Sunday, April 16, 2006

A woman named Grace
had a nice face
I THINK today is the day
she found her way
into this earthly place

Grace. Is today your birthday??

42 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think yesterday was Grace's birthday. Happy Birthday Grace!!!
Any special plans?

On another note, I just caught a glimpse of the Miami Heat playing and are their uniforms black and hot pink? Or is something wrong with my TV? Those uniforms are really crumby.

Anonymous said...

Why do few people blog on the weekends?

P. Rose said...

I think that's an excellent question.

Emily how was your weekend?

Anonymous said...

It's more fun to blog when one is,"on the clock!" ~ha, ha. :-)

Anonymous said...

I'm a new Auntie! My brother, Bob, had a baby last week...well, his wife did. He was 6 weeks premature. They took the baby 'cuz he wasn't growing and Mom had bad kidney/liver test results. His name is Jack and he weighed 3lbs & 11oz and was 17 inches long. The took him off oxygen last weekend and he is doing wonderfully! I was scheduled to go to his baby shower on Sunday, April 30th and now I get to go to the shower and meet him too! WooHoo! I'm very excited and felt like sharing. :-)

P. Rose said...

Sounds wonderful! So, does he share a birthday with Grace? April 30th....most excellent. Congrats to your family and glad he's ok.
That is a LONG baby for less than 4 pounds.

Anonymous said...

On his birthday chuck norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.

Anonymous said...

Grace was in Alabama for her birthday. I think she said they were having groundhog for Easter dinner.

I, too, don't often blog on the weekends, so I didn't see the question about my post-graduate plans until now. About a week ago I accepted a job as a designer and copy editor at the Topeka Capital Journal, the largest newspaper in Kansas (the Kansas City Star is printed in Missouri).

When I asked about benefits, the first thing the managing editor told me was that I can get the newspaper delivered to my house for just $1 per week - and he was serious. Needless to say he has not become a cynical journalist yet. I later found out that they actually do have a good benefits package.

I'm planning on starting around June 1. Conveniently, Topeka is less than an hour from Manhattan, where Martha will be working on her graduate degree in Drama Therapy at Kansas State until next May. So, I will likely be there for at least a year.

My graduation from USD is on Saturday May 13. The grauduatin is at 9 a.m., but we will be having a party at the Winery (yes, there is a winery in Vermillion) all day after the ceremony. Everyone is welcome to come, and I hope a lot of you do.

Anonymous said...

Scary to think that Doctor Joseph P. (or, whatever) Kennedy goes by, "JoJo," on our blog. Just sayin'.

Anonymous said...

Is this name better? My pet name for my wife is Momo. My name refers to Jojo the dog-faced boy. I'm okay with the fact that Jojo sounds a bit gay. {Not that there's anything wrong with that} Hey you Jayjacks, we missed you when we were eating pierogies and drinking the Polish Everclear that Ed brought for Easter. Emily, we also drank some of the Rikaja.

Ed X said...

That was Polish Rectified Spirits.

Anonymous said...

That was the best Rectified Spirits I've ever had.
Monica

Anonymous said...

did you see where it ate through the tablecloth?

P. Rose said...

Joe Jayjack,
That is EXCELLENT news on the job! Congrats Funny how we jumped from Joe Jayjack to Everclear to Rectum Spirits to Poles lack of world domination.
Report on THAT.

Anonymous said...

I wanted to let everyone know about the celebration of Beaster. Beaster is when you paint cans of Milwaikee's Best Ice (The Beast) Easter egg colors. Then you invite friends over to grill out and hunt for hidden cans of The Beast in the yard.

My roommates and I will be celebrating Beaster this Thursday and invite you to do the same.

Anonymous said...

I was paging through the Pottery Barn catalogue and it occurred to me that every now and then I have the need for an occaisional table. And what the heck is Drama Therapy? Histrionic stretching? Will she and her troupe be putting on dramatic plays in mental institutions? I just don't understand.

Anonymous said...

i once killed a man reading a pottery barn catalogue.

in a brilliant legal defense, i defended myself because chuck norris needs no help defending himself, i beat the manslaughter charge. in order to be guilty of manslaughter you have to kill a man. a man reading pottery barn is not a man!

Ed X said...

Hey remember the "Pottery Barn Rule" as it appies to Iraq. Basically that if you break it you have to buy it.

Don't hear too much about the Pottery Barn Rule anymore, but I guess Bush is buying it now.

Anonymous said...

That's, "why," I married him! :-)

Ed X said...

Bullets dodge Chuch Norris.

Anonymous said...

We should re-build Iraq with tasteful home furnishings and stylish accent pieces. I mean, if we're gonna do a job let's do it right and with some affordable style.

P. Rose said...

Hello, IKEA, Iraq branch?!

Anonymous said...

Maybe, we should send Ty Pennington to Iraq?!

That's one way to get rid of him.

Anonymous said...

How come some people's names are highlighted in blue? I can understand, "why," Frank and Pat's are...but, how come Tom?

What does a girl have to do to get her name in blue around here? Nevermind...don't answer.

Anonymous said...

I just wrote a paper on biblotherapy- using books in the same way. parents are encouraged to use books for their kids on things like adoption, drugs in the family, nightmares. etc.

Anonymous said...

How come Joe Jayjack is in blue? ...and, Ed?

Ed X said...

Registered users of the Site appear in blue. Interlopers are not.

Anonymous said...

registered users can have their own blog and carry a concealed weapon in Texas.

Anonymous said...

We had a very nice Easter feast wherein 10 adults sat around a table for seven hours and consumed 6 bottles of wine, 42 beers, two small bottles of whiskey and one of Baileys, not to mention all the food and Easter eggs and goodies. Martha left after dinner and a while later she called and she was home at Manhatten, Kansas. We were all amazed. I'm curious about the Polish Rectified Spirits but I don't want to get it started in my home. The reason the Poles never conquered the world is because their cars were too shitty. What if we sent the "Designing for the Sexes" guy to Iraq to help the Sunnis and Shiites find common ground when trying to furnish their rebuilt mosques? He always finds a solution on the third try.

Anonymous said...

I forgot to mention - we often use Pierogitherapy in our home after stressful days on the job. That magic combination of pastry, potatoes & cheese, fried in butter, served with sour cream and eaten with some kind of meat containing lots if nitrites just makes the world go away.

Anonymous said...

Is Ed, Joe J. and Tom...registered users? Huh?

What's a, "registered user?"

P. Rose said...

Cathy. Take a breath. That's a lot of thoughts all at once.
p

Anonymous said...

Wow, Cathy...that's amazing. :-)

Anonymous said...

Sorry - haven't blogged since Friday because of the f****** Spyware in home computer. I like to amuse myself with fantasies of suitable punishments for the spyware guys. Really. Forget everything I ever said about being against torture. For obtaining information, no, but for pure revenge...

Ed X said...

Did you use the spyware sites I sent to you? That Lavasoft one works good.

Anonymous said...

I have to admit I haven't tried Lavasoft. (Tried several others) I'll give it a try tonight.

Ellen - I hope you enjoy your Beaster party but don't try to make it last until Veishea. Don't forget: 1st communion mass is at 11:00 Sunday.

Anonymous said...

Grace spent her birthday weekend camping on a mountain in Alabama. Voluntarily. She's coming back today.

Anonymous said...

VEISHA is all week. Beaster usually only lasts a few days. William Hung will be at VEISHA this week. I do not intend to see him.

Anonymous said...

Ah, but can you escape hearing him?

Ed X said...

Who is William Hung and who are you?

Anonymous said...

William Hung from American Idol a few years ago, he's really bad and made a name for himself by being so bad. He's hosting something up here.

Anonymous said...

William Hung is the Asian guy we DON"T wanna look like.