Monday, February 12, 2007

Three Things

1. We can't find the vial of kidney stones. All that pain of delivery and we misplaced the children. lol.

2. Yesterday, diamonds fell from the sky. It was so beautiful. Sometimes when the temps are very cold and the air is very still a very rare kind of large snowflake forms. Instead of being composed of multiple small ice crystals the 'flakes' are composed of just a few very large crystals. When the sun hits them, they look like diamonds falling gently from the sky. I'm a cold climate person and I'm old - but I've only seen diamond-fall 2 or 3 times. (For other winter people: I'm not talking about falling glitter - that's not rare. But great diamonds? That's rare to me!)

3. Also yesterday I thought I missed the premiere episode of TAR. Most Sundays I try to do a quick review of my DISH recording schedule. For some reason DISH's on-screen guide called the 2/18 episode 'episode 2'. So I was in full WTF panic for about 10 minutes until I realized that I had not actually missed the premiere. Jeesh. I love that show!

13 comments:

Zombs said...

Oooh that sounds so pretty about the diamonds. I don't think I have ever seen that.

I am heading to upstate NY in the Adirondacks this weekend and am scared of all the snow. WE are supposed to get some on Tuesday but it will be rain I bet.

What is the glitter? Is that the big snowflakes? The wet and heavy stuff? That is what we usually get.

Swami said...

You get falling glitter when it's very cold - certainly below zero. It's just tiny, glitter-sized ice crystals. Usually it's windy and glitter swirls around. When it's really windy it stings your face.

I remember lake-effect snow. It's really heavy, wet stuff.

Have fun in the Adirondacks! Are you skiing?

Jen said...

I have never seen diamond or glitter snow. I feel deprived. Living about 20 miles south of Lake Erie, 90% of what we get is lake effect crap. No pretty snow. We're supposed to have a big storm tonight/tomorrow. blech!

Aislinn Sirk said...

I just wanted to mention that I have a sonicator in my lab for future kidney stones.

Schnookie said...

Maybe the tooth fairy took the vial of stones. Did you check under Tom's pillow for some money?

I've never seen falling diamonds but I do know the glitter. I love glittering snow. I can only imagine how beautiful it must be to see diamonds.

Seana said...

*snort* @ Scnookie

I've never seen glitter snow. Sounds really cool.

Zombs said...

No skiing. I don't do that. DH is the skiier but we are going to some Winter Carnival in Lake George, my MIL has a second home there.

Anonymous said...

I don't think I've ever seen diamonds falling either. We get some pretty snow sometimes, But I wouldn't call it diamond snow.

I thought I was missing TAR as well. I also freaked out a little on Saturday when I noticed a 2007 Cold Case on that was not recording. Then I realized that football had run over and the description I saw was for 48 hours. It was an old Cold Case.

Puffy said...

From kidney stones to stones that are diamonds. This blog contains everything!

~Nutz said...

We're going to have snow/sleet/slushy mess between tomorrow night and Wednesday morning. Can I send it your way?

*blows the jetstream in a north-westerly fashion*

Bravie said...

Wait, so I did or did not miss the season opener of TAR? *head tilt*

Bravie said...

And I'm very disappointed about you losing the beads for the kidney stone necklace.

Swami said...

Bravie, you did not miss TAR.

I miss the kidney stones too. Whenever I kicked up such a fuss there was a nine or ten pound baby involved. Tom had these little, tiny rocks.