Monthly Archives: February 2007

Screen time

Happy anniversary

Rockford and I took the weekend off. Poppy had a big sleepover with “Bompa” (her collective name for Rockford’s parents), and we slept in, had breakfast in bed, read the newspaper, window-shopped, bought fancy chocolate truffles and watched three movies in one day. It was a wonderful start to Year Seven.

It’s so easy to lose sight of each other in the day-to-day. This weekend helped me remember that Rockford isn’t just Poppy’s Daddy or my partner in housekeeping or the guy who pays the bills. He’s my best friend.

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Please click here to join Nichole’s Oscar pool. If that doesn’t work, go to http://defectiveyeti.com/oscars/ and enter poll ID 24724. You could win an as-yet-to-be-determined something!

Flotsam / Jetsam, Screen time

Now with prizes!

When we were young and carefree, we hosted an Oscars party every year. Our friend Amy rarely came because she requires Absolute Silence on Oscars night, but some of our other friends did come, and we always had a nice time. We also always had an Oscar pool, complete with prizes. Or at the very least, a prize.

We’re not having a party this year, but thanks to Matthew at Defective Yeti, the Oscar pool is alive and well.

Please click here to play. If that doesn’t work, go to http://defectiveyeti.com/oscars/ and enter poll ID 24724.

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Bandwagons

Friday Feast No. 129

Appetizer
What was one of the fashion fads when you were a teenager?

    Oh, there were so many! The French-rolled jeans and the giant, cockatoo bangs; the flannel shirts and the Docs …

Soup
Name one thing you think people assume about you when they first meet you.

    I have no clue.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how hard do you work?

    I think I could do a much better job. No, I know I could do a much better job. The part of my job that I enjoy — caring for and playing with Poppy — I don’t really count as “work.” The parts that I don’t care for so much — the cleaning of the house — I would probably get a 2 in.

Main Course
If you were given a free 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl to sell anything you currently own, what would you advertise?

    It would be great if we could get someone to take over the lease on our apartment. I’d like to move closer to town.

Dessert
Fill in the blank:

    I love to stay inside when it is cold out.

The Friday Feast is a weekly meme intended to “feed your mind by asking thought-provoking, mind-stimulating questions.”

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