victim it’s finally happened. my poor little computer has been hit with a virus. it’s a sneaky one too. i’ve run norton anti virus and it doesn’t find anything. this virus came from my friend stacey’s 85 yr old grandfather who got hit with it. he sent it to her and she sent it to…

friday five thanks to heather 1. What are your hobbies? painting, scrapbooking, reading, making hand drawn note cards, crochet, just about anything crafty. and since we’ve bought a house i have 2 new hobbies: gardening & decorating (remodeling). 2. Do you collect anything? If so, what? matchbooks from restaurants & magnets from each state, major…

missed it by this much i finally broke down yesterday afternoon and went to belk to stock up on clinique. i was desperately low on my yellow moisterizer and i had run out of touch base (creamy eye shadow). so i thought i might be able to sneak in under the wire with the free…

drama at the teeter mart rachel’s boyfriend is not the only one getting screwed out of vacation time. husband’s company has “restructured” their vacation time. instead of going by tenure with the company they are now going by full time tenure. so even though jon’s been with them for 12 years they’re only counting the…

lucky a friend of mine, amy, is going to aruba…for free! our local radio station 107.9 the Link is doing a trip a day giveaway and a co-worker of her’s won it and is taking her. for a week! so fun. it’s just not fair though because you can only qualify between 9-5 and well,…

drinks with madonna’s brother….or is he?? friday night my sister sara and i met up with my mom and her friend carol for drinks at guytano’s. mom’s been friends with carol since sara and i were really young so she’s like a member of the family. mom’s also friends with guytano ciccone the owner of…

the friday five 1. What’s your favorite TV show and why? right now it’s a tie between family guy, everybody loves raymond, the osbournes, and of course…trading spaces. why? family guy, ray, and the osbournes just make me laugh so much. and trading spaces, i just can’t get enough of it. i love the ideas…

Hospitals and the search for baklava Last night after work Jon and I went to see our friend Kevin in the hospital . On Monday he had the same gastric bypass surgery Carnie Wilson did. He’s doing ok in spirit but in a lot of pain physically. He’ll be out of the hospital on Friday…

happy birthday… …to hale!

dinner with my cuz i had dinner with my friend priscilla “prissy” last night at casco bay. we had a ball. we hadn’t seen each other since she stopped working here in august (although we continued to talk on the phone and through email). that’s just inexcusable since we live in the same city! anyway…