Six years ago these goofballs said "I do." It's a good thing to be married to your favorite person. Not everyone gets to say that. Happy Anniversary, WM. :) ...
Happy Birthday WM!
Happiest of birthdays to the man who makes my soul sing. My favorite person. My adventuring history teacher, best friend, and biggest dooshbag (sic, and with love) I've ever known. Happy birthday, Tiger! ...
Sweet merciful crap!
I'm getting married in a month. That's all. Oh, and I have a Pinterest board about it. Sweet merciful crap! ...
Engaged!
There were no fireworks, no scary scoreboard proposals, no ring-in-a-cupcake shenanigans. Just a nervous stammered yes from me to a question he asked a while ago. Gunshy, I demurred for a long time. I demurred for too long. Because life is precious, but fleeting and all-too-short. So I'm getting back on the bicycle-built-for-two with a silent prayer that we'll do a better job at steering around the potholes that will undoubtedly crop up. First point of order is a ring. The first thing ...
The best and brightest
WM (grading tests): The question was, "What is the son of Ra called?" and the kid answered Ra. Me: Ra Jr. Duh. WM: (sigh) Me: They called him "Sunny." *** WM: This one thought "Rosetta Stone" was a famous female Pharaoh. Me: (laughs) Rosetta Stone is a famous Egyption R&B singer. WM: (glare) Me: (squawking) Ra and his boy Ra Junior! // were walking down the silty Nile one day!! Aaa---ooo! ...
Don't fear the weeper
I don't know exactly when it happened, but I am now a weeper. If I'm happy, I cry. If I'm scared, I cry. If I'm nervous, I cry. If I'm disappointed, I cry. And not the delicate handkerchief-to-corner-of-eye crying. I cry with gulping sobs that leave my face red for hours. I used to cry maybe once a year. Now I'm lucky if I can get through a week without tearing up over something, be it an old song or NPR StoryCorps or the death of someone I DON'T KNOW. Or coming back from the store without ...
Get thee behind me, rotten week!
I'm so happy it's Sunday because this past week was one of the worst ones I've had since 2006. Let's have a crazy week in review... 1) Sunday: Father's Day. Talk to Dad & learn that he's having some nonbloggable (but not health) issues. Ugh. 2) Monday: Calm, which is good because I needed it for Tuesday... 3) Tuesday: More layoffs at the Courier-Post. We lost 13 that day including my manager, whose position was eliminated. This means more work for all of us. I don't know how many times I can ...
Progress report
(I'm sitting on the sofa working a crossword puzzle.) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: Oh! Hey there, Boo! (scritches his head) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: What's up? Charlie: (softly) Mow? Me: (gets up, walks to kitchen) You have water. Charlie: Mow! Me: (noting the food dish is empty) Oh. Food. Charlie: Mow! Me: Well, see...I'm only giving you a certain amount of food per day, and... Charlie: Mrow? Me: It's just that you're getting... Wandering Minstrel (from Hobbiton, aka Lord of the Rings Online ...
Root, root root for the Phillies
I'm not a fan of inter-league baseball. Keep those wimpy non-batting American League pitchers where they belong, please, until the World Series. Anyway, there were only 3 days this year when the Philadelphia Phillies (currently .514 and my home team) played the Detroit Tigers (2006 AL Champions, 2006 World Series losers, and the Wandering Minstrel's home team). And, what luck...they played in Philly last weekend! So WM and I had a day at the ballpark last Saturday. It was a lovely day...not ...
Bless me Internet, for I live in sin
Yeeeeeeah. So it's been a while. And there's a 500-lb elephant sitting in the middle of my blog that I have to acknowledge. The Wandering Minstrel (who is much cuter than a 500-lb elephant) has moved out here to NJ. He's here in ChezGypsy with me. And I really haven't found a good way to tell you. Sure, I've hinted hither and yon about his visits and things we've done together. Flowers for my birthday and Valentine's day. That kind of stuff. But as much as I can blog about personal things as ...
Mr. Sandman
From my cell phone!Multimedia message On holiday. I took this week off. The Wandering Minstrel and I hit the beach. It's a mite chilly as evidenced by his creation. ...
Valentine's Day 2007
Daisies are my favorite flowers. Hope springs eternal. From my cell phone!Multimedia message Flowers by the Wandering Minstrel. ...
