Quiet Christmas. Boys got books, video games and clothes, mostly. I got Lisa a plane ticket to see her father in Florida and another Bohus sweater kit; she got me a workshop at the New England Cheesemaking Supply in Ashfield, Mass. Looking forward to it, though it'll have to wait until April. I have a feeling my shoulder's not going to be up to pulling mozarella and cutting mascarpone in time for the February class.
Been walking quite a bit lately, two and three walks a day. Don't feel like running, swimming, or biking. It's been nice outside, not too cold -- about 30 degrees or so -- and no snow, sleet or ice expected until tomorrow. Big full moon and quite a few stars. We've got about a dozen houses on our block (two full-time residents), and only a couple of families up for the holidays. Always amazes me that people will shell out hundreds of thousands for a place and never visit. Not that I'm complaining.
The good deal about the walking is that it's helped me sleep a bit better. I generally get to sleep around midnight, and my shoulder wakes me up around 430a or so. The walking put me out like a light last night -- went for three walks -- but the shoulder got me up around 5a. That, and the sound of chomping in the kitchen. Went downstairs to investigate, and the collies had managed to get on top of the kitchen island and chow down on the Christmas ham bone.
Bad dogs. Very, very bad dogs.
Went by the post office today. Seems like the garden catalogs are as bad as the Christmas ones. Probably won't see spring for another four months, and they're already flooding the mailbox. I'm pretty sure it's Seed Savers Exchange for us this year.
Lots of work to do this week. Taking vacation from the day job, but I've got a couple of book deadlines looming, a computer monitor that needs fixing, and a ton of cleaning to be done.
I also want to take some walks and not think about the shoulder.
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Perhaps you can relate to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0RUlbj9GRI
I have 3 border collies/mixes thereof and 2 of them are often into mischief, I swear whoever made that video is spying on my house.
Sorry to hear about your shoulder. Having to lay off from training for so long is not fun but it'll probably be worth it in the end, esp. if you can't do anything right now anyway.
Thanks -- hilarious video! I've often thought about a 'Stinkcam,' but probably don't want any evidence lying about.
And yeah, the shoulder sucks. But I've been putting it off for years now, trying to work it back into shape, and that's not working. So, not much else to be done.
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