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1minnesotagirl and I had to leave a day late, due to stupidity on several levels. Fortunately, it wasn’t stupidity on OUR level, so we got the heck out of Austin and headed for Oklahoma.
( Travels on ice )
The First thing you did not know about winter in Minnesota: your toes start freezing in Kansas City, KS and do not improve even when the car heater is warm enough to melt body fat. The toe heater packs were needed, but which bag were they in? Clearly, the Thor-Lo hiking socks weren’t going to be enough. Tomorrow, the merino wool socks!
( Peg Kerr leads us astray with Diablo Chocolate )
The Second thing you did not know about winter in Minnesota: if you use the windshield wiper cleaner (Special de-icing type bought at Wally World) and the heater has NOT been blowing on the window for 15 minutes, the spray will freeze on the window, requiring you to stop and scrape the silly thing.
Merino wool sock day. A definite improvement, but not quite the right solution.
( Of psychics, bookstores and closets )
The Third thing about Minnesota Winters: Thorlo-Socks with a Merino sock overlay are just the ticket for February.
The rest of the week, writing was accomplished, family things were removed from R’s closet and packed deeply in the van, I worked on R’s shoulder and suggested things for her to ask her PT/doctor about, and we met an old friend of1minnesotagirl’s for lunch.
Still no real oatmeal, or sweet potatoes.
Heathens.
Who ever heard of a brunch place in the snowy north without real oatmeal?
( We go native – Indo-Pak, that is )
Tomorrow, I will try to report on ConDFW, which as always was a great con.
1minnesotagirl and I had to leave a day late, due to stupidity on several levels. Fortunately, it wasn’t stupidity on OUR level, so we got the heck out of Austin and headed for Oklahoma.( Travels on ice )
The First thing you did not know about winter in Minnesota: your toes start freezing in Kansas City, KS and do not improve even when the car heater is warm enough to melt body fat. The toe heater packs were needed, but which bag were they in? Clearly, the Thor-Lo hiking socks weren’t going to be enough. Tomorrow, the merino wool socks!
( Peg Kerr leads us astray with Diablo Chocolate )
The Second thing you did not know about winter in Minnesota: if you use the windshield wiper cleaner (Special de-icing type bought at Wally World) and the heater has NOT been blowing on the window for 15 minutes, the spray will freeze on the window, requiring you to stop and scrape the silly thing.
Merino wool sock day. A definite improvement, but not quite the right solution.
( Of psychics, bookstores and closets )
The Third thing about Minnesota Winters: Thorlo-Socks with a Merino sock overlay are just the ticket for February.
The rest of the week, writing was accomplished, family things were removed from R’s closet and packed deeply in the van, I worked on R’s shoulder and suggested things for her to ask her PT/doctor about, and we met an old friend of
1minnesotagirl’s for lunch.Still no real oatmeal, or sweet potatoes.
Heathens.
Who ever heard of a brunch place in the snowy north without real oatmeal?
( We go native – Indo-Pak, that is )
Tomorrow, I will try to report on ConDFW, which as always was a great con.
