Loving the Snow

Today is StellarRay, in the time of Celeste. Saturn is in the sky during the wee hours of the morning. Ice covers the inside of my bedroom window... I see my breath when I peek out from underneath the blankets.

It's cold, but not unbearably so as long as one doesn't stand outside for too long in the negative degree wind. Mozart-Man is visiting his best friend, Nick, in Ohio this week, so I miss him a lot. However, there's always laundry, knitting, reading, bubble baths, teaching, dirty dishes, soup-making, and "Julie and Julia" to keep me busy until he gets back.

My lately project of craftyness is knitting socks. I have a feeling it's going to take quite a long time to make one. Whoever knew that ribbing could be so time-consuming?

In other news, I get to be a bridesmaid in my friend Tessa's wedding in September! Since she is marrying Mozart-Man's older brother, Steve, I'm pretty excited to be included in my future sister-in-law's plans. She and Steve are going to visit St. Louis in February sometime. Meanwhile, she's stuck in Ohio right now with Mozart-Man, Steve, and Nick, who (from what she tells me) have been playing video games and discussing comic book characters for over forty-eight hours. I very much wish that I could be there with her, but teaching could not be rescheduled so soon after Christmas break. So poor Tessa is retaining her sanity by crocheting and planning the wedding details. We'll both just have to wait a month until we can revel in our yarn craftyness together!