I *so* wish I had meant that as a joke. Like, I was clever enough to have put that together and still played stupid.

No need to feel that way. Double checking is never wrong.

So sorry - I always think of you as Andi. And in my defense, you need a picture!

Andi is what my family call me, which is why I felt comfortable using it here. And I've got a picture up now.

I moved here as an adult. My father was born in Tupper Lake, NY. His family was mostly from upstate NY and Canada. But ya know, some ancestor may have gone a travelin'.

Heh, less and less likely. My paternal grandfather was actually German, rather than English - don't know when or how far back the name got anglicized. That's ok, genetic ties are interesting, but the internet is thicker than water, too.

At my Cousin's wedding on Saturday we discovered that the Bride's stepfather has the same last name as the Groom's greatgrandmother.

It is not a common name. And they were from the same state. Same part of the same state.

The fact that its her stepfather will not keep us from teasing the shit out of them.

I recognized Windsparrow from her beautiful picture!!!

Trudy, that is so horrible and tragic. My thoughts are with the families. Much health & healing ~ma to your friend's little boy.

Sox, job~ma for your DH.

beth, I hope you're not too sore today after your fall.

I'm sorry if I've missed folks in my skipping and skimming! I haven't been around much because things have been crazy busy. After almost three weeks of non-stop work, I've finally completed moving out my old place, moving into the new place with DF, fixing up the old place, and getting it on the market (as of this recent last Saturday). Mike and I now get to dive into the ton of boxes we need to unpack so that new place feels a little like home.

If there's any house sell now ~ma, please to direct it toward CO. Unless Suzi is still trying to sell her place, and then keep the ~ma heading to CA.

Job-ma~~~ to Sox's DH.

I jobnews of the weird, DH's co decided that they need him for another 30 days. ( Surprise -- they hired some one with a lot less knowledge than DH -- new 'management style' but style over substance doesn't work so well in the tech world) Since he hasn't found anything yet, we'll take it . But keep sending new job ma~~~~

Unless Suzi is still trying to sell her place, and then keep the ~ma heading to CA.

Thanks hon, though I'm happy to share the ~ma as it is powerful. While it hasn't brought me a buyer yet, I'm still a believer.

Meanwhile, I feel like crap and wanna go home.

DF

Either you've been holding out, or I've missed something.

Not that it's a surprise, but I didn't realize it was official.

YAY

beth, I hope you're not too sore today after your fall.

Thanks,Nicole. Not nearly as bad as I thought I was going to be. Happily, I don't have a ton to do today,so moving slow works.

And I am renewing the house selling ma ~~~ in Suzi's direction and sending more house ma~~~ toward CO.

Job ~ma for Matt, beth. It sucks when the company throws away talent like that.

{{{Suz}}} I can't believe you're so close to me now and yet I've barely seen you lately. We'll have to remedy that.

Either you've been holding out, or I've missed something.

Sorry! We didn't really announce anything. We just came to the conclusion that we know we're getting married (possible date is Jan 12th, but we'll see), even though I don't want an engagement ring. And I've asked him to go cheap on the wedding ring (and to get spares) because I'll probably lose the first three. But yes, we've decided we're engaged.