ICE: A Charlie Brown Christmas

As I mentioned before, Johnny's family invited me along to see ICE at the Gaylord Texan hotel. It was a fabulous exhibit: dozens of elaborate sculptures carved from over 2 million pounds of solid ice! This year's theme was "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and it featured all of the "Peanuts" characters (except Woodstock; I didn't see him anywhere!). The exhibit was kept at a cool 4 degrees F, so we were all bundled up in giant, hotel-provided parkas. (Sexy!)  We had a lot of fun and one of Johnny's aunts took a TON of pictures of us- I'll be sure to post those when I get them, but in the meantime, enjoy my pics from ICE: A Charlie Brown Christmas!

Decorations in the waiting area.

Even the nutcrackers had a Texan flair!

Snowman in the waiting area.

SLIDES! These were so much fun to go down. This room also looked like a rave.

Beautiful, totally-unrelated-to-Peanuts nativity scene at the very end.

Back in Action!

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! I had a marvelous time in Texas, meeting Johnny's extended family and eating delicious food. Johnny's parents were so gracious and pleasant and his family was interesting and extremely nice. There were a few moments where I wasn't sure what to say or do- like when his grandfather, frustrated with the potato peeler, exclaimed "damn liberal potatoes!" or when his young cousin asked "are you my cousin now?"- but overall, the experience was a very positive one.

While in Texas, we were so busy there wasn't much of a chance to do anything! Johnny left his Six Flags season pass at home and the only things we managed to do were see the Ice exhibit at the Gaylord Texan and catch a late showing of Morning Glory at the movies. (This movie was terrible, by the way.) The Ice exhibit featured the whole cast of Peanuts characters carved from ice- specifically, it was scenes from A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'll post pictures tomorrow- tonight I'm still recovering from a very long week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you're able to enjoy this holiday and reflect upon the things in life you're thankful for. Here's my list:

• My wonderful friends! Even though most of them are miles and miles away, I know they're just a phone call, text, or tweet away. I'm thankful they're in my life.
• Johnny- I can always count on him to be funny, supportive, excitable, and reliable. Sometimes I don't know what I'd do without him. 
• My job. Being a concierge isn't very glamorous, but I am thankful to have any job in this dreadful economy. 
• The opportunity to play polo! Horses have always been my passion and I am extremely thankful I've been able to keep riding them throughout my life. I'm so happy to have found polo here in Tulsa and even more grateful to have started with a great club in Wichita. 
• My cats. It might seem silly to be thankful for two small, ridiculous animals like Bear and Woody, but they certainly bring me happiness and comfort.

There are countless intangible things I'm thankful for too, but I don't want to spoil anyone's Turkey Day by going on and on and on. Have a wonderful holiday!