i'm home alone (with the pup and the cats). the others are in a church somewhere. i like it when it's still and quiet like this. noise that i'm not used to somehow seem to be louder... when i first met the in-laws i used to think they were a very loud family. then i realised they are probably no louder than my own, they just produce different kinds of noise.
the pup and i just went for a sun-shiny walk in the woods. this is how winters should be! lots of snow, around 10 degrees below freezing, and sunshine. great! the nephew and niece are coming here after church. i'm not nervous anymore, though. i've seen recent pictures of them, and they both look just like when i last saw them. can't have turned into monsterns, then :)