Shiney Disco Ball

Shiney Disco Ball, originally uploaded by applesnhoney.

So I bit the bullet and got the Nikon D60 DSLR camera I've been lusting after for a year and upgraded my flickr account to Pro. All in all, I can say I'm pretty darn happy with myself right now.

The Kindness of Strangers

Yesterday's snow follies were definitely fun! In the morning I decided I was going to work so I drove my car out of my driveway to the alley behind my house and got stuck turning onto the road... again... I was at a loss as the snow right there was deeper than my bumper so I woke Chris up to help push me into the tire tracks on the street. He couldn't do it and as he went to wake up the landlord's son (who did come out and start digging willingly) 2 kindly strangers saw my plight and came running with a snow shovel. He and his wife spoke a little bit of English and he sent his wife off to get a piece of carpet. The 5 of us worked on my car for around 10 minutes and got me started off on my way to work.
After work I had to have a friend help push me out of the parking lot and I headed to Choices Market on Cambie and 19th for some needed supplies. I parked on 19th and got myself good and properly stuck before I ran to the store across the street. As I was waiting to cross back to my car I noticed the guy parked in front of me in his rear wheel drive sports car having trouble. I waited anxiously hoping he wouldn't hit me and ran to help him as soon as I was able. I pulled my little 2.5' emergency shovel out and the 2 of us muscled the snow around our cars for a while before we eventually decided to push mine out first. I drove down the road and I think he thought I was leaving him there to fend for himself but instead I U-Turned at the roundabout and came back to help him. I parked my car in the road with enough space between his car and mine for a car to drive, put my 4-ways on and got to work.
The amount of dirty looks and sneers we received during this time was deplorable! I cannot believe the number of people who walked or drove by the two of us and never once did someone offer to help! I eventually managed to wedge myself in good and dug my heels of my cowboy boots into the asphault and got him out of the snow and on his way home. As he drove off into the night with me laughing my ass off as I fell behind his now moving vehicle, he yelled "Merry Christmas!!!". Fun times.

Snowed-in? No way!

We decided to go for a walk today. A peppermint mocha swirl was the carrot on the end of that stick. Then I went home and wrapped most of the presents and cleared the back steps 4 times in 5 hours... Damn snow is falling around 1"/hour right now. Getting a bit scary. Not sure what I'll do tomorrow, I don't have the power chord for my work laptop but I'm not putting myself in danger for a job, no matter how much I love my job.
*brr*

spurred ever on by warm friends

I've been thinking about why I haven't been writing. I think it may be that I don't want to hear what I have to say.