This is my sweet baby kitty Luna. She loves me like no pet has ever loved me. She likes to watch the Red Sox kick some Yankee butt with me. So we had a pretty awesome weekend. :-)

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.


MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 03/17/09, 15:23:50

I accidentally bought these at lunch. They are black and taupe snakeskin peep toe slingbacks... They are just so pretty.... And mostly_irish told me that I needed them. No one should argue with a pregnant lady, right?

Thank God I wore these today, because I am feeling kind of frumpy and fat. My fabulous shoes were bargains at DSW - 50% off of $70!!!! They are in three shades of patent leather, chocolate, beige and cream, and have a beautiful stacked wooden heel. Actually are fairly comfortable, though I am feeling a slight pinch after walking around at lunch. Not bad though.

What do you think???

So I recently picked up a few pairs of really cute work pants. Only problem was that they are all pretty long, so I have been wearing heels for like 3 weeks straight. And my tootsies hurt. So I was able to find a couple of pairs in the same style, but in petite (like 3 inches shorter!)... So then I needed cute work flats... Auntie Cindy was kind enought to get me a gift card to DSW for Christmas (awesome Auntie, right?) so I got these black patent leather flats - I love them!

And my Sweet Boy, who knows me so very well, says "Baby, do you want to check out the clearance and see if there are any other shoes that you like?" Silly question... I found two more pairs. I will blog them later this week.

Also did some fabulous outlet shopping on Saturday - hurray for the Ann Taylor outlet! I am having a blast with new work clothes. Next on the agenda is nice casual wear - I tend to go from work clothes to jammies with very few options in between....

So I have a new way to blog at work.... it's a little convoluted. First I take a picture on my phone and email it to my flickr account. Then I go to flickr and "blog it". So you may start seeing weird pictures, just so I can have a voice again.

This is a picture of the teensy-weensy conference room that I am hiding in today. I was testing a new application for a cpouple of hours and decided to stay here. It's blissfully quiet and my co-op can't find me and annoy me. (co-ops are like interns but they are full time for a whole semester... mine is a doofus).

So I just bought a new laptop. Well, I ordered it - I won't get it for another 2 weeks, and that just sucks. I am very proud to say that I chose the Promise Pink Dell. I may be an IT, but that doesn't mean I can't be pretty and stylish in my choices. Hmmmmm... "IT - It ain't just for geeks any more... " That should be a school motto or something.

Anywayz... Tonight I am making dinner for my in-laws for my father-in-law's birthday. He requested, and is getting, a cheesecake, and I made "real" cherry topping. Previously I had only used the nasty red canned stuff, which always creeped me out, but I made a cherry pie at Christmas time and found out how easy it was, and so Dad gets a super-special treat tonight. I actually don't like cheese cake so I think I may pick up some cookies for my mother-in-law and myself...

So I need to learn how to garden. Without getting dirty or dealing with bugs or worms. I am not sure I can do that, but I need to give it a shot. I want to grown plum tomoatoes and pumpkins and a bunch of herbs, and a whole bunch of pink, purple and white flowers. I know that I want hydrangeas (I have 4 that I hope survived the winter) and lilies that smell beautiful so I can have cut flowers to make me happy... lavender (duh) and I don't know what else.

Random... Just got a text from a friend posing this question:
if you were watching the circus, what songs do you think would be appropriate for an arial act? I suggested "Come Fly Withy Me" (the Buble version)

I guess tha is all I've got for now... I need to finish a few things before I go home... So what do you think of my new way to blog? :-)

Just want to see if this works...

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

I am late as usual... Wish I could post for real at work, but since I can't I will just have to keep playing catch up.

Let's seeeeeeeeeee

1. Having the day off yesterday so I could bake cookies for Christmas and then there just happens to be a gigantic snowstorm. Yeah, that made me smile.

2. Visiting mostly_irish last week and being greeted by her kid yelling "Didi!!! Boo Boooooooooooo!!!"  That kid digs us.

3.  Luna, sleeping on my lap while I type... even though she decided i should be awake and playing with her from 5 am on... Hmm.  Maybe I should wake her up now and see how she likes that.  That would totally make me smile.

4.  Sitting by the fireplace with Sweet Boy last night, with the tree all lit up and warm cookies right out of the oven.  Good times.

5.  Singing Christmas carols. 

Merry Christmas everyone.

I try to do this every so often - to remember all the things I am
grateful for, and this week, I am especially grateful for my blessings.
Here are just a couple of the most recent ones:

My company laid off 90+ people this week. My team was not hit,
thankfully. We were locked into a room removing people's access to the
various and sundry systems that we support, just in case some one was so
upset that they wanted to make some mischief. All I can do is hope that
this is it. The company has no plans for more lay offs, but, like
everywhere else, that can change. So I am grateful to have kept my job
this week.

I am also grateful that Sweet Boy and I am keeping the "Foster Kitten",
whom I have named Luna... Bella Luna, when I am feeling fanciful. I
love this wee kitty who crawls into bed with us every night and curls up
against one of us every night and purrs like a little motor whenever we
pet her.

I am grateful for our little house, that is so often full of friends and
family. I love how cozy it is, and how our friends' kids never want to
leave (we are not sure why - we have very few toys for kids, but somehow
we have a place where kids are happy - I think that is so cool).

If I don't get to blog before Thanksgiving, I hope you all have many
blessings to be thankful for!

xoxo

MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 11/21/08, 16:28:00

I was promised Halloween pictures from littlepoesweb to help distract me from what I expected the outcome of tonight's election.  Right now I am grateful that we know longer have a gas oven, or I would be trying to pull my Sweet Boy's head from it.  So I could fit mine in there.

Oh yeah.  I will be 34 years old in like 39 minutes and that has a very old ring to it.  I don't often get worked up about my age (and in general I freaking lOVE my birthday) but I am feeling a little... perplexed... how exactly did I go from being a hot young 22 year old with no concept of what she wanted from life, to a 34 year old woman with a career, husband, house, etc.  Good stuff, mind you.  I am not complaining ( well except about the extra 40 pounds that that sassy little 22  never had to worry about.  It's just weird.  Spending tomorrow with my beloved Sweet Boy.  It's his birthday too.  I hate sharing.  Ppffffft.

God bless America.  Please.

Today I seem to be unable to maintain my trademark optimism. It started
with my company-wide meeting where the CEO announced in realistic, but
not at all uncompassionate terms, that we may be looking at layoffs. I
hope and pray that my team (and I, or course) will be safe, since we
lost a team member who we were not allowed to replace. The message was
not wholly unexpected given the state of the economy, but it did sort of
punch me in the gut.

Petty aggravations of the day merely add to the mood. An annoying
conference call. An annoying email. Etc.

Tonight was supposed to be a fun night. My cousin's girlfriend, who
Sweet Boy and I just adore, is coming to our house for her birthday
dinner of my infamous mac & cheese, and vanilla cupcakes with fudge
frosting. Delish.

But before I sit down for a little cocktail with my dinner, I am going
to a wake. And I think it may be a very, VERY bad one. My uncle's
long-time girlfriend's 17 year old niece has passed away after a long
bout with cancer. I was told this morning that was in and out of
consciousness, but that she rallied enough to tell her parents that she
loved them, but that she had to go. I hope that that fact that she knew
that she was going meant that she somehow knew that she was going to a
place of peace.

I just need to get through today, so that tomorrow will be better... oh.
I think that may be my optimism. I hope so.


MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 10/15/08, 13:11:43

Arrrrrrrrrr!  For those of ye who arrrrrrrr unawares, tomorrow be Talk Like A Pirate Day!!!!

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Mentioned it to me Cap'n and to The Big Cap'n today at work.  The Big Cap'n was not on-board, but he is a fan of the Booty.  TMI?

Holy Crap! Why have I, Queen of all that is Fattening and Full of
Cholesterol, NEVER made my own butter?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01food-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogi
n

I've totally got to try this.



MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 09/09/08, 13:23:04

When I was in Catholic schools we were often asked to pray for a
"Special Intention". Something where you don't have the details, but
you just ask God to help take care of things.
Today a good friend is going to be having a very tough day (more on that
later), so can I please ask you all to pray for a Special Intention
today?
Thanks...


MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 08/20/08, 08:48:54

"If you're afraid of butter, use cream."
-Julia Child
We would have been friends.

MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 08/15/08, 16:15:56

Frizzy bad hair day
Endless rain pisses me off
Enough already

MFS Mail Relay Service made the following annotation on 08/12/08, 10:51:41