Sunday, December 31, 2006

it's new year's eve, and there's still a ton of snow outside


christmas spirited sophie!

surprisingly, the snow is still here--usually it is gone in a day or so, but this is sticking around. we have some giant old cottonwoods in the back that are dropping enormous branches full of snow (fortunately not on the house) and creating an obstacle course for gus. all of our neighbors lost power yesterday, yet we are still okay--we had to buy a ridiculously expensive transformer for our house when we moved in because the electrical system here was way inadequate and out of date, and i have complained mightily about it, yet it seems to have paid off!

rich is up at his call clinic, again, and hopefully there won't be anything too bad later--tonight is the night that people come in for putting champagne bottles in the freezer that then explode in the eye. september is when people come in for putting beer bottles in the freezer (to sit and watch football with a cold one) that then blow up in the eye. what's the lesson for the day? (email me if you need a hint.) i need to ask him how many enucleations he has done because of that. pictures today are from the last couple of weeks--since the holidays are almost over i thought i'd get these on while they're relevant. i hope everyone has a happy, safe, healthy 2007!


gus picking out our tree in the cibola national forest (yes, we had a permit)


gus with the conquered christmas tree


you can take the boy out of iowa...sophie looks totally frightened


gus with his first new mexico snow angel--this is what snow usually looks like in albuquerque

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