How I Spent My Winter Vacation

Since I worked Intersession, I only got about a week's worth of vacation. And my parents were in from Saudi Arabia, so I took a few pictures. I left my dogs in MO, so I missed them, but my parents have Snickers the cat...

Since I had no car, I didn't really get to see the sights. But I did get to go to L.L. Bean.

Pictured here are a group of tourists looking at their digital camera, after climbing and posing on the big plastic boot. That's what the boot is there for. It's a quintessentially typical sight outside of the main store.

A small bit of trivia: L.L. Bean has a 100% guarantee on all their products. Period. So, if you purchase and are not satisfied, you can return it, even without the receipt.

Here's a nice picture of my mom (Liz) - a rare thing, indeed! Most of the time, my mom looks like a stroke victim when we take her picture. We've never been able to figure out why.

And a nice one of her laughing :)



My step-dad (Ted) - he sort of looks like he's bearing his teeth for some reason.



My brother (Alex) being a fruit (I decided not to share the one of him playfully giving me the bird...)



Alex cooking Beef Stroganoff



And two of the cat, Snickers, a Norwegian Forest Cat. (I think I like dogs better...)





The second picture features a mouse that has catnip in it. Snickers has decided that he likes it, the catnip at least.