Quiet days

A major food group, lately

There hasn't been much to write about the last few days. We've just been relaxing and enjoying ourselves and procrastinating packing for our trip. The procrastination has actually become a problem. We just realized that L has outgrown hew winter boots by a couple of sizes and we can't find T's boots anywhere. I can't believe that I would have come without them, but where are they? And where is my second pair of wool socks? And my wool base layer top? We have a couple of days to get things sorted out, but the bulk of our luggage (skis, poles, boots, helmets, and most clothes) is being delivered to the train station tomorrow morning so it can be sent ahead.

Unappetizing cheese.

Yesterday E met me in the city after work and we did some of our Christmas shopping. For us, that is like a date. We are finished with shopping now, but the girls and I will go to Zurich on Friday night anyway. The plan is to get whatever we still need for skiing, to get R's first earrings from the Christmas market before it closes down, to see the lights, and to go to Peclard.

Tonight S and I hopped on the train to check out the market in Rapperswil, which is only fifteen minutes away. It was cute, but not really worth an extra trip. We walked around and checked things out. At this point the market stands are pretty much looking like ones we've already seen. The exception tonight was a cheese stand which had some unnatural bright red and green cheeses. S got her preferred market food - a cinnamon sugar crepe. I also got her a hot chocolate. She tasted it and said, "Mmmm. That really hits the spot!" She uses a lot of old-fashioned expressions like that and I'm not sure where she picks them up.