The whole gang was here for Christmas: Barbara and Stephen flew in from Salt Lake, Jeffrey come up from Rockingham, and Douglas from Athens, GA. On the Thursday following Christmas we had a chance to celebrate Stephen and Barbara's recent nuptials with a dinner at the Castle (Jeffrey was unable to make it due to the weather and work). Above is a picture of the group at the Castle. As usual, we had some fun gifts from the stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve including a "potato" pistol and a cardboard tree that, over the course of the holiday, actually grew. The boys (the men!) also helped out by geting rid of the voluminous snow deposited from our new standing seam roof. Janet also was introduced to more hi-tech stuff, getting a video teleconferencing device and Zune.
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We've all seen the romantic symbols of Vermont in the Winter - sleighs drawn by horses going up to a candlelit inn, etc. - but how about a few facts that you also have to live with occasionally. How about having a fuel company that thinks you have a 500 gallon oil tank? Great, until you realize that the tank is only 275 gallons and that you just ran out of fuel as the temperature hit -3 F degrees and the house was at 54 F degrees (even the dog was getting cold). Then, when you take the dog out for a walk, the trip down the driveway can be very sudden as the 80 pound Lab manages to get you into a cross-country skiing mode - minus the skis. Yet, I have to admit after spending those years walking through the dirty Manhattan mush and slush on a cold Winter's morn, the sight of clean white snow is very appealing.
