This is the best comic- evvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr. ;-; *lovelovelove*

Tomorrow, Emily Dickinson will be 100 days old!!!

She's such a love bug. I woke up this morning after the third snooze, and sat up muzzily in bed. She had been laying in the kitchen- but when she saw me sit up, she came running to see me, leapt upon the bed, and began purring like a faulty engine as she "loved on" me. ;-; I love our baby so much...

We purchased a small crescent moon and star collar for her over the weekend... she looks so grown-up in it! It's still too big for her, and we don't leave it on her during the day- but she takes to it very well (which surprised me. x.X)! She notices everything, so having her wear a collar and ignore it was a magical feat...

~*~

Pendrific P's birthday party is on the 12'th. He shall then be a whopping four years old! *cheers* We shall celebrate with much partying, I'm sure~

P loves his rainbow balls, so I believe that those shall be his present- it doesn't take much to make the Pirate happy... *chuckles*

Princess is extraordinarily bad, and she will pay for the therapy I will have to have because of her~ ;p

Last night Jenn and I introduced my sister to Buca Di Beppo- our favorite restaurant. Which was fabulous beyond all mortal reason, as usual. :D Oh my goodness, I love that place... and Laura gave it two thumbs up- which can only be a good thing.

Then, after a game and ice cream, we watched Scary Movie II- because Laura had to introduce us to something. And I am traumatized. Scary Movie III was actually good- I could only sit through half of Scary Movie I... but SMII has GOT to take the cake for stupidity, crassness... and pushing every envelope known to man. x.X

Kid loved it. ;p

So she's bad. Very, very bad! Laura, you are so dead. XD

I drove my kid sister to my parent's last night, and- on my way back to our apartment- I happened to catch the tale end of Lovers and Other Strangers, my favorite radio program. They recite poetry and short stories on different literary themes, interspersed with modern music that accompany the pieces nicely.

This show was apparently on the fleeting quality of Romance. There was a study done recently that practically guaranteed the fact that romance lasts eighteen to thirty-six months, and then it's down to a day to day grind that includes nothing of love.

I tend to strongly disagree. On December 1'st, my sweetheart and I will have been together for two years. There has been nothing of a "day to day grind" that suffused any moment we have spent together. We have grown deeper and deeper in love- the exact opposite of what the study claims.

I am a perpetual romantic- but there may be a logical explanation to our romance. Jenn and I lived in a long distance relationship. We were separated for long weeks- long, painful weeks that I can recall all too clearly. The pain I felt during that time was heart breaking. I do not think that I will ever be able to forget exactly what I wanted, so very, very badly... and exactly what I could not have.

We wrote letters and emails, we called each other every day... but a human is mortal- made of flesh and blood. These things were not embraces or kisses. They were paper. They were flickering screens, or soft whispers on a phone line that measured hundreds of miles. They were not what we craved. Or needed.

A long distance relationship has one good thing to it. You will never take for granted what you have... you will never take for granted a single moment in your beloved's presence... because you know it for what it is. A precious gift.

People that are going through hard times, or have difficult relationships because of selfishness... or lack of listening skills- or any other number of trivial, self-centered reasons... I only wish that they could have experienced a long distance relationship. I believe that the lessons learned from such a test and trial are invaluable.

I will treat my beautiful Pisces as the angel she is- because I know... exactly what she is worth.

She is perfectly priceless.

Maybe they should study that.

"'How does one become a butterfly?' she asked pensively.
'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.'"
-Trina Paulus

At 2:15 in the morning, we were awakened by an ear shattering alarm... An alarm had gone off in our apartment.

We only have two- carbon monoxide and smoke. I pulled on a robe, completely disoriented, and staggered out of the bedroom, Jenn with me. We assumed it was the smoke alarm, and tried to turn it off (Meanwhile, I was getting more and more frightened- we have many smokers in our building). I unplugged the battery, but the alarm still sounded. It was so deafening, we could barely think.

Jenn found the Carbon Monoxide alarm- it read "peak level." I dislodged the batteries and called 911. What then followed was a few minutes of crates and cats and kittens- and then we were standing in our living room as the fire truck came. There were four fire fighters who took different readings and went throughout the entire apartment, while we answered questions.

It turns out that the Carbon Monoxide alarm had malfunctioned. There was not a trace of the stuff in our apartment.

I felt so horrible that we had dragged them out for nothing, and said so repeatedly. But I was so relieved that nothing was the matter... that everything was safe.

;-; Still. That was incredibly traumatic at two in the morning.

By the time everything had died down, it was three o'clock. We were both wide awake- but exhausted!- and couldn't sleep. We had the best conversation ever, but I wonder if it would have been so funny if we hadn't been so tired or stressed~

I love my honey. ;-; I am so, so glad that nothing... absolutely nothing... happened.

*grateful*

"Lunabar puts a lunar almanack in your taskbar. It accurately shows the current phase of the moon, the times of moonrise, moon southing, and moonset, and the zodiacal constellation and sign. The phase, constellation or zodiacal sign is shown in a tooltip window when your mouse hovers over the icon, and a full lunar almanack is just a double-click away."

StarDate's Moon Phase Calendar provides the daily moon phase in a lovely, visual format, while StarDate itself explains what is happening in the heavens tonight.

(I have the most amazing inspiration~)

Go read a poem...

I asked my mother for her slow cooker this morning... I haven't cooked in one in years, and I miss it. There's something so wonderfully simple about them- it's magic. Add the ingredients to it and leave for the day... when you get home, you have a sumptuous feast awaiting you. Autumn makes me think of the coziness a slow cooker provides... It will be good to have one again. Anyway, I would rather concentrate on baked goods. I think Jenn likes those a wee bit more~

Somewhat related- I think that this is the cutest flower arrangement ever. ;-;

This is what my father emailed me about the events in the sky at his party:

"i called channel 2 weather man kevin occonell about the white dots we saw on sunday....he probably thought i was NUTS!!!!!!.......i don't believe he didn't call back lol"

;p Reason 10,026,451,340 why I love my Daddums.

Ah, the joy of having a celestially obsessed family~ :D

Jenn and I visited my parents (and kid sister) on Sunday for my Dad's birthday party. When we arrived, my Dad was laying on one of our grassy hills, staring at the sky. I thought he was simply taking a nap- (like old timers do ;p)- so we rushed inside with the balloon and gift bags. In a moment, my Mum called us: "Can you go outside and sit with your father? He says there are things in the sky. *roll of eyes*"

My Dad's favorite movies are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and anything with "Star Trek" in the title- it's quite obvious who I received my obsession with space from. Some of my favorite childhood memories are having my Dad teach me all of the constellations- and spending hours with him beneath the night sky- watching the stars. I firmly believe him when he says there are things in the sky- so we went outside.

There were things. Small, white objects- moving at varying speeds across the heavens, and in different directions. They came a few moments after each other- and after using binoculars, I can safely say that they were NOT airplanes or jets. Everyone sat on the lawn and contemplated the sky for about an hour while my Dad pointed them out- he still always saw them first. ;p

His actual birthday is today- and this takes place on it. Pretty cool b-day gift for my Daddums~

I love my Dad so much- watching the unexplained things in the sky- while still cracking jokes and just... enjoying the company- was a memory I will treasure for always...