Ice Ice Baby
Nov. 28th, 2005 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchWoke up this morning to a winter wonderland... ice and frost on EVERYTHING. 
I snapped a quick picture of the frost on the trees from our back deck. Very chilly out there, even with socks on!
I just got done getting most of the wet, slimy leaves swept and raked off our driveway, stairs and porch (and put into the yard waste bin so they won't be making a repeat appearance), finishing only slightly ahead of nightfall. If you've never had the pleasure of dealing with wet, slimy leaves... well, they're heavy and icky and not easy to corral, even with a pushbroom. However, we're expecting snow tonight (Snow! Tonight!! Last winter we got no snow at all!) and the last thing I wanted was wet, slimy leaves all over the driveway with freezing temperatures and then snow on top of everything. We've had that happen before and it completely reinvents the word "slippery."
Even though it's decidely nippy out, there's also that lovely smell of impending snow in the air. Of course, if we wind up getting a lot of the stuff this year, it won't stay lovely for long, but I love the crisp, cold clearness of it when it first shows up.
I had an appointment with a bra-fitter from Essential Bodywear at Curves today... and for the very first time in my life, I've found an underwire bra that actually gives me support and *doesn't* jab me in the ribs, sternum, armpit or arm. Yay! I've ordered one (and only one, because they're expensive and who knows how well it will work after I've worn it for a bit), but it probably won't be in until around the first of the year, because apparently Oprah just gushed about them on her show a week or so ago. Hopefully this will be a bra I won't wind up hating (like every other one I've ever tried) as a necessary evil, and it did seem to be incredibly comfortable during the short amount of time I wore it.
Of course, being a properly fitting bra, it means that I'll have to get used to having Breasts of Doom... sticking out and getting in the way. There's a reason why reduction surgery is high on my list of things to do with potential future monetary windfalls.
I snapped a quick picture of the frost on the trees from our back deck. Very chilly out there, even with socks on!
I just got done getting most of the wet, slimy leaves swept and raked off our driveway, stairs and porch (and put into the yard waste bin so they won't be making a repeat appearance), finishing only slightly ahead of nightfall. If you've never had the pleasure of dealing with wet, slimy leaves... well, they're heavy and icky and not easy to corral, even with a pushbroom. However, we're expecting snow tonight (Snow! Tonight!! Last winter we got no snow at all!) and the last thing I wanted was wet, slimy leaves all over the driveway with freezing temperatures and then snow on top of everything. We've had that happen before and it completely reinvents the word "slippery."
Even though it's decidely nippy out, there's also that lovely smell of impending snow in the air. Of course, if we wind up getting a lot of the stuff this year, it won't stay lovely for long, but I love the crisp, cold clearness of it when it first shows up.
I had an appointment with a bra-fitter from Essential Bodywear at Curves today... and for the very first time in my life, I've found an underwire bra that actually gives me support and *doesn't* jab me in the ribs, sternum, armpit or arm. Yay! I've ordered one (and only one, because they're expensive and who knows how well it will work after I've worn it for a bit), but it probably won't be in until around the first of the year, because apparently Oprah just gushed about them on her show a week or so ago. Hopefully this will be a bra I won't wind up hating (like every other one I've ever tried) as a necessary evil, and it did seem to be incredibly comfortable during the short amount of time I wore it.
Of course, being a properly fitting bra, it means that I'll have to get used to having Breasts of Doom... sticking out and getting in the way. There's a reason why reduction surgery is high on my list of things to do with potential future monetary windfalls.
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Date: 2005-11-29 06:06 pm (UTC)Oh, I'm right there with you, hon. That, or I have insurance that'll cover a significant portion of the bill. I'm a 40J and getting fitted at a specialty store in Portland was the best thing in a long, long time - properly fitting bras are so wonderful.
I saw that you're not a member of this group (http://www.livejournal.com/community/breastreduction/). You might want to check them out.
Also: pretty frost! Hee! We've had some nice mornings kind of like that down here in the Willamette Valley - we're predicting a hard, snowy winter (a nice change for me after three years in California...).
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Date: 2005-11-29 06:37 pm (UTC)And I hadn't realized you were back in Oregon! Very cool!
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Date: 2005-12-04 06:40 pm (UTC)Yup, been back since September! Still no snow, but then it's very rare to get snow around here before New Year's...