Tell You [a] Little Story

Happy birthday to my brilliant, fun, sensitive, would-do-anything-for-me-when-it-comes-right-down-to-it brother. And might I add, handsome. He is so very handsome.

How was your day? I heard you bought tickets for New York and Philly for March. We went to RCWilley Outlet today to buy a bed. We left with a bed and a tv. That's how we roll: we'd rather risk not getting the best (whatever) if it means we don't have to comparison shop and/or do research on it. The faster the purchase (when the husband and kids are involved), the better. The tv salesman's eyes lit up when he told us about the new Sony Bravia that just came out, and he was young and obviously in-the-know, so we bought it. Yay us. (I'm going to leave for just a moment now to do a quick search on it, just to make sure we did ok. Be right back.) For some reason when we set the tv up, our cable access instantly multiplied from basic cable channels to lots of 'em. Don't know why that happened, but Elliot is excited about Saturday morning television watching prospects. Did your students sneak in booze in their suitcases again?   I got my hair cut. How did ...

Cool people who came to Calvin's baby blessing. Gold star to my fabulous Aunt Paula for attending three hours of church! Our new dining table. We need new chairs. Looking for funky, or yellow, or mismatched, or plastic, or something not brown wood. The wall of pictures of people I love makes me very happy at Christmastime. Add us to your Christmas card list and send us your picture so I can be happy when I walk by this wall and think about how much I love you. Milo is fly. Norah, all bronzed up! She's available for makeup consulting, if you maybe need a few pointers.

("Four...four...four...forget it!")

I hurt my back. I spent a good three days in bed. I went to two chiropractors. I decided that chiropractors need to do less tapping on my temple, more massage and stretch. I am starting to feel better today. But I still walk crooked. My clogging class is totally doable. Our first test got pushed back until next week, which will give my back plenty of time to heal completely, before I injure it again. I like 30 Rock. I'm looking forward to the only tv show I try to catch as it happens: Lost season 6 starts soon. When, exactly, does it start? Our tv doesn't really work anymore. We got it from my generous brother as a hand-me-down when we got married. We got married 12.5 years ago. Buying a new tv isn't something I really want to do, but I guess I should if I'm going to be watching Lost. Any ideas for a new tv? We don't really want to spend a lot of cash on it. Steve is a great husband. Sometimes I'm really overcome with gratitude for him and what a good person he...

Here is a quick accounting of every half credit PE or Dance class I have taken since starting college: Fitness For Living: take measurements of your body fat, don't really go to class, I can't remember what else A- Beginning Folk Dance: learn some Hungarian/Russian/Irish dances, have lots of fun A- Beginning Bowling: bowl every day, learn how to score bowling, bowl bowl bowl, flirt with Bowling John who rejects your subtle attempts to get him to ask you out and then when you see him next year on the first day of your political science class and you smile warmly and sit next to him he motions behind his back for his friend to rescue him and his friend says, "John, that's a nice ring you have on your finger!" and you say, "Oh, you got married?" embarassedly and never sit by him again, and mostly just bowl all the time A Ethnic Dance (Polynesian): do the hula, shake your hips, do the Tongan rope/ball things B+ Beginning Racquetball: sign up for this class w...