Sundance!

The Sundance Film Festival is going on this week in Park City and surrounding areas (there are even a lot of shows down here in Salt Lake). My friend Ann asked me to go with her to Park City last night to see a show called Elephant that was half movie/half live art. It was awesome! It is part of a project called the Unreliable Bestiary that is setting out to make shows about endangered animals, going through every letter of the alphabet.

One of the weirder things to me about Sundance is that they will repurpose all these buildings in town, temporarily making them into theaters:






"Really not as warm as it should be- the fire's mostly just for looks."

The Chow Truck drove all the way up from Salt Lake to park outside this theater so no one would be hungry!




White elephant hanging from the ceiling!



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Can this houseplant be saved?

This was originally a very robust houseplant that someone gave me as a gift. Over the past nine months, however, it has gradually dwindled.

I placed it outside briefly this fall and that didn't help. Now it is too cold. I thought maybe I wasn't watering it enough but mow the soil just seems wet all the time even though I have always watered it pretty infrequently.

It still has a few living leaves and I'd like to save it if I can- suggestions anyone?


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Goodbye pedicure

Tonight I finally took off my Mew Year's Eve nail polish from the pedicure I got with my mom while I was home. It lasted three whole weeks! I decided to take it off because it was finally starting to chip and (mostly) because I needed to cut my toenails. It made me feel terribly homesick now that I'm fully immersed back in the fishbowl of residency- a reminder of those few days a few weeks ago when I was a normal person.

I know I know...you're all at home playing little tiny violins beside your computer.

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Day Off

We took our one day off this week yesterday (Wednesday) and went skiing in Park City. They had gotten a lot of snow the night before so I had a blast...although I'm still not very good yet at skiing in deep powder. I had a couple of wipeouts, including a nasty one at the end of yesterday that left me with some stiff, painful neck muscles. After that I started getting really cranky and cold, so we went into the old town to meet Holland's brothers for drinks.

Sundance Film Festival started today, so yesterday was the calm before the storm:





Here is Holland in our favorite bookstore, Dolly's. Pictured is one of the resident cats.

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whine whine whine

On Saturday morning, I woke up with a sore throat. The second sore throat I've had in less than a month. It hurt the entire week leading up to Christmas and I was just getting over that cold when I got back after New Year's. When I came back, Holland had a bad cold and I made fun of him all week for having a Man Cold (type "man cold" into YouTube and watch the British comedy video that pops up). But now I apparently have his cold and I'm completely miserable. I feel like I paid my dues to the upper respiratory gods and this is not fair!

Luckily, Holland doesn't hold a grudge about all my harassment. He went to the grocery store yesterday and brought back everything I needed plus dinner. He also made me Theraflu, which might be the best over-the-counter medicine ever invented.

Although I sure as hell felt like I had a fever, I took my temperature three or four times and it wasn't past the magic 100.4 mark that we internists consider a true "fever." Therefore I am deemed fit to go to work. I'd better get to bed in the hopes that it will make me feel better. Night!

Christmas cactus

Someone gave me this plant four years ago as a Christmas happy. Afterwards I held on to it, figuring I'd see how long it lived. I moved to Utah and it was still alive, so I repotted it and it has been pretty happy (unlike some other houseplants). This winter, for the first time since I got it, it produced a little flower. Juuuust one...but it's pretty, isn't it?

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Dinner at Jean Louis

Sorry this is an awful picture. Holland's parents have been in town for their annual ski trip and they are heading out in the morning. We drove up the mountain to have dinner with them tonight- this is Holland with his elk chop.

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Further proof that Jipsy is actually a monkey

This is the top of a really big tall cabinet in my kitchen. At first I thought this was just a weird new thing that she taught herself to do while I was gone over the holidays. She uses the white bookshelf next to it as a step. It was only this second time o saw her do it that I realized what she was really up to:

I'd bought an extra bag of food in case it was needed while I was gone and I had stored it up there. Much name calling (particularly "bad kitty you're a fat lard!") ensued.

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Merry Christmas from Dad

This year my dad had my Christmas gifts shipped straight to me since they were ordered off the Internet. It definitely saved some room in my bag! Plus it was fun to come home to presents.

These are my favorite candles from Lumiere Candle Co in Restorative Lavender and Vetiver Root. They smell wonderful. Beside them are new special moisture-wicking long underwear from REI to keep me dry and less cold when I go skiing. Thanks Dad!



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Last night at home :(

And for everyone who thinks Jipsy is fat (which she is)- here is my mom's cat, Wally.


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