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Coasters: 2006

Last year, I explained the history of The Coasters here. Short version: a wedding gift from a cousin to Tom and me of plastic lime-green coasters ended up being traded back and forth between Lynne and me over the years, until her son Jess got engaged and I brought his fiancée Laura into the mix.

Then last December, I pre-empted what I feared would be a return of the coasters to me by giving Laura lemon-slice coasters and Lynne watermelon-slice coasters. Laura also got some sponges with fruit slices on them and some fruit-slice candles. Because she’s so sweet, I figured she deserved a little something extra.

Sure enough, on Christmas Day 2005, the lime-slice coasters came home to me. Fine. That just meant I’d have to regift them.

continuing coaster saga with photos here

Santa, Baby

Tom and I got the package. Are you reading this? I just wanted to say thank you. In one way, I’m not surprised, because you remind me that what I believe is true: People are compassionate, thoughtful, and selfless, and they peform acts of kindness without expecting or wanting anything in return.

In another way, of course, I am surprised, because it came out of the blue and I have absolutely no idea who Santa is.

All I can say, again, is thank you from Tom and me. You’ll never know how much it means to us.

And I will do what you asked me to do.

Baking Night at The Compound

Friday was completely a SCORE! day. We received a box as big as my living room from Jim which I haven’t opened yet. I’m thinking it may contain a Mercedes G500. Jim, you shouldn’t have!

A box came from my secret Santa in Tom’s family–it’ll remain unopened until Monday. A box came from Timmy, and among other things, he sent cookies (OMG, SO GOOD) in this adorable tin, which I didn’t let Lynne see or she would steal it:

read/see more here

No More Drama

I don’t do/like drama.
I accept that shit happens. Sometimes bad shit. When it does, if there’s something to be done about it, I take action, because that’s part of my Aries nature. If there’s nothing to be done, I try to subscribe to the “what is” way of life rather than the “what if” way of life. “What if” leads to anxiety and/or regret, and neither of those is a state I want to be in.

All that being said, 2006 is definitely going to be remembered as a year of drama at The Compound: mainly, dog drama.

read more and see photos here

My anniversary

I just realized that December 13 is my second anniversary on LiveJournal. Happy anniversary to me and LiveJournal! When I started this, I had around five readers. Now I look at my site statistics and wonder who the heck all you people are. You’re always welcome to comment here or send me e-mail. But whether you just lurk or whether you interact, thanks for reading. Thanks for buying our books or my novel. Thanks for tolerating my obsessions and being happy for all the good things I talk about and for not anonymously telling me that I’m an evil rat killer.

And for those of you who I met through LiveJournal, you all rock my world. =)

Decorating, Part 2

Last night, Tom and I went out to Green Acres to do a little decorating with Lynne. Years ago, every holiday season, Lynne and her sister, Liz, helped my heart grow three sizes larger with their decorating, baking, and other such holiday madness. Lynne is a Christmas ho.

So, while Tom put the lights on a ginormous tree that makes my tree look like a shrubbery…

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