I worked this morning until 1:30, and after that I went to my grandmothers to have dinner there. It was my moms side of the family. It was okay, it just felt different this year. Things were crazy. I felt bad for my mom because she cooked most of the items since my grandma is not well lately. The food was okay, turkey was super dry but if I were my mom I wouldn't be too worried about that either... I picked at my food... eventually left to go home and get ready to go over Bobby's. I love my family but I felt kind of awkward this year. Not too many people actually take an interest in what goes on - they mostly just chastise you for not coming around lately.
Anyway.
So once I got there, his family was already home from his grandparents house. The first thing he did was feed me his grandmas "green jello". I recall seeing it last Christmas actually, but I didn't eat there so I never tried any. It's DELICIOUS! It's made with lime jello and cream cheese and pineapple and walnuts and coconut I think. It tastes like a fruit snack only in .. fluffy jello with pineapple and nuts style.
Then we watched..... CHRISTMAS VACATION!
I was secretly super excited about this because no joke, I had visions of watching this with them soon and I kind of hoped we'd watch it tonight but I never even mentioned anything, Bobby brought it up! After the movie, his parents brought us a big piece of his grandmas pumpkin pie to share. It's as tasty as my grandmothers is, only maybe not quite as sweet. Also, there is more to it. His grandmothers is bigger in general. It was delicious!
So after that, myself, bobby, and his mom and dad played a couple games of apples to apples. During the second game Bobby decided he wanted a turkey sandwich and this is when I sampled some of their leftovers.
The turkey was sooo good. I never knew turkey could taste that good. It was juicy too. Definitely not used to it! His grandmother makes a sausage stuffing and she puts like 12 eggs in it. It's more dense and seems more like egg than bread but it was very tasty. Oh and his mom also gave me some of the green bean casserole she made.
Then we all went back in the living room and started watching something else - i forget what - i was mostly cuddling with Bobby.
Eventually they went to bed and we just relaxed together the rest of the night.
But the cute thing - during the leftover break - Bobby's mom was like "So, your guys anniversary is coming up soon huh!"
Later I mentioned to Bobby I was surprised she mentioned that, and he was like "yeah! me too!"
His dad was asking me if I like fish and everything because they do the italian 7 fish thing. So I guess I'm invited over for Christmas again this year. I wasn't TECHNICALLY invited over last year as we'd only been dating for what - 15 days haha... but uh it all worked out =). They didn't have a problem with me coming over for christmas and they were going back to his grandparents house later that night (they live right down the street) and they just had me come along.
I love his family... they are wonderful people.
Oh and then I was cracking up because I guess earlier that day Bobby and his dad were walking up the basement steps (their garage pretty much is their basement) and his dad saw his pants hanging on the line that have a big hole in the crotch. Well his dad was like "What, she didn't want to wait?" or SOMETHING like that, LOL.
He was kidding of course.
But omg - that made me laugh. I wouldn't expect it of him.
Anyway I'm done blabbing. I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving =)
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
bobby and I were enjoying one another and walking to class together this morning and remember the girl I mentioned a a few days ago, who saw us and yelled his name and who didn't acknowledge me at all even though I smiled at her the whole time and then finally gave her a dirty look at the end?
yeah well we had a brief moment with her again today as we walked by (i saw her coming from farther away but I distracted bobby with loving glances) and she yelled his name again and said hi what's up, etc, ignoring me again. SO this time Bobby was like "Sorry" and I was like "That's okay. I gave that girl a dirty look the last time" LOL
and then I explained what happened the last time we saw her about how i was smiling the entire time and she didn't so much as glance in my direction so i finally gave her a really dirty look before it was too late. he laughed and said he was sorry, though why he is apologizing is lost on me. it's not his fault every girl hates me for having him all to myself and pretends I don't exist when they see us together.
class was okay. my teacher really likes my color scheme for my senior project. various blues and the text on a nice pale yellow background. they work together. thank you artistically minded boyfriend.
i'm really super nervous about getting my latin test back.
bobby grabbed me lunch before i left school and we ate together. we were talking about my schedule for next semester and pre-reqs. he said he gets chills whenever he thinks of how it worked out with me and that graphic design class.
technically i was supposed to take fundamentals of 2-D design first but no one told me that before i took it, and when i found out mid-semester no one told me it wasn't okay. so i shouldn't have been in that class at all, but i was and i found him. =) thank you universe.
my FINAL SEMESTER classes (!!!) are these:
-latin 2 (yes! i'm gonna make it i'm gonna make it!)
-poetry (SIGH)
-medieval times (hopefully not TOOO writing intensive.. it's an english course.. i don't want a lot of useless work my last semester... i am only taking this to fullfill the 12 hr full time req!)
-computer literacy (from my "other studies" quota to fill. i'm pretty sure this will be easy folks)
this week is busy and it had BETTER be productive!!
"So... I have a theory. If we were to move in together right now... we would be eating ramen noodles every day for a year ... and I would be completely fine with that"
who'd have ever thought the sweetest thing would include the words "ramen noodles".
(in case you don't get it.. he's saying we'd be so poor we couldn't afford groceries, save for 40 cent packs of ramen noodles, lol... but he would gladly eat ramen for a year to be so close to me all the time) i feel the need to include the explanation because upon second thought, some might interpret this as "bobby really loves ramen noodles a lot".
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Have you ever had a premonition? Did you heed it?
Submitted by aynge.
I have some scarily accurate dreams at times... but I think it's usually when my subconscious has sneakily launched into overdrive after being brought to attention by things it refused to brush off as unimportant. A woman's keen perception...
It can be a powerful thing =)
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
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Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
