I can comfortably say that books quite literally saved my sanity growing up. And no matter where I’ve lived in my 35 years, the library has been a significant place in my life. Whether I am searching for the latest fiction or the classic I’ve always meant to read, whether I am looking for information to gain additional knowledge or to prove someone wrong, the library is where I go first. If I needed to escape the madness of my childhood home, I would head to the library and lose myself for hours. After all, no one would tell me I could not go to the library and study!
The real meaning of love (and tolerance)
January 9th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
I don’t think any other image sums up Drue and Mimir’s relationship as well as this one. Do I need to say more?
Adding insult to injury…
January 8th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
Last time I saw snow it was a balmy 46 degrees. The air was clean and sparkling and the sun was shining and the snow was soft and powdery and thick, like a blanket. I believe California law requires snow to exist in such conditions all the time. But well, Virginia isn’t California. So instead, I dealt with a gray, cold day where the high was somewhere around 25 and ice was on the sidewalks and the streets and schools had a two hour delay.
Crimmas Remembered
January 7th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
This weekend the tree is coming down! All the ornaments and decorations will be exclaimed over (again) and wrapped up carefully to survive the next 11 months buried in the storage unit only to reemerge next December 1st, 5th, 12th… oh whatever… to be exclaimed over (yet again). While Halloween is my most favorite of holidays, Christmas is a close second and I always experience a small twinge of sadness once everything is taken down and put away.
Going nowhere fast
January 6th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
Every time I travel or even head out of the house for points in town where I’m going to be walking a significant area or distance, I throw on my Mudd’s. These are, bar none, the most comfortable shoes I own (given my propensity for designer boots and heels, you shouldn’t be shocked, right). The bonus is they go with everything, mostly because I’ve decided they go with everything.
Eruption
January 5th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
Home again, home again and what do I find awaiting me? A wiggly Bear, a Mao cat so happy to see me that she wastes no time sinking her claws into my thighs and eggnog erupting in my freezer! I should have known something was up when Jason casually mentioned he saved the eggnog for me by freezing it. That sentence in and of itself is innocuous; however, it was followed by “I can’t WAIT for you to see it.” Last I checked, eggnog was not exciting. But I was wrong. Oh, how I was wrong. I have no idea if this stuff is any good since it somehow managed to erupt through its seal and freeze outside the bottle, cap and seal in place. But it sure does look cool. Don’t you think?
The Bridge
January 4th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
After ten days in the Bay Area, I have to say that no other place on earth quite feels so much like home. A person can place their feet in the Pacific Ocean and in approximately four hours, have their feet in snow. The rolling hills, towering mountains and soft fog are exceptionally inviting. The people are, too.
Awesome Beauty
January 2nd, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
Today, Drue, Angela and I took a “paddlewheeler” across Lake Tahoe. We left Zephyr Cove – located just over the Nevada state line – and spent an hour crossing Lake Tahoe to Emerald Bay and another hour coming back across the lake. Gorgeous does not even begin to describe the lake, or the mountains, for that matter. I was awe-struck and spent half my time on deck taking pictures and the other half gulping down some of the cleanest, coldest, freshest air I’ve ever breathed. Lake Tahoe is so clean and so pure that the water reflects the blue sky, the clouds and the mountains as well as giving you a 100 foot glimpse down to its sandy bottom in various places. My pictures don’t do it justice. In fact, I cannot find a single picture online that would really capture the awesome beauty of this place. As Drue said when she walked out on deck, “Wow.” I think that says it all, don’t you?
Going to the Chapel and we’re…
January 1st, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Uncategorized
Okay, we did it. No, not THAT. But we did crash a wedding. I figure there is no better way to celebrate the first day of 2010 and our first day in Tahoe by stopping by the Chapel of the Bells in the middle of someone’s wedding. The bride was dressed in a short dress and ski jacket, the groom was wearing shorts and a North Face jacket. And just before they promised to love, honor and cherish each other so long as they both shall live, the best man reminded the groom that he had a lot to drink and was he sure he wanted to marry this woman. The groom assured him that even though it was just a week, he was in love. Angela gives them six months. I give them a week. Welcome to Tahoe!
