Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry
Something that makes me happy: Seeing Lance with his family on Christmas Day. It’s like seeing him in his natural habitat. We’re having a good time in Ohio.
Something i am struggling with: I want to play Dominion more than anyone else does.
Something tasty: Lance’s sister’s husband Will made these awesome caramel chocolate chip brownies that are impossible to describe except they are GOOD and you can eat only one as they are super rich. He’s going to have to give me the recipe.
Something i learned: Christmas can be good even if the present phase doesn’t last 5 hours. (One might even say, especially if…)
Something from the bridge table: Lance and I actually make an appearance, however minor, in the newest version of the Encyclopedia of Bridge, which was one of our Christmas gifts.
Something i am reading: Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey.
Something happening around the house: The Shull household finished the present exchange about an hour ago. We are now engaged in various activities such as Sudoku, cooking, walking dogs, throwing the football outside, and eating appetizers.
Something i am thinking: I think that a large majority of taxpayers would like the postal service to continue delivering mail on a daily basis, including Saturdays. So we have this one thing that nearly everyone can agree on, and what is happening? We’re letting it die a slow death. Of course.
Something i am looking forward to: A few more days here before a long drive back to Ohio.
Something i am hoping: For no more close encounters with hitting deer. We almost hit one on the way here.
Something random: I like dangly earrings.
Something planned: More Zelda, Dominion, bridge, reading, and good quality family time.
Something of a Christmas message: We have colleagues who work in China who sent holiday greetings to all of the US staff. They don’t celebrate Christmas, but they were being thoughtful and expressing good wishes to us. The note i got was so extremely perfect – “Have a wonder holiday.” This is probably a simple misapplication of English, but i love the implication. We use the word ‘wonderful’ fairly frequently in normal speech, but it has lost its original meaning, which it literally “full of wonder.” Wonder holiday makes much sense in that context. I want to wish everyone a wonder-full holiday!
