The other Valerie (TOV) helped me unpack and sort my candles in my current place. My mom had helped me pack them, and informed me that I had "a candle problem." I was telling this to TOV as she unpacked, and she quite disagreed with my mother, until she happened upon the box with the Ikea tea lights.

I blamed Cass.

Shir, Route 66, built in 1926, was the first highway to the west and acquired legendary status [link].

So, it's a really really long drive, and there are stories and myths relating to it.

You see, that's why I study history.

I can go through 100 candles in a week! Buying 1200 tealights and a few hundred assorted candles is just logical when the store is three hours away. And I bought Tickybox a little stuffed fish that I named Sushi.

until she happened upon the box with the Ikea tea lights.

They are sold in stacks in their bags. You can just stack up the cubes! Clearly they are meant to be bought in bulk.

::sigh::

Candles is pretty.

Well, Shir, I'm not sure how much you understand about Americans and road trips and the devil-may-care fantasies we've erected(huh, huh, I said "erected") about them. It's kind of a Thing.

I was feel depressed and stressed, so a large limb fell out of a tree and smashed a trellis.

Well, Shir, I'm not sure how much you understand about Americans and road trips and the devil-may-care fantasies we've erected(huh, huh, I said "erected") about them. It's kind of a Thing.

Never disrespect the unbelievable number of movies/TV show your culture has produced on this subject, which many were exposed to. Let alone Eurotrip.

Even in a country which stretches for 6 hours ride tops (north to south. West to east lasts about an hour and some), something about a roadtrip still makes me go giddy.

Edit: OMG, Ginger, what?!

Edit, the second: when it's late at night, English words have only one meaning. Guess which one I was reading in Ginger's post. Leaving it here for your entertainment.

Sorry, Shir. I didn't mean to give you a bedtime heart attack. I have a large piece of tree to deal with in my backyard. It also did some damage to an occupied birdhouse. I fear the survivors are going to have bird PTSD.

Oh no, Ginger. Watching DW's UK eps now took care of that.

That's true...I've only been on 66 once, myself...it's sort of the old-school route now, but we used it to go to Las Vegas. We tried to stop at this one place where Oprah got burgers but it was closed for the Christmas season.ETA: Doctor Who, right? Not my favorite DW, Domenic West(OMG, he makes instant coffee hawt! Although I had to laugh at the commenters that missed his McNulty voice...reverse paraphilia.) At first I thought West was Aussie...London + a bad Balmer twang= vaguely Australian effect to my ear(and someone from E, I think)