Call it a B- Sunday

Mary did pretty well today. Breakfast followed by Farmers' Market followed by lunch at the Purple Onion--if you can call a pumpkin muffin and a cup of tea lunch. We went home and Mary rested for a bit.

Then we hit Pet People Los Gatos, Whole Foods, Chocolate Dream Box and Lunardis. Mary made all the stores and lead the shopping expedition in each so that was a really good sign. In addition to regular groceries, she picked out some quick food she will eat if she gets that "My stomach needs something now!" feeling this coming week. All of her meals stayed with her today but she did have that uncertain feeling from time to time.

Unfortunately, the Arizona Cardinals didn't read all the press coverage and managed to beat Brett Farve and my Vikings tonight. Oh, well, it will make for a good playoff tension as things move forward.

One last thing. Santa Clara County has started its annual Fantasy of Lights in our local Vasona Park. It is a really cool light show for the holidays. It is also a pain in the you know where to get around Los Gatos after the park opens at 6:30PM for all the folks trying to see the display. We were out early enough today, but last night when I tried to make a quick run to Whole Foods, the traffic was so thick I couldn't believe it. However, it is a great show. Here are a couple of amateur videos from prior years, here and here.

After giving up on the Vikings--caused mostly by dinner of fresh grouper, bake potato and green salad getting in the way--we watched a couple of shows on folks who like to decorate their homes for the holidays. While none of the houses in the show was this house, the effort and technology shows here. This has a high resolution version so if you have high speed internet, be sure to click on the high resolution version.

We have a favorite video, and although I haven't found a high resolution version, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra music coupled with the synchronized lighting is amazing. You can read about the set up by clicking on the more info button next to this clip. And, here is another clip, different house.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been described as Pink Floyd meets White Christmas. The two songs I like are Wizards in Winter (a TV Clip here) and Carol of the Bells (a bootleg from a concert and Carol of the Bells starts at about minute 3:30 on this clip). Mary and I did attend one of their concerts at the HP Arena and it is quite a show as you will see in that 2nd clip. I am sure you can find better recordings, but these are free...

We had rain this morning and as I write this, I can hear the real rain and storm starting. Winter has arrived!