HopelessRomantics

This was in my angelquote from Natasha yesterday, and I thought you all might enjoy it :-) THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE..... Falling in love. Laughing so hard your face hurts. A hot shower. No lines at the Super Walmart. A special glance. Getting mail. Taking a drive on a scenic road. Hearing your favorite song on the radio. (OH YES!!) Lying in bed listening to the rain outside. Hot towels out of the dryer. Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price. Chocolate milkshake. A long distance phone call. A bubble bath. Giggling. A good conversation. The beach. Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter. Laughing at yourself. Midnight phone calls that last for hours. Running through sprinklers. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful. Laughing at an inside joke. Friends. Falling in love for the first time. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep. Your first kiss. Making new friends or spending time with old ones. Playing with a puppy. Late night talks with your roommate. Having someone play with your hair. Sweet dreams. Hot chocolate. Swinging on swings. Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love. Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking eggnog. Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid. Going to a really good concert. Making eye contact with a cute stranger. Making chocolate chip cookies! Hugging the person you love. Watching the expression someone's face as they open a much-desired present from you. Watching the sunrise. Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God for another beautiful day. Those are great!! :-)

This comes courtesy Biz: Find your "spirit" cheese. I'm a cheddar.

I'm back! My brain isn't back yet, but my body is here LOL! Florida was great - we got to see all of my dad's family and spent time on the beach and went to the Magical Kingdom (Disneyworld :-) ) and it was a BLAST! If I had more time, I'd give you a full recap, but I've used all my time that I'm supposed to be using to get ready for work! Hugs, friends!!!!!!!!!!

Only 2 1/2 more hours until Kristine comes back! LOL HR Blog has been super quiet because Kristine has been in Florida for a week, and I've been working at my daycare every weekday. I miss her SOOOOO much. *g* Hear that, Lady K? Come back! Come back! (Imagine Kate Winslet saying that...) I love my job though, and I have cute kid stories up the wazoo. <.g> I love this one little girl who giggles with such delight every time she gets a match playing Old Maid. LOL I've also been hanging out at the Harry Potter message boards. I'm addicted to Harry!! I adore the books more than none other. Except the Anne books. I can only hope that the Harry movie is better than Anne 3, although I can't imagine it could be worse!

I like this story :-) It made me smile. Even though kids can do crazy things like this, I think I still one some

// posted by Kristine @ 7/18/2000 10:26:15 AM

So this makes me sad. Its a beautiful picture but I feel very sad for Kandee and what she's going through. My prayers are with you, my friend.

I'm so proud of myself - I actually made it through all of my daily blogs!! I need to do this more often <.g> After the wedding, Kristine, after the wedding!

Wow! I'm so impressed that Cecily made so much jam!! Can I have some??!

Kristin makes wants me to play The Sims even more than I already did! After my wedding, that's what I'm gonna buy!!!

House of Boo Boo's - a technicolor dream - What a neato opening to a blog. I'm just super impressed :-) It has real thought and has the kind of things that I'm thinking about right now :-) I definately will be returning :-)

Kandee, I'm sending thoughts your way today, hoping that someday soon, your wishes for dozens of babies will come true :-) I can tell just by your writing that you are a loving mom who would make many children feel lucky to have you there for them.... and that's the kind of mom that deserves lots of kids :-) {{{{hugs}}}} to you, my friend :-)

I am SUPER glad that today is friday. What a long week! We started work at 7:30 instead of 8 this week, which meant that not only did I have to get there by 7:15 to open all up, but I had to walk to work because that was way earlier than Eric needs to get up. And besides all that, it cuts out all of my morning time with him. I'm missing that so much. So its been a lot of work, and I'm gonna be glad for the weekend. Even though its been a week with a holiday day!!!!

Know what really annoys me? The fans of the TV show Remember WENN. WENN was a wonderful show. It had drama, it had comedy, it had irony, realistic characters, and fun and exciting plots. It also got canceled 2 years ago. But all the fans focus on is that it was canceled! They whine, moan, and complain about AMC and Mark Juris taking away their show. They like being miserable. They revel in it. Instead of going over the characters or nuances that pop up with every new viewing, they just whine. I don't get it. They talk about how the characters are wellrounded and unstereotypical, but pigeon hole every one of them. Betty is the saint, Scott is the sexy rogue who everyone must love. Well, guess what. Betty's boring and Scott's not the only guy on the show. They ignore all of the other rich characters for the "main" three - Scott, Betty, Victor. Who, of course, are a triangle. Not only that, but they wear rose colored glasses in view of the past and the characters. Biz and I have pretty much become lepers in the community because we realize that the 40s weren't so different from now. Maple and Scott are certainly no virgins. Jeff and HIlary lived together for years without being married. These people all had sex lives. Suggest that to one of the "main" cliquey fans, though, and they'll very sweetly and condescendingly tell you that people in the 1940s didn't have premarital sex. If you disagree with them, they freeze you out, after they use some perverse logic to prove their views. This has been going on for years, and it just annoys the hell out of me. Tonight, Biz and I struck back - we created a list called WENNrefugees where people can speak freely about this cool show. No talk of AMC or Marc Juris is allowed, and neither is whining. We're sick of people who are narrow minded and with small views, who bully everyone into thinking the way they do. That extends to bigger topics than a TV show, of course, but this is what is making me mad tonight. : )

I got to go out with some friends last night for my friend Jennifers bridal shower. It was really a lot of fun because I haven't seen these girls for a long time, and this is the first time I've been out with anyone but Eric or my sisters/mom for months and months. It reminds me how much I like having friends. I know that these events couldn't happen too frequently because Keri is in Everett, and Jennifers moving to Walla Walla, but it sure was fun, and Heidi and Shannon live around here. I wonder if we'll do anything together again? It was lots of fun to see Heidis house - very inspiring to see a young married couple with a house and stuff :-) Its crazy - all these girls graduated from HS the year after me, and they are will be married as of next weekend - some of them for several years!!! Its nice to feel like I have friends sometimes :-)

I'm jealous of this - I want a cable modem!!! I know that @home has been saying they are foming to my area for a while, but they aren't here yet. So there's NOTHING faster than a dialup option right now. But I can't wait until something comes here ;-)

I actually played with some graphics this morning. Maybe my dry spell is coming to an end? I had lots of fun in Expression and Paint Shop Pro :-) Maybe I'll share the artsy one here ;-)

I can totally relate to everything that Randomness says :-) 'Specially the messy desk one <.giggle>