Oh excellent. Give you plenty of time to take a nap so you can stay up for the festivities. 🙂
Actually it is now snowing heavily here. I drove several miles before turning around. No work for me today!
Good for you!
Same here, it just started as I got up around 7.15 and loads coming down now.
Good for you calling it a snow day.
My trip to work is about 40 miles, part of it along cliffs above the Hudson. And the b2 boy was with me today. It just wasn’t worth it.
I must be asleep and dreaming. Boran posting at 5:46 am? Yeah it must be a dream.
Isn’t it past your bedtime? 😉
It was past my bedtime at 2:00 am when I woke up this morning. -OR- I’m still asleep and I’m still dreaming. Odd to be dreaming I’m in the cafe and typing. 😉
For me it’s difficult to type even when fully awake.
I have the same problem. To bad you have to go into work today. I say you send them an email say FM said you could take the day off. I’m sure they’ll understand. 🙂
I’m off!
to everyone.
Morning Andi,
Nice way to get New Year’s Eve started.
I like to get things going on the right note. Notice that he’s lying down making his toast — so it’s a very slackerly celebration.
From the New Years when I used to party, I always liked making toasts while lying down. That way I was assured of not falling down. 😉
Such good planning.
Hopefully the dude isn’t driving.
Well I’ve got to get ready for an appointment in the city this morning. If you’re going out today, be careful driving.
Happy New Years!
See ya later.