Darlin

So, I go into the comic book store, take my daughter with me, we're on a mission.  I've just sorted most of my comic book collection and want all of them stored in official comic book boxes instead of old Grippo boxes etc.  I think four small boxes will do because the long boxes I have are really heavy when full.  So we make a beeline towards the boxes, she grabs two long ones I grab two short ones then balk because they don't have more short boxes and I'm going to be stuck with long ones again.  But resigned we take them up to the counter and as I'm on my way this is what an older gent with white hair says to me:

"What are you going to do with those boxes?"

I almost stopped in my tracks.  I looked at him rather confused because, well after all they were comic book boxes.  Several things went through my mind.  Should I say something like, "Gonna store my jewelery or maybe my shoes"?  I know I looked at him a little quizzically though as I told him I was going to put comic books in them.  He just kind of looked at me. 

I seldom go to this comic book store even though it's closer to me than the other one I used to go to but now that I think of it maybe I've never seen a woman in there so maybe that was it.  At any rate the cashier convinced me to buy unassembled boxes which was a horrible hassle even though I did get four short ones.  Next time I'll go to my old comic book store where the guys actually talk to you as if you're a normal person buying comic book boxes. 

Btw, cast is off, I'm walking with a cane and I'm off the injections so life as I knew it has ressumed again thankfully.

Okay, forgive me for not making a cut for this, I've not much patience of late and can't seem to make it work.  . . . I could almost scream.

No updates because, well . . . May 26th fell down the last basement step on way to garage because I was carrying too many bags and things so I couldn't see - idiot.  Managed to gather all up then stand despite pain, went to work, iced ankle, tried to be nice.  Ended up limping back to car which I parked close in visitor parking, went home, limped around to get a few things done, got back in car, picked up Sinjin, got food for us (no way was I cooking), went home where he met my youngest then we ate on the back screened in porch which is my little spot of heaven on earth. 

 

Rodney, my ex boyfriend the firefighter who started calling me again last year after years of silence, called while Sinjin and I were outside, told him I couldn’t talk, took Sinjin to airport hugged him good bye in car, couldn't possibly go inside with him (it was a good visit), called Rodney back after got home, he demanded I come see him – odd but so typical of him.  I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea since he’s married now and told him so and had in fact told him last year I would never visit him at the fire station again but when I told him about my foot and asked him did he want me to limp over there he demanded to look at it and I gave in because it wasn’t the usual sprain I’ve had before.

 

Would not have gone to hospital if not for Rodney my own personal EMT.  I suppose it helps to have an ex-boyfriend who’s a firefighter.  Gosh he looked gorgeous..  He wrapped my foot in a splint w/gauze and gave me another Cincinnati Fire Fighter t-shirt and I almost cried.  The last one I threw away after I stopped seeing him because it reminded me too much of him.  It was never that I didn’t love him only that I knew we weren’t compatible and I was tired of him not having enough time for me.  Nothing’s changed there.  Break up was for the best and I'm glad after all this time we can be friends.

 

May 27th was at the hospital from 10pm the night before to nearly 6am the next day.  Got home and fell asleep on the large leather couch in the living room for two hours then people started to call but I slept another two hours off and on then Sinjin called, made it safely to his destination thankfully.  I then hobbled upstairs on my crutches and rolled into bed where I slept for eight solid hours.  I would’ve slept longer but my youngest heard I was up and came in so I went downstairs and she fed me, or rather got food and drinks for me - I sound like a baby!  We watched two days of recorded General Hospitals fast forwarding through most of the mess then enjoyed Make me into a Supermodel with the to die for gorgeous Tyson.  Checked my e-mail, browsed LJ, checked for new stories at ff.net and the RoLo Realm, sent one to my work addy to read later and then after mindless television went back to sleep.

 

May 28th got about six hours of sleep and struggled to get ready for work.  Not that difficult but tiring.  Wish I’d been lifting weights more but I’m not out of shape so . . . and yet I feel like it.  Hopping, on crutches, standing on one leg, it’s exhausting.  Youngest drove me to work, held doors open for me but my purse was in the way - duh, (brought a backpack after that), found flowers waiting for me on my desk, immediately thought, "ugh" but they were pretty and it was a nice gesture yet totally unnecessary and I felt required to give thanks to these people whom I’d rather not feel obligated to.  Maybe because it's a gesture, not sincere, just, hey that lady over there broke her foot, buy her some flowers.  I don't socialize at work, why?  When I'm at work I'm like Doc Martin if anyone watches that show, all business.  My life takes place before and after work, during work in a kind of limbo land where I write stories and I sneak down halls and hope no one sees me so I'm not bothered with pleasant meaningless niceties.  I'm polite but it's like school there and I've never played gossip girl or wanted to costar in a soap.  I did thank them but still . . .  I’m such an old curmudgeon, have decided I'm so abnormal it’s pathetic but I do not care.

Would that that was all but nope.  June 6th my calf swelled up and hurt like hell, suffered through work then went to ER where they saw me right away this time, removed cast (plaster splint) and took my blood and had everyone in the world come peek at my foot and calf.  Decision:  possible blood clot.  They finally sent me home with blood thinner injections and told me to come back for testing Monday morning.  June 8th, Monday, I was there for 4 1/2 hours and left with pills and more blood thinner injections.  Follow up Friday for clot with my doctor and another follow up two hours later for the foot.  

So, car accident, broken foot, blood clot.  If I were the type of person that believed in bad luck I'd say 2009 was such a year for me.  I don't.  I'm alive, reasonably healthy, have people who care about me and I can sit on my back screened in porch like now and watch for deer and other critters and I'm happy.  Oh, and we got a tiny, tiny kitten, all black so its hair won't show up on my mostly all black clothes, and so, so adorable.  Life's good.  

I'm going to try to update my Stormy/Remy story An Ever Fixed Mark on ff.net this week.  Obviously last week wasn't good so that's the reason for the delay.  I've fallen behind on a lot of things because life on crutches freaking hurts which is why I didn't really use them much and was like this stupid couch cow.  They should've told me to walk but in retrospect I guess if I had any common sense I would've thought of that myself and possibly spared myself from having to do injections.  That's all folks.

 

After a week of being sick, missing work, being hit and having my car utterly destroyed and catching the bus for a few weeks life has gotten much better.  I'm feeling better now and I'm picking up my new car tomorrow.  Haven't had car payments in a long time but it's always nice to have a new car and I really wanted one too so everything worked out.  

I'm still going over African Skies and Canadian Whiskey, just started reading over chapter five again and fixing all the many mistakes riddle throughout the chapter.  I was up the other night writing new stuff but still haven't been overly inspired.  However, my hope is to have it up and finished by May at the latest.  That's the goal and I'll try to stick to it. 

Other than that I haven't been inspired to write much not even my X-Men fairy tale which is finished or the longer stories that are almost finished.  Sickness and lack of transportation added to my laziness and dead muse.  I have to say though it's a good feeling being alive so I can't complain.  No one was hurt, both he and I walked away from the accident and we were both thankful. 

Summary – Bobby, Hank, Warren & Prof X give a reluctant Scott advice about shopping with women after Jean decides he needs a new wardrobe but Scott has particular reasons why he doesn’t shop for clothes, something someone like Emma will never know.  Early days.

 

A/N – This is my second Scott story and my first Jott.  It’s set in the early days long before Storm, Wolverine, Kurt, Sean, Peter and John joined.  And I know I should be finishing AS&CW but this just came to me one day this month and I couldn’t ignore it.  For some reason Scott always fascinates me.  I could never say he’s a favorite – that would be Storm and Wolverine, Remy and Jubes and – well Scott’s way down the list but I find him quite intriguing.  There’re just so many intricacies about his make up that I sometimes can’t help but explore. 

( The Things we do for Love )

Well, one of my biggest fears regarding my son was his choice in girlfriends. I've mentioned her before a while ago. Whether wrong or right I just didn't want someone that's too streetwise, too loud and brash like women you see on Jerry Springer. Now I'm ending up with a hillbilly cousin for a daughter in law. Well, if he decides to marry her. But hear me out.

My son was asking if we have any hillbillies in our family and I had to laugh because we do come from this tiny town in Kentucky I will not lie and that's not to say all inhabitants from tiny towns in Kentucky are full of hillbillies but, well yes that's a little bit of the mix in my family. I told him no though. Why? Maybe because I don't think of us like that. 

Well, she said she has hillbillies in her family, that her grandfather was a Hatfield. I told her my great great grandmother was a Hatfield! You could've blown us all over with a feather we were so shocked. Not my son though because he doesn't keep up with family stuff like that and apparently because he doesn't care if he's possibly dating his cousin.

I asked where her great grandfather was from and she said Kentucky.  Not only was he from Kentucky but from a town two hours away from the tiny town where my family's from. I'm pretty sure we're related. In some manner at least.  It quite amuses me, it's such a Kentucky stereotype. 

Now I don't know if that would really bother me if I found out I was dating a distant cousin but it gives me pause. I thought about it when we were watching Real Chance of Love, I think Real is gorgeous and yes I watch that show but only by accident and – well, why justify? I really, really like Real. So Rabbit, my favorite, was saying one girl was ghetto and I jokingly said to my youngest daughter, “Well, my biggest fear was getting a ghetto daughter in law but now I'm getting a hillbilly cousin instead.” it was a joke of course and I laughed.   She didn't.  She now thinks it's not a big deal.  They're different colors she said.  What's that have to do with anything if you're still related I wonder?

Honestly, what really matters is what a person is like inside. I've always taught my son that looks don't matter. I'm glad he took that to heart even if I end up getting a hillbilly cousin for a daughter in law. That still amuses me.  She's not ugly mind you, attractive and nice and certainly not a hillbilly just perhaps not your typical girlie girl which is fine.  Let me add that I've grown to like her after all the mess a few years ago and I didn't even know we might be related.

 

 

I have mixed feelings about Seven Pounds.  It starts off almost mean spirited even though you figure there’s a reason for Will Smith’s obnoxious behavior.  I adore Will Smith though so I gave it a chance.  I think most people have figured out the premise, he’s done something so terrible he wants to make up for it but ultimately I have to question the judgment of the end result.  I can’t say much more without giving spoilers.  It’s one man's plight and his solution to redemption and decently told but in my opinion the choice he’s made and set upon doing is not an option.  It’s not an option for anyone.  It simply isn’t.  Or it shouldn’t be.  I hope no depressed person goes to see this movie and thinks his choice is a good one. 

 

It’s not a feel good movie.  It’s not exactly depressing but it’s sad.  It’s sad and rather pathetic.  Will Smith did a great job but I could be biased as I like him so much.  Rosario Dawson is another favorite of mine and she’s great in this too.  I guess everyone was fine in the movie it’s just the ending, Will’s character’s ending was utterly pathetic no matter what his intentions and again just unacceptable.  But then again it’s just entertainment, it’s not real and most people aren’t’ susceptible to things they see in the theater.  I hope not. 

 

I’m giving this movie a C+ even though I liked the actual ending with Rosario Dawson despite the main character’s choice.

If anyone's noticed I've been commenting a lot it's because yes!  I finally bought a new laptop last week.  I don't know why I put it off for so long.  Oh, right.  Because I was addicted to the Internet. 

Did all my Christmas shopping after seeing the Punisher then decided to get a Xmas gift for myself the next day so got the laptop.  It felt good too.  Btw, The Punisher: War Zone was a bloody and good movie , much like the comic book so good for a fangirl and fanboys too since the guy I went with is one.  It's fun to be back.

I made myself a promise during NaNoMoWri this November that I would finish four stories which I did along with an original short story to boot so I'm posting stories again even though there don't seem to be many Storm and RoLo fans as before. That's a pity really. My goal for 2009 is to finish all the stories I started over the years and by 2010 be finished with fan fiction altogether. There are a lot of stories stashed away on my USB some decent, others silly but I'm determined to post them all.  I need to concentrate on my original work, mostly short stories, something I've always done long before fan fiction.

I'd like to explain why I haven't updated African Skies and Canadian Whiskey in ages, it was partially because two laptops got viruses and I never took my desktop in to get fixed - laziness and writer's block. But an author I really admire had a story plot that I was using and I don't like to do the same thing someone else has already. That meant I had to come up with a different plot that still goes with everything else I wrote. I just couldn't think of anything. But now that I'm determined to finish all my stories this will be one of the first I tackle I believe. 

In the meantime I wrote a RoLo story in October that I finished in November, just need to proof it, and will probably post this week.  It's about four chapters and based in the future.  I also finished the last chapter of  A Blue True Dream of Sky  and will probably have that up this week too.  Another of my goals is to put all my stories here on my LJ I just need to figure out how to put up chapter stories on this site as I'd like to have all of my stories here besides at ff.net.

The countdown to the end of fan fiction as I know it begins January 1st.  Now all I have to do is type like crazy.

( A solo Storm one shot. She's runs into the old Captain Marvel Monica Rambeau now (?) of NextWave. Just two super powered women chatting.  )

I know there was someone on my flist that was really excited about the movie Twilight - Tiger maybe?  I thought, "No way."  But then I had to take my youngest daughter and, yes you may call me crazy now because I am utterly intoxicated by Twilight.  The movie and my reaction took me completely by surprise.  I’m beyond shocked.  I thought I would just have to endure the movie because my youngest daughter adores Robert Pattinson and wanted me to take her even though she too thought it looked a little lame.  But lo and behold we go and both of us were enraptured.  We saw it twice the weekend it came out!

 

It was more than the intriguing Robert Pattinson that did it for me and my daughter.  It’s all of the vampires, they’re just a treat.  And the baseball scene with Muse’s Super Massive Black Hole playing was the coolest and most graceful baseball game I’d ever seen.  I now like that song too when before I didn’t, every time I hear it I’ll remember that sensuous game – someone get me that bat boy vampire!  Vampire baseball – who’d a thunk it?

 

 

My oldest daughter is also an involuntary convert.  She loathed the idea of the movie having heard a lot of negative things about the books, not so much the first one but the others and especially the last one.  She’d told me there would be Native Americans in the movie which made me perk up a bit before I went to see it the first time as I always like to see American Indians in movies.  Well, after seeing the movie I went back and told her I liked it and she mentioned that there was talk online about the great baseball scene so she saw a midnight movie with us the next day.  Verdict?  She liked it too.  I guess we’re all just romantics deep inside. 

 

Twilight’s surprisingly not just a movie for tweens but a light, fun movie, enjoyable on many levels.  If you love romance, (and what woman doesn’t?), if you long for a man to love you and you alone then Robert Pattinson’s Edward captures that very nicely.  I think that’s what the allure is for me.  I’m not addicted to his character like I still am to Legolas but the whole broody mood thing he had going on trying to overcome his desire for her blood as well as her.    I’d give this move a good solid B. 

 

I've had a wonderful summer so far.  The weather in Ohio has been simply divine!  Usually it's so humid and hot you're on your knees thanking the good Lord that you can go from your air conditioned home to the air conditioned car to your air conditioned job place.  I started lifting weights again so I'm down to 132 and haven't had to give up buttered popcorn or hamburgers if I don't eat excessively.  Weights really work, it's the Cardio-Free diet plan I used before then got lazy and stopped but that's not going to happen ever again I don't think, too old to let extra weight creep up on me like I have been.  


I  saw a slew of movies, met an online friend in person and went out quite a bit, maybe too much.  And I started writing original short stories which I think is what broke up my writer's block.  I hadn't written anything much for well over a year I think, the worse block I've ever had,.  Usually it's just a few months. I've been thinking about African Skies and Canadian Whiskey again but I think I need to read it over before I start on that again.  If anyone's reading this and was waiting for that I really appreciate your patience.  


I've been working on two old stories of mine that I've never put up and may never post but you never know.  One's an Ororo Remy story.  I never write them as a couple but a long time ago a friend did a story I really liked and she said I could finish it if I wanted to and though this isn't a continuation it got me to thinking.   I completed a four chapter story yesterday that is set in the future and am tweaking it.  I can't stop tweaking.  I read old stories of mine and am so appalled at the mistakes my long winded-ness that I have resolved to rewrite each and everyone of my stories one day but what writer doesn't.  I hope to get caught up with my reading again.  I think I'm going to Chicago next weekend, movies this weekend and dinner an shopping but I'll squeeze some writing in, particularly the one I just finished.  


I hope everyone's had a wonderful summer too!

I'm not an Iron Man fan but I did go see the movie Friday with friends who aren't really comic fans either and we all loved it.  I highly recommend it.  When I left I thought finally Marvel got a movie right.  Of course there's the fun Stan 'The Man' Lee cameo, really made me laugh, and Jon Favreau is in it quite a bit much to my pleasant surprise.  Also a surprise, Gweneth was very good as Pepper something I didn't imagine.  All in all a very satisfying movie. 

AND STAY AFTER THE CREDITS!  That's a must!  Very worth the wait.

Updates.  Hmm.  I've not had access to a computer for a bit.  Have yet to buy one either.  Am using my daughters laptop now.  I hate to impose.  "Darling can you lend mummy your laptop so I can do my fan fiction.  Yes, I know I'm an adult but . . ."    I've decided I'm too old for this.  Must stop after all my stories are finished.  

Life always gets in the way anyway.  Being ill, exercising, family, friends.  Had a touch of a cold.  It's gone.  Was very tired, lazy, and slept a lot.  Am fine now.  Hoping to get some chapters out this week for at least one of one of my stories.  I know that's rather lame but I'm going to try at least. No promises.  Also, I've come to the conclusion that since I'm not that romantic I'm not very good at romantic fiction.  It's good to be realistic.  

I miss Digital Tempest's stories.

Happy birthday, belated, Tiger!   

I was just looking at someone's user name and wondering how they chose it, what it means.  Mine is simply Darlin because my name's Darlene and  of course Logan calls women Darlin' which I love and I write LotR, fan fiction under the name DreamingNwatercolors so it's a combination of the two since Darlin's taken here*.  Some user names are self explanatory but others not quite.  Anyone care to tell me how you chose yours? 

As far as updates life is good again.  I paid my taxes, good grief that hurt, and I'm planning on getting a new computer so I might be able to work on my stories a little more.  If it's an Apple I'm going to need intensive schooling from my daughter.  

Stories:  I'm updating Telling Tales this week, maybe by the weekend, maybe tomorrow.  There's sex in the second chapter, something I seldom do but had fun with.  And A Blue True Dream of Sky Chapt 3 is up, just another chapter to go, maybe an epi. 

* Eta

Just wanted to let anyone who's interested know that my laptop went down, got a virus, then the second one got the blue screen of death which makes a collection of useless PC's in the house and means I won't be online expect possibly a little while on the weekends.  I will be updating each weekend Telling Tales and A Blue True Dream of Sky the two stories I've been working on lately.  They're both three chapter stories, short and sweet.  I hope everyone's had a good weekend. 

Well training for my new job is over and I took a break by going to see two movies today. I can not rave enough about Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns! I cried so much, from the pathos as well as laughing so hard, that when I left the theater my eyes and nose were so red people probably thought I'd gotten terrible news or something. I went with my oldest daughter who loved it just as much as me though she's not as emotional. Oh I love this movie!

And Angela Bassett! OMIGOSH! I've always liked her, she's a great actress and how I'd long for her to be Storm but of course we all know how that turned out. She was simply wonderful. You really felt her plight as a single mother not knowing how she was going to make ends meet. And her best friend was so funny I thought she should have her own sitcom. I'll need to look her up, find out who she is. She was beautiful and I loved her thick accent. And of course Angela looked great - no, marvelous! She looked too young to be the mother of that good looking son of hers! I really liked him. And Jennifer Lewis was hilarious and excellent! Rick Fox, nice to look at and not bad at all. Everyone was excellent. A funny little interlude with Madea, one of the main reasons I went to see it, but nothing much to do with the movie but still, it's Madea. I give this movie an A+

I saw Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day. Saw that about two hours later at a different theater and enjoyed that immensely too. It had a sweet message and the older actors finding love and understanding what war would be like yet again really touched me. That man, must look him up too, could be Alan Rickman's brother if they ever needed to find an actor for a part like that. Everyone was good in it. I forgot Lee from Pushing Daisies was in the movie and kept looking at him wondering where I'd seen him before, thought he looked a bit like Clive Owen though not as rugged. He was excellent, Amy Adams was superb, of course Frances was wonderful, the whole cast was. A very entertaining movie. Amy's lighthearted energectic performance was adorable. I liked her in Enchanted, of course liked her as "Hot Pam" on the Office. She's very talented. It's good to see a talented actress get good parts. I give this movie a good solid A.

Also saw Be Kind Rewind Sunday after being with the family all day and a little shopping (bought a white trench coat of all things from White House Black Market). The movie was funny but far fetched. Mos Def was quite appealing to me and I always think Jack Black's funny. Some good moments but my teenaged daughter thought it wasn't good and had a lot of boring parts. I'm a big Danny Glover fan too so maybe that helped. It was also interesting to see Mia Farrow after not having seen her in so long. Busy, busy weekend.

So, I'm not dead, just consumed with work, 10 hour days. I hope all are well and for those who celebrate Easter I hope you all had a good day.

No story updates. Sorry. Every time I start on AS&CW I don't seem to be able to make it work.

My daughter told me Yahoo! TV has actual episodes of television shows from old as well as current ones that you can watch for free.  I thought, well, cool but I wouldn’t watch any and then she told me the first episode of Terminator:  The Sara Connor Chronicles was available before it premieres on TV!  I was really surprised and thought, OMGOSH!  I was looking forward to the show because I like the first two movies so much and even without Arnold, whom I love btw, I thought it looked good from the few previews I caught since I don't watch a lot of TV.  I only watch Pushing Daisies and Heroes and some General Hospital though I hate everyone on that show except Jason, Spinelli, Epiphany, (who’s getting a storyline thank you) Diane and some of the new Interns (I wish Emily would just die already and Luke too &) but that's a whole other post.

 

Well, I watched it, Terminator, and I liked it – a lot!  It took a bit for me to get past the dark hair Sara has, not sure why they couldn’t have lightened it a bit, but it had the perfect Terminator feel to it with decent twists I enjoyed.  Lena Heady's accent is excellent and she's a good actress.  Summer Glau is in it from Firefly, a show I adored, and though she was never my favorite character she’s perfect for this show.  The actor playing John is good too, cute.  I really didn’t like the John in the third movie.  Oh, and Richard T. Jones is in it from Judging Amy, a show I occasionally enjoyed with my daughter but couldn't tell you much about except I liked the wonderfully talented Tyne Daly so much and Mr. Jones.  Throw in a half naked Terminator and there's eye candy for all.  So yes, go watch it if you like, it’s up until 9pm tonight, Eastern time under Yahoo TV!

I think doing the little Xmas fic got my juices stirring, that and a few nudges that made me feel guilty.  The first e-mail I replied that I couldn't think of a plot since a major plot twist of mine was already being done by someone else but then later that night an idea came to me and the next day I started on the next chapter of African Skies & Canadian Whiskey.  So I'm working on it.  That and a couple of more that may never see the light of day but keep me happy at work.  I'm thinking about putting the WIP's up here since a lot are half way finished but then I don't know.  They might sit forever and then if anyone reads them and wants an update that may never happen.  I'd like to thank the first person that e-mailed me but I only have their email addy and don't know if they'd appreciate me including that.  Perhaps I'll just use the first part as a name. Sometimes a nudge is all that's needed isn't it? 

I'm a little late but I wanted to welcome a fellow fan fiction author who goes by Noir_Libra at the RoLo Realm.  Here's she's known as 9libra25and as most probably already know I love it when fellow RoLoers join LJ even if I haven't been around much of late.  The holidays keep one busy don't they?  That said I really truly hope everyone has a very good Christmas and they get exactly what they want even if it's just a hug and a smile!

The other day I saw a license plate that said “TCHALLA” and I let out a loud whoop I was so thrilled.  My daughter wasn’t appreciative of the yell or the tags but I loved them.  It was an older gentleman who looked as if he was with his grandchildren.  See, I don’t hate the Black Panther in fact I used to really, really like him.  I just don’t like the way he’s portrayed now and of course that he’s been paired with someone out of the blue just to help sales.  I wonder if sales are better.  Used to be BatmanWolverine would keep us informed.  Hope he’s well.

 

I saw another entertaining, for me, tag that read “HOBBITS” on a minivan.  It made me laugh.  If I got vanity plates they’d read “LEOGLAS” or “STORMY” but I’ve always kind of hated vanity plates.  They can be fun though especially while you’re trying to figure some of them out but when they have your name on it, oh I don’t know but that bothers me. 

 

My ex had a maroon SUV with tags that said RODNEYG, his first name and last initial.  I used to call the car the Rodney G but I thought what an ego.  He said it wasn’t ego.  We never agreed on that.  I suppose it didn’t help that people would just shout out “Rodney!” when they didn’t even know him. 

 

But the VM bug plates are usually so much fun.  I think half the little bugs in Cincy have vanity plates.  I love reading those.  In fact, I want a flower vase for my car.  I’m thinking about getting a new car, a Hybrid hopefully.  My car will be paid for this January so maybe I’ll go that route.  Nice not having car payments though.

I am so sorry for being late in wishing you Happy Birthday  stormcrow2099 but I hope you had a really good one.  Knowing you you did.  You better have had a good one!  ; P