The LIW Small Talk Thread

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 5:47:05 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 5:45:20 PM

Author: Squirrly

Date: 12/11/2009 8:53:31 AM

Author: Hudson_Hawk

lol nice! My mom gave me an easy bake oven for Christmas the year I turned 25. I always wanted one as a kid but she never got it for me.

i thought i was the only one this happened to! i didn''t get mine until i was 13, and i got two that year (i think mom got me one because my aunt finally told her she was going to get me one and she''d just have to deal)


(back to catching up)

Squirrly Lou from Kalamazoooooooo!

13 pages?!?! i knew i shouldn''t have spiked the punch!

just 2 finals, 1 paper, and my jury left.
and 1 bottle of wine

i think that averages out well....

blargh i forgot, must wrk out insanely before weeklong visit and being "pampered" crapcrapcrap (sorry WL i didn''t mean to take over the potty talk)

 

[Squirrly]

ok just 8 pages-ish left for when i get home tonight.

work time!

toodles

 

[sunnyd]

Sorry Squirlly, we been busy.

 

[jcarlylew]

Date: 12/11/2009 6:23:42 PM
Author: sunnyd
Sorry Squirlly, we been busy.

word - do you know how hard it is to drink 3 beers that taste like fruity pepples?

i apologize now for any random PS and FB posts i make. just a warning.

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 12/11/2009 5:37:50 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 5:28:50 PM

Author: sunnyd

It''s not free. They say it is, but my sister ended up having to pay $50 for something, I don''t know what. But it IS easy!

Awesome, that''s still cheap! My BIL is going to do it. He''s awesome and funny and extremely well spoken. He ran for Sheriff so he''s a good speach giver.

Hey WL!

I hate to butt in but I was just skimming through and I wanted to give you a totally free option for getting ordained online.

Even though my DH didn''t need to be (couple was already legally married 2 years before), he got ordained online to act as an officiant for my co-worker''s wedding this past May. I had a thread about his adventures in BWW.

Tales of a Dudeist Priest

Just a thought for another option for your BIL!


Church of Latter-Day Dude

 

[AustenNut]

Date: 12/11/2009 9:30:40 AM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/10/2009 10:36:51 PM

Author: AustenNut

Just wanted to pipe in and say that I'm a size 5.75 and am 5'1'. I definitely feel like my hands are humongous compared to most PSers.


And vc, you're from Michigan? That's where my boyfriend is from...and where I'll be visiting in the fabulously warm and sunny month of...February!

I'm originally from NW Ohio, but I call Ann Arbor, Michigan (where I went to school...hence the 'UM' in my screenname) my hometown because that's where I feel most at home when I'm not at my current home in the Washington, DC suburbs! And Michigan in February, while cold, can be beautiful, too! Where in Michigan will you be?

I'll be in Detroit. I've only been to Michigan one other time. I went to U of M for a graduate school recruitment weekend near the end of March. I didn't think much of it because I was going to college in Indiana. Well, that was the coldest experience of my life. I'd go outside and say, "Hey, I can handle this." A minute or two later I'd hustle in to the nearest shop to try and warm up. And then repeat, many times. I felt as though my bones would shatter if I hit them against something.

Anyway, the weekend after that I did a recruitment weekend in North Carolina. We had iced tea on the front porch of the department's building. And where did I decide to go to school? Umm, not Michigan! And it's definitely a far cry from New Orleans, where I now live. But D.C. is such a cool area. Do you actually prefer Ann Arbor, or did it just have a better sense of community for you?

ETA: Don't have time to catch up on the 14 pages of small talk since my last post, so I'll just have to catch up later! Thanks for the welcome ladies!

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 12:17:36 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 12:17:09 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
mincemeat is a traditional English Christmas dessert. As is Christmas pudding.

I''d do the same types of pie you see for Thanksgiving-pumpkin, pecan, apple, etc. You could also do bread pudding.

Pecan could do.... me likey.

i suppose it should come at no surprise; that''s my favorite pie.

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 12:38:29 PM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/11/2009 12:37:30 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 12:36:27 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 12:34:48 PM
Author: Bia
We have tamales for Christmas - so, so yummy.

for dessert...we have flan, tres leches, cookies, and cake (usually rum or chocolate). Oh and lots of wine

we really just eat a lot.

Ok. I''m crashing B''s christmas!

ME TOO! LOVE TAMALES!

Me three!!! Be sure to have some extra space, B!!! But I''m heading for the tres leches first!!!

not if i beat you to it!!!

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 12:52:05 PM
Author: TheBigT

Date: 12/11/2009 12:50:34 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
you''re a cold cold bi*ch Big T....cold I tell you...

I know, I''m horrible! And a liar and immature and petty....

vc10 -- ''BSC'' means bat $hit crazy. HH taught us the phrase!!

is ape worse than bat in this instance? i''ve been wondering that for awhile...

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 12:08:03 PM
Author: elledizzy5
What types of pie do people eat for Christmas?

and since i already responded to pie and just wanted to throw in more random holiday food:

springerlies, pfefferneusse, and REAL eggnog (the kind with 3 yummy alcohols in it)!

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 1:38:26 PM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/11/2009 1:37:35 PM
Author: sunnyd

Date: 12/11/2009 1:33:31 PM
Author: Bia
I''m noticing what appear to be fine lines around my eyes. Were they always there? Or am I getting old too?

Me too! I''m only 25!

Ooh, did you say WINE?

Me three.

Maybe the wine will make them go away!

not the baby!

and anyone who remembers that show gets bonus points

i''ll be nice and not use my magic age card, but hey that''s what happens when you''re born around the time of something noticible

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 2:47:26 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 2:46:33 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 2:44:07 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 2:40:12 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 2:38:13 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 2:35:51 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 2:31:12 PM
Author: elledizzy5
I havent changed my W-4 yet!

I bet you''re on the IRS''s hit list. Kidding!

Starbucks is calling my name!

Do you dream about coffee, WL?

Yes. Lately I''ve been dreaming that I''m at my wedding and nothing is planned and it''s all thrown together and I''m a wreck.

Ugh I friggin hated those dreams!!! And before I got engaged, it was the ''OMFG my ring is ugly/broken/lost/herpes infected'' dreams.

OMG Elle, I just laughed out loud really hard and mean biznatch glared at me!

I will fight her. And I will stab her with my e-ring.

i''m trying to decide if that''d be more of a physical attack with it being ''broken'' or if it''d be more biological due to ''herpes''.

however i think the combo wins.
Bizn "Help! I''ve just been stabbed with the ugly lost broken herpes ring!"

i''m pretty sure that''s fatal, and possibly illegal even in california. do it.

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 2:52:48 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 2:50:37 PM
Author: winelover23
Elle can you please!? That would be AWESOME!

HDG - Ewww funerals are no fun. You should stay home and drink coffee and eat cookie dough.

I''ve accidentally knocked J in the face with my ring a few times, and it hurts! He is never pleased when that happens.



Mmmmm.... cookie dough....

you gave his face herpes with your lost broken ugly herpes ring?!

really this whole trying to catch up when running on lack of sleep and coffee proabably isn''t the best, but it''s amusing to me anyway. and now i want cookiedough

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 2:59:49 PM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/11/2009 2:57:08 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/11/2009 2:55:20 PM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/11/2009 2:53:53 PM
Author: winelover23
Anyone have a super nice ipod dock they want to plug? I have a little one that I use in my kitchen but I want like a really nice one that I could potentially use at my reception...

I''m no help on this one...I don''t even own an iPod...

I do, but I only use it when I fly. Thats MAYBE 3-4 times a year. Whoops.

I bought it to work out with, but, I''m far too lazy for that!

What a GLORIOUS world we live in when you can just run to the store and buy a tube of cookie dough.

Oh man. I''m dreading the number of flights this year...and the cost! (Anticipating an engagement in March/April. Will have to fly to Kansas City, MO several times over the summer to plan wedding. Not to mention at least one, if not several weddings I have to fly to, plus a trip to Ann Arbor for football...UGH, the money!)

OOOO! Officemate just gave me a coupon for Tollhouse yesterday!!! Cookie dough in a tube, here I come!!!

oooooooooooooh the things i can say about michigan from my years at purdue

i do have to say it was my favorite anti-fight song

 

[Squirrly]

Date: 12/11/2009 3:42:47 PM
Author: Bia

Date: 12/11/2009 3:38:50 PM
Author: TheBigT

Date: 12/11/2009 3:37:01 PM

Author: elledizzy5

LOL. J is jealous of the facebook action I get:



''you could comment ''meh.'' and get 30 comments, 10 thumbs up, and a friend invite''

Can you please change your status to ''meh'' so we can comment and give you thumbs up??

Do it! I''ll comment like 10 times and give a thumbs up.

I was planning to send to you all bia-cookies via Postal Service for Christmas - but now that surprise is ruined! thanks

i can still be deliciously surprised! i know nothing!

 

[Squirrly]

FINISHED!!!!!
and now i can go to bed

 

[vc10um]

Date: 12/11/2009 10:37:33 PM
Author: AustenNut

I''ll be in Detroit. I''ve only been to Michigan one other time. I went to U of M for a graduate school recruitment weekend near the end of March. I didn''t think much of it because I was going to college in Indiana. Well, that was the coldest experience of my life. I''d go outside and say, ''Hey, I can handle this.'' A minute or two later I''d hustle in to the nearest shop to try and warm up. And then repeat, many times. I felt as though my bones would shatter if I hit them against something.


Anyway, the weekend after that I did a recruitment weekend in North Carolina. We had iced tea on the front porch of the department''s building. And where did I decide to go to school? Umm, not Michigan! And it''s definitely a far cry from New Orleans, where I now live. But D.C. is such a cool area. Do you actually prefer Ann Arbor, or did it just have a better sense of community for you?


ETA: Don''t have time to catch up on the 14 pages of small talk since my last post, so I''ll just have to catch up later! Thanks for the welcome ladies!

DC is wonderful, and I feel really at home here, but since *everyone* is a transplant from somewhere, I need to give them a ''hometown'', lol. Ann Arbor definitely just feels like more of "my" town. It''s where I had some of the best experiences of my life...I was definitely one of those people for whom high school was hell and college was AMAZING. So I identify more with Ann Arbor than anywhere else I grew up.

PS: Sorry we were so chatty yesterday!!!

 

[vc10um]

Date: 12/12/2009 1:18:55 AM
Author: Squirrly
FINISHED!!!!!

and now i can go to bed

OMG Squirrly! Way to catch up!!! I have 2 things:

1) BACK OFF MY TRES LECHES!!!
2) GO BLUE!

In all honesty, I was a HUGE Boilermaker fan the day y''all beat OSU. But seriously...that drum has GOT to go. When I was in college, I nearly made it so that one of the guys that drags it around wasn''t gonna be able to have babies anymore...but he got in my way while we were doing pregame...so it was his fault.

 

[AustenNut]

Date: 12/12/2009 1:01:41 AM
Author: Squirrly

Date: 12/11/2009 2:59:49 PM

oooooooooooooh the things i can say about michigan from my years at purdue

i do have to say it was my favorite anti-fight song

Oh, Purdue?!? Well, you seem okay, even though you went there. I, however, went to IU! GO HOOSIERS!!!

And I still haven't caught up on this thread, as I need to get ready to go hit some jewelry stores. Ok, I won't hit'em. I'll just visit and play nice so they let me try on all sorts of shiny things.

ETA: I screwed up the quote stuff and don't know how to fix it. So I'll bold my stuff. But now PS is being stupid and doesn't want to let me do this. AAGH!

 

[jcarlylew]

Date: 12/12/2009 12:49:42 AM
Author: Squirrly

Date: 12/11/2009 1:38:26 PM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/11/2009 1:37:35 PM
Author: sunnyd

Date: 12/11/2009 1:33:31 PM
Author: Bia
I''m noticing what appear to be fine lines around my eyes. Were they always there? Or am I getting old too?

Me too! I''m only 25!

Ooh, did you say WINE?

Me three.

Maybe the wine will make them go away!

not the baby!

and anyone who remembers that show gets bonus points

i''ll be nice and not use my magic age card, but hey that''s what happens when you''re born around the time of something noticible

Dinosaurs!

I loved that show!

 

[jcarlylew]

ITS SNOWING!!!!


This makes me a happy camper - even if it doesnt stick!

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 12/13/2009 1:31:24 PM
Author: jcarlylew
ITS SNOWING!!!!



This makes me a happy camper - even if it doesnt stick!

 

[misskitty]

Hi ladies!!

I''m not dead, I''ve just been adjusting to my new job. I''ve missed you all in small talk. How is everything?

(I''ve missed y''all, but I''m totally not reading that many pages back, haha

)

 

[winelover23]

Date: 12/11/2009 8:47:43 PM
Author: Clairitek

Date: 12/11/2009 5:37:50 PM
Author: winelover23

Date: 12/11/2009 5:28:50 PM

Author: sunnyd

It''s not free. They say it is, but my sister ended up having to pay $50 for something, I don''t know what. But it IS easy!

Awesome, that''s still cheap! My BIL is going to do it. He''s awesome and funny and extremely well spoken. He ran for Sheriff so he''s a good speach giver.

Hey WL!

I hate to butt in but I was just skimming through and I wanted to give you a totally free option for getting ordained online.

Even though my DH didn''t need to be (couple was already legally married 2 years before), he got ordained online to act as an officiant for my co-worker''s wedding this past May. I had a thread about his adventures in BWW.

Tales of a Dudeist Priest

Just a thought for another option for your BIL!


Church of Latter-Day Dude

Clairitek - Awww thanks lady, you are always so helpful! I will for sure check this out!

Squirrly - Did you get into the pine nuts again?

JCar - Why yes it is!!!!! I love the snow!

To my friends on the no name site go check out Mini''s Santa pics, they turned out awesome!

 

[Lauren8211]

Morning y''all!!

WL - Mini looks freaking adorable!!!

Jcar - How''s WoW going??

Play HORDE!

MK - Hi!! Long time no see!

Squirrly - I am impressed with your motivation to keep up with small talk no matter how difficult it becomes!

Happy Monday!

 

[vc10um]

Good morning, everyone!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

 

[Lauren8211]

Morning VC!

 

[vc10um]

Date: 12/14/2009 9:22:29 AM
Author: elledizzy5
Morning VC!

Hey there! Slow in here this morning, lol. How''s things in the mitten?

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 12/14/2009 9:28:51 AM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/14/2009 9:22:29 AM
Author: elledizzy5
Morning VC!

Hey there! Slow in here this morning, lol. How''s things in the mitten?

Bah. Cold and wet.

I spent 9 hours yesterday watching all of The Office Season 2. How''s that for wasting time??

How''s it going down in DC?

 

[vc10um]

Date: 12/14/2009 9:32:22 AM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 12/14/2009 9:28:51 AM
Author: vc10um

Date: 12/14/2009 9:22:29 AM
Author: elledizzy5
Morning VC!

Hey there! Slow in here this morning, lol. How''s things in the mitten?

Bah. Cold and wet.

I spent 9 hours yesterday watching all of The Office Season 2. How''s that for wasting time??

How''s it going down in DC?

Cold and wet here, too. FOGGY as all getout this morning.

DC is great...I *wish* I could waste time. The To-Do list for my weekends recently has been awful. I did, however, manage to watch "Love Actually" while baking a batch of Christmas Cookies and writing out A and my first set of Xmas cards together! And friends of ours had a lovely housewarming party on Saturday night, so that was fun, too! A discovered he likes scotch...as long as it''s not the cheap stuff, LOL!