A Whole New Meaning

Where Meme found while surfing around tonight . . .


is your cell phone? in my purse...

is your significant other? asleep in bed

is your hair? in a ponytail (the only way I can sleep)

is your mother? at home asleep probably...

is your father? at home asleep as well...

is one of your favorite things? in his bedroom fast asleep since 8:30 (my son)

was your dream last night? was in a store shopping for baby clothes (my cousin is pregnant)

can you get your favorite drink? at home in the refrigerator (iced tea)

are you right now? in the home office

is your ex? living in some apartment by himself in Delaware

is your fear? death

do you want to be in 6 years? married, Ethan in middle school, another child in school...

were you last night? at home

was the last place you drove? home from dinner out at Chicago Uno's

did you grow up? about 5 miles from here

was the last place you ate? see above answer - Uno's (I had a sirloin steak)

is (are) your TV(s)? one in living room, one in kitchen and one in the master bedroom

are your pets? cat is asleep in her bed in the master bedroom

is your computer? one at work on my desk and one here in my home office

is your mood? sleepy..going to bed when I finish this - it's 10:55 p.m.

is your oldest friend? at home asleep (my mom)

is your car? in the driveway

is your wedding ring? I don't have one...

is your favorite store? about 10 miles from here (Target)

is your favorite place to be in the summer? somewhere in the A/C or the beach

was the last place you laughed? this evening in the living room at something Ethan said

was the last place you cried? about 3 months ago when my mom had her surgery (February 1st)

are five places you go on the internet on a regular basis?
Scrabulous (online Scrabble)
Flickr
Coupons.com (Thanks Carol for making me more shop-conscious!)
my banking online site
friends blogs

I had no clue it had been 'that' long since my last post. Does anyone else still read this thing ? :)


Our lives have been extremely busy. House is still on market, but only one showing in over a month. We're thinking of taking it off the market for another year. Haven't made our final decision YET.


The rundown of other stuff:
- We will celebrate our one year anniversary together in May !! I'm trying to come up with something to give him that's meaningful. I'm thinking DVD with 365 slides (365 = days in a year) that tell him reasons I love him. Corny ?
- Ethan's signed up for kindergarten. Hard to believe. We have the first supply list too...fun stuff ahead !
- Daycare is going up yet AGAIN. Up to almost $656 a month. Ouch.
- Just got good news - my old car loan is PAID OFF. Had a call last week said I still owed $1200, and get a letter in the mail today saying it's paid. That's all the proof I need.
- We're going to a 25th wedding anniversary party for his aunt/uncle this weekend. We got a really great gift (we think). I'll post pictures over at Flickr once the bow is tied on it. We shopped at Pier 1, Sur La Table, Michaels and the ABC store to get all the pieces - a huge bowl (fixed like a gift basket) with dish towels, bottles of margarita mixes, the liquor to go in it, salt and sugar for the rims of the 2 new glasses also included. Stopped in Michaels and got the cellophane and ribbon to put around it. They're gonna love it !
- Rob's having oral surgery Friday. They're going to have him under for 4 hours. Taking 2 teeth out, skin grafts, stitches - OUCH ! We stocked up on Jello, yogurt, broths, bottled water and Gatorade. And, we've got plenty of ice for the ice packs for his face.
- Mom is doing well. Thankfully. She's got her first symptom of the cancer medicine (Nexavar). The bottoms of her feet and palms of her hands HURT. She's been wearing slippers (ordered Crocs and some type of slip on shoes from Lands End that hopefully she'll be able to wear). Her blood thinner has been working good and otherwise she's doing well.

Respond with one word meme:

Here are the questions followed by my answers:
1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Relationship? involved
3. Your hair? long
4. Work? busy
5. Your sister? one
6. Your favorite thing? sleep
7. Your dream last night? nothing
8. Your favorite drink? tea
9. Your dream car? drivable
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your shoes? none
12. Your fears? death
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? happy
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? Rob
15. What are you not good at? patience
16. Muffin? lemon
17. One of your wish list items? house
18. Where you grew up? VA
19. Last thing you did? dishes
20. What are you wearing? pants
21. What aren't you wearing? shoes
22. Your pet? cat
23. Your computer? HP
24. Your life? full
25. Your mood? tired
26. Missing? nothing
27. What are you thinking about right now? sleep
28. Your car? Escape
29. Your kitchen? clean
30. Your summer? work
31. Your favorite color? red
32. Last time you laughed? afternoon
33. Last time you cried? forget
34. School? over
35. Love? yes

Just a clarification... I'm NOT engaged. Yet. :) Just talk about the future and what we would both want at a wedding.

Forget where I last left off...so here's another rundown. I need to start allowing myself time to write in paragraph form and not these little lists :)


- lots of house stuff going on . . . if you look at my photos at Flickr you know what I'm talking about.
- getting a family photo done Sunday with my mom, dad and sister. We only have one or two snapshots of us all four in a picture. Mom wanted to get a family picture done (so did my sister and I) before she should potentially get sick from the 'cancer pill'
- got good news...mom's blood results are 2.8. Last week they were 1.7. This means good stuff !
- I've started playing scrabble at Scrabulous.com - it's addicting!
- Wedding talk has begun...just detail related stuff, like what I want and he wants. He told me I should get a head start on making an engagement video CD (I've made quite a few for family stuff, etc. and people love them !). I tricked him into answering when my due date for this 'project' was. He said in about 3 months !! I'll let ya'll know when I know :) I told him to keep me surprised about it all.
- Work has been crazy busy !! New project that's going to be as big as the program I already manage...no extra people to do it with. So - that means lots of extra work!
- Mess with my vehicle loan of the Taurus that was totaled has consumed too many conversations lately. It seems it takes quite a LONG time for paperwork and money to exchange hands between insurance companies. Just found out today the GAP insurance company sent their check yesterday (over a month after my accident) and that the dealership just cancelled my extended warranty and that money will be ready for my pick-up on Thursday so I can mail it to the old loan holder. Whew. About damn time. Now that loan should be paid off and closed SOON !