One Nathaniel dropped at the airport. His flight out of MSP had not yet been cancelled.

Interesting link - word usage through history:

Rise and Fall of Cities

Netherlands vs Holland

I updated my address with my new skype phone number. It's a Bozeman area code, so US rates apply.

Oh, and Schiphol airport is currently closed due to snow, along with most other European airports, and the Dutch rail services are "severely disrupted" due to a power cut in Utrecht and "a number of incidents" elsewhere, and the roads were described as "complete chaos". Merel said her normal 9 minute commute took 60. So there's that.

rsj and I have made gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, Russian teacakes, and almond pretzels so far today. Rita is napping now and we'll frost the cookies this afternoon.

Oh No! little grinches on the way!

Christmas Music for the tech savy generation. ESso there's lots of your toys in this one.

flying Denver in the winter eh? risky business

Posting while stopped in Denver for a few moments.

No power loss on this side of town. Excellent work Roman, you also made the front page of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

Well that's why the clocks were flashing last night. Bozeman knows how to throw a good snowstorm.

Packages from Matthew on their way to the Doughers and Texas ohlers.

package received from V.

where is the funny?

Thanks for the addresses. Hoping they are all updated cause they are now on cards! Merry Christmas!

Tristan and his girlfriend moved out today. I will miss that he took out the recycling almost weekly.

Hahahaha...its been getting into the high 40's here.

Ha Ha -- I think the mid 50s sound balmy. I think the high here today was supposed to be 17.

I was really surprised it was 31 degrees on my way to work. Think it's in the mid 50s now. Brrrr.

Well Bassets are back for a third try at getting my furnace working correctly. Actually it's been heating okay, just making a lot of noises, like air in the pipes. This time they think it's the pump so hopefully it'll solve the problem this time.

I don't know if I picked the wrong day or the right day to have the new furnace installed.

Those guys in blue and orange did not look like they were doing the polka.

Had a vacation day today anyway and was supposed to drive to Dayton to go house hunting. We will be baking and online shopping instead.

ah, yes, 2 hour delay for Edgardo and "big kids". Nico and I shoveled the driveway and left only 1/2 hour off schedule. Roads really weren't that bad.... yet. Getting home will be another task.

TNT Post, the Dutch postal service, has acknowledge your request and promptly gone on strike. Merel's outgoing package is now in limbo.

It's days like today I wish I was elementary school, they're all closed for AT LEAST a day. The 'X keeps pushing forward. Would y'all quit shipping stuff for a minute so I can get a break in here?

Cookie frosting and rollar skating, today was a good day. That is until I couldn't find my Lil Richard cd.

It's a Lil' Richard Polka kind of weekend.

Um, you're not showing us the correct portion of the body for us to make that determination....

Taking packages for the Doughers and Texas ohlers to the post office. Let me know when they arrive please.

I'm going to guess 'a baby'?!? or maybe an awesome possum!

*BIG HUG* from me mom...I'm having a rough day too. Glad my siblings can pick up the slack for me.