Where at, Thomas? That's where I grew up (and ran far, far away from...)

Grew up in Miami Shores, a tiny subsection of North Miami Beach. My family residence for the last decade has been in Hollywood, and I'm currently at college in Jupiter.

I'm sloooowly working my way north, apparently.

also, this is the first time I intentionally use quick-edit tags, so we'll see how they work.

I guess it's worth noting here that I grew up in Dade County.

So you are not alone in your childhood memories of: puddles filled with polliwogs; little lizards everywhere; using coral for sidewalk chalk.

My family residence for the last decade has been in Hollywood, and I'm currently at college in Jupiter.

Dude! I'm at the mid point. As you pass Delray Beach look east at Lake Ida and wave. Or stop and grab lunch with me some time.

Grew up in Miami Shores, a tiny subsection of North Miami Beach. My family residence for the last decade has been in Hollywood, and I'm currently at college in Jupiter.

Ha! I grew up in North Miami. My mom still lives there in the house I grew up in, right across the street from Gratigny Elementary on North Miami Ave. My sister also lives in NM. And the world, she continues to get smaller...

Katie Bee!!!!!!!! So good to see your pixels. You have been missed. And, pictures of Zombie Marge are a must.

been super busy with work, but managed to get to the end of the thread, and enough time for one quick suggestion. Pictures (because we are Buffistas, and love them) of the Marge Simpson costume/hair do would be most welcome in bitches. C'mon in. (of course, I am a couple hundred behind there, so if it's mentioned there, apologies).

Ok, back to work. Almost open. Sleeeeeep on Saturday. Can't wait. Also, will miss this thread, I think it is made of a lot of awesome!

C'mon lurkers, now's your time! Quick! Before the door closes. (not sure if it feels like an NPR pledge drive, or Indiana Jones grabbing his hat from under the stone door closing on his hand).

I. LOVE. THIS. THREAD. Ahem.

Hi y'all! I haven't been around much for a few (or possibly seven) months, so I figured this was the perfect place to post. And just before closing time, too. Phew!

Present: I'm Nicole and I live in Colorado with my boyfriend and our three cats. I work in the beer business and recently started two new roles at so I've been consumed with training and acting like I know what I'm doing when I'm really just winging it. Also, we just moved into a new place so things are fairly crazy right now.

History: I didn't even know about the greatness of Joss or Buffy or the existence of Buffistas until right around the 5th season of BtVS. I lurked and posted a small bit for a while before finally jumping into the deep end and attending the LA F2F. I have no clue what year that even was but it was quite a while ago. Man, the time has gone by fast, but I've made some truly amazing friends here. I don't say it enough but this is just such a great community of people.

Very near future: M and I are getting married on Halloween (2 days away! SATURDAY!), so that has definitely added to the crazy busy. And between the bachelorette dinner on Friday, wedding on Saturday and housewarming / reception on Sunday, now seemed like the Actually Finish Typing Something And Hit Post deadline. I think I might accomplish it this time...

While I don't get to hang out here as much as I want, I do hope the lurkers wade into the deeper waters over in Bitches or Natter so that we can get to know you better. You never know what could happen. You might make a new best friend, meet a one day future roomie or neighbor, or even a DW or DH... The only guarantee is that you'll definitely laugh and learn new things and sometimes it's a little more fun when you're part of the conversation.

M and I are getting married on Halloween

!!! YAY!!

Oh, and I'm setting a reminder on my calendar to check back here (or Bitches) for Katie's Zombie Marge pics. Hi Katie!

!!! YAY!!

This is where I'm at, too!! Now if all of this damn freak snow would just go away...

M and I are getting married on Halloween

Oh, how wonderful! Congratulations!

And I hope you get to have fun with all that's included in and around the whole thing (you really do sound busy in your post!). I'm so very happy for you!

I may give up on the notion on catching up in this thread in order to post something before the month is up (why yes, I skipped right now straight to Nicole's lovely post, because I wanted to make sure people are still delurkifying themselves, how did you guess?). But on a different post - this one is for being happy for Nicole.