my big debut

andy took video of me practicing the first song i ever learned on the accordion . . . and here it is! from our home to yours, via the crazy internet. (two posts in one day? sharon bond, this is for you!)

dad-dles

we've had some problems downloading pics lately, but i think we've got it figured out now. here is pops. i'm actually taller - despite what the photo shows - although not as wise. he's only been here two days, but we have already put him to work shoveling wet, heavy snow. i have also yet to persuade him to go down our luge run, but i'll keep bugging him and hopefully he'll give it a try soon . . . between sledding, picking on my dad, and starting to "get" the accordion, my last day in my twenties is just as i would wish it to be.

we're stranded

YEAHHHHH! we had a mad rush early this morning trying to get our crap together so we could get out of town before the big snow really starts to fall, but alas, it was not meant to be. we're stuck! and i'm happy. unpacked the bags, got the pajamas back on. i think toivey is the only one really bummed because she doesn't get to sleep over at stella's house tonight. anyways, we're home, the snow is piling up, a big yellow moon has been out every night, and we've officially made the turn towards light! friday was solstice, 9:08 p.m., and the halfway mark for the school year. now that's truly joyous.

yesterday i finished up my last grades, then drew and i took turns going down our kick-ass new sled run. definitely heart-pumping (knee) anxiety while airborne. too fun! and then last night, after eating dinner with seldovia's best neighborhood clan, we witnessed the crazy brightness of the moon on the snow. there it was - huge and glowing - and here we are, tucked away, side-tracked, thankful, giddy, all of us spinning towards brighter days.

hope you all are exactly where you need to be.

enough said

OH YEH! i saw sandy elvsass at the craft fair today and she said she'd give me accordian lessons! i'm in deep need of help. as the pictures above attest to, i look retarded and have absolutely no style or tone or anything. but i play like i think i do. which means as soon as i bring the accordian out, nikos bolts upstairs and hides under the bed.
i've been in this weird space lately - sorta anti-social, but in a real goofy way. like today i dug through boxes and found my old tap shoes and started dancing like crazy on the wood floors . . . the first time in four years. f-ing fun! and last night i stayed up until 4 reading a book that's been stashed on my bookcase for a long time (teacher man, by frank mccourt), and it turned out to be a really good read. surprising to me - because it's about teaching high school - but (i hate to admit this for some reason) after reading it i feel re-inspired to give teaching my all, instead of just sliding through the days, like i have been lately.


anyways, while i've been napping during the day and staying up until the wee hours of the night, andy has been hard at work, as usual. (except right now, as i'm writing, he's napping on the couch - just like to point that out!) he is the best husband. he is building us a sauna. (shown here) and he doesn't even complain that i am a lazy bitch. i guess we all find our own way to get through the darkness of december. bar or work or sleep or eat or sex or fight or buy or blog.