would we have donkeys?

V-day package!! V-day package!! V-day package!!

i got my valentine's day package yesterday. peeps and beans of jelly and cookies and those sweet tart candy hearts that i love, and gummies and chocolate covered raisins that zelda helped me sample. not only was it filled with delicious treats, but my tea that i bought at christmas (which i am currently drinking) and a copy of 'extras' season one. it is a lot like the office hilarious and sad at the same time. i like it because of the guests that they have. season one has a lot of english actors that i don't know, but kate winslet makes an appearance. season two has a lot bigger names: david bowie, daniel radcliff (HPotter), chris martin, diana rigg, ian mckellen, and my personal favorite orlando bloom. the actors are so hilarious because they are weird and arrogant and a little neurotic. i recommend it if you liked the office. but i do feel sorry for the main character, because he can never get a break.

swipes burned me a copy of judy collins' 'colors of the day' (of which i am currently listening) i was looking on amazon for a cd of her, but i couldn't find one that had all the songs i wanted, so she added the fisherman song and now it's perfect. as i was browsing her albums, i saw a lot of the ones that mamsis had, but i also saw her very early ones. she looked so different to me as a young woman. and then i saw the cover of 'judith' and i laughed to myself. i once told mom that i thought she was posing like that to cover a pimple on the side of her face, because she had the same pose on the back cover too.

it was 60 degrees yesterday when i went to work, and was snowing on the way home. and it is still snowing now. anyone that wants some snow can come and visit me!

have the boy lay out my formal shorts

yesterday was my valentine's day dinner with josh. he made reservations at a restaurant on the side of a mountain that was built on the same site as an actual fort. they served a lot of game and we drank out of mason jars. i thought this was a little odd since the dress was business casual. even though i have to dress up almost everyday for work, it was nice to wear a skirt and my tall shoes.
i had lamb chops and josh had the game plate which had buffalo, elk, and quail. it was a very good meal and worth the 30 minute drive. and now i get to frost the heart shaped cakes that i'm taking in to work tomorrow. and i get to have peeps for breakfast from mamsis' package. more on that tomorrow.

ask lucy, she was raised like a boy

that was what one of the techs said about me the other day when our delivery man asked her about a part on his car (he is mexican and was unsure of the english word). at first i was a little miffed about this comment, but i don't think i should have been. and i know she didn't mean to offend me.

there are worse things that being raised like a boy, and it's not like i can't do girl things either. i also get teased because i bake cookies and cakes. i was asked why i liked it, because i suppose it's not normal. that's why i like izzy from grey's anatomy so much because she bakes to cheer up her friends and herself. i don't think many girls quilt and change brake pads in the same day, but i think it is useful to know both skills and i'm glad that i do. it just makes me a more well rounded and interesting person.

here is a picture to entice my parents to come and see me.

i don't know how to teach, i'm a professor

i am a bad sister. i didn't call rachel on skype today to wish her a happy birthday. i didn't even send her an e-card with some silly message. i had to work this morning and by the time i got home, it was 11 pm in germany. sorry ra, i was thinking about you today, and how much older you are than me, hee hee. i mean how much wiser.

i decided that since my last project was completed, i needed a new project. i finally got some of my pictures developed, so that seemed like a good thing to do. i love to organize! the problem is that i didn't want to scrapbook them, i just wanted to put them in a photo album. and i only have two. both of which were full (or almost completely)
so i thought that i would consolidate the photos and get rid of the ones that didn't come out: too blurry or dark or flash in the middle of it. but then as i looked through the ones from high school, it made me sad, because i couldn't remember some of their names, but i knew i was friends with them at the time. and then i thought about if i was in some of their throw away pictures and they couldn't remember me. but then i looked through some more, and i saw perfectly good pictures of my sister and her friends, ruined by some jerk who's name i didn't know. and my sadness was replaced quickly replaced by annoyance. and guilt because i don't keep in touch with people that i should. but i let myself off the hook a little since my friends don't call or e-mail either, so i am only partly to blame.

i watched the end of futurama today, and i must say that i was a little disappointed. i wondered if the writers knew it was the last show, or else fox just didn't pick it up for another season. i confess that i wanted leela to end up with zap, but that's not how they left it. i'll just imagine my own ending like when i watch gone with the wind.

and speaking of the weather, it's snowing again here. the idiots are in a panic, again, so work was busy today. most people were very patient and understanding and i only had one jerk to deal with during the day which i think is my all time best. my mamsis would say that 'you need to be more sympathetic because people are sick and they are just trying to feel better' but i was very nice today and patient with (most of) the customers.

josh took me out to dinner, and who do you suppose was sitting across from us? that's right, a guy eating alone. josh made fun of me because i feel sorry for people that eat alone (but not sorry enough to invite them over). i guess it's because i'm not brave enough to eat by myself, although this guy looked pretty happy, so i did my best not to think about him. but now i'm thinking that maybe i should have been more friendly even though he probably would have mistaken it for creepiness. i'm not going out again.

oh, you mean X-mas. you must be using and archaic pronunciation, like when you say ask instead of aks

last thursday, josh and i braved blizzard #2 (blizzard #1 can be seen in a previous post) to travel to indiana. we got to DIA and were suprised to see that our flight was still on schedule, but were told to watch the monitor and listen to the announcements. we finally got on the plane and had to wait for it to be de-iced before we could take off. i was rather impressed that we took off at all considering how much snow we got. mamsis and trink were kind enough to pick us up at 1:30 am and even get us (eggnog for me) shakes!

on friday i met my nephew Ellis and was overwhelmed at his cuteness even josh enjoyed playing with him. then we had our pictures taken. there were 130 pictures taken of eli; josh and me: 6. he makes for a cuter model i suppose. i spent the rest of the day playing with babies and wrapping prezzies for mamsis. ellis tried to help, but he just sat on the bed. babies are NOT very good helpers


saturday was Christmas! i got loads of prezzies. but it was much more fun to see everyone else open theirs. i am finally and adult, sigh. but here is a mini showcase.

i got dinosaur rain boots for silas and mamsis found a matching rain slicker. everytime silas wanted to go outside, he would grab his boots and ask someone to help him put them on. then it was outside for some puddle jumping
paddington for eli
mallow gun for dad

and cross stich for mamsis

ellis and silas were very excited for christmas, and i think the excitement took its toll on the lads; they both had to take naps before the end of the morning.