Sparky, congrats on the new job, then, with wishes of lots of wonderful new things in DC, not to replace, but on top of the Bay Area ones.

Kat! During Passover, when I used the very few computer minutes I had in order to check up on Noah and Grace, I had to explain to my mom why I was rushing to the computer whenever I had the chance. She got into the habit os asking me "so, how are the twins?" each time I logged off.

I think it's 14 times a MONTH, not a week. So...3-4 times a week.

Aw, Nilly, that's really sweet. They are growing and mostly quite and stable.

I think Nutty and Ellen S. had met IRL soon after or even before I started lurking at TT, so Nutty pointed out the connection. I don't know if they met through TT or already knew each other.

I remember meeting Ellen in college - she had this plan to paint her dorm room with vegetation and calligraphy like an illuminated manuscript.

Are you discovering fun stuff?

We are working on it. I have to say we've limited ourselves a bit with a "no eating out" rule while my DH is unemployed since we then feel compelled to discover stuff between meals. At our brunch we had people write things down for us -- where to eat, shop, walk, hike, etc., [Vortex wrote a whole page herself] so we have a good list now when we're feeling like we should try something new, or when we want to call someone and suggest we do something.

she had this plan to paint her dorm room with vegetation and calligraphy like an illuminated manuscript.

I. Love. Ellen. (also this is something I can see her still wanting to do.)

Oh! It's so disjointed lurking during the work day. Makes me forget to do things like wish Drew and then beth happy birthdays.

I'm sitting here delaying getting dressed for work. I don't have a clean skirt that goes with the blouse I want to wear. I'm waffling about the colours of some of my tops coordinating with the new hair, and I have a new pair of boots I very much want to wear.

Perhaps I shall solve it all by wearing grey and black--and black long enough to cover some of the militariness of these.

I do believe that Ellen S and Nutty were living like a block and a half apart even if they hadn't yet met at that point!

Lee, did you not delurk until Firefly? I have this distinct memory of you inviting everyone to a Firefly viewing party. You were using the Perkins name then, and I may have been Suspicious of someone who (as far as I knew) delurked to lure people to their place and axe murder them.

I'd posted several times before that, but more or less.

No axe though, I swear.

Home Depot was fresh out, huh?