note mr. twit

we are reading this in guided reading right now. notice the collection of weeks' worth of meals in his beard..

calling home

i went through a long period of not calling home. let me clarify this. not calling my parents. now, after a lot of difficult conversations, i call my parents about once a week. today was the day.

mandy and i went antiquing yesterday and found lots of great treasures. i got some early christmas shopping done, and we found 3 vintage fiesta plates, as well as, a fiesta teacup and saucer. during our adventure, we came across a "vintage" uniden cordless phone. mostly, it is like the first cordless phone, ever, with a metal antennae that extends at least 4 feet in the air. this reminded me of the fact that my parents probably still have this phone. dad was happy to reminisce about the phone.

so, i called dad. he proceeded to tell me about the very exciting weekend they've had. for starters, a tree fell on the house (they rent) next door. it actually came crashing through the roof and ceiling of my old bedroom. fire.

next, i talked with mom. she said she's started using craigslist as a means for "unloading." however, as she was reporting this to me, mandy went on new york/albany craigslist looking for postings in niskayuna, ny. "is she selling your american girl dolls?" mandy asked. what? mom, i want those.

thus began the craigslist war. hmmm. when selling something that belongs to someone else, please ask before you sell!!!

calling home is always an adventure.

the four things email

so i just wanted to share a)some of my reponses to the "4 things" email, and b) in contrast, some of my sister's responses. here goes:

Four jobs I have had in my life: lifeguard, florist, crew coach, teacher

Four movies I would watch over and over: Love Story, Imagine Me & You, Garden State, and When Harry Met Sally

Four TV Shows that I watch
90210 reruns on soapnet
CSI (Vegas only); reruns on spike
today show/morning news while i get dressed
the L word

4 Places I have been:

San Francisco
Zurmatt, Switzerland
Texas (yuck!)
Paris

Four places I would rather be right now:

still asleep
laying on the beach in the sun
Disneyworld
California

Things I am looking forward to this year:

going to san diego
moving to vt
starting a new job
buying a house....wow what a year!

and now, some of sammie's...

Four jobs I have had in my life:
express
medical receptionist (riverview oncology)
jcrew
rira (hostess, waitress, bartender, manager)

Four movies I would watch over and over:
the break up
big fish
steel magnolias
supertroopers

Four places I have lived:
Niskayuna, NY
Burlington, VT
Medway, MA (one month)
Burlington, VT

Four TV Shows that I watch
Today Show
Jepordy
America's Next top Model
The E! channel

4 Places I have been:
California (san fran, san diego)
Paris, France
Key West, FL

Accross Country

Four places I would rather be right now:
on a runway
boat
moracco
on tv

Things I am looking forward to this year:

leaving my job
killing jenney
getting a dog? just kidding
i have nothing to look forward to....

we are family.... so why premeditated murder? where will you work? what type of runway...at an airport, or in paris??

so this weekend, we'll be in new hampshire with jake (mandy's brother), and i have copious amounts of work to get done, and hopefully the weather will continue to be spring-like and maybe i'll even spy a snowpea. ellen was in boston for an appointment yesterday and mentioned she saw a snowpea in full bloom. ah....the first flowers of spring...always something i look forward to.

sorry, b, that this blog is posted on friday, not thursday, i did fall asleep with my laptop on me...

my new crush

so, this week wasn't the best week ever. even though i didn't have night classes, i didn't seem to have enough time for anything. i spent a couple of hours at barnes & noble reading and relaxing (one of my most favorite pastimes) this morning while mandoo was at work. then, we came home, ate lunch, and napped for a few hours (both had headaches and felt like we smashed into brick walls). bummer.

high points of today:
1. my newest crush: yep, ellen page...hosted snl. love her.

2. an 11pm run to cvs to pick up my meds was actually quite an adventure. interesting characters at cvs at that hour.

3. online shopping with gift cards...crate & barrel and ikea anyone?

4. reading b's blog. i love you dearest friend.

5. reading dorothy surrenders' blog. she makes me laugh out loud. b: check it out for e.p. references

6. the most delicious dinner ever: chickpea & avocado tacos! in vegetarian times last month. i'm sure the recipe is online.

7. mostly, spending snuggle time with mands.

8. people watching at barnes & noble...very interesting

9. realizing that i'm doing the best i can, and not everything can get done on time. oh well!

10. the anticipation of the lword tomorrow night...how exciting.

naughtiest event of the day (g-rated): lily throwing all the hats, mittens & scarves out of the basket in the entry way and onto the floor. reddest.

best new song: sweet pea, apple of my eye from the commercial

tv show i'm loving: snl

best thing i ate today: taco dinner, ice cream cake dessert...

best feeling today (g-rated): snuggly nap in bed

looking forward to: morning trip to ikea tomorrow; clean sheet sunday