<p>mathson has the most beautiful, slender fingers I’ve ever seen! Of course, I’d by skinny too if I got that much exercise!!</p>
<p>OK, here’s the deal. D is in today’s newspaper for an all-expense study trip to Germany, which she won via really high test scores, app, and interview (in German). Great story—except that it starts with the wording of the text message that I sent to her phone while she was at a movie. “Aaaaughghgh u won the AATG trip just got email” followed by “Translation, she’d just been awarded a trip to Germany.” So, I sound dumber than a rock. Maybe it implies what a success story she is, to be V, aspiring to be an Astrophysicist, being fluent in German, with having such an idiot for a mom!!!</p>
<p>Barkeep… I need a Bloody-Mary—make it a double!!! Duhhhhh…</p>
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mathson has the most beautiful, slender fingers I’ve ever seen! Of course, I’d by skinny too if I got that much exercise!!
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Oh that wasn’t mathson or even his little brother. That was mathson’s little brother’s current favorite violinist. :)</p>
<p>oops sorry – time to lay off the maragaritas and start paying attention.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, I thought it was mootson!</p>
<p>Aaah! The Omen!</p>
<p>Having made the reference to Blue Lagoon now there is a frozen daiquiri on the line to anyone who understands why I said what I said above and why I want to know if SBMom owns any dobermans…</p>
<p>Did you notice Holly Hunter has a new TV show coming up? From The Piano to YouTube…and BTW I watch American Idol and I want Jordin to win.</p>
<p>There. That’s all my guilty pleasures in one quick confession.</p>
<p>STUMPED 
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<p>SBmom, mootson #2 (a.k.a. TSFH) has long slender fingers also, but he’s a drummer. His hair is much longer than the fiddler’s, though. :)</p>
<p>I didn’t pick up the Omen reference either. I’ll just have a Long Island Iced Tea and do some needlework tonight. (I bought mootson #1 a kit from “Subversive CrossStitch” which I finished and framed as a HS graduation present for him 2 years ago. I am rapidly trying to do the same with a different yet completely appropriate kit in the next 2.5 weeks before graduation of TSFH… tough since the kit just showed up 2 days ago after being ordered a month ago! I figure I need to do some needlework for each of them before the arthritis completes its job in my fingers… sigh. Darn you Dad-and-Ancestors anyway!)</p>
<p>mootie some of my most prized possessions are gorgeous needlepoints my grandmother made. What a sweet gift!</p>
<p>Long Island Iced Tea ----- Brilliant!!!</p>
<p>Mootmom–LOL! I just googled your Subversive Cross-stitch place!!! Hahaha–please tell, which one did you give you son as hs graduation gift???
Although pretty tame, I do like the “Truthiness” one–D is a big Steven Colbert fan. Hmmmm… Although many of them were pretty funny—boy, I could get a rep for being a cool mom on the dorm floor with some of those!!!</p>
<p>LOL Subversive Cross Stitch. I really like the one that’s the Cheney quote. :D</p>
<p>Now I have to go back and look it up to see which one you’re referring to!</p>
<p>I promise I went with the tame ones, not the nasty ones!! S#1 received “whatever” because that’s what he said in response to most of my suggestions the last year he was home. 
S#2 will be receiving “WT_?” since he is one of those lightning-fast texters/AIMers you meet among his generation and he uses 1337 abbreviations regularly. I love the fact that irreverant sayings (and some quite rude sayings that I would not be willing to stitch) are decorated with frilly doohickies and little bunnies and duckies and flowers. </p>
<p>I, too, was tempted by “Truthiness” but decided it might become dated too fast.</p>
<p>Her post was #6666 on this thread…</p>
<p>And I had a great-aunt who needlepointed so many pillows that she had to start rotating them onto sofas…</p>
<p>She made me a Princeton one. I wonder whatever happened to it?</p>
<p>OOOOOOOOhhhhhh! 6666 – the beast – got it.</p>
<p>Yeah. Guess I got a little obscure in my enthusiasm:).</p>
<p>Best needlepoint pillow I saw at a friend’s house, on her bed. One side said “Tonight” and the other said “Not tonight.”</p>
<p>LOL. Actually chuckling out loud is more accurate.</p>
<p>Off to work…</p>
<p>Whoa, we skipped right over Astrophysicsmom’s great news. This calls for maragaritas for all (after all, it is Cuatro de Mayo) in honor of the future astrophysicist’s trip to Germany. Congrats to Astrophysicist’s D!!!</p>
<p>Just think, Astrophysicsmom, when your D gets here she can legally have a margarita of her own (if she can find such a thing)! I’m so happy for her–we absolutely LOVE Germany! We’ve made some very good friends, no serious culture shock, beautiful country. Where is your D’s program?</p>
<p>Hey, I’ve just given myself an idea…thinking of margaritas made me think of beer, which reminded me that our town has a famous brewery and the braumeister (sp???----help me, Astrophysicistmom’s D!) lives right next door. So during the in-law visit, we can hook Gramps up with the braumeister for a tour, then they can tip back a few warm ones (can’t really say cold ones when you’re talking about German beer in June), and have a great time.</p>
<p>OK, speaking of no culture shock, I really should have said none until yesterday when I made my first visit to a German GYN…SBmom said this a few days ago: “Next thing you know you will be naked at Burning Man,” and you’d all think she was right if you had been there…you undress with the doctor there in the room for the exam, no robe, sheet, etc., then after that exam I had to follow her down the hall half-naked to the ultrasound room…can’t wait to see what it’s like when I go for a mammogram next week. Anyway, I came home and made myself a margarita (Tres de Mayo, you know)–should have done that BEFORE the appointment! </p>
<p>Did y’all know May is National Margarita Month (my own official proclamation, celebrating my Mexican heritage!) Aw, heck, let’s make it Mes Mundial de Margaritas–everyone, all around the world, join in!</p>