"booze, a zamboni, and a railing"

"THINGS REBECCA NEEDS WITHIN REACH TO BE ABLE TO SKATE ON ICE?!!??!!?!" yes! you are the winner of my personal $25,000 pyramid.

Today is Noelle's birthday so we had a weekend of events. most were centered around food but one was centered around ice skating on Evergreen Lake. I can ice skate. i have a long history of it. we used to go to Raydine's in Corte Madera. then, as an adult, i'd to to yerba buena skating rink. i would go fast, i would go backwards, and i would stop suddenly, kicking up ice In Yer Face, thank you very much. AND, Neil had never skated before so, yeah, he can show me how to install wood floors and i would kick his ass at, i mean...teach him how to...ice skate.

i am a fool of ginormous magnitude.

standing in ice skates on a lake is hard. moving whilst in those skates on a lake is virtually impossible. It is extra bumpy and slippery at the same time and i am way less bouncy than when i was younger and/or drunker. and we were with Buffalo folks....folks who wish they were in the NHL, folks who have been skating for as long as they have been walking. and i told them i knew how to skate fairly well. now they would think i am a liar except Shane, bless his solid memory, remembered that we had skated together once like 10 years ago and he *thought* i was pretty good back then. thank GOD! And Neil....he struggled, but by the end of our outing i had managed to just scramble around the lake twice. he went for round three and he had totally surpassed my lake skating skills by the end. and just to put these skills into perspective, here is some video evidence of some awesomeness:



It was fun, though. The whole weekend was fun, actually. Noelle and i start going to the gym tomorrow, which is appropriate because my entire body is sore from the sheer will involved with just not falling for two lake laps. Baby Camille is acting like a tooth might be appearing. The holidays are over and the men are already bitching about work (whilst being thankful to even have jobs). and greta has totally mastered her ABC's. it's a quiet music video, but a good music video, nonetheless. I am the scratcher and Neee-oh (how greta says Neil) is the videographer:





J, Noelle, Tiana, Camille and a lot of clothing, Me, Greta, Neil, and Shane. Good times.