Happy Birthday, Askye!!!
Maria, I can definitely relate to that Italian gene and jewellery thing.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Jun 16, 2010 2:47:58 am PDT #22793 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Calli - Jun 16, 2010 2:53:20 am PDT #22794 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, Askye!
WindSparrow - Jun 16, 2010 3:05:00 am PDT #22795 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Happiest of birthdays, Askye!
Firstly, because I rarely bother to swap out my necklace and secondly because I feel like a hypocrite wearing a cross given my heathenistic tendencies.
And it doesn't help to tell yourself that you're wearing them in case of vampire attack?
the snotgreen sea in Dublin
That should be the name of a band, or the title of a novel or some such.
Shari_H - Jun 16, 2010 4:06:06 am PDT #22796 of 30000
Keep breathing!
Best wishes to Askye and smonster on their important days.
Is June over yet? I'm tired already because of (in no particular order):
Three high school graduations (one for son of a friend, one was my daughter's, and one I helped with the dessert reception for) - 3 nights out until 10-11pm within 7 days.
The 3-day whirlwind MIL visit that went with my daughter's graduation (lovely, but exhausting) and seeing my parents (wonderful, but Dad is looking very frail and that hurts).
End of school trips, barbeques, pizza parties, assemblies, plays, half-days, and OMG FINALS AND PAPERS for the 2 in elementary school and the 2 in high school.
Paying a shiva (house of mourning) call at the home of a local Chabad rabbi whose wife (age 49, director of a large preschool, legendary teacher, wife, and mother of 6) died suddenly of the cancer no one knew was there. (Can I get a "F*ck Cancer" from the congregation? Thank you.)
The 25th anniversary (today) of a strong, wonderful marriage (first guy that asked me, too) - but there's no time to celebrate now because of DH's work and all the stuff listed above, so I'm frustrated that we don't get to play and enjoy our special day.
Still to come in June: DD#2 leaves today for two weeks in Memphis to visit a schoolmate, a wedding and sheva brachos (festive meal with the new marrieds during the first week after the wedding) for the daughter of a friend, the start of the day camp that DD#3 and DD#4 attend and of the other day camp that DD#1 is a head counselor for, and DH leaves for a 4-day business trip. And then the weekend of July 4 we celebrate America's birthday and my mom's 70th with an extended family gathering.
Yeah, I need more sleep. Most of this is good and fun stuff and full of blessings, but - whew! Where are my quiet routines and my second cup of tea for the morning?
amych - Jun 16, 2010 4:10:46 am PDT #22797 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Aww, Shari, happy anniversary to you, even if life does insist on getting in the way of celebrating!
(Also, how on earth is DD1 out of high school? In my mind, she's Stor-sized!)
WindSparrow - Jun 16, 2010 4:23:44 am PDT #22798 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Shari, happy anniversary! Also, congrats on your daughter's graduation.
And about your friends, that's beyond incomprehensible. Much coping~ma for the rabbi's family. And yes, fuck cancer.
Shari_H - Jun 16, 2010 4:45:04 am PDT #22799 of 30000
Keep breathing!
(Also, how on earth is DD1 out of high school? In my mind, she's Stor-sized!)
In my mind too, sometimes, amych, but her brothers are 21 and soon-to-be 20 and both are over 6' tall, so I can't delude myself anymore that my kids are all little. Even the last two (ages 11 and 7) don't seem little anymore!
Someone asked me, while we were setting up the reception at the boys graduation the other night, whether I had more kids coming through the school - how long would I be doing this kind of volunteering? I said I'd probably be doing this one day with a tray of cookies in one hand and a walker in the other! By the time the youngest finishes 12th grade, we'll have spent 26 years paying tuition to Jewish schools. And that's nowhere near the record :-)
Daisy Jane - Jun 16, 2010 4:55:59 am PDT #22800 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Happy birthday askye!
Aims - Jun 16, 2010 5:01:14 am PDT #22801 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dude, you haven't read Anne of Green Gables?
Note to self: Don't admit to Dana that I haven't read Anne of Green Gables either.
Cassiepants, don't admit it to me, either. Just in case you were gonna.
Signed,
Is my very favorite and I own at least 3 full sets of the books, and some one offs in hardcover. Including the paperback set that came out with Megan Followes on the cover.
Shari_H - Jun 16, 2010 5:15:17 am PDT #22802 of 30000
Keep breathing!
Still finding it hard to fathom people who haven't read or don't love Anne. I was so excited to start reading Anne of Green Gables with my youngest ones recently. DD#3 turned up her nose when I brought the book out, but after we started reading it together, both girls started reading ahead in it on their own. So now there are three bookmarks in different places, but we're still enjoying the group read.