What a grand day to have off from work! I woke up at 6 am and promptly turned off my pager, no longer on duty. Then I went back to sleep :-) Later I made pancakes for breakfast, and shared them with my dear husband who was working from home. You see, when we got up there was already 3 inches of snow, with much more forecast. We took Jem to daycare so she would get plenty of exercise despite the cold. Also, we could have an undisturbed day of coming and going from the house with her out of it. I haven't taken her to daycare in a long time and gee whiz, I thought she was going to stroke out on excitement. She starts running around the backseat, whimpering and clawing at the window, getting more and more exacerbated the closer you get. She DEFINITELY knows the route there.
To give him time to work undisturbed, I slowly shopped around Target, one of my favorite suburban pastimes. I needed some Halloween candy, stat! I also called my sister who is shacked up in the mountains, hopefully having a relaxing time. Then I got a peppermint hot chocolate at Starbucks and chatted with my mom, watching the snow fall in heavy clumps.
At home I met up with Ben and we walked down the block to the local Chinese restaurant. I love eating lunch out with Ben, and I love hot egg drop soup and rice with soy sauce on cold days. It was quite a trek to get there actually. The snow was knee deep in places on the way back. We passed a group of snowboarders on the sidewalk. They had built a ramp of snow at the top of a set of stairs down the hill. The stairs have a long, shallow rail running down it. They also hooked a bungee cord to the railing. They would bungee up the snow ramp, then jump on the railing with their snow boards, ride it down the hill, falling off onto the snow banks when they lost balance. Very clever.
Ben got back to work and I finished Shakespeare in Love on Netflix. Good movie. For a snack, I indulged in my all time favorite - diet cola with ruffled cheddar baked lays. Browsing for another instant play Netflix show, I found a real gem -
Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre! Holy crap this is a treasure. Did anyone else watch this when they were kids? It was on Showtime in the 80s, then picked up for syndication by the Disney Channel and PBS. I selected Snow White to watch. What. a. cast. First, we have Vincent Price as the mirror. With his face is painted like wood and stuck in the wall, he provides droll narration. Then Vanessa Redgrave plays the queen. I kid you not, she has red crimped hair frizzed out and wanders around waving her arms, draped in teal and purple velor. Fabulous. When she dies of vanity at the end she actually sticks her tongue out to make goofy gaggy noises while rolling on the floor. Fantastic. Finally, the singing prince is none other than my beloved Rex Smith! One year after his world debut in the Pirates of Penzance film, he's back! Singing! In thigh high leather boots! Oh, be still my heart. The episode needed a lot less stupid dwarfs and a lot more Rex.
So yeah, really good day so far. I'm not feeling the cooking vibe, so at Target I bought ready made frozen lasagna, ready made garlic bread, and salad in a bag. If you know me, you know how weird that is. Ben said "This doesn't look right" as he was putting the groceries away. I need to find something quick to take to movie club though. Brian has picked a super-Halloweeny treat. It's the Black Cat, by Edgar Allen Poe, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. How great is that? I hope I can watch it all and still get enough sleep for tomorrow when it's back to work for me.
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