So one Christmas a long time ago...when I was about 10-11 and my sister 3-4 years old...the cabbage patch kids were just getting to be the popular item for Christmas (for the first time) and my sister really wanted one. (I kind of did too, but I wasn't so much a girly girl and therefore didn't want to openly admit it ( Read more... )

So last night my birthday present showed up in the mail. Two months early, but I'm still excited. At first, the hubby was going to make me wait until my birthday. Then I got to thinking that waiting that long without opening it up to see if it got damaged en route or make sure everything was there might not be wise. Also, my husband worried ( Read more... )

So, here it is the day before surgery and I find myself contemplating the "what would you do if you knew this was the last day of your life" questions. I'm born again, so I'm not really worried about that aspect of it ( Read more... )

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride.
Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech. (stolen from kierthos)

Miracle Max & Valerie: (waving) Have fun stormin' da castle!
Valerie: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.
Max & Valerie: Bye!!!!

Okay, so its about 6:30A in the morning. I'm in the kitchen, half-asleep, cooking a 7-layer dip for a luncheon at work today. In walks Scout ( Read more... )

Well, I have an unidentified lump in my throat. No, not the choked up kind...(well, occasionally)...but the actual..might take a scalpel within striking distance of my vocal chords to remove type lump. However they need a CT to be sure...then another appointment with doc to discuss the options...yada yada yada ( Read more... )

Ya know, I've probably said this before, but I stillgot to wonder just exactly how many folks out there actually respond to the "enlargement" ads that get spammed into our email addresses on a daily basis...to the point where it makes it lucrative for them to continue...especially sending them to women ( Read more... )

One must truely be committed to being a fresh garlic lover as the after taste will be there with you after dinner, into the evening, tuck you into bed, roll you around in bed for several hours, and still be there to drag your butt out of bed the next morning to make your breakfast orange juice into a strange, somewhat voodooistic type cocktail ( Read more... )

So, there is this corner of downtown Columbia (Bull and Elmwood) where folks gather to preach...whether its anti-abortion or fire and brimstone or whatever...this seems to be the corner to do it ( Read more... )

You know which way the day is going to go when you start it with a hearty
breakfast of diet coke and banana pudding WITH the nilla cookies.