Leave him a note wishing "Happy New Year"
Lots to catch up on... I don't think I'll be doing a "review of 2007" entry. Well, maybe I will, of a sort.
We spent New Years eve at the lovely wedding of one of Karen's sisters. :) . Her sister's dress was *amazing* and I cannot BELIEVE we left the camera in the car... thats what we get for my being too lazy to drag my purse around and forgetting it was in there. I didn't dance.. poor Karen. I'm still working up to that self conscious reflex that seems to keep me from dancing. And Karen's parents were sweet enough to come sit at our table so it didn't look like we were being deliberately set aside at some kind of lesbian exile table, lol. There were place cards, but nobody really paid attention to them except for table 1 - the wedding party. Karen's sister also introduced me as Karen's partner and later checked to make sure that was the appropriate thing to call me. What a sweetie! Yes, long as it isn't the patronizing "friend" label, we're happy, lol. This is one of the ex-Mormon sisters, and her new husband is such a doll. They're a wonderful couple and I'm excited for them. The whole thing feels very right. :) I can't even describe the location... it was out at a very isolated southwestern style place with lights, a pool, gorgeous flora and right up by the mountains. The food was amazing, healthy and tasty! I wish I'd had room for more! :D
Then we hung out for a while with Karen's other ex-Mormon sis and her son and the sweetest doggie I ever met. :) That was fun to just hang out over at her place and babble, then we did the same over at Karen's parents place just hanging out. We were on the road home to Phoenix when the new year rang in. I tried to call Mom, but the reception was awful, d'oh!
Yesterday, we hung out with teh Amarin! Finally, we've been trying to get together for a while, we need to do that more often! She too is feeling she's outgrown this apt complex and we'll all soon be looking for new places to live I think. Karen and I ideally would like to find a rental house or townhouse. Something with at least the semblance of a yard. We still want to go to Portland but more and more we're feeling we just have to take our time with that and get there when we get there. We miss my family like hell, and there's always the temptation to find a way to go back to the Springs, but my family isn't happy there either and I'm worried that we'll all end up stuck there instead of encouraging each other to move. Blarg, I dunno.
In the meantime, we're redoing the bunny situation. We're going to take apart the cage (which Unut fell behind AGAIN yesterday, wtf!) and rebuild it into a pen. It will be easier to clean, easier to move, and also would be better for a giant breed bunny should we get one for our fourth. We always keep an eye on the rabbit rescue site, and we both agree that this girl feels very right and we sent in an inquiry about her. We shall see. :) She's 6lbs already at 6 months and should grow to be around 25lbs. Big ol chunka love. If she does end up joining us, we do plan to change her name. We're thinking Meadow. Even if she doesn't join us, we're excited about the new bunny set up which we'll be starting on asap.
My next post will likely be a photo one, critters and statues and such.
2007... it was full of ups and downs and too many vet visits to count. I'll always remember it primarily as the year we lost Cleo. I actually started crying at PetSmart the other day because the little black and white kittens there had a similar face shape... it's still hard. I spend a lot of time trying not to think about her, which is awful, but it's the only way I know to be able to function. I'd be in tears all the time if I didn't... like now, dammit. *sighs* A lot of other things happened this year... a free cruise where we got to swim with stingrays, moar tattoos, a great deal of spiritual growth and discovery, gorgeous new snake enclosures, a car... lots of good things. But Cleo... God, I miss her like hell...
I just hope 2008 will be as peaceful and healthy as possible. Moving would be nice, prosperity would be nice, growth and success would be nice. But I think we (and a lot of other people) would like off the rollercoaster this year. Or at least a tamer ride. Aum Gung Ganapataye Namah. I do need to get back to actually following our http://www.chorebuster.net/ list and getting back in the swing of things, instead of escaping so much. I have stuff I need to get done.
BTW, I've been meaning to comment on all kinds of flist posts, but I ended up closing all those tabs today because I was just too overwhelmed by them. :P Sorry guys! I am reading and I do love ya, my brain is just overloaded and there's too much. /(ovo;\ And I still have tons of tabs open... oy. Need to do some serious cleaning out of... everything.
We spent New Years eve at the lovely wedding of one of Karen's sisters. :) . Her sister's dress was *amazing* and I cannot BELIEVE we left the camera in the car... thats what we get for my being too lazy to drag my purse around and forgetting it was in there. I didn't dance.. poor Karen. I'm still working up to that self conscious reflex that seems to keep me from dancing. And Karen's parents were sweet enough to come sit at our table so it didn't look like we were being deliberately set aside at some kind of lesbian exile table, lol. There were place cards, but nobody really paid attention to them except for table 1 - the wedding party. Karen's sister also introduced me as Karen's partner and later checked to make sure that was the appropriate thing to call me. What a sweetie! Yes, long as it isn't the patronizing "friend" label, we're happy, lol. This is one of the ex-Mormon sisters, and her new husband is such a doll. They're a wonderful couple and I'm excited for them. The whole thing feels very right. :) I can't even describe the location... it was out at a very isolated southwestern style place with lights, a pool, gorgeous flora and right up by the mountains. The food was amazing, healthy and tasty! I wish I'd had room for more! :D
Then we hung out for a while with Karen's other ex-Mormon sis and her son and the sweetest doggie I ever met. :) That was fun to just hang out over at her place and babble, then we did the same over at Karen's parents place just hanging out. We were on the road home to Phoenix when the new year rang in. I tried to call Mom, but the reception was awful, d'oh!
Yesterday, we hung out with teh Amarin! Finally, we've been trying to get together for a while, we need to do that more often! She too is feeling she's outgrown this apt complex and we'll all soon be looking for new places to live I think. Karen and I ideally would like to find a rental house or townhouse. Something with at least the semblance of a yard. We still want to go to Portland but more and more we're feeling we just have to take our time with that and get there when we get there. We miss my family like hell, and there's always the temptation to find a way to go back to the Springs, but my family isn't happy there either and I'm worried that we'll all end up stuck there instead of encouraging each other to move. Blarg, I dunno.
In the meantime, we're redoing the bunny situation. We're going to take apart the cage (which Unut fell behind AGAIN yesterday, wtf!) and rebuild it into a pen. It will be easier to clean, easier to move, and also would be better for a giant breed bunny should we get one for our fourth. We always keep an eye on the rabbit rescue site, and we both agree that this girl feels very right and we sent in an inquiry about her. We shall see. :) She's 6lbs already at 6 months and should grow to be around 25lbs. Big ol chunka love. If she does end up joining us, we do plan to change her name. We're thinking Meadow. Even if she doesn't join us, we're excited about the new bunny set up which we'll be starting on asap.
My next post will likely be a photo one, critters and statues and such.
2007... it was full of ups and downs and too many vet visits to count. I'll always remember it primarily as the year we lost Cleo. I actually started crying at PetSmart the other day because the little black and white kittens there had a similar face shape... it's still hard. I spend a lot of time trying not to think about her, which is awful, but it's the only way I know to be able to function. I'd be in tears all the time if I didn't... like now, dammit. *sighs* A lot of other things happened this year... a free cruise where we got to swim with stingrays, moar tattoos, a great deal of spiritual growth and discovery, gorgeous new snake enclosures, a car... lots of good things. But Cleo... God, I miss her like hell...
I just hope 2008 will be as peaceful and healthy as possible. Moving would be nice, prosperity would be nice, growth and success would be nice. But I think we (and a lot of other people) would like off the rollercoaster this year. Or at least a tamer ride. Aum Gung Ganapataye Namah. I do need to get back to actually following our http://www.chorebuster.net/ list and getting back in the swing of things, instead of escaping so much. I have stuff I need to get done.
BTW, I've been meaning to comment on all kinds of flist posts, but I ended up closing all those tabs today because I was just too overwhelmed by them. :P Sorry guys! I am reading and I do love ya, my brain is just overloaded and there's too much. /(ovo;\ And I still have tons of tabs open... oy. Need to do some serious cleaning out of... everything.