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Nov. 30th, 2004 11:00 pmWell, we arrived back home safely, after a journey that took 14 hours instead of 8 or 9, due to traffic on IH35 from Oklahoma City on, which slowed to a complete stop for a while near Hillsboro, where I35 W through Ft Worth merges with I35 E through Dallas.
Lesse, I've mentioned, I think, that all three of my nieces have learned to knit recently, and I helped them expand a little past garter-stitch scarf after garter-stitch scarf. We visited a yarn store in Omaha and went crazy a little bit. Younger niece bought some more yarn, started a scarf Friday evening, and by Saturday morning was 3 feet along. I like to think I'm sometimes a good influence :-) My MIL crochets little hats for preemie babies, and we talked crocheting also. Between knitting, crocheting, college sports, and teasing the oldest niece, whose serious boyfriend was visiting, and playing with the dog, we did not get near politics, nor even very near religion, so it was a really nice, happy, peaceful visit.
SU & I spent a couple hours at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha - too bad we didn't have longer. We spent all of it in the special exhibit for nocturnal creatures. We spent a long time watching a pair of restless aardvarks (as Dave Barry would say, wouldn't Restless Aardvarks be a great name for a rock band?). There were sloths, tamanduas, an armadillo which did an excellent imitation of a wind-up toy, legs moving so fast you couldn't see them - just this dillo shell zipping along the floor. Only knew it was real when it stopped to root for bugs. There were bat exhibits, but we've seen plenty of bats, so the only ones we spent a while with were the fruit bats. There were a whole bunch of salamanders, including a giant Japanese salamander. When I say giant, I mean, about the size of my leg. If you're used to those tiny lizard-size salamanders, seeing one the same size as a halfway decent iguana is a surprise. There were, of course, lots of owls, and a very grumpy looking frogmouth, a bird related to the nightjar. There were possums and sugar gliders. And crocodiles, alligators, etc. A very nicely done set-up, all in all.
All the pets here are alive and noisy after our absence. Pickle is being an absolute pest. Gizmo is being extra noisy.
And I seem to have left my tenor sax mouthpiece and neck strap in my FIL's car, as I discovered when I got to rehearsal tonight with a bari sax mouthpiece that obviously didn't fit the horn I had with me. We'll be going back out to his place in Oak Hill over the weekend, so I can retrieve it before the next rehearsal.
And in other news, there is no other news around here.
Lesse, I've mentioned, I think, that all three of my nieces have learned to knit recently, and I helped them expand a little past garter-stitch scarf after garter-stitch scarf. We visited a yarn store in Omaha and went crazy a little bit. Younger niece bought some more yarn, started a scarf Friday evening, and by Saturday morning was 3 feet along. I like to think I'm sometimes a good influence :-) My MIL crochets little hats for preemie babies, and we talked crocheting also. Between knitting, crocheting, college sports, and teasing the oldest niece, whose serious boyfriend was visiting, and playing with the dog, we did not get near politics, nor even very near religion, so it was a really nice, happy, peaceful visit.
SU & I spent a couple hours at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha - too bad we didn't have longer. We spent all of it in the special exhibit for nocturnal creatures. We spent a long time watching a pair of restless aardvarks (as Dave Barry would say, wouldn't Restless Aardvarks be a great name for a rock band?). There were sloths, tamanduas, an armadillo which did an excellent imitation of a wind-up toy, legs moving so fast you couldn't see them - just this dillo shell zipping along the floor. Only knew it was real when it stopped to root for bugs. There were bat exhibits, but we've seen plenty of bats, so the only ones we spent a while with were the fruit bats. There were a whole bunch of salamanders, including a giant Japanese salamander. When I say giant, I mean, about the size of my leg. If you're used to those tiny lizard-size salamanders, seeing one the same size as a halfway decent iguana is a surprise. There were, of course, lots of owls, and a very grumpy looking frogmouth, a bird related to the nightjar. There were possums and sugar gliders. And crocodiles, alligators, etc. A very nicely done set-up, all in all.
All the pets here are alive and noisy after our absence. Pickle is being an absolute pest. Gizmo is being extra noisy.
And I seem to have left my tenor sax mouthpiece and neck strap in my FIL's car, as I discovered when I got to rehearsal tonight with a bari sax mouthpiece that obviously didn't fit the horn I had with me. We'll be going back out to his place in Oak Hill over the weekend, so I can retrieve it before the next rehearsal.
And in other news, there is no other news around here.
