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I check the logs on the router at our lakehouse the first thing after logging on up here.
Nobody ever uses it. I specifically leave it open because I don't really see the harm in having an open access point up here that is not connected to any computers and doesn't have a very robust connection. I guess, if you want to sit in your car at the dead end road the cabin is on and leech my bandwidth, who am I to stop you? Funny thing is, I see people parked outside the public library doing the very same thing up here all the time.

But nobody ever uses our pipes up here. Perhaps it has something to do with the network name.

Gaia actually asked me to put her to bed tonight. And then only went to sleep with a minimum of crying. Wow. Progress.

I'm Tubing! Look at me Go!
I'm not saying that the new 'tooner is super awesome or anything, but it's been a long time since I've been pulled by anything, let alone on water.
So, here's the thing. I rule. It took a few runs to get used to the way it handled and to start to get an idea of how I could control the tube while being pulled, but by the end of the day, I even got up on my knees, but I fell trying to ride the tube like a surfboard.

It's a good kind of exhausted.

Now that the time for giving gifts has finally passed, I can share with you, good people of the internet, the Holiday Joy that was brought into my home this year via the magical Web site where you sell handmade things Etsy.com.

Marvel at the Mighty Cthulhuclaus Ornament!

He is the reason for the season! On cold, clear nights, when the stars are just right, children fall asleep with visions of merry elder gods dancing through their heads, hoping against hope that betentacled Cthulhuclaus, eyes sparkling, bedecked with festive red cap, will slither through their window and consume them utterly before going on to destroy the earth.

This fine seller was kind enough to make me a second ornament after the first one arrived with some minor tentacle damage. Three Cheers for Cthulhumas!

Second, you shall gaze your eyes upon something that Jenifer sent me an email on day. "Can you believe someone would make something so ridiculous?" Of course, I bought it. And it was the hit of the Christmas Party.

"Hi, I'm Georgina. I just love ladybugs. Also baked beans! I didn't used to like baked beans though. When I was a little Random Character Thing my mom tried to get me to eat them. I refused because I thought they were ugly and smelled bad. But then she told me that SNOW WHITE eats baked beans and from then on I have been in love with them. In fact, I call them 'Snow White' beans."

All hail LadyRayCello, maker of things!

Indeed, it was a very Etsy Christmas this year. I'm afraid that it might be even more so come this time next year, especially if the quality of the products continues to be so great. Great store, Etsy! Love it!