First of all, I'll be an uncle again in May to another little girl I can spoil thoroughly. That's pretty great news. I'm having a good time spoiling the niece I already have.
I spent the weekend trying to recover from so much good food. The first annual Decagon Chili Cook-off was on Wednesday, and I sampled three excellent recipes from my coworkers. I was going to stop at two, but everyone raved about Uncle John's (John is the uncle of a friend of mine, so I refer to him as Uncle as well), so I had a bowl. Thursday was prime rib at the Christmas party, as well as samplings from the dessert contest. Friday had me eating a lot of ice cream leftover from Wednesday. It turns out we had far more than we could fit in our freezers, so we set it out on the back porch and it kept fine in the freezing weather.
I emphasize trying. I felt a mild streak of culinary creativity, so I cooked myself some good dishes involving breakfast sausage.
We also finished the regular season of curling. Next week is the bonspiel, or tournament play. Tomorrow we find out which team we get to play again. As long as it isn't Team Stupid Hat, I'll be happy.
I get to register for the STP on January 4th. I only need a way to train in the snow now. I've got a completely new perspective on training now that I have the experience. A partner would also be great, but that will come later I think. In any case, I hope to perform better this year than last.
My other big achievement this weekend is the taming of the cable mess on the home theater setup. It's not beautiful, but it definitely looks better than it did.
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