Do you wanna build a snowman?

[rolanni]

. . .if so, you're outta luck here in Central Maine, where it's raining like a sonofagun and we have flood warnings for all extant bodies of water, from the Atlantic Ocean to the marsh down the road.  The driveway here at the Confusion Factory is a slew (that is, for the city and/or Southern folk among you, "slough"), and I fear me I'm not going to town tomorrow, never mind today.

Which means that we chose our Almost Electron Free Day well.  Yesterday, it was sunny and warm, and the ice had finally melted off the sidewalks in downtown Waterville so that we were able to take a walk and do some window-shopping, after lunch at Selah Tea, which we enjoyed after taking in the matinee showing of "The Grand Budapest Hotel," at Railroad Square Cinema.  We had a great time with "Hotel."  If you like quirky, fond, and slightly chaotic movies, this is one you don't want to miss.

After the matinee, lunch, and window-shopping, we did a few errands -- picking up Mozart's meds at the vet's and taking on groceries -- then came home and read Peacemaker aloud to each other (not all of it; just the penultimate chapter in the book, which is the last chapter of the story; there's an appendix left, which we'll finish up tonight).

All in all, it was a very pleasant Almost Electron Free Day.

Today, there's cat grooming and laundry on the mundane to-do list, though I'm so late getting the laundry started, I may put it off 'til tomorrow, since I'll be stuck in the house (Boy, is it muddy out there.  Reminds me of the first year we were in this house, when Mud* was so bad that we (as legend has it) lost a UPS truck in the driveway.  (In point of Actual Fact, the truck had only sunk in up to the hubcaps in the time it took the driver to walk up to the house, come halfway up the steps, hand me a package and go back to the truck; and the driver was, by a panicked application of torque-plus-gearing, able to break loose.  Yeah, leaving two parallel two foot deep gulleys in the driveway.  That was fun.)).

In other news, Princess Jasmine Sprite has clearly not been keeping up with her physics lessons, esp. viz. Newton's Third Law.  I've asked Trooper to take her in paw for some tutoring.

So! How's your weekend?
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*In Maine, the seasons are thus:  WINTER, Mud, Dust, Spring, Summer, Leaf, Rain (good year) OR Rain, Leaf (bad year), WINTER

Comments

Mud and Peacemaker

[charlie russel (from livejournal.com)]

Mud I get. That's what we have instead of Winter. Though some years we get a brief bit of winter, it's mostly just a break from the mud.

On Peacemaker: I am dying waiting for it to be released on Amazon and/or Audible. Not at all fair to rub my nose in your having it early.

[readinggeek451]

Pouring down rain here, too, especially last night.

New, tiny local convention just down the road a few miles. They capped registration at 500/day (~350 pre-reg, plus walk-ins both days) but the hotel was still overflowing. Great location, way too small. It was kind of fun, though.

Now I'm back home and catching up on laundry.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Talk about cat grooming -- I got this thing called a Furminator because Buster was looking ragged and getting minor mats. WOW! I am about half done, the waste basket has an entire cat's worth of fur in it, and he is still wearing a full coat and looking much better. I knew the clumps around the house were getting thick, but who knew they could shed whole cats.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Rain and Mud down here, too. And more rain tonight ....*sighs*

What foolishness did young Sprite commit?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well. . .but I pre-ordered my copy from Barnes and Noble as soon as the button went live. And. . .BN seems to be shipping now, and has been for a couple weeks, so no Special Author Bennie this time.

Daffodils. . .would be nice.

[charlie russel (from livejournal.com)]

I pre-ordered mine from Amazon, but they appear to be honoring the embargo and I won't get it until Tuesday. :( At which point the Audible version should also be available.

Princess Improves Self

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

Glad to hear that Princess Sprite will be receiving physics lessons from Dad. A Princess has to improve herself.