Saturday, January 05, 2008

Live, up to the minute news.....

Well, I suppose it's not live.

And depending on when you're reading this, it may not be all that up to the minute either.

Hell, there are probably even those that would dispute it's newsness...

In any case, here's what I did today.....

Chapter 1: Braving the Elements


This was the view out my sliding door this morning. As you can see, the forcasters were not wrong for once. I know you can't really tell from this photo, but that's about 6.5 inches of snow.



The last thing I wanted to do today was go out in this shit.

The one thing I had to do? Yeah, go out in this shit.

Because I knew the roads would be like this:




I decided to walk.

Not because I'm not confident in my driving ability, nor my experience in driving on ice, no, it's because I've seen how the assholes around here drive. You may remember me ranting about this some time ago. So, the hike was on. I made it to my 1st stop with no problems to report.

Second on my agenda was a stop at the casino to cash my weekly eagle drop....

Chapter 2 A Brief Respite





I made it to the Gold Dust, and made my way to the cage. No, really, that's what they call it. I cashed my check and headed over to the nickel keno. Today, for some reason, I decided to have a couple shots as well as my regular beer. I have to say that a Copper Camel and a Newcastle is a pretty fine combo. There's something in the Irishcreamy butterscothiness of the shot that totally works with the hoppy goodness of the ale....sigh.....

Chapter 3 Once more, unto the Breach


After one a couple several drinks, it was time to complete my tasks. The snow, which had let up when I started out for the day, was back. Not blizzardy or anything, but it was snowing again. I made it to the store, and headed my feet home. The longer I walked, the heavier the now became.....

I got home, and I'm happy to report, suffered no ill effects from the day.

Oh, and so you know, this is what the yard looked like at 9:00 pm tonight (sat)



Oh, and yes. Those dimples in the snow are my tracks from earlier in the day.

I love winter.....

Buenos con queso,

T.

4 comments:

Beth said...

Apparently, I am living in the wrong state. Or something. We have shit to report for snowfall.

And you know me, I love snow.
And what is the weather today, you ask??

70fuckingdegrees, sunny and windy as all get out (25-30 mph winds). In the midwest. In January.

What the hell???

AndiePandie said...

Oooo I love Newcastle! It's a touchy beer though, it can go skunky pretty fast.

We are having the opposite kind of weather. Hot. Meh.

Princess Sparkle Pants said...

Mmm. Beer and shots... and snow. I'm jealous. Can I come live there, too?

T.J. said...

Kat...guess you'll have to head out here.

Andie...Trade ya.

PSP...You can carpool with Kat, and both of you can come out here.....

T.