Winter solstice was December 21st, which brought us our shortest amount of daylight for the year: 5 hours and 27 minutes. From here on out the days will get longer by about 2 minutes right now and 5 minutes at some point in the spring. Currently the sun rises at about 10:15 a.m. and sets around 3:45 p.m. People wonder how we deal with the dark days -- honestly, you just get used to it. And look forward to summer!
Our wedding is scheduled a few days after the summer solstice and we'll have oodles of daylight for all of you to enjoy: 19 hours and 20 minutes. Which is basically 24 hours of functional daylight -- the sun may set but there is enough light to see and do things by. Most towns have summer solstice celebrations, including Moose Pass, so if you're in town the weekend prior (June 19) be sure to check them out.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Weekend roundup
I can't belive I'm posting this photo, but Risha made me promise that I would. We spent about 90 minutes at a local bridal shop on Saturday and in that time period I was in and out of no less than 15 dresses - that has got to be a record or something.
The following dress is about 4 sizes to big for me and came with a set of detachable sleeves. Soooo not my style! It was also a big poofy ball gown, also not my style. Although I do love the look of a big bustled train.
Yeah, yikes...I know.
This next one was pretty and more streamlined, which is what I'm looking for, but too pageant-like. The beading and crystals were amazing.
The bridal shop discourages photos (they don't want you to take pictures and then have a seamstress recreate a dress) so we had to be pretty sly in the dressing room. We ended up finding a dress that is similar to the style I want and now feel pretty confident that the alterations to my mom's dress will work out for me. Yay!
On Friday, D and I attended his union holiday party at one of the local hotels. It was a good time -- the food was really yummy, but the prices at the bar were ridiculous. $8 for a little cocktail! Afterwards we headed up to the Crow's Nest, a restaurant and bar on the 20th floor. That place is very swank and I would definitely go again, if for nothing else than the views of Anchorage from the big windows.
In the lobby we found a gingerbread village -- created by the hotel pastry chefs. That's A LOT of gingerbread and icing.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Winter blues
Mother Nature has thrown up snow all over us. It just kept coming. The dog can barely get down from the back deck because he can't see where the snow-covered stairs begin and end. I went to girls' craft night at a friend's house on Wednesday and saw 2 cars being towed out from ditches during my 5-mile drive home. It's way slick and the other morning we drove through blizzard conditions to get to work.
Risha leaves tonight -- I think the pets are going to miss her.
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