Happy New Year!

Well, 2008 is almost over. I’ve read lots of blogs commenting on it, and really, it hasn’t been the best year for me. It hasn’t been that terrible, but the whole adjusting-to-college thing (which I can’t really describe, I think you kind of have to do it for yourself), has kind of thrown me. I [...]

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Here.

Here. In a hotel. Because the power company STILL has not restored power. And we don’t get to have Christmas until they do.
Luckily, today it has gotten above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. And it has rained more than it has snowed. Which is good, because the snow has MELTED. A little.
At least I have internet. But [...]

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Get me out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously. Yesterday it snowed. ALL DAY LONG. It snowed about 6 inches here. Then, last night, the freezing rain started. So we have a ton of snow as well as ice to deal with. This is what one of the windows in my room looks like:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And here is the south window:
Last night, my brother (who [...]

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Things to do in liau of my plans for tommorow because of the darn snow

1. Take the kid I used to babysit for the Christmas ABCs book I made him. Figure I can tell his mother that having an extra week that he’s not at kindergarden could be worse; when I was in kindergarden I had an extra week off too, only it was because of an ice storm [...]

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Snnnnnnnnnoooooooooow!

So, Sunday morning it snowed in the Willamette Valley (the valley in Oregon where Portland and Salem and Eugene are, where I live). And when it stopped snowing, the temperature went down and the wind picked up. Our electricity went out for a few hours. We went into town (I live out in the “country”, [...]

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I can’t wait for this movie

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