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Merry Christmas to us, a bit early!

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Class of 1998, 10-year Reunion
September 2008

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So, this isn't exactly Foto Friday, moreso along the lines of Film Friday - but this is too good to pass up.

My BFF has recently contemplated what underwear would be appropriate to wear during some doctoring. She wondered .... do you let it all hang out and wear a thong? Or do you cover up with some granny panties?

During a recent shopping excursion with my mother, we found the perfect solution!

So, I did what any other good BFF would do. I tucked them into a small gift bag, wrote a little poem and presented the new gift.

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words.

Well, this video must be worth 1,000,000.

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An impromptu lunch with fellow bloggers....

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My furbaby, Cosmo (fondly known as MoMo, or about 2 dozen other goofy names). He's my "firstborn".....the first cat that was ever officially mine. Sure, growing up we had cats .... but they were family pets. Never really specially bought for me.

In November of 1996 my boyfriend at the time picked me up from school and put a box on my lap. Inside was a black ball of fur, with booger bubbles coming out of his nose. Poor thing had an upper respiratory infection and my mom and I had to force feed him pink liquid medicine (have you ever tried giving a cat liquid medicine?). He was the cutest little furball ever, and he's still my bestest little bud 11 years later.

Just recently I had a moment where I was petting him, and realizing he's already been in my life for a good portion of his kitty cat years and I started to cry. When my good friend, Melissa just lost her kitty, it tugged at my heart strings, not only because I just got to kitty sit this summer and Lucky and I had a special "bond" over cat treats, but because it made me realize that someday I'll be in that boat, too.

Throughout the years, I've gone through the loss of 5 cats. A couple (Wubs and Caeser) of them were when I was much younger, so I don't really remember the time (though, I remember the cats). I remember when my buddy, Binky, crossed the rainbow bridge. I came home from school, and he was gone. I was so incredibly upset that they took him away before I could say goodbye. Then, Tommy, our tabby (the three previous cats were all black), who could do tricks. He got really sick, and was pacing and pacing, just walking from one side of the apartment to the other. We knew something wasn't right; that it was his time, too. And then, the most recent was a few years ago. Our part Siamese, only female, Stephanie (because she had nice "software" (movie Short Circuit where Johnny 5 says "Nice software Stephanie!")) had a cyst by one ear that got bigger and bigger (it didn't seem to bother her, so the vet said it wasn't likely serious) and then it started oozing, and her ears started oozing....I remember driving my mom to the vet, Stephanie in a box on her lap because she was oozing so bad, we wanted to keep her contained (and she wasn't fond of car rides either). She was trying so hard to get out of that box, meowing desperately....it broke my heart.

And now as I write this, I've got tears streaming down my face....missing those 5 kitties like crazy. Longing for one more snuggle. And it kills me that my adorable little furball, MoMo is happily bounding around the house, and I know that someday he's going to leave me, too.

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4 weeks! I haven't bitten my nails in four weeks. I love the way they look, but I am noticing them when trying to complete daily tasks. It'll take some getting used to, but I'm lovin' it! The desire to bite isn't there anymore, and I hope it stays that way.

(Side Note: I love that there is a piece of lint on my sweater, and that you can see residue from my last polish color....nice)

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Our first ice! But it's not just any ordinary ice! You see, it's not like we are under blizzard conditions or anything like that.

During the night, the irrigation system in the common areas gave all the bushes and trees on the berm a good soaking. Since it was in the 20s .... well, you get the idea.

I first saw it when I left for work this morning (without my camera - mental note: really should start carrying camera around at ALL TIMES), and luckily there was still a pretty nice scene when I got back home this afternoon.

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If you read over at Melissa's you may have read the PVC related post. We had such a good time in Galena. So above is the gang that all traveled out there to celebrate Melissa's birthday.

These are some of the greatest ladies I know. :)

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In honor of the holiday just passed.

The kids had a fantastic Halloween. It didn't get too chilly until the sun went down, and the drizzle they were calling for avoided us. We just did in our subdivision, and the kids got a load of candy. More than they'll ever be able to eat, so I guess I'll just have to lend a hand with that (oh, darn!)

I must say though, eating a bunch of fun sized candy bars before going to bed 2 nights in a row had made for some interesting and vivid dreams. But that's a whole other post in itself!