Aside from Jonathan I have one other true love. Sweet and attractive, my second love is a contradictory one. I can't spend much time with it, though I want to badly, without being regretful later on... once its gone. The moments we have together are precious, and I try to…
Here's to vacations...
We just got back from feeding the kitties at Jon's parents' place. His folks are in Boston for the week, so we get to play with (and feed, I suppose) Sebastian and little Claude Monet. In just a couple of weeks Jon and I will be in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
Mixers, Toilet Paper and Memories
My cousin is getting married. Ben and his fiancee, Melissa, were engaged last year. They made a point to come out to our wedding in August and we hope we can return the favor and share their joy and their own big day this October! Melissa also participated in the…
Explaining my hair
Who hasn't had a bad haircut? Okay, who among us girls has never had a bad haircut? I know I'm not alone. Thankfully today I received a good one. *sigh* But that's a rarity for me, relatively speaking. And so I'd like to take this opportunity to remember the many…
L-O-V-E
L is for the way you look at me, and O is for the only one I see. V is very, very extraordinary and E is even more than anyone that you adore can love. Okay, call me Natalie Cole. I wish I could sing that well. This is short…
Everything you ever wanted to know about pine...
Pine: -a coniferous tree -straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus -ache: have a desire for something or someone who is not present -There are about 115 species of pine, although different authors accept anything from 105 to 125…
A Guide to Ribbons
Red Ribbon Week at my elementary school was a big affair! We wrapped the trees and fences in scarlet, draped the walls of our classrooms with red lettering and crepe paper. It was a colorful motivation for kids to learn about the hazards of drugs. And then in high school…
07/07
A deadly day has come. Evil infiltrated the London Underground and the London bus lines and detonated multiple explosive devices, killing more than 30 people and injuring hundreds more. Is this Britain's 9/11? When our twin towers were so tragically toppled only four years ago, Tony Blair and his…