Thank you, Tom, you are a most excellent Secret Santa.
Yay!
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2009: So long and thanks for all the fish.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2009? Don't think we've forgotten about you
Tom Scola - Jan 02, 2010 9:34:15 am PST #341 of 549
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
libkitty - Jan 02, 2010 10:37:34 am PST #342 of 549
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Teppy and askye, you give me hope for my own mixed up life. Congratulations on all the progress you've made in your own lives, and thank you for sharing it.
juliana - Jan 03, 2010 3:02:50 pm PST #343 of 549
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I cannot and will not make a decade-wrap-up post right now, because to do so would probably throw me in to one of the worst depression-depressions I've had in a long time (as opposed to situational-depressions, which to me, are more bearable, even as they tend to be worse. Don't ask me why I think like that). I just wanted to post and say hello and thank you to the Buffistas, because even though life circumstances have pulled me away from online pursuits, I still think of the board and all y'all as home and family.
Jars - Jan 04, 2010 11:27:54 am PST #344 of 549
I am nomming on the most divine ginger cookies right now, dipped in a glass of milk. And Suzi, I must have the recipe! By which I mean - thank you so much! Also, really about the recipe though.
My Box of Goodness was waiting for me when I got home from work - the best first day back at work homecoming EVAR. The bauble is hanging from the tree I should have already taken down, and I made a huge dent in the candy before dinner.
Bless you and your magical Christmas timing! Thank you!
SuziQ - Jan 04, 2010 4:55:59 pm PST #345 of 549
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm so glad it made it to you. International mail always worries me. I'm also glad you like the cookies - they are my favorite to make. I am happy to send the recipe, watch your e-mail.
In short - YAY!
brenda m - Jan 04, 2010 5:36:03 pm PST #346 of 549
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
You know posting it might be faster. IJS.
Kat - Jan 05, 2010 6:17:51 am PST #347 of 549
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Happy congrats to Kate and her fiance!
2009 has been a good and stressful year. With budget cuts and crises, we've been blessed to both keep our jobs at our current schools in our current positions. Here's to hoping that 2010 will be equally gentle with us.
We've watched Noah and Grace both grow and change and it's amazing how preoccupying such little critters can be. The bulk of life has been wrapped up in them, for better or worse.
My family has dealt with another open heart surgery scare and my sister getting a liver transplant. My mom has been a stalwart through it all.
I hope 2010 can be a year of quiet gains as opposed to fits and starts and I believe this may be the year that Grace finally comes home.
javachik - Jan 06, 2010 3:43:54 am PST #348 of 549
Our wings are not tired.
Aims, delivery tracking reports your Sekrit Santa gift is being delivered today!!
Aims - Jan 06, 2010 4:07:51 am PST #349 of 549
Shit's all sorts of different now.
WOOOHOO!! Happy Epiphany to me!!
(I am still working on yours. You will have it before V-Day. Promise.)
javachik - Jan 06, 2010 5:07:52 am PST #350 of 549
Our wings are not tired.
I admit I read your post and thought, "yay, it'll be here before 'vagina day'!!"