GMTA! ;)

I was just out getting a card for our anniversary tomorrow (15 years!) and noticed a sign in the store that October 18 is "Sweetest Day." So I'm posting here just to remind you that you still have around 3 weeks to get your cards and candy for your sweety. Don't wait until the last minute, because the Sweetest Day card selection isn't very big.

A Hallmark holiday, for sure. But my mom always thinks of me, and that makes me feel good. It's a nice thing when your spouse or significant other thinks of you, so I'm all for Sweetest Day.

Happy Anniversary, Mr and Mrs glatt! :) Will you do the "crystal" anniversary thing?

Is that a euphemism? I'm not up on all the kids' slang.

Try this
Not that I believe in any of it, but ya never know whats going on in the mind of a woman.

Yeah, I'd heard of those traditions. I was just kidding. You know, are me and the missus going to try the "crystal thing." Nudge, nudge, wink wink.

Seriously though, this year we planned that to celebrate, I was taking the day off and we'd do something together like go out into the country to pick apples and hit a couple vineyards. But it looks like it will rain, so maybe we'll catch a movie or hit some museums. Have a nice meal at home with the kids for dinner.

I bought a tv last week and we kind of decided that was my present, even though the whole family will be using it, and so I bought her some jewelry for her present. The tv cost a lot more though. And it's got liquid crystals, so I guess it counts.

Friday night we'll have a babysitter and we're going out to a very nice restaurant.

Sounds great! :)

stage 5 of 5

50%

Zima. omfg!

Congrats, glatt! 15 is an awesome milestone.

Thanks! We're pretty pleased with it too.

But all plans are off for tomorrow. Little glatt came home from school with a 103 fever, so he'll almost certainly be home from school tomorrow and that blocks all plans. So we'll shoot for Friday instead. Weather should be better then too so it's probably for the best. Also, the jewelry I ordered that was supposed to arrive yesterday but didn't ship out until today will show up at my work tomorrow, so it's better that I'm there to receive it.

Great for both of you - things seem to work out in the end, don't they?

Post Ho
Politico

Meaning: where's all the chatter about McCain "suspending" his campaign? WTF?

I figured there'd be a huge fight, er...discussion regarding this seemingly bad decision.

wow. like clockwork.

as soon as it gets the tiniest bit cold at night, my carpal tunnel acts up and my hands and arms go painfully numb.

time to get out the braces. :(

I had never heard of Stanislav Petrov before I saw this link posted elsewhere on the 'net. Good to know such beings exist, isn't it?

Elmo is so much better than Sarah Brightman.

My suggestion: if companies and their managers and execs need our "bailout" dollars to stay afloat, then we should insist that every company and every manager and exec be treated to a thorough IRS audit.

Do not--I repeat--do NOT buy or imbibe Sam Adams' Cherry Wheat beer. Unless you just luuuuuv the taste of cough syrup.

Filing this under the What Was I Thinking department.

indeedy doody

If I give you a thousand of my posts, will you shut up?

excuse me?

he was talkin to the newb

oh. would have worked if he offered a thousand dollars (smirk)

So you're a non-post whore then, eh?

Wrong thread for you then!

;)

I am chronologically challenged.

Here I am, looking for some cellar action ... and all the Americans are either still in bed or just arriving at work. It's 10 pm here. Someone post something, will ya?

I came here to post something, but got sidetracked by all the threads and comments and no longer recall what it was I wanted to say.

That's probably a good thing. :)

Hi Sweetwater
Are you still in Japan? Or are you home now?
How is/was it?

I've just bought three different lunches.
Idiot.

All are healthy, all were discounted. But pure greed had me thinking, Oh I'll have that! Oh, I'll have that! Oh, that will go with that!

So I'll have to have one for tea tonight before I leave - which might be late, so I can get some Cellar time, depends how tired I am - and come in tomorrow for another one.

And no, none of it could be frozen. But it is all nom nom nom worthy.

I wish I was still there. Had a great send-off the day we left: a 4.9 - 5.1 earthquake while we were still in our 14th floor hotel room. Rock'n'roll! I'll be reposting some stories to MySpace and can PM you the link when I get it done, if you wish. But yeah, I loved it and would move there right now if not for our pets here and the lack of good pizza there.

Well...everyone is kinda tired from the big orgy. Were you there?

What, you don't remember me????:p

were you the guy whispering all those sweet cromulent things in my ear?

:D

Why don't ya come back in there and find out, sugar-pie?

Bought my bro two presents for his birthday. Ordered one ?five? weeks ago because it struck me as really cool. Ordered another on payday because I knew I had the money and had to get him something while I did (birthday on 13th, will have no money by then!)

I didn't exactly forget I'd ordered him something else, but it was sorta buried in my mind.

Both arrived today. One I ordered in giftwrap, so I'm not going to open the box because I won't even be able to see the present. I'll just leave it sealed and put my own address label on it.

The other... Well I knew it wasn't gift wrapped, because it wasn't offered as an option. And it took my completely by surprise when it arrived (outsize parcels come separately to normal post). So I opened it, to see if I liked it. I do. I really do.

Now bearing in mind I shouldn't really have ordered him two presents. And bearing in mind the second (wrapped) present is more suitable. And the first was paid for on the company credit card, which I have now been invoiced for and paid off (making returns a hassle)....

Okay, yes. I want to keep the first present I ordered. It's an umbrella with LED inserts. I thought it was SO cool when I saw it, I couldn't resist ordering it for Stevo. But in the mean time I remembered he isn't really an umbrella person. And the one he has is an ickle one he can fit into a voluminous coat pocket. And he's not as flamboyant as me.

Am I just being selfish because I have seen a sparkly treat and covet it? Or am genuinely worried that my gift might not hit the mark?

Keep it, Sundae. If he's not an umbrella person he will never understand it's beauty the way you do. No guilt---just umbrella love (a love hardly understood, but universally embraced when the rain storm hits)

Besides, if you meet a guy you like you can program your display to show offf your phone number! ;)

One of my friends actually did this with an LED belt he had at a club. But he was a dufus.

Ah it only has two settings, shine and twinkle [it wasn't that expensive].
But with the winter coming I am soooooooo tempted to keep it.

I'm a shining and twinkling kinda gal

It's also a safety feature. It's practical..You have to keep it.
:)

If you give him two presents, he will fill bad about not having given you two for your last birthday.

Spare him the embarrassment. Keep the brolly.

"Philosophy is for giving us good reasons for doing what we already wanted to do." Betrand Russell.

Christmas isn't that far off.

Quite right.
I used it today and felt overwhelmingly guilty.
I would not intentionally have spent that amount of money on myself in my current situation (I was a little more settled when I paid for it).

I'm going to save it for Christmas.
Not even sure who to give it to - probably my bro after all - he and I are the only real walkers in the family.

Well, my niece is too, but I spoiled her for her birthday, and anyway you never know with young teens - something I see as standing out from the crowd in a great way might just be shameful to her.

I think I did want someone to tell me not to keep it for myself.

You used it? Got to keep it now. Can't be giving used gifts... until they become antiques.;)

Nah - I kept the tag on because I was uneasy in my mind. And it's an umbrella, not a bottle of wine, it doesn't get used up.
I'll give it a quick once-over (10 minutes in the rain) then repackage it.

I might even let Stevo know I gave it a test drive a couple of months after :)

ooooh. it's so nice to be alone in my apartment on a sunday--nothing to do, no place to go. naked. quiet. kitties. sunrise on the tv, wafting of air, cloudy and sprinkly. no cares.

I had that yesterday (mostly)
Today I had to limp to the supermarket in the rain to buy a gluten free cake for a colleague's birthday tomorrow.

Still, it was wonderful to wake up at 08.15 and know I could sleep in as late as I wanted (I usually leave the house at 09.30)

Sadly, my remarkable heartburn made staying in bed uncomfortable.
But at least I bought some antacids at the shop, and will have them ready tomorrow morning!

And I do have 17 days off to organise before March next year. I see soem sleepy days ahead in me new house (working Mum and school age boy)

Heh. "The Onion" is making me laugh despite myself. :D lol'z!! It appears that I am doomed to repeat history...

I got this letter in my e-mail followed by this link:
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http://www.theonion.com/content/index

That is awesome, Cic. It won't let me copy/paste but there are so many funnies in there I wish I could. These leapt out at me:

40,000 Pounds of Slave have been loft at sea.

And in the Twenty Top-Most Books in Print:

The Thoufands Upon Thoufands of The Mohicans.

:lol:

Most users ever online was 1,719, 09-30-2007 at 10:10 AM.

I occupy idle minutes of my day wondering what inspired 1,719 Cellar users to be online on that date and time. I should get back to work on my perpetual motion machine, shouldn't I? :rolleyes:

If I recall correctly, the Foam Test IotD saw the most users at any time on the Cellar.

When costumes go wrong
 

OMG. This made me laugh! Be sure to scroll down to find out what teh kittehs really think.


http://www.who-sucks.com/animals/jap...mare-come-true

-falls off the desk chair laughing- OMFG!!!! First off... Hello Kitty costumes for cats. No, I take that back... first off, COSTUMES for cats. You will be eviscerated. Secondly... Hello Kitty? Um, HELLO!! it's already a kitty. And thirdly... you will be eviscerated (especially going by the looks on some of those cats' faces!)

:biglaugha

Stop!!! I’m a dog!!

So. Who is treasenauk, what does the anagram spell, and why haven't I seen "the lj quiz"?.....I'm just confused.


;)
Hi Treasenauk! Welcome.

oooh, I had to look up that "foam test" thing. funny!

Thanks for the welcome, Cicero! Treasenuak is... HAH! Too complicated for mere mortals to comprehend! :D Nah... I'm separated (getting a divorce), single mother, and into all kinds of kink. For details or further information, ask ;)

kink, yay!

Hello Kitty is a force of evil. It must be stopped.

It has already infiltrated every aspect of life in Japan, with over 20,000 different HK branded items available... pencil cases, toasters, vehicle exhaust pipe tips, sewing machines, even (now sadly discontinued) a vibrator.

The End Times are nigh.

I already asked for the information...now just gimme.
I'm a big girl and can handle it.
:D