January 2012 Archives

This weekend saw a bit of snow, the first nontrivial snow of 2012 here. It fell on a Saturday, which if you have no errands that need urgent attention, means it can be ignored mostly. For some reason, the quietude spilled over to Sunday. Bert and I found the Sunday morning skate a bit quieter than usual. Literally. The usual radio oldies music was mute.

Last week, Jordi and Josie joined us. Jordi has himself a new pair of skates, his first non-rental pair. Josie is making a bit of progress.

She and I were sitting in the changing area before the break and I mentioned the Zamboni would be on the ice soon. The loud horn and not knowing what the heck "the Zamboni" is, had her a bit spooked. Once the Zamboni was circling the ice and could be seen though the glass doors, it seemed safe enough for a closer look.

The Patriots played and defeated the Ravens this afternoon. I split my time between watching and baking a pecan pie from the Deerfield's Bakery recipe from "Killer Pies". Not a bad way to spend the day.

Karen and I hosted the New Year's Eve Perquackey get together last night. Jen, Jordi, Josie and Cecilia joined us for dinner, but didn't hang around for the tossing of the cubes. Knowing the plan, I snapped this photo before dinner.

After dinner, Bonny played tournament director, having a first round to reduce the six players to four for the semi-final and final rounds. Bert was the evening's winner, with a two roll win over runner-up Karen.

Dinner was quite tasty, with a bit of pot luck contributed. We had a lot of good and tasty food. I had spent the day baking two pies. Here today, apple pie and coffee. A great start to 2012.