Party pony

[altivo]

Seems to happen every year at this time. There always comes this day when I really have to put in an appearance at two different parties.

Now, normally I'm not a party guy. I don't like crowds, loud music, or noise at all. There's no better way to keep me away than those. These are a little different. This morning, my spinning guild had its annual pot luck meeting, in which we combine a pot luck lunch with a business meeting and a grab bag gift swap. I'm the only active male member, and the group is chatty but not overly loud and the food is always good. (As in a dozen different kinds of salad, home baked breads, and usually some soup good. I like that sort of thing.) But after four hours of that, I'm really partied out.

Nonetheless, this evening is the annual Sagittarius party, something I know I've mentioned before. We have so many friends born in December or late November that we have a joint birthday celebration, and tonight's the night. A second pot luck. This one tends to be heavy with the unusual, from homebrew to homemade cheeses to animated food (a volcanic cake that spewed out its own icing was once featured, for example.) Last year we missed this one because of a heavy snowfall. Gary really wanted to go, so we packed everything into the car and set out, but after just a mile or so he agreed to turn back once he saw another vehicle make a bad turn and slide into a guardrail ahead of us.

No snow today. There's snow on the ground from last week's storms, but the temperature is well above freezing and, in fact, it's raining. So off we go, as soon as the critters are fed and bedded down. Hopefully the temperature won't fall off too fast, so we can get home before the rain turns to ice. Wish us luck, and I'll try to stay awake. ;p

Comments

[felder.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday for tomorrow hon *snuggles*

have to ask you an Q ;) do you think soup is just wonderful? if so, whats your fave soup to have with some warm crusty bread?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Snuggles are really good. *nuzzles*

I really like soup, many kinds. Choosing one favorite would be very difficult. Gary makes a Polish soup/stew thing called bigos that is a sort of hunter's stew with sauerkraut, red wine, caraway seeds, and various bits of meat. It also has raisins and some tomatoes I think, and it's really good on a cold winter day with nice rye or black bread.

I like pea soup or bean soup too. We make several kinds of soup from winter squash or pumpkin and those are nice too. Turkey or chicken with noodles or rice is always good as well.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. *passes you some chocolate cake leftover from the party*

Happy foaling day!

[iceleopard.livejournal.com]

Happy early foaling day tomorrow!

Wildfox and I went out and did a little pre birthday get together thing tonight after work (dinner and ice cream) .

Tomorrow is the big day for both of us...*offers you a bag of sweet feed*

Re: Happy foaling day!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

*shares the sweet feed and offers you apples*

Happy foalday, pony. ;D

Re: Happy foaling day!

[soanos.livejournal.com]

Happy Foaling Day :) \o/

*gives some gingerbread cookies*

[rustitobuck.livejournal.com]

Wow! You get invited to parties!

Happy birthday, btw.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Once in a while, yes. You shouldn't hide quite so much and you'd get invited too. I think you're attractive, smart, and you even give good hugs. :)

[linnaeus.livejournal.com]

See, that's what I keep telling him. Ah well. Happy birthday, by the way!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Mayhap we should all "gang up" on him to show him. :)

Thanks. It's a nice lazy day compared with yesterday, and I like that.

[rustitobuck.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of reasons why I hide, and a lot of reasons why people have given up. Maybe you've only seen the good side of me.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, I won't pretend to know a whole lot about you. What I do know and what I have seen, I like. Lots, in fact. So whatever "dark secrets" you have, they haven't completely destroyed you. *hugs*

[soanos.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday dear 'Tivo!

*HUGS*

I hope you will have a fantastic day today. :)

*Cuts you some birthday cake*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. *hugs and nuzzles*

And you as well, my friend. I hope your weather has improved. We had rain yesterday and today it is unseasonably warm so the snow is all melting. But it will be cold in another day or two with more snow.

*offers oatmeal with apples in it*

[soanos.livejournal.com]

*nuzzles warmly*

Well, at least it is not raining any more. No snow here either :\

*noms on oatmeal and apples happily*

[calydor.livejournal.com]

Happy foalday, stallion.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *noses affectionately*

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Happy foalday. I've stopped doing general shouts now. They will be private from now on.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. I'd stop having these but the alternative is worse.

*hugs for a good friend*

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, handsome! Hope you enjoyed the cake!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I dunno when anyone last called me "handsome." ;p

Actually I ate too much stuff with sugar in it and woke up with a headache this morning but it's pretty much gone. It was a pleasant evening and the roads didn't freeze up as we had feared.

[soanos.livejournal.com]

Well, you are handsome. There's no denying it. :)

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

That's what I said! Handsome! ;)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

*turns all red and hides in the barn*

[soanos.livejournal.com]

*follows to the barn and nuzzles*

Aww... You are cute, too :)

[jumpyfox.livejournal.com]

I do think about you from time to time. Well. Happy Birthday! May another year of life bring you good health and feelings of being young again. I guess I'm hoping that this next year of life for you will be happily boring. It's kind of funny. There were times in my life when I missed having a struggle. Now I wouldn't mind having my life get happily boring again!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe not boring, but I'll settle for a smooth road and good pasture. Thanks for the wishes. :)

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! May you not run out of geocaches. I'm amazed at how many there seem to be.

[saythename.livejournal.com]

I like that idear of having a party like the
Sag Party. Here it would be a Capricorn Party.

Do Capricorns party?

You bet we do!

Stay safe!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Don't Capricorns party like a bunch of old goats? *runs and hides*

[baphnedia.livejournal.com]

It's definitely party time for ya...

http://www.paradice.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2110&p=7514#p7514

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks.

[iceleopard.livejournal.com]

Happy foaling day pony! *nuzzles*

*offers you some of his oatemeal cake*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Oatmeal cake? Really? Nom!

*noses back and offers home-made ice cream* You too. Hope you're having a nice day.

[infl8ablewolf.livejournal.com]

Hope all is well with ya :) We're getting snow again here which means I don't step foot in my car until its stops. HOPEFULLY that'll be by Friday when I'm supposed to drive back to Cali for Xmas. Yay for soup on a cold day ;)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Gloom and rain spritzes all day today. Most of the snow on the ground has melted and we're even getting some mud where the ground has started to thaw. It got to nearly 50°F which is crazy for December here.

Won't last though. Could snow again as soon as tomorrow, when cold air from Canada and the Dakotas reaches us.

Yeah, you're wise not to drive in snow. Even if you are experienced and careful, a lot of other people will not be. You may stay out of trouble yourself and they'll get you anyway. Only do it if absolutely necessary. Even up here where people should know better, it takes them a whole month to remember that "Oh, yeah, duh, snow makes things really slippery." ;p

[infl8ablewolf.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, people in California are like that when it starts to rain.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. My brother lives in the Washington, DC area and it's most amusing to watch the panic the minute a single snowflake is spotted. You'd think it was the end of the world.

[infl8ablewolf.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, don't tell me that, I might be moving out there :P. Yeah, its just amazing how quickly people forget important driving habits. Though, I shouldn't poke too much fun. I slid right past my turn in my work truck yesterday (turns out ABS doesn't work in and turns out ice likes to hide beneath snow)and then poor wiring caused the entire electrical system to crap out. I got out to jump it and got to the front of the truck and just hit the ground lol. I am not too surefooted on the ice. I'm a wolf out of place, I belong on the beach ;).

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Oh, but you should know. DC is a bizarre place for lots of reasons, but this one is a gem. As soon as a flake or two appear, the television news people are all focused on the weather. They go out and stand in it to prove it is really snowing, and start talking as if the end of the world is pending within an hour or two. They issue warnings suited for a heavy blizzard in Manitoba, even when just a half inch of white stuff is expected. People eat it up and rush out to the store to buy all the milk and toilet paper off the shelves. It's the silliest thing I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a lot. Like locusts, they will empty the dairy case and the paper product shelves, and the latecomers have fist fights over whatever is left.

[infl8ablewolf.livejournal.com]

Almost sounds like California and their STORM WATCH 98, 99, 2000-right now. Cept we don't normally rush to the store for goods. Note to self: Avoid grocery stores if the weatherman reports a snow storm is inbound Virginia/DC area.

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

"I'm the only active male member..."

Does that mean there are several members who are inactive males?

Sorry I missed sending felicitations on your natality! Seven squared is a good number :) And hey, you're younger than my spouse!

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Silly 'yote. It means that there are inactive members who are male. Few, but they exist. For the last couple of years I've been the only one who attends and participates in group events.

*snickers* You need to redo your math. I only wish I was "seven squared" again. Until next December now, I'm a prime number: 59.

*hugs*

[songcoyote.livejournal.com]

It's one of those nigh-stereotypical situations: the lone gay man in a sea of women.

And it's not my math but my memory that's problematic. I simply remembered the wrong first digit. This does make you somewhat older than my spouse, though.

While you may lament no longer being a prime number, you are fast approaching a differently special number: 60 is the first number evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6!

Why yes, I do think about that sort of thing sometimes :P

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, my weavers' group has quite a few men in it, most of them retired from full time jobs and some quite talented and creative. I'm the only one who is gay. But yes, the spinners' thing is pretty stereotypical.

What seems strange to me about it is that in both cases, mechanical tools are involved. Men are fascinated by the spinning wheel just as much as they are by the loom, but for some reason, fewer are inspired to try it. This to the point that though most spinning wheels and even hand spindles are created by men, quite a high percentage of the makers don't spin themselves. You can guess the implications of that for the quality and usability of the tools. One has to be very careful when shopping for equipment.