ryssee's world

So, in 1995, I quit my job, went to Europe for 3 months, and moved back in with my mom & dad 'til I could get a job in the Boston area. This living-at-home plan began in the summer, and lasted a few months longer than I planned, but it was cool while it lasted. It seems like a lifetime ago. Late that autumn, my brother finds a classic car he wants to buy. He drives it back from Taunton or wherever it was that night, and it dies at the rest area 20 miles from home. So, I hop into my car, drive a battery to him, he fires it up and gets home and I still get to go out that night. I don't remember where I went, but was f'n freezing that night, that much I remember, and I think this car didn't even have heat. Two years later (1997ish) he decides he wants to fix it up. Car parts are all over the place at his house. Then it lives at the paint shop for 6 years or so. It needs a panel of some sort, so he spends a couple years trolling ebay, makes a bid last year, and dr...

Hey, the rules said I was supposed to be informed! Oh well, I found out anyway. Fun! OK, so here are the rules, as posted on my tagger's blog Hit and Run 1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. 5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog. Eight Random Facts About Myself 1. I would rather see the world than have a house. 2. I love doing my hair and makeup every day, even if I'm not gonna see anyone. Except for Sunday, when I often revel in my own funkiness and won't shower until right before I go to bed. 3. I don't want to have children (but am blessed with two wonderful nieces, lucky me!) 4. I am obsessed with getting the best answer on ...

So, Randy got us some free tix in a great section! I sure hope they win tonight, they've been on the usual July slide. Go Red Sox! Go Josh Beckett! Get those White Sox! Off to the beach tomorrow with my sidekick Karen. Supposed to be about 76 with sun and some clouds. Should be nice enough, and we haven't had nearly enough beach time this year. Just made plans to go to Nashville over Labor Day weekend with Karen and Kim. SO excited about a girly weekend away with my two best friends. Got tix for the Grand Ole Opry already (that's GOTTA be one of the places you should see before you die, right?) We're staying right downtown near where all the cool music bars are too. Can't wait to wear my stylin' cowboy boots I got in Austin last year, without socks and with a denim skirt. Can't rock that look in Boston, although it's ok with jeans around here. Hm, what else. Oh, brought the Emmie kitty in for her annual exam and shots. She hates it there. W...

...that blog surfing sucks. Really. Click on Next Blog 10 times (OK make it 100) and see if there's anything interesting to read. Where are the interesting people? It's all links to ads and stuff. On the other hand, I can identify at least 8 foreign languages, but I can't read them. I bet they're interesting though! :-)

I finally took a summer vacation! Usually it's so nice around here in the summer, and I don't like to take time off unless I'm going somewhere, but I'm up to 4 weeks off per year now and I carried one over from last year, so I figured, why not? 'Cause no one else was gonna be around anyway. So, I took last week off. Friday, I got out early, played in the dirt, working on my flower boxes. Randy had his big sales meeting party so he wasn't around, but Karen came out. Yay! We grilled and gabbed and played Yahtzee on the deck. Always love that. Randy got home at 3:00AM (bless him, took a cab!) and had a blast at the party. He rode home in a bright orange suit with weird goggles 'cause it was a theme party (The Future). Sure wish I could have seen the look on the cabbie's face. In the morning, Karen and I drove up to Hampton Beach for a day of fun in the sun. It was just about as perfect as we'd hoped. In the afternoon we poked around a couple s...