I've had a great day, filled with snuggles from my daughters and GIRL TIME at a clothing exchange party at
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3countylaugh's -- and yes, there was boozing and dishing and nekkidness! I had some pomegranate liqueur, which I mixed with blueberry juice and put over ice, and it was sweet and anti-oxidant-errific. There was also wine, soy jerky (not my thing), veggies & dip, and "Smart Puffs," yum. Those of us who had been through labor ended up (of course) talking about our labors. Other women's labors are a source of endless fascination to me. I met some fab new people, some of whom are about to move closer to me, hooray!
Oh, and did I mention I got fabulous new clothes? And did I mention they were free? I got a fitted leather jacket -- I've never owned a leather jacket before! -- some WICKED pointy black leather strappy boots originally from Nordstrom, a dramatic cape from Italy, a whole bunch of skirts and tops, and a dress that looks like I was poured into it. Rrrrrrrr.
Also today, Andrew made me a Chocolate Cheesecake for my birthday. Wellllllll, honesty compels me to admit that him making me the Chocolate Cheesecake was my idea. And I was the one who went to the store for the ingredients. And I ended up making most of it myself. But he totally gets all the credit for it. :-)
Right now one kid is in bed, the other is almost in bed, and later will be the Eating Of The Chocolate Cheesecake with
tatterdamelion and son upstairs for the occasion. And then I'll get to put away all my Fabulous New Clothes and *squeeee* again at the awesomeness of getting rid of old clothes and getting new wonderful clothes, free, from fabulous people who could tell me the story behind some of the things I got.autumnbottom, tatterdamelion, aawhitewood, Nikki & Ryan, Tom & Mandy, and lesserseattle & family. scifisy and juniperjournal were busy; one working and the other hiking).Yes, of those 12 people -- 11, if you don't count the one-year old -- 6 have LiveJournals. Wow. This is how my generation keeps in touch.
I went a bit overboard with the food, although not as much as I secretly wanted to. Pictures --
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Wow.
Today there's a housewarming party for Nikki and Ryan, whose house my baby shower was at back in March.
And then tonight is a bachelorette party for our friend Lupa, who's marrying her boyfriend John in August.
Many people we know are getting married, buying houses, and having babies.
Oh, and Peter finally finished his Ph.D. in Computer Science, so now he's Dr. Mork!
Today is the day that he, Jenny and Skyler are moving to Maryland so he can start his fancy new job at MITRE (http://www.mitre.org). They love their new house in Rockville, and Peter's very excited about this job, so although we miss them already, it's for the best. So far, Vivian's gift to me has been several poopy diapers -- green poop. Green like grass clippings.
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