The Visible Woman...February 14, 2004

Saturday, February 14, 2004

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A Journal from Austin, Texas.
A Project of LBFFP Stealth Publishing.

health and mood

a winter wonderland?

We don't see snow much in Austin. It amazes people if some falls and especially if it sticks for a few hours.

FFP looked outside first. "It really snowed," he said.

Chalow found it disconcerting as she lowered herself on the path to urinate like a girl dog. She ran right back in before I could take her picture in the snow, the traditional thing to do.

There was already slush and lots of dripping.

My dad called. "Are you up?"

"Yes."

"Did you see the winter wonderland?"

"Yeah, it really snowed. It was just drizzle when we came home, late."

Later he called to say that his sister in Dallas said it snowed four inches there and that they were staying in. Of course, they live in Maine in the spring and summer and fall. It wasn't much of a storm by their standards.

When I went to the club around 10:30 it was mostly melted everywhere but afterward I headed down Expo to the toy store and mailing store to send my great nephew's birthday stuff and someone had managed to make a snowman from dirty snow. It was about three feet high with sticks for arms.

At our party this evening people were talking about the snow in Dallas since two couples had come from Dallas that day. The roads were clear but the four to six inches of overnight accumulation was all the buzz. Northerners would laugh at us, huh?

And that does it. That was probably the extent of winter for us. (Not to tempt fate or anything.) Last freeze date in our zone is three weeks away. There are some trees blooming. Spring is near.

Winter wonderland, indeed.

from Animation Factory

JUST TYPING

Snow used to warm my heart.
So pretty.
Maybe an excuse.
To stay in.
Now I give it a nod.
I laugh at it.
Snow in Austin?
Silly.
Go away!
I say.
And it does.

Food Diary.

breakfast
boiled egg, piece of cheese, couple of green onions

lunch

scoop of tuna salad

snacks

a several hundred calorie package of Sweet Tarts

dinner
[buffet at party]

cheese, sausage, artichoke, olive on a stick
red wine
salmon, greens, fried polenta, bread, filet with rosemary butter, carrots and potatoes
more red wine
and more red wine

Today I
- couldn't resist some all sugar candy.
- was going to pass up the beef at the party but the chef urged it on me.

Time flies....

We were up a little late, eightish. I finished up my journal from yesterday and was at the gym around 10:30. After the gym I went to the neighborhood toy store and got some books and puzzles and stuff for my great nephews and mailed them along with the book I made to my niece.

At home, I had a bite of lunch and then just goofed off. I talked to people on the phone and someone dropped by. I surfed the WEB. I considered starting to watch Pirates of the Caribbean or reading or something. FFP suggested we go shopping and we picked up a gift for our hosts tonight and a pair of bookends while cruising the highend shops on 35th near Mopac. When we got back I did several exciting things like read The Austin Chronicle and have a snack and clean lint out of the dryer vent outside (and clean the mud off my shoes after I did it). I finally showered and we argued (well, just discussed really) over what to wear. We had these instructions: "We were thinking "elegant casual." What does that mean? It means
ladies wear something a little dressy, but comfy (like slacks & cocktail-type top). Guys where something comfortable (preferably no
jeans), but jacket not required and certainly not a tie." Now I ask you: if I'm wearing a "cocktail-type top" which I presume to be one of these sparkly things that pass as black tie for me, do you think my hubby who loves to dress up wouldn't wear a jacket and a tie. So we decide that he'll dress up a little more (coat and tie).

The party is fun with a few people we know and several we don't, food, a band. They have a give-a-way involving Lotto tickets. I wish my ticket would win and then I could give the money away to some of my causes. I'm not willing to work to give money away but if I won it, well, then.

We get home and I go off to bed with my book.

Reading.

Newspapers.

The Conquerers by Michael Beschloss.

Voices of D-Day. ed. Ronald Drez.

nothing

Exercise

zip today

recumbent bike	35 min
treadmill
ergonomic rower
water aerobics
chest, shoulder, triceps	X
leg, back, bicep
lower back
ab exercises	machine 3.5/50
stretches
walking
tennis

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I get in a good mood when I get a package mailed. For a few minutes anyway.

It's a Tangled
Web we weave...these
days of our lives.

One year ago
"I like finishing books and starting new ones. It's a thrill. "

Two years ago
"I wake up and realize that it's getting late and I was dreaming of a young man with a green polka-dotted face."

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