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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
All the time I was doing this Sammi had this incredulous cat look on her face.You have The Thumbs, you are god.
The really sad thing is that those amounts wouldn't buy a shack in Seattle.Or here. The houses are shockingly reasonable and cheap and ohmigod I could buy one.
Girls only want boyfriends with great skills!We like skillz. Just not exactly, or only, those skills.
Pamela and I had a lovely day. I am content and picking her brain about Portland. Tis wonderful.
In DC, the median price for a one-bedroom condo is $279K. sigh.
oi! that's why so many DC people are moving to baltimore. Despite the commute. And the fact that housing prices here have gone way up in the last few years. House on my street that just went on the market:
I just sent out invitations to the baby shower I'm throwing for my best friend and her husband. I've had parties before. Kind of a lot of them. But I'm so nervous about this one! And it's just going to be a potluck, brunchy kind of thing. Pretty casual affair. I think I'm reacting to the how nervous they are at this whole baby project! They are trying to register for stuff now and it's making my friend a little crazy. Who knows what, of the endless variety of baby gear out there, you will really need. Plus they are having twins so they need 2 of a lot of that stuff. And then there's the whole having to be parents thing. eek!
I guess I just really want the party to help them feel a little more comfortable with everything--that they will have at least some of the stuff they will need and, more importantly, that they have a circle of friends who will be there to support them.
Pamela and I had a lovely day. I am content and picking her brain about Portland. Tis wonderful.
Yay!
I just got back from David's 10th birthday party. He seemed to like his presents. Hec, I ended up buying that book about Hook as a child that I think you linked to recently, for him along with a nicely illustrated Peter Pan. I also bought him a pirate ship and the Kim Possible: So the Drama DVD. It was a good night, and I managed to not dwell on the fact that I won't likely get to go to many birthday parties for my nephews in the future.
Cass, before you move can I come visit again?
Cass, can you get on IM?
Just had my performance review. I have successfully got my manager to change the wording about maintaining my patience, and possibly about being aloof. (I did tell my supervisor about that one, and about aiming this year for 'haughty'. He was encouraging, and added that he always thought anyone with a problem with slightly eccentric people had their own issues about being comfortable with themselves. I told him I was impressed he only thought I was slightly eccentric. Something else to aim for this year!)
The good news is that apparently my clients are unanimously very happy with my work. Go me! Especially since I wasn't even doing client work the year before.
2005 was always going to be about transitions, so many things had changed. I'm very happy with how it's gone. I don't think I could have hoped to be in a better position than I've reached by now. (Well, a girlfriend would be nice. Where's that shiftless Wally?)
Cass, before you move can I come visit again?Absolutely.
Cass, can you get on IM?Yes, I can.
Lisah, one of the best gifts I ever received was when the people in my church signed up and brought dinner every night for a week. Do you think the people who come to the party could do that? Though maybe two weeks would be better with twins.
As for what they need, a double stroller narrow enough to get through store doors would be top of my list. The wide ones look cool, but I've heard complaints about getting around with them.
Ever pour a bunch of salsa from a jar you have not closely examined onto a snack, then think, "I hope this isn't Hot," then see that it is, indeed, Hot? I did. Just now.
But hey, I can breathe better now.
Aimee, hope you get over this quickly.
I think post-partum makeovers should be a routine part of childbearing and covered by insurance. Drat it.
ha ha. So true. The real problem is that the post-partum figure is totally different from the pre-partum one. (And my figure now is different than it was after Frances, too.) I'd say 2/3 to 3/4 of my old clothes don't fit right, but I'm still wearing them.