anonemouse

You're welome! I know what you mean, Green. Sometimes I just want to give a giant "F YOU!" to everyone around me at Christmas.

You're very welcome! This was the first year that I sent out cards. My hand was hurting by the time I finished writing, so I'm not 100% certain that I'll do it again!

I would really like to be able to change the forum skin, like we used to be able to do. The ghost arm that the chick at the top has bugs me to no end.

As some of you know, I LOVE tea! My brother's MIL gave me a great tea for Christmas that I wanted to pass on to all of you. She gave me a tin of The Republic of Tea's Holiday Spice Comfort and Joy tea, and it is absolutely AWESOME. If any of you are Chai lovers, you will probably love this tea, too. I like it with a tad bit of sugar and some half and half or milk in it.

My go-to foods are frozen edamame (SO yummy!), nuts (mostly pistachios or pecans), and cheese. The only thing I've found that I have trouble eating is dry steamed broccoli and soft breads. And Combos, apparently, which I just found out this past week.

Oh! I forgot! When you go shopping, try to find a Vanity Fair full-figure posture-support bra. They're underwire, but the one I got is one of the most comfortable underwires that I've ever worn. You may be able to get a smaller size in it, too. I had to get a 40C, 'cause the 40D (the size I wore in other bras) was too big.

I just bought a few new bras (my old one - yes, ONE that still sorta fit me - was finally too big!). I got them at Macy's for 1/3 off. One was on clearance, too, so I paid $15 for it, I think. I'm pretty sure that all the ones that were 1/3 off were Vanity Fair. Do you have any outlet malls near you? You can usually find pretty cheap name-brand bras at them.

It is SO good! That tea and Tazo's Organic Chai are my current tea obsessions at the moment. Well, those and my all-time favorite unflavored black tea, Twining's Prince of Wales tea. :hungry:

And btw, it's so great to see all of y'all! I've was staying with my folks from around 12/14 till today. My parents' computer basically crashed (had a MASSIVE amount of viruses on it, according to the tech), so the only opportunity I had to get online was when I had the time to go to the local library or when I could get on my brother's computer when we were in Memphis for Christmas. Either way, didn't have a lot of time (managed to update my sig and check email, but that's about it).

Yep, I'm back! Finally got back to Kentucky tonight. I am so freakin' glad to see my computer! I swear I was going through withdrawal! I have to say, though, that the longer I was away, the more tempted I was to not come back. Once I got through the "must go to LBT" phase, I was amazed by how much less stress I was under. Honestly? The only thing that made me come back is that I have a bunch of amazing friends here now. I'm just trying to convince myself that all the crap will pass, just like it's done in the past. I'm just getting so sick of it.

But Amazon ROCKS! I've done ALL my Christmas shopping online this year, and it's so freakin' relaxing. Screw the malls. You can go online and have all of your Christmas shopping done online within an hour and not have to mess with traffic, bad weather, parking, rude people, lines, etc. Just point, click, and pay. :clap2:

Not necessarily. There are easy ways to mask your IP, if you know enough about it.

Ditto. I've just gotten to the point where if a post is a pain to read, I skip it entirely.

Yes! I never thought of it as hyperfocusing, but that's exactly what I do, with a lot of different things. If a frame on a wall is slightly (we're talking just a fraction of an inch, here), I can't stop focusing on it until I get up to level it. Same way with curtains - they have to be perfectly level. I never could understand how my roommate could stand having her finger nails all different lengths. Mine have to be perfectly even, or I'll cut them until they are even. Absolutely stupid stuff will drive me batty. Rythyms and evenness, whether something looks symmetrical or not. Hell, I get frustrated when I'm trying to rearrange a room, because decorations HAVE to be symmetrical. For example, if I put anything on a mantel, the pattern of the way I arrange everything has to be symmetrical. If it isn't, I'll rearrange it until it is. If I don't rearrange it, I can't stop focusing on it.

My parents tried that with me. It didn't work. I bit them anyway, because once you chew on them long enough, the stuff comes off anyway.

Damn, I hope not. Maybe WASa will get it started again when she comes back.

I need to send you a PM, but your box is full. :think:nervous:bounce:

Ha! I knew you'd see it eventually, so I wasn't too worried!

This is what one of my friends, who is also teaching non-majors' introductory biology at my university, just sent me:

Maybe you can make it a threesome? Or at least ask Santa to bring your hubby a stripper of his own.

Ditto. All the fat-lady clothes are for old people. Well, either that, or for tall people. AND I AM NEITHER.

I prefer to think of the United States as morally superior to our enemy, in regards to how we treat our prisoners. I can't do that if we publically condone torture. To me, torture is torture, no matter if it's psychological torture or physical torture, whether it results in death or not.

I'm about as liberal as liberal can get.

Ooh, I'm pissed FOR you. I would fire back an email, since it's obvious they aren't going to be your customers any longer, anyway. Detail every thing that you guys did that went above and beyond and detail every thing that they failed to do.

I have, and I love it! I've been wanting to try the mint, too, but I haven't gotten around to it.