• Quirky phrases - "Well, hello, 'it's me' "
  • Long chats at the ballpark
  • Pipe smoke
  • Backrubs
  • Watching him make his granddaughter giggle like no one else could
  • Clearing his throat when his son did something stupid
  • And then joking with me about using the cast-iron skillet on his son
  • That big smile and twinkly eyes
  • TV volume - never thought I'd miss that
  • Walking through my house and checking things - opening cabinets, jiggling faucets
  • Celebrating our birthdays together
  • The Roger Williams Design
  • Visits to the office on the bike
nov 26 2007 ∞
nov 26 2007 +
  • high school - the one with whom I watched Beaches, ate popcorn and drank chocolate milkshakes after every boyfriend drama
  • college - the one i didn't date but probably should have
  • college - the one i married and divorced
  • college - the crazy one who provided me with great stories
  • college and after - the one i learned the most from - sometimes the lowest points of life teach us who loves us and cares about us no matter what
  • the last few years - the one who called me every week after every low point
  • right now - the one who is 10 years younger but feels like the same age. We have more in common than I expected to find in a girlfriend
  • right now - the one who is 10 years older and means more to me than I ever imagined possible and makes me feel like a milli...
nov 26 2007 ∞
nov 26 2007 +
  • Owner of bed and breakfast
  • Organic gardener
  • Interior designer
  • Chef (okay, except for anything involving pork, beef or weird parts)
  • Photographer
nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +
  • Italy - Florence, Venice, Cinque Terre
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Santa Fe, NM
nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +
  • I won't take the newspaper in the top of the stack - it's already been read
  • I fold and organize all of my underwear
  • I like the temperature in the car to be divisible by 2 or 5
  • My feet are incredibly sensitive - and not in the ticklish way
  • My yoga mat has to be lined up parallel with the floorboards
  • I could eat Nutella by the spoonful right out of the jar
nov 26 2007 ∞
nov 26 2007 +
  • Sex and violence in film - actually threw up after watching The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, but also got to analyze Holy Grail
  • English 101 - prof was old guy who wore corduroy pants and classic vests and made me think hard about every essay. Inspired some of my best writing - including the benefits of non-democratic forms of government
  • AIDS in Literature - brilliant professor, super cool class, lots of arguments, great books
  • Advertising class where we had to do a campaign for the Itty Bitty Book Light
  • First PR Class - prof was great and became a good friend. Wrote my first press release and knew it was what I wanted to do for a career
  • PR Campaigns - got to do a campaign for a rape crisis group and then actually got ...
nov 26 2007 ∞
nov 26 2007 +
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • Dallas
  • Dukes of Hazzard
  • Electric Company
nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +
  • Senior Dinner Dance - chicken cordon bleu incident
  • Convention in Jacksonville
  • Beach weekends
  • Scavenger Hunt in Tampa
  • Violent Femmes
  • Soccer
  • Basketball in the driveway
  • Kanipe's class
  • Hurricane newspaper
nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +
  • Have sharp knives in the kitchen
  • Have cool garden art
  • Not tell my kids what to do
  • Say what I really think - even more so than I do now
  • Spoil my grandchildren and spend as much time with them as possible
  • Have brunch with old lady friends at nice restaurants
  • Play canasta
  • Drive a big-ass whale of a car 20 miles an hour (just kidding)
  • Drive a super cool convertible or an old classic car (not kidding)
  • Be in the garden club
nov 26 2007 ∞
nov 26 2007 +

Bar Harbor, Maine - climbed the Bubbles in the rain. Up slippery rocks to quite a height - had to hoist ourselves up using rebar drilled into rocks. then had to climb/slide back down still in the rain

nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +
  • Impatient
  • Perfectionist... but only about some things
  • Judgemental - do it my way!
  • Don't tell me what to do or how to do it - I want to figure it out myself
  • I like rules
  • Never stop and relax
  • Anal retentive - everything should have a place!
nov 23 2007 ∞
nov 23 2007 +