Archive for December 4th, 2005

last gasp

This is the last unscheduled weekend evening I have until after the new year. Almost the last unscheduled evening, period.
now you know why my fantasy is to spend december in tahiti, sitting on a beach, sipping umbrella drinks and watching the waves.
in otherwords, NOT running full-out for twenty days straight.
— — — A year ago [...]

vladimir and mikhail

White russian
1 oz Kaluha
1 oz Vodka (Russian, of course. Although I tried a Swedish Vodka this weekend. Mmmmmm)
2 oz milk or cream. Who am I kidding. Make it with cream. Whipping cream, not that pansy half-and-half.
Pour over ice and enjoy a Minnesota winter evening.
for a black russian, skip the dairy. but what fun is that?
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I’ve never:

- had to be the one to shovel (only been the one to say “we need to shovel”)
- had to bring up the Christmas tree (only been the one to schedule when to put it up)
- had to assemble the stand and tree (only been the one to make cocoa and cookies while it’s being [...]

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