Raspberry Beret.

I often wear short Ugg type boots to work (from LL Bean).

I love them because I don't have to wear socks, they have a work boot bottom, and they are super warm.

Every once in a while someone at work looks down and says "are those your slippers?"

Explain to me how someone in a client facing job would wear slippers to the office. Seriously. Do slippers have work boot thick huge bottoms. No.

...being snowed in, not having to work, and x-country skiing for the first time in my neighborhood (my town no longer plows the sidewalks). :) :)

T's working from home too. This is my favorite kind of day.

Here's today's post:

http://leah-onesnap.blogspot.com/2011/01/webcams.html

Yay!

http://leah-onesnap.blogspot.com/2011/01/vacation-planning.html

Today's post:

http://leah-onesnap.blogspot.com/2011/01/famous-people-have-frayed-pant-bottoms.html

Enjoy!

I wanted to have a blog I can share around my social network that was not LJ. I'll still keep LJ for the personal stuff that I need to lock down.

Feel free to follow the blog:

http://leah-onesnap.blogspot.com/

:)

Prompt: Gift. This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What's the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year?

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Memorable gift: my mom made me an apron for the kitchen with some vintage material and some trim that used to belong to my grandmother (who passed away when I was 5). My mom managed to sew this apron for me despite the fact that she's in a lot of pain. This means so much to me.

Another gift I was thinking about is the gift of good health for myself and T. This is huge for us. For T it's now nearly 2 years to the day that I almost lost him (when he had his emergency surgery). Very grateful for being healthy and strong.

Today's reverb:

It was to post a photo that is me from the past year. Merry Christmas & here goes:

It's me in November at a zoo in Florida!

:)

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Prompt: Travel. How did you travel in 2010? How and/or where would you like to travel next year?

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oooh, I like this one!

During 2010 there was some stand-out travel. We went on a budget-friendly vacation and camped in Canada for 10 days (ok, one night at an Inn when we decided we needed a shower without quarters to feed in). It was our first time going to Canada from the Maine house and it turned out there's a lovely little seaside town (St. Andrews by-the-sea) just 3 hours, 15 minutes away including border crossings. I've never camped on the beach before and that was pretty amazing. Still have red sand from PEI in various hiking boots I think.

Work trips: lots of work trips took me back to places I have not been in a while (Philly, NYC). I also got to eat at some pretty fabulous restaurants (shout out to Gordon Ramsey at The London).

Florida: well we were hoping to see the shuttle launch and spent 2x what we were planning on after 3 flight changes and extra hotel nights. This trip could have been better (both T and I really could not take a vacation that was 2x longer than planned). Kinda funny to go to Walmart and buy clothes because you find yourself in Florida a few extra days. Highlights of this trip including going to a beach of Tyler's childhood and looking for shark's teeth, going to an old school tiki bar (on a dock where the food is cooked in a truck), and seeing 6 different family members in 1 day (including the grandparents in assisted living). Oh and the Villa for $60/night (thank you Kayak.com) was pretty incredible. :)

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Next year: back to Iceland! We have not been since 2007. Must go. The pull is too strong to ignore. (it gets into your soul if you've ever been).

California in March for work (get to see an old family friend too). LA. :)

We'll see where else we end up. Of course there will be lots of time in Maine with the rental to manage.

Prompt: Beyond avoidance. What should you have done this year but didn't because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?)

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Photography! Other than my AMAZING Canada trip I really did not take any memorable photos this year and I did not take part in a single photo shoot with my photo club.

I used my distraction and lack of creative juices as an excuse.

Starting with the holiday party on the 30th I'm getting back into the mix.

That along with x-country skiing are my two resolutions for 2011.