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ah! do you feel like sharing your sources (via email, if you don't want to advertise)? i have this feeling sometimes it might be healthy for me to read some journals where "ttc" does not equal "seven miscarriages."

from curltwirler :

Thanks for the note - I'll check out the book. It's nice to have advice from people who are just a bit further along in the game!

from hulabelly :

Um, I heavily misused "their" in the note below. Don't tell Kate on me! :P

from hulabelly :

Luckily, Andy is 26 and Brandy is 23, so it's not like their babies. Plus, their both employed full time, so they have money. I was talking to ma about it, she is so upset, and I told her I thought it was a good thing. She looked at me like I had said, "I love to wear turkey carcasses on my head!" But the thing is, Andy is so careless, this may be good for him. He can't just blow all his money on video games and his stupid sports car and expensive shoes. He'll have to buy diapers and formula instead. He'll have to think of someone ELSE for a change. He's not a bad guy, but sheesh, grow up already, you know? Andy and Brandy (and Candy? Mandy? Randy? Tandy? LaQueesha?) will be just fine. Sorry about your Brandy, though, that's a tough situation.

from deb-e-ne-ne :

Hey-I just sent you an e-mail with a pw. If you don't get it, let me know.

from lulutrix :

happy wedding, lovely bride! mailbox wishes to follow...

from chasha :

Call yourself whatever you want. Keeping your name is a good idea, if nothing else than having a consistant identity. I think the appropriate form however is Ms. I'm getting divorced and have gone back to my maiden name, using Ms.

from hermia7 :

i didn't want to embarrass you by pointing it out, you know?

from obb :

I sent you an email re: SECRET PASSWORD, but I think my lame joke of a subject line may have sent it to your spam folder. so er, brookeaATshawDOTca, if you are so inclined.

from polishstreak :

Congratulations! And welcome to the wonderful world of middle-school melodrama. I'm sure you'll be awesome. :) SB

from hermia7 :

yeah, no. She co-wrote a textbook on art and writing in the classroom, I think, but it's out of print. it came out in 1990. She was a really amazing teacher. I later found out she was a fairly manipulative person in the adult world, but I worshiped her as a student. Middle School was a cakewalk after Mrs. Watrous for 5th grade.

from hermia7 :

yeah, it totally is. It's about 6 feet wide, poor thing!

from hermia7 :

No, it totally doesn't mean you're old. We, the people who crave storage, are the same people who pull down old textbooks when we're reading novels to get some background detail on something or other. Wait, maybe that's just me? I know it's not.

from rhubelerosko :

Yeah, it wasn't her but Teo said the same thing...Also, can you believe she was only 19! Hahahaha! I bet a LOT of people thought it was the fabulous Nutter Butter...

from polishstreak :

Repo girl? Um... kind of, I guess...lol. I inspect repo-ed houses that the company my boss owns buys from banks, fixes up, then resells. Sometimes I find fun surprises like old bottles of Vicodan or left behind stereos (still waiting to find a Playstation)... Sometimes I find fun vandalism like shit smeared on walls. Lovely, eh? SB

from fixinto :

you know, when I was a kid, my mother took my brother and I to the library every single week and we go to choose as many books as they would let us check out. now a bio phd student, i am the only one who still reads those things called "books" that my friends and professors think are only good for holding together journal articles. but, to the point- sounds like youre the kind of teacher i want teaching my kids. if youre into fiction, i have a suggestion. i am sure you have read daniel quinn, but if not, its a great read. try "holy", his latest. it's not going to inspire you as a teacher, but when you feel like your whole mission in life is being called into question, quinn makes me feel better about feeling, well, bitter.

from deb-e-ne-ne :

Happy belated birthday! Glad it was lovely!!

from lulutrix :

Oooh!! I am so jazzed!!!

from persephonee :

i might do that, though i don't think it can be an in-school deferment, because i am only part time. but maybe forbearance, yeah. although i'm sort of dreading the interest on that too. thanks for the thought! i thought of you recently, because my boss told me the bangor library was looking for a full-time librarian with hebrew skills. i was like hey! i know that library! don't i?

from rhubelerosko :

I say give him two shows. Edward was kinda quiet the first episode he was on, too. I think its kind of like coming into the "in crowd." I also think he may be more of a good carpenter like Amy Wynn and not as much eye candy as Ty (not that I mind the eye candy)

from persephonee :

oh, so sad! i would have loved to help you out. except i only know the kosher places, which might not have been what you had in mind when you said "i want sushi" either. hmm. lance has a friend who would know where to get the real thing. by the next time you come in (yay!) i will have a list all rustled up for you!

from fixinto :

it's Karma, I tell you, Karma. Just wait. For example, my brother is much like your cousin. Goes to church all the time, runs the youth group, blah,blah,blah. Add to that lying to my family, not inviting us to his children's birthday parties, you name it. He has borrowed money from my grandparents (who have more money than God himself, I think) since he got married at 19 (he quit college to get married)... now, he's always broke, married to a brain dead witch, risking becoming bankrupt, and my grandparents always "loan" him a few thousand here, a few thousand there... anyway, it's added up, and he is NOT paying them back. Two weeks ago, my car DIED. Being in grad school, I couldn't afford a car. So, here comes my grandparents, who are finally tired of giving to my brother while he lives it up and runs himself further into debt that my grandparetns will have to eventually bail him out of. They buy ME a car and told me if I even thought of paying them back, they would be really, really mad and hurt. My brother couldn't be more jealous right now. I'm the one who stayed in school, I'm the one in grad school, yet he has alwasy been the "poor T, we have to help him out...he's got a family and a nice house, he can't afford all his bills, poor,poor, pitiful him..." BULLSHIT. They got tired of it, and now they are all giving me the money they used to give to him. Long story short, everyone WILL figure out that YOU are the one they should be so proud of. Its's coming. It takes time, but it's coming. Hang in there. YOU'RE NOT THE BAD GUY HERE.

from hermia7 :

I know you are on a bus/train and won't see this, but I am SOOO excited to hang out! I'm thinking we'll hit The Strand. Pinky can do some browsing. It's going to be raining, so I'm trying to think of indoor things!

from hermia7 :

eek, we never made plans! call me tomorrow at work? umm....actually, call my cell I guess. We'll touch base tomorrow night when you're in NYC?

from rhubelerosko :

hmmm, they work for me...but i will try to make sure it works for everyone else! Thanks for the info...see you TWO DAYS!

from rhubelerosko :

totally loving the cb vests and mud boots! (brookiebaby, by the way)

from rhubelerosko :

totally loving the cb vests and mud boots! (brookiebaby, by the way)

from persephonee :

hahaha! oh my. does that bother you? i guess you don't have a choice, huh? i LOVE your pictures, by the way. :)

from hulabelly :

Good point about the Googling. I wasn't sure. I have had people I know tell me they couldn't get in to my diary. I should tell them to Google me if they want to read it so bad. And because I am so saucy, they ALL do. :) Ew. Saucy. I don't think I like that word anymore.

from hermia7 :

eee, I watched the ad for that and thought "never never never."

from persephonee :

wow, so thoughtful! thank you!! i guess my reputation for paranoia is sealed now...

from persephonee :

eek, i'm such a space case today! let me know if the email doesn't come through. or if i, um, mailed you the old password instead of the new one. :D

from persephonee :

eek, i'm such a space case today! let me know if the email doesn't come through. or if i, um, mailed you the old password instead of the new one. :D

from persephonee :

that's a good theory! i was really hoping that was it, but i just went to look at the stats for my web design homework page. whoever it was visited there directly from my diary, which means they were in.

from hulabelly :

I can never tell if my comments have posted. In a nutshell, I said "Glad you're better, eat some pancakes!" :)

from obb :

hah! it would definitely have been called the katimavan. no one can resist the katima prefix. Hee, it's totally cracking me up that it was in a superstore parking lot. We used to get sooo bored in our prairies small town, we would BEG to be driven to the superstore to hang out. Get our photos developed, get crappy cheap President's Choice pop, squeeze the produce. So. Bored.

from hermia7 :

bwah! migrant worker outreach... i'll e-mail you.

from obb :

ohhh, cool. I have a folio like that (a document carrier for when it rains? I'm not sure if folio is actually the word.), the bungees are so fun to use.

from briddy-b :

Agreed. Cookie, you are absolutely right. I just tend to hold back on calling people out in fear that they will bring up some of my less than stellar moments in history (and present). You are much braver than I. XOXO Brid

from yvette18 :

hey there I came across your diary by your banner. I will start to read, but just wondering how did you do your links for the diaryreview sites, specifically the review site accordingly. I'm new at this and do not know how to formate links.

from obb :

worse, damnit, "poetry night" now means "lame freestyle gangsta rap night" in my town. I went with a friend of mine, a local slam poet & chapbook type o' guy who was hoping to read some of his new stuff, to such a night and we were very disappointed to find the bust-a-cap-in-yo-ass levels were a leetle bit higher than expected from a poetry open mike. Oh well, living language, yada yada. But da-yemn.

from i-roboctopus :

I have nothing to say except you rock girlie. That and I just read all of your comments and noticed that lulutrix said "Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter." You guys make me proud. :-)

from bbo :

ohh, your thing just made me so sad, I was possibly a bit incoherent. (whatever writing technique that was? the maky-obb-go-boohoo one? was very effective.) Anyway. You sitting at the back of the funeral made me all weepy.

from obb :

oh he's BLIND! That never occured to me. I just thought he was like, camera shy or something. I always blink when someone takes a picture of me. Looking at my highschool yearbooks you could come to the conclusion I was blind too.

from obb :

hee! yeah, I've seen that, it's cute. but I think I'll stick with my social leaders fund. :D Every year the paper here does a saints vs. sinners thing where they pit four "good" stocks against four "sin" stocks. The results are always pretty random, since it's like, just four stocks, but the commentary is hilarious.

from hulabelly :

So, do YOU know any famous bass clarinet players?

from yishunwrites :

howdy--been reading your 'log. i work for AARP here in new york--what are you doing at the conference? i've enjoyed your entries, and do check back in, and was prompted to read your essay--which, by the way, was nicely written, and god, how awful to watch someone you love slowly creep towards something they have to convince themselves they want. agh.

from allumeuse :

I DO remember that conversation. :)

from elberry :

visiting....thanks....enjoyed it a lot.

from fuzzy-grey :

I clicked your banner. I'll be honest with ya. I just came here to see the picture of the foot. (nod)

from hulabelly :

Hey!! I just saw your banner! You are so famous!

from andyzero :

Not you, fret not...call me!

from groupie94 :

IUD's are great... I had one put in after my son was born and then had it taken out to get preg. w/ my daughter ( i got preg within 2 weeks after having it removed ) and now I have another. Both of mine were Paragaurd ones ( copper )I was attracted to using that type cuz they are good for up to 10 yrs. I've found that removal hurts more than insertion ( although i had a child too ) Good luck with your new IUD...!!!

from hulabelly :

For perfect over easy eggs, cook eggs like you normally would. When they get done on the bottom, put a teaspoon of water over the yolk and cover the frying pan for about a minute. It steams the top of the egg but doesn't cook the yolk. Perfect every time! You don't even have to flip them!

from chasha :

Your moon and ascendent are both aries. Thanks for taking my survey. -CRbE

from lulutrix :

Hey, do you need me to tell that obb weirdo to back off? I understand you're being stalked. I'll do it! I'll do it!! Charley horses suck ass, too. But mostly I wanted to say thanks for the birthday wishes. ;)

from xfsmiles :

Hey, i was just wondering how you get a banner to be put up. do you have to ba a gold member???

from obb :

heeheehee, niblets.

from zerom3ph :

how do cats get that big??

from polishstreak :

Hey-- thanks for listing me as a favorite-- I'll return the favor shortly, but DAMN you have a lot of archives to read through (OCD kicks in-- have to follow the system of reading from beginning to end...lol). Adios.

from russiagirl :

Heh, I only wish I'd get creepy Arabic messages. At this point that would make my day...

from obb :

Hee, sounds like the Church of Activated Charcoal Water Filters. Signnn me up...

from obb :

nya, nya, you actually had ALREADY left me a double note. you're TOTALLY a stalker.

from freevah :

I just left a note for deb-e-ne-ne on the matrimonial attorney chick, with the same complaint as you! :) Hello, eyes, lips, and lashes do not a marriage make! And that schmoozer was annoying and sadly familiar from college days. But I couldn't stop watching...

from obb :

PS: I AM STALKING GRESCHYA! THAT IS WHY ONLY I LEAVE NOTES! AHAHA! ALSO, I AM A SCARY MONSTER!

from obb :

I think it's the retch sound. Heh, um, ew. But I mean, if you don't totally clearly hear "GRETCHEN! AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!", your brain might cast around for names that sort of fit what you sort of heard, and Rachel is most common, although it shouldn't be because hello, Gretchen is a much cooler name. Anyway, I knew a girl in highschool whose name was Hebe. As it turned out. For months I had NO CLUE what her name was despite hearing people calling her Hebe all the time - I couldn't match up what they said with a name I knew. "Wheelie? Stevie? Umm.." the ol' brain just didn't connect with anything until months later I happened to be reading about ancient greek something or rather and read the name "Hebe". Aha! And also I cheated and read the class attendance list the next day just in case.

from obb :

Well, I hope it was a highly sarcastic miracle baby, anyhow. <br><Br>I don't think you're all that crazy; my eyelids and bhind my knees are always driving me crazy too. My left foot is, however, okay so far. But you have all that crazy disembodied foot karma going on in your life, so you know. If your fake foot was itchy, now, that would be crazy.

from obb :

crap, darlene gave birth? nooo! she was my sarcastic hero! she could easily cause new life to wither and die. how did that work?

from obb :

hah! I've secretly been looking at rings too. I don't know WHY, since I'm so NOT getting married any time soon, and if so I don't even WANT a ring, because I would totally lose it in ten seconds. Unless it was a ring pop, in which case it might last a few minutes. But y'know, there's something bizarrely appealing about those condescending bridal jewelery sites talking gibberish about wedding bands and engagement hoohaws and spending 2 months salary on the cardboard gift box and whatever. I blame drugs in the water. Seriously, let's move to the moon.

from russiagirl :

I bet the Canadian border WAS a lot like growing up in rural Alaska... the Def Lepperd, the wall-hair and oh, dear God, the Keds and slouch socks.

from lulutrix :

Okay, I somehow remembered your having commented on the "things that irk me" post-- so if my note below makes no sense at all :) just check that out!

from lulutrix :

Greschya, your acerbic wit continues to slay me. (I think a beer bottle thrown in would have been fantastic... JIMMY CARTER, JIMMY CARTER!)

from obb :

thamalank you!

from obb :

that is how you start! I used to just about faint if I went above 3.5 mph. A year later that's the tail-end of my cooldown. You just keep going and by and by you'll be a superhero moving faster than the speed of fast.

from lulutrix :

You'll know it's our agent if you see a wrinkly "blonde" lady with a voice like an old truck driver... ;)

from russiagirl :

I clipped a bunch of pictures from International Male and have been leaving them in startling places for Skateboy to find... like he opens his razor case and finds a picture of a guy with a curly Italian mullet in a poet's shirt. Heh.

from lulutrix :

Your passion is inspiring! Go, Greschya, go! And CONGRATS to Dave!!!!

from obb :

heehee, yes I am unitedcap. don't tell my boss, but I too cruise the ring all day.

from deb-e-ne-ne :

I enjoyed your entry about wedding stuff :) I agree, yellow gold is no good. My bf and I actually had the conversation really early about what kind of jewlery, etc I like (he brought it up), and I said the same thing about metals. Craziness. But it is true, as long as it comes from his heart, that's the important thing.

from russiagirl :

Howdy. Like your stuff, drop in on my site some time. I promise, soon there'll be less about my crappy apartment and more about freaky things that happened to me in Siberia.

from janest :

I've never eaten alone at a restaurant or even a fast food place and I think that is pretty sad of me. People eat alone constantly in NY. I remember when I first moved to Manhattan, I couldn't believe how many more people ate out alone than in Queens. 5 years ago I finally managed to go to my first movie alone, but I still haven't pulled off the eating thing. I think that's something for me to tackle.

from bjerica :

OK, I think it must be a diaryland glitch, because it is happening with a few other diaries too. It's strange because most of them are working.

from bjerica :

What's going on with your diary Gretchen? All I am getting is weird characters for lines and lines.

from janest :

Thank you for not only knowing the glory of John Denver & the Muppets Christmas album, but for saying so too!

from bjerica :

Stop procrastinating girl!

from juana :

Wow, Gretchen, I LOVE your latest entry. I am in utter awe of you. You're a hell of a girl. xoxo

from meenabell :

Gretchen's Sense of Snow. I KNOW the smell. faintly metallic, crisp, and leaves a slight tingle in your tongue. I bet you miss Phoenix's 75 degree "winters" at times like those(blizzards, that is). On marriage(previous entry): I thought we were all going to grow old and form a knitting circle..just kidding.

from ronni :

hehehe, I'll send you all the "really good salsa" you want...my husband has tons of it...you should see his hot sauce collection! Loved the Phoenix entry...

from meenabell :

Gretch, it's Meeeeeeeeeeee-na. Nice digs. I especially like the library. I think you've hit the motherload with your bibliophilic tendencies. Trust me, I know. Is it something like borders but the people are better and everyone knows the title? har har har *muah* tell andy I said "hi". take care.

from juana :

OH... What a beautiful entry (re: the difference between you and the freshmen). You and I are the same age, and often I think about going back to school-- I dropped out just before my BA), and I think about how strange I might feel... everything you described made me realize it might not be so bad.

from ajax :

That puppet thing is too bizarre!!

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