NH post election

I should really get my camera fixed. Then I could put up some more pictures, but as I was listening to the state of the union tonight (on which I have a variety of opinions) I remembered a picture that I took a little while ago just before the primary. There was a snowstorm that wiped out all the little signs, so everyone got GIANT signs. This was the one the landlord had up in our front yard. I'm not sure who they support in the election. Really, it's a mystery to me...
Anyway, I thought this might inspire you all to go out and vote on Super Tuesday next week!!!

Crystal Sloan- Next Stop the Metropolitan Opera

Today was not the first time Crystal has been known to sing at a CES broadcast. This was the first time she got so much camera time though! Here is a screen shot. To her right is her roommate, Nancy, who is kind of like her version of Laura. Crystal wants me to put up a poll on whether or not she looks drunk (which of course I said she doesn't). So please leave a comment with your vote. Thank you.

David's shout out

Shout out to Dave! Everyone go to his blog! It's the coolest!!! It's called "Dave's Deep Thoughts" on the list- like you should totally for sure check it out!!!!

Dear Dave,

Is that bettter?

Sincerely,
Telly

Recommendation

I would like to recommend to the reader Arielle's blog- "Arielle's Antics" so named on the left. She's got a couple good posts up.

I am so sorry....

I feel like I need Naomi to give me a good melancholy Shakespearean quote or something that could adequately describe what New Hampshire just did. I just...no words...

As a follow up Naomi provided me this quote, which I believe is from Macbeth (correct me if I'm wrong). It is very appropriate to the pain of political rhetoric. Thanks!

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps upon its petty pace
until the last syllable of recorded time...
Out, out, brief candle! Life is but a poor player fretting and strutting his time across the stage,
It is a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

(grossly paraphrased)

Much Awaited Christmas Blog

Here it is! I hoped all of my avid readers (consisting of Dane and sometimes Arielle) will enjoy these pictures giving some insight into the Sloan family Christmas. Below you'll see highlights from our Christmas eve program. Dad played Redeemer of Israel (as part of his "learning all the songs in the hymnbook" goal). Arielle and I played a violin duet of Greensleeves. Mom played a medley of Silent Night and Still, Still, Still. Ashlee sang something (it's now escaping me) and Crystal read a story. I only have pictures here of Dad and Arielle and I, but, oh well. Notice the ENORMOUS stockings in the background that Mom that it would be fun to get this year. She was right. This was followed by some of the most desperate Christmas caroling I've ever taken part in. We only got one of about 10 houses we caroled at for people to come to the door. Next year we'll have to send out "caroler etiquette" pamphlets a week in advance so people know what to do.
This picture was taken Christmas morning while I was braiding my hair. Crystal put herself together, I went with the "just rolled out of bed look" for the whole day. Something about our expressions makes us look more alike in this picture than in any picture taken probably within the last decade. Laura and I had to sit here for a second figuring out if I was really in this picture or if this was just Crystal twice over.
We had some fun going to the movies and then playing games with Heather and Spencer. We saw "I am Legend". I don't recommend it, it creeped me out. This was us battling out a game of Taboo. I'm a little competitive. It's true.
Here's another one of Spencer and Heather at Institute. There was a candlelight dinner after and Spencer wandered around playing his accordion for everyone. He had just successfully taken his show to the NYC streets for a day. Made $32 if I remember the story correctly. This is Heather trying it out...Sadly I don't have a picture of this year's EPIC Wade-Sloan basketball game where my team (team "Christmas Tree") consisting of me and 4 Wades, including Bishop) tied team Voldemort (led by Crystal and containing Sister Wade and Dad , Arielle and another Wade boy) after an hour and a half at 68-68. We didn't go into overtime to decide a winner, though I'm not exactly sure why not. It just seemed like the thing to do in the moment was to call a tie. And a truce. Ashlee didn't come to play basketball with us because she was off hanging out with a boy. Silly Ashlee. We got to spend more time with the Wades. Ashlee, Arielle and I went over there for New Year's Eve, since Mom and Dad were going to turn in early. Crystal left earlier that day for Utah, which was too bad. But we had a fun time playing games with the Wadlings and Bishop and Sister Wade. As always there was also very good food. Mostly I gained 5 pounds over the break. That was pretty much the outcome. Those five pounds went straight to my cheeks.
Just kidding.


Happy New Year!!!

Mid-winter's cleaning

So the natural thing to do at this point would be to make a Christmas blog entry. Unfortunately, that's a little difficult since my camera is kind of sick so I didn't take any pictures, and apparently, neither really did anyone else. There should be a few out there, though and I'm hoping to collect them from siblings (Ashlee). So in the meantime I thought I would inspire you all with the results of my mid-winter's cleaning/rearranging that has resulted from moving Laura into Leslie's old room and the perpetual process of dekittenification of the floors, rugs, etc. Every day I've given myself some little project to do after work. Wednesday was bulk up the food storage/organize the kitchen food cabinets and the shoes in the closet day. Tuesday was lighter (I picked up Laura from the airport and she's been HORRIBLY sick with a cough/sinus infection/double ear infections that she traveled across the country with, poor girl). So then I just did the kitchen shelves with the cleaning supplies. Last night was getting the cables for the DVD player (got the wrong ones originally) and then be lazy watching movies day. And finally, today being a Saturday, was the big room moving project. So below you will see what my room looked like this morning, and below you will see what it looks like now! The last picture is the view out the window when laying down on my bed. It feels much roomier now (pardon the pun) and I wish I'd done it this way much sooner! I can already tell you that my back will be pretty sore tomorrow from doing all this, despite the Billins' daughter from downstairs coming up to help me move the top bunk back into the other room.