A Likely Story!

Amazing, Wonderful, Joyous...

...these last couple of days have been.

More details after the New Year.

For now, thanks to all that posted, read (and visited!) this year.  Hope you dream big dreams for 2006.

Drive safely, blog vicariously, and treasure each day as if it were your last.

Major Big Time Sadness

My cell died and all the #'s are trapped inside. WAHHHH!!

Don't even want to THINK about what would happen if I lost internet as well. 

Oh. Wait. That DID happen thanks to Hurricane Wilma.

Nevermind...I got thru it then and I'll get thru it now.

Hope to have my replacement cell by the 3rd.

Until then, please hold all my calls :-)

And To All, A Good Night!

(Tried to post this shortly before midnight last nite, but the intenet was not cooperating!)

What a whirlwind 24 hours it's been!

Last night was Paul and Eric's annual Christmas Eve soiree, which gets better with each year. Called my folks' house on the way home from the open house to talk with my siblings, cousins and relatives by the dozen to wish them a happy Christmas Eve. Today, up early to attend Christmas Services to hear my neighbor Jeremy preach, then off to Howard's Mom's house for a super yummy Christmas meal that knocked me out for the last several hours! Woke up to find I had missed 3 text msgs and 4 phone calls. That NEVER happens! Finally, the lighting of my hanukkiot to kick off the start of Hanukkah....my favorite Jewish holiday.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and will have a wonderful Hanuukah.

Peace and love to all of you in your little corners of the world.

NNSD :-)

1st Night Of Hanukkah

Hanukkiot, laptop with Hanukkah berakot (blessings) and my roomies Christmas lights in the background.

I'm Evil

(Paul, please don't read this until after tonite's party!)

Tried to convince my neighbor Jeremy (current vicar and pastor-in-training) that the gift I got for Paul and Eric's party tonite was porn...since I bought it from 'The Love Shack', ya know?

Of course he believes me (sucka!) and the look on his face was priceless.

Then I told him what it REALLY was (candles...and Paul, I hope you're not reading this)...and the look on his face was still priceless.

Playing mind games with Jeremy...always a fun pastime! Of course my roomie Howard tells me I will rot in hell for my evil ways. I disagree. After all, I'm just doing my best to prepare Jeremy for the 'real world'.

Off Until Tuesday...

...and not a moment too soon.

Why is it that returning from a vacation usually warrants the need for another vacation? Had 900+ emails waiting for me Weds when I got to work. Weds was catch up, today was productive...very much so...but SOOOOOO much time goes into placating and fixing and explaining things that IF DONE CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME (by my clients) would not have become the huge issues they have mushroomed into. Sometimes I think that if I have to explain the importance of making sure we get their faxes ONE MORE TIME I will fucking let loose screaming, start laughing hysterically and have to be carted away. And then who would be left to answer the phones that never ever stop ringing?

L, B, B and M, am not talking about you.

Right now I feel drained of life, energy and passion.  Will feel better tomorrow after sleeping in, I'm sure. But right now, I need a beer in the worst way. And laundry detergent. Roomie has promised to buy laundry detergent for the last 2 days.

Cold beer, clean undies and vacation....if that's not heaven, don't know what is.

Last Night Of Vacation

...back to work tomorrow :-(

What The?

This is the message I get when I try and view my blog...

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Oohhh...forbidden!!

Note To Self

...just because it is bright and sunny outside, do not assume that your cheap cotton Jack Daniels lounge pants from Target will protect you from windy and cold CO weather on your morning walk. It's not happening. So I walked faster thinking I wouldn't be as cold. Again, not happening.

There were, however, no mosquitos to bother me and humidity is so a thing of the past here.

Heading out to REI to snag workout wear.

Cya.

WOW!

This was a birthday that I'll remember for the rest of my life.

Thanks guys :-)