Thursday, September 21, 2006
My coworker doesn't like autumn!
How can you not like autumn? Warm sunshine, cool breeze, beautiful colors, pumpkin bread, apple pie, tromping through the woods feeling the crisp autumn leaves below your feet... After listing to me rant (bouncing off the walls because it finally feels like fall) all the positive things of the season, my coworker said, "I'm just always cold." To which I responded, new comfy sweatshirts and oversized sweaters, hot cider, cocoa and coffee, snuggling under warm blankets... what's not to like? She said the only thing that IS to like is the extra money her husband's seasonal holloween business brings in. "I bet you had the windows open last night" she said. "Yes! All of them! WIDE open! It was GREAT!"
"BRRRRRRRrrr." ... For you Minnesotans reading this blog, you may laugh now. It got down to a "CHILLY" 66 or 67 last night in our apartment. :)
She's like the grinch that stole the season! I'm committed to converting her. Here's my plan: Bring candy corn and fresh (warm would be better!) pumpkin bread to the office to share. Brew coffee. But then, she doesn't drink coffee. Maybe have hot apple cider in the coffee pot? (Not sure how to do this one.) Show her all the GOOD things about the season!
Note, this is also the coworker who, when heading off to Chicago in JULY asked if she'd need to pack warm clothes, like sweaters and jackets (and earmuffs?) and such. :) Silly southerners.
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Autumn is by far the best season! Leafs changing colors, the smell of leaves burning, the crunch of the leaves under your feet. Brisk walks in warm sweaters. Amazing.
# posted by 
: 9/21/2006 12:37 PM
: 9/21/2006 12:37 PM
There is something seriously wrong with your workmate. You would be doing her, and indeed the world, a favor by successfully converting her to the correct point of view.
If you use the powdered apple drink stuff (not as authentic as real cider, of course, but it works in a pinch), you can just run plain water through a brewing cycle of the coffeemaker w/o coffee in order to heat it up, and then stir the powder into the carafe (or individual cups).
If you use the powdered apple drink stuff (not as authentic as real cider, of course, but it works in a pinch), you can just run plain water through a brewing cycle of the coffeemaker w/o coffee in order to heat it up, and then stir the powder into the carafe (or individual cups).
Laura, you are positively unstoppable in your quest for universal cheerfulness. Surge on, my friend. Surge on. :-)
~Katie
~Katie
# posted by : 9/25/2006 10:25 AM
: 9/25/2006 10:25 AM
Ringo knew that Lingo wasn't really a name, and asked us to rename him. He did mention that Lingo sounded like his Chinese name, Lin Gou. So we thought of the r/l similarity, and thought he might enjoy Ringo since to him it would still sound a lot like his Chinese name. And it is an actual name, although we warned him it wasn't common. He said he liked being special, so that was ok!
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# posted by : 10/01/2006 9:31 AM
: 10/01/2006 9:31 AM