tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post113702008724167822..comments2024-03-12T00:36:02.830-07:00Comments on sweatpantsmom: Many Years Ago Today I Was Bornsweatpantsmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501471972355692992noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137438858505353282006-01-16T11:14:00.000-08:002006-01-16T11:14:00.000-08:00I am slow, but Happy Birthday and here are some od...I am slow, but Happy Birthday and here are some odd things:<BR/><BR/>1. I played Coco in my Vermont high school rendition on Fame. I had to wear skin darkening makeup. I won't go into all the reasons that was kind of fucked up.<BR/><BR/>2. I have crushes on wierd dudes. Adrian Brody? Mo Rocca? Harry Potter in the last movie where he is CLEARLY 16 and not 11....<BR/><BR/>3. I get a deep dark craving for Chef Boyardee Ravioli in a can once a year.<BR/><BR/>4. My husband was one of my camp counselors when I was 11 - but we didn't know it until many years after we had gotten together<BR/><BR/>5. I'm a little addicted to National Geographic Channel<BR/><BR/>OK - Only five.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920042208198309201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137142265893790932006-01-13T00:51:00.000-08:002006-01-13T00:51:00.000-08:00HApPy B-DaY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HApPy B-DaY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137130605560503222006-01-12T21:36:00.000-08:002006-01-12T21:36:00.000-08:001) I worry, a lot...sometimes about rational,and m...1) I worry, a lot...sometimes about rational,and more often about not so rational things. Like when I read an article about LYME disease, by the time I finish I am dialing the doctor because I am pretty sure I have it.<BR/>And yet, when people I know and love worry about silly things, I tell them they are crazy...and I mean it.<BR/><BR/>2) I like listening to other people's conversations in public places, especially restaurants.<BR/><BR/><BR/>3) Often, the less my clothing costs, the more I like it.I especially like it when someone compliments me on any given piece of my bargain ensemble.<BR/>Payless, Target, Costco,Mervyn's...some of my favorite boutiques.<BR/><BR/>4)My closet's present entry for "Best New Sweater" came straight off the racks of the Target Children's (girl's) department.<BR/><BR/>5) I don't like to fly (see number 1), but I love to go to faraway places.<BR/><BR/>6) I don't think I could ever eat just one cookie, or mini reese's cup...<BR/>if I am going to have one, I need AT LEAST a handful.<BR/><BR/>7) When I go to family gatherings (my side of the family), I always feel like the dumbest person in the room.<BR/><BR/>8) Most often, I'm a person who really knows what she wants,but faced with menus at restaurants I always have a difficult time committing to an order.<BR/><BR/>9) I have a very sensitive sense of smell, Giampaolo thinks I may have been a dog in my past life. I love the smell of garlic frying in olive oil, anything baking,babies, spring, vanilla and coffee. I hate the smell of mildew--but then, who doesn't?<BR/><BR/>10) Of all the things I have learned,and the few I can actually remember, I think being bilingual is my favorite skill.<BR/><BR/>11) YES, a bonus fact! I will never NOT think my butt looks big. But luckily, that never stopped me (see number 6).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137125185941735692006-01-12T20:06:00.000-08:002006-01-12T20:06:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday! 10 things, huh?1)I am also a Janu...Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/> 10 things, huh?<BR/><BR/>1)I am also a January baby.<BR/>2)I'm a damned yankee. <BR/>3)I like to fish, as long as I don't have to touch the bait or the fish.<BR/>4)I'm tall.<BR/>5)Not freaky tall. Just regular tall.<BR/>6)I used to take a book and a bowl of cherry tomatoes into the tree in our yard and stay there for hours.<BR/>7)Not recently. I was a kid. It was a good climbing tree.<BR/>8)We're under a Tornado watch here right now and it's getting kinda gusty out there.<BR/>9)Yikes.<BR/>10)I'm the only girl in a family of five children. I'm not scared of no steenking tornado.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137115251407431522006-01-12T17:20:00.000-08:002006-01-12T17:20:00.000-08:00Here is a short list because I am AT WORK and shou...Here is a short list because I am AT WORK and should be, uh, WORKING:<BR/><BR/>1) My boyfriend of 7 months thinks that I am one year younger than I really am (!!!!)<BR/>2) I drink chocolate milk every night<BR/>3) I own a Backstreet Boys CD<BR/>4) I hum in my sleep sometimes<BR/>5) I stole a tube of lipstick when I was 14.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137112645736817722006-01-12T16:37:00.000-08:002006-01-12T16:37:00.000-08:00The machine I finally decided on is this one in st...The machine I finally decided on is <A HREF="http://www.starbucks.co.jp/en/bean_equipment.htm" REL="nofollow">this one</A> in stainless steel.<BR/><BR/>I had a few requirements: price (under $500) and a large water tank so that I could make several drinks in a row. I had 30 people over for Thanksgiving and made 16 cappucinnos in succession, no problem. It was actually recommended by a Pasqini rep that I had talked to because it was one of the few home machines that he said was made in Italy and built to last. I have had this machine for around 3 years and use it almost every day and have had no problems. Oh, and the coffee tastes goooood.<BR/><BR/>Also, believe it or not, Starbucks has great customer service. Before this machine we had purchased a regular drip coffee maker that malfunctioned after around 4 months, and they gave me a full refund, no questions asked.<BR/><BR/>Can I sound any more like a COFFEE GEEK? Yeesh.<BR/><BR/>Okay, Laura - begin your list!!sweatpantsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501471972355692992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137041040220255512006-01-11T20:44:00.000-08:002006-01-11T20:44:00.000-08:00Sooo, it's your birthday, excellent! So as a gift ...Sooo, it's your birthday, excellent! So as a gift to you, here's my "ten" random facts. And as they say on my planet, "auguribuoncompleanno"<BR/>1)I like watching clouds.<BR/>2)I have a "thing" about watches, they hypnotize me.<BR/>3)I believe in angeles.<BR/>4)I really do believe in Angeles<BR/>5)I never grew up. I'm still a 5 yrs old kid trapped in man's body.<BR/>6) I love food.<BR/>7) I'm shy but I don't show it!<BR/>8)I daydream alot.<BR/>9) I want to be an astronaut<BR/>I0) I like the feeling of a pair brand new socks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137036636527443102006-01-11T19:30:00.000-08:002006-01-11T19:30:00.000-08:00Okay, I really don't need a THIRD chin, but what i...Okay, I really don't need a THIRD chin, but what if we can't think of 10 things to say about ourselves?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137029187912681492006-01-11T17:26:00.000-08:002006-01-11T17:26:00.000-08:00First, happy birthday, chick! I'm a January baby, ...First, happy birthday, chick! I'm a January baby, too. we rule. (it's true, you can look it up)<BR/><BR/>Why kind a cap' machine did you get? was the francis francis one of the ones you test drove?<BR/><BR/>also - have you lost weight? (must be the list)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137026303187070572006-01-11T16:38:00.000-08:002006-01-11T16:38:00.000-08:00oh and, HAPPY DAY!oh and, HAPPY DAY!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1137026257289417942006-01-11T16:37:00.000-08:002006-01-11T16:37:00.000-08:00but first, I need to know what cappuccino machine ...but first, I need to know what cappuccino machine you settled on. My favorite model is no longer available, and our last (which I researched endlessly, and still read up on...do they PAY all those people to give the worst machine we've ever had RAVE reviews?)sucks--and after years of pretending it doesn't, we're ready to try again. If you give us the coffee machine dope, I might even give you 10 facts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com