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Not much going on today so consider yourself meme'd
This was stolen from Geeky Witch
21 Firsts Meme

1.Who was your first prom date? Tom S.

2. Who was your first roommate? Wendy

3. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time? Southern Comfort (still cannot stand to smell the stuff)

4. What was your first job? Cashier in a grocery store, which also happened to be my first and only union job, as in the North American Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workman union.

5. What was your first car? 1963 Red VW Bug

6. When did you go to your first funeral? 1967 (I think) for my maternal grandfather

7. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown? well actually home moved away from me at 17.

8. Who was your first grade teacher? Miss Ames and she wore red lipstick that was usually smeared and on her teeth.

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? From Binghamton, NY to Boston, to London

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with? The Big 18 – you all know who you are!

11. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends? Chris, and yes we are still friends, I'm off to visit her soon too.

12. Where was your first sleepover? Sandy and Valerie's house

13. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day? Nancy or my sister

14. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen? Lynnie's – it was a tres horrible seafoam dress with the big butt-bow and hamhock puff sleeves – absolutely hideous! what we do for a friends.

15. What is the first thing you do in the morning? turn on the news

16. What was the first concert you ever went to? Frank Zappa and the Mothers

17. First tattoo or piercing? I got my ears pierced when I was 13 in James A. Mitchener's kitchen (yes THE James A. Mitchener) and I got my first tattoo at 47

18. First celebrity crush? Jim Morrison

19. Age of first real kiss with tongue? 13-ish

20. First crush? Jimmy Huckle – Kindergarten.

21. First REAL love? Steve

Am I the coolest Mom in the world or just insane?

For days my darling daughter has been campaigning bugging me to do this.  So last night I left work early, drove her into Arlington and stood in the freezing cold for over two and a half hours.  We were about 5th in line.  Fortunately another one of her friends and her mom were there to share the pain experience and even more importantly there was a Starbucks around the corner so we could huddle around cups of hot coffee.

DD has been a Dresden Dolls fan for years, so how could I say no?

Finally they opened the doors to the Regent Theater letting only a few in at a time, then we went down and were placed in various seats in the theater.  I was put in the second row (which turned out to be the front row in the video) sitting next to Mary (the U of Maine student who had also stood and froze with us in line). Grace was immediately told that “she was exactly what they were looking for” so she was seated just behind me.

They then spent another 45 minutes to an hour setting up the shot that scanned the audience in the theater while we the audience sang our Ah-h-h-h’s to the tape of the new song “Sing” and stopping clearly focused on Grace front and center

After two takes we were outta there and home by 10:25pm

Oh and BTW, the video for “Sing” will be out sometime in April.

 

Team Boston and Knitting Olympics

Don’t you just love it when something takes off?  As everyone in the knitting blog world knows the the reigning Harlot issued a challenge.  And not being the kind of knitter to pass that by, I joined.  Then I came upon THIS!

 

 

 

 

 

So of course I have to join in.  I sure hope I can get a few hats done.

Well blow me down!

Last night we had hurricane force winds in the area and it took down one of my 80+ foot pines.  Fortunately the wind was gusting in the right direction so it fell into the woods rather than onto the house.  The tree was only about 25 feet from the house. I wasn’t home but it sure scared the daylights out of Gracie.

It was a bleak and stormy night….

or at least that’s what I’m blaming it on.  For some reason known only to the Net Gods my old blogging service has disappeared into the dark abyss.  Perhaps they are being held as enemy combatants in Guantanamo?  I just don’t know.  But if you stop hearing from me in the near future, contact … well you know who to contact… but whatever you do, do not contact the NSA.

So until the agents show up at my house I will continue to blog about my life, the universe and all things fiberific.

This past weekend I drove up to Portsmouth to join the “Joining Party”.  Yes there were discussion on Afghan, but this refers to the blanket and not the country, but we never know who is really listening and reading now do we.  But enough paranoia for now.

This was the party to put together the gorgeous afghans that are being raffled off to support The Ships Project

It was so nice to finally get to meet some of the nice people in the NETA Group .  Now I can hardly wait to go to SPA weekend in February!

The hardest part about Saturday, was resisting all the goodies everyone brought.  I did very well and stuck to the South Beach Diet up until someone brought out the to-die-for Ricotta Pie! I confess I had a sliver and it was worth every calorie! YUMMY!  Still down 10 (plus) pounds since I’m not really sure where I started but it’s a very conservative guesstimate

Sunday, I spent the day cleaning… nothing to note, although I have to say I love, love, love my new Floormate.  I no longer have to get on my hands and bad knees to scrub the kitchen and bathroom floors.  I don’t think my floors have been this clean in a long time.

And today, well today, is my birthday.  I’m still not sure how I got to be 52.  When did that happen?  So Happy Birthday to me!