I can't believe it snowed so much!! I think our neighborhood is in a bit of wind tunnel, because we definitely had more on our deck than the 2-4" advertised for our region. Although it was light and fluffy, shoveled easily, and now the sun is shining--this is the snow I like in the city. Wish there had been more in the mountains. . . don't think ( Read more... )

My rock climbing buddy told me tonight that they just found out they're pregnant!! She's 45 and they have 2 boys, 12 and 16, so it's definitely a surprise--she's already 9.5 weeks along ( Read more... )

What fun!! The party was a success. I've done carving parties for 7 years now, and it's so interesting to see the progression as we "grow up." The first one was in my tiny studio apartment--we crammed 10 people and pumpkins in there. . . quite fun. Then there were the parties at my house in Medford. . . that house was really well set-up for ( Read more... )

I had to drop off my car to be worked on this morning. . . I got a ride from the dealership shuttle back to my house.

He let a grody, stinky fart. . . made a joke about his "catalytic converter" and rolled down the window.

Gross.

GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For my friends. Went out to dinner with a couple of friends last night. . .just enjoyed eating, talking, interracting.

Just a "happy to be alive" sort of day.

I asked Pete to be home by 6:30 to help with the dinner party for *his* friends. . . I gave him 2 tasks (this is after I spent an hour grocery shopping and 3 hours of food prep on Wednesday, and still had to fix the rest of dinner on Thursday). His tasks were to set the table and set out the appetizers (easy stuff--relishes and cheese and crackers ( Read more... )

I thought I'd lost my LJ access from work. Evidentally, it was temporary insanity on the part of Lucent's firewall. . .

I swear we found Erin (my stepdaughter's) long-lost Norwegian twin at the wedding we went to this weekend.

It was my friend Sara (the bride's) cousin.

Geez, I wish Erin had been there so we could compare them in person!

. . . from the Girl Scouts to be a leader for a group of girls whose Mom's are in prison.

Yowzah. . .