I am very very excited! DH and I decided to go to my favorite restuarant in Chicago tomorrow. We were going to ride the South Shore (electric train) from South Bend, IN and go to lunch there, bum around the magnificent mile for awhile and hop the train home. Since it is our 23rd anniversary on Sunday - can't wait for 12-21-12 (not an endtimer, but if we have to go out, what better day than our anniversary!) - we checked around and found a great deal at a four star hotel $100. for the night one block from the John Hancock Building. We are going to go to the Grand Luxe for lunch, the Art Deco is incredible, window shop, maybe if we can find a few cheap (? in Chicago?) bargains, do some Christmas shopping.
It should be a blast and since a big monster storm just came through today, it should be clear for the next day or two!
Have we not been through a process recently? The election of a new president is always done in front of the footlights, In spite of the circus atmosphere of our fundraisers and political conventions, our electing of a new president must demand solemnity and serious consideration deep in our private thoughts. No matter what we say publicly to our friends, bosses, mates or those we may wish to impress, our choice in the ultimate privacy of the voting booth keeps our democracy at an unassailable elevation.
It is nearly zero but thank heavens the heavy winds and snow are done for now. This may sound really stupid but I was smelling my horses tonight. I went down to feed and I stay with them til they are done with their grain so that chubby Abby does not run lean and muscley Riley off his grain and get ever fatter. We don't lock them in their stalls at night. They can come in the barn and their stalls at will. So, I was rubbing them and talking to them and going from stall to stall and sniffing. Then I decided to compare scents because years ago I noticed that there was a huge difference between the scent of my arabian and the scent of a thoroughbred that I was boarding for a friend. The difference was so apparent that I could have picked them out by scent blind folded. Riley definitely has a stronger and "spicier" scent than Abby. She has a very mellow scent. They are all horse but different but similar. Am I making sense?
How weird I am, but I remember being a little girl and fighting my mother about washing my hands after stroking a horse. I wanted to keep the scent as long as possible but she wanted me clean. Now I can just bathe in the scent and get as high as I want, and it is all legal.
How wonderful.
