Reviews, Recipes, and Random Slices of Life

Sword Practice in the Snow 1, originally uploaded by aswiebe.

The other day (you can tell it's the other day, not today, because there's only a little snow on the ground), I went out back to practice my swordwork. In Minnesota. In winter. While it was snowing. There I was, practicing while wearing snow boots and gloves. The exercise kept the rest of me warm enough that I didn't need a coat. It was both entertaining and awesome-feeling, though I mostly looked ridiculous*.

Then the UPS guy walked around the side of the house. I took the package, we exchanged pleasantries, and he walked off wearing the hugest grin. They usually leave packages in the front porch; he must have heard me and gotten curious enough to come around the side of the house to see what was going on.

Eventually, I managed to stop laughing and get back to practice.

Then my neighbor came home. We exchanged greetings, and he went inside...wearing the hugest grin.

I'm guessing that was one of the more entertaining random things that happened to them that day.

* I have no knack for self-photography. I did, however, discover the continuous shooting mode on my camera.

Kittylove, originally uploaded by aswiebe.

In which it is proved that yes, my cats are the most adorable pets ever. (They are also evil incarnate sometimes, but we're not talking about that.)

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