Home is the place where...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in.  - Robert Frost


Except sometimes they just miss you!


I had a great visit in Vermont and no place else is like it.  I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to see, but sleeping in at home that one day in a "I'm allergic to my cat, Huggins, and took benedryl" coma was kind of nice.  I have all these license plates in my room and I was just thinking about how I finally got to see some of those places.  However, there is nothing like the feeling of going home, and knowing this is home.  Vermont- I will return. 


Thank you all my friends and family for Family Night on Monday. Did anyone take pictures????   I didn't see my whole family, but I was blessed to be there after my Grandma had her pacemaker put in, and I got to hear my Dad sing Christmas songs with choir since I'm missing Christmas at home.


Thanks to the ORS Crew and Amanda, James, and Miles for shuffling me around in my Montpelier visit and taking me skiing (thanks Kip and Jen for the skis, and Phlip for picking my ass up).  I will improve and impress next time we ski. I have to!  Glad I got to go to 3 Penny and have beer with ORS people and Kathryn W!  Cheryl and Sarah I will see you sometime. Kudos for last minute visiting at Barnes and Noble with Heather and Chris (you guys are adorable) and Amanda and Ava for taking me to the plane- can you believe we've known each other since 5th grade? 


Thanks to Shannon M, Katherine M, and Michelle  J for Girl's Night! Sorry we were missing a few people. At least I got to see the VT Bachelor- the one and only Shane Meaney!


In the midst Sarah and Tristan moved to a new home in Plainfield where I got to stay! It's beautiful! Congratulations. 


I also now have 5 women (cousins and friends) who are due to have babies between July and September. Whoa! Congratulations!!!


Glad I at least emailed and talked to people on the phone I couldn't see in person.


I have to checkout of Circus Circus in 10 minutes so I better go.  And I just checked. My Grafton smoked cheddar still tastes good. 

Kip, Phlip and I skinned up MRG

View from Worcester early AM

My Oma's house (now Bob's!!!)

But Last Sunday was a good day

Must listen it this song while viewing photos. Thanks Sarah for enjoying Ice Cube and our adventures this summer! 

Mammoth bluebird day. November 28th, 2010. 

 

off of Chair 14. Santiago Bowl.

ORS-sick... it happens(the dictionary definition and then some)

Word: ORS-sick
Pronunciation: /O-R-S sik/
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: nostalgic for Onion River Sports; missing former lifestyle, community, and way of life; pining for home, friends, family and familiar mountains; in a nostalgic condition
Synonyms: homesick, hankering, pining, heartsick, lonely, longing for home, missing, wistful, yearning
Antonyms: California,West Coast
Usage Examples:
-The girl from Vermont was so ORS-sick that she couldn't sleep at Circus Circus due to sheer excitement of her homecoming.
-She was ORS-sick because close-knit friends and communities are hard to come by.
-She was ORS-sick before she even packed her car for California.
-Inevitably everyone one gets ORS-sick from time to time.
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