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Um, okay

You Are The Stuffing

You're complicated and complex, yet all your pieces fit together. People miss you if you're gone - but they're not sure why.

Hope everyone had a happy Turkey Day! I had to work, but we're having our big feast on Friday, so no worries!

Now I can't get that song out of my head

You are Schroeder!


Which Peanuts Character are You?
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30 years ago today...

On November 11, 1975, my father and uncles lost their dad. Grandpa had just turned 53 years old. Too soon. His children were 28, 23 and two weeks shy of 18. Much too young to lose a parent.

On that day, my beloved grandmother lost the love of her life.

I'm sorry I never got to meet you, Grandpa. I've been told that you were a wonderful and incredible man. You served in our armed forces, raised three boys, provided for your family, made your own wine (must have gotten that foodie thing from you, huh?), and served as Chief in a number of NYC fire stations. But the only thing that truly matters to me is that you made my Grandma happy.

Rest in peace, Grandpa - and thank you for loving my Grandma.

30 Questions

I intended to post this as a myspace survey, but the darn site is down... maybe I'll try again later.

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. - Sting

2. Where was your first kiss? - in a car

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property? - I don't recall.

4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? - yes

5. Have you ever sang in front of a large number of people? - yes

6. What’s the first thing you notice about the preferred sex? - smile

7. What really turns you on? - A man who makes me laugh

8. What do you order at Starbucks? - I might go once a year to get one of the winter-type seasonal flavors, so I'll say a pumpkin or gingerbread latte.

9. What is your biggest mistake? - I'm not sure.

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? - I've scratched my glasses on purpose (I was 10 and hated them and wanted a new pair), but I'm not sure I ever intentionally hurt my person.

11. Say something totally random about yourself. - I just finished the rest of a pint of Haagen-Dazs chocolate peanut butter ice cream.

12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? - no

13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows? - yes

14. Did you have braces? - no

15. Are you comfortable with your height? - enh

16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has done for you? - married me!

17. When do you know it’s love? - when I can’t picture my life without him

18. Do you speak any other languages? - I remember a few words of Spanish, but not nearly enough to get by

19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon? - yes, but not to be in a booth - I did the spray tan thing.

20. What magazines do you read? - I'm a sucker for magazines. The one I read most is People.

21. Have you ever ridden in a limo? - yes

22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away? - no, and I'm very lucky to have made it 29 years without it happening.

23. Do you watch MYV? - What's that?

24. What’s something that really annoys you? - when the TV's too loud.

25. What’s something you really like? - when my kitty sleeps at the foot of the bed, with his little head resting on my foot

26. Do you like Michael Jackson? - I like some of his older music, but I'm getting closer and closer to not being able to get past recent events.

27. Can you dance? - I do alright, I think.

28. What’s the latest you have ever stayed up? - a few days

29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? - I wouldn't call it "rushed," but I've been taken to the ER in an ambulance.

30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out? - yes

It's been a while...

Okay, so here's the update...

The apartment is fabulous. Well, by our standards, anyway. Not NYC-overlooking-Central-Park faboo, but very nice compared to what we left behind. All of our stuff is here, thanks to my hubby and a bunch of excellent friends (I had to work on The Big Day). It's just not unpacked yet, so it's not quite home, but I made some headway yesterday when I unpacked some of the tchotchkes that I keep in the living room. Not anywhere near complete, but it'll do for now.

I have some stuff I want to buy that we either didn't need or didn't have room for in the old place, like an over-the-door spice rack for the pantry (we had a separate cabinet for spices built right into the kitchen wall at the old place) and a magazine rack for the bathroom (no space at the old place). And I wouldn't mind getting this, because my mom already told us she got us this for Christmas, but it's not a neccessity. I'd also like to get a few of those baskets that slip over a shelf to make better use of the space in the pantry. And a new garbage can that's a little more user-friendly, but again - not a necessity.

The bed is weird, because we got a new frame. The old one broke a while ago, so there was a dip in the middle of the bed - I loved it. Then comes the new frame, resulting in a perfectly flat mattress, so not only have I been sleeping in a strange place, but my bed is weird, too.

After being nervous and skittish in the weeks leading up to the move, Snowball has been Mr. Mush since we got here. Someone told me that cats don't feel emotions like we do, but I can't help but wonder if he thought we were giving him away since the last time he saw stacks of boxes in his house was when we first got him - his owners had to give him up because of a move. We're still here, hence the mush. {shrug}

All in all, a decent move.