Good morning everyone. Guess it's my turn to make the coffee. Too bad you ate all the snacks yesterday.

Wow. It sure is quiet around here on a Friday. Look at all this coffee going to waste. I'm normally not around on a Friday so it's weird to see no one online.

I'll drink some!!

yay coffee!
sorry i'm late, was busy draining a swamp and wrestling with alligators here at work.

I think it was the alligators that ate all the snacks.....

wow, my ninja suit is working, no one notices i am here.........

I see you!!!

Although I have noticed there are little bermuda triangle type spots here on VJ where you do become invisible.

Ran and did some errandfs, picked up some bagels and XL Dunkins coffee!! yummy

I met with our accountant! Yeah.. so much fun!!

Ugh, I gotta start thinking about meeting up with our accountant sometime soon.

I would rather play with our cute "Canadian" kitty instead!

Cutie indeed.. alas.. it's just year end here at work ... bleh...

Dear Flames, please don't take this personally.
Well if you want to, I can't stop you.

After "insulting" your choice of beer (all chemical and no taste) now I am going to comment on your coffee choices.
You and sweet Trailmix, although wonderful people, need to have your taste buds checked.
I mean really...


My sweetie used to drink XL Dunkin's coffee and then I introduced him to REAL COFFEE.
He can't go back now.
(I hope.)

Yes, I am a food slut...aka food snob.





Derek, what a gorgeous feline!!

Dear Mrs. Spirit!!

I think my coffee taste is just fine tyvm!

Currently we are drinking Cafe Femenino - Organic Peruvian (fair trade certified).

I will put my coffee up against yours any day

(Yahtzeeee, game on - as toni would say)

WOW! Sounds perfectly yummmmy.
I was concerned with your, uhm, Coffee Mate addiction.
Hee hee.

I'm drinking it black now, so I can savor each bean.

Wow big lie.

Hey, do any of you hold any interest/believe in Astrological signs as an indicator of personality?

Normally I make my own coffee. And the coffee I have on tap at home is straight from Columbia (not bought in stores) Soon to have some fresh Nicaragua on my coffee shelf!! I'm no coffee expert, I just drink whatever, even starbucks. caribou coffee is ok as well!


And Im no beer snob either, if its cold its drinkable!

Yeah I just threw that out there for fun really. If it says 'coffee' I will drink it - unless it is old and bitter, I do have standards

Thank you! We are very proud "parents".




To some extent, yes. Though according to our signs, Derek and I are completely incompatible!




Warm Guiness for me thanks!

Warm Guiness? Must have British blood.
Give it me cold. Mmmm... A beer with body.
Tall, dark and handsome.

Astrology, yes.
Chinese, the stars, you name it.
Do you want your charts done?
Please ask me.
I will need your date and time of birth and city/town.
Give your mate's too.

As far as my sweetie and I, we are not totally compatible according to the stars. but the Chinese one fairs well.

Sounds good Flames. More delectable coffee stories....

Awwwwww. What a cute Canadian kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty.

I just picked up some bagels too!!! Hiss to the Dunkin Donuts coffee, though. Was at the chiropractor, then stopped at the gourmet food shop, then the Jewish bagel shop. And then I thought, oh what the heck, so I went grocery shopping too. And then I remembered that it was time to pick up my wine-of-the-month from the Wine Cellar so I stopped in there and chatted with the owner and smiled sweetly at the filthy rich I-am-oh-so-much-more-important-than-you ladies. All in all, a wonderful day.

It certainly does! Think I'll try it too. Can you see me now?

Hey! Did you know I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one Halloween? Me and friends at work. I was Raphael. We wore garbage lids on our backs as our shells. Or was it clothes baskets? Anyway, it was a hoot. I have a picture here somewhere.


Wow! Will this mad, crazy, merry-go-round existence ever end?

Wait a second, that kitty isn't Canadian??

This is a Canadian Kitty: (Robins coffee, roll up the rim contest,not as good as Tims!!)

I do!! I do!! *waves hand in air*

Cool, I was just wondering in general. Krikit maybe Spirit could do your charts!! Charts I find spooky

Ok so what are your astrological signs??

Or better yet maybe we should guess what each others are!!

Mmmmm Guinness. I passed up a tour of the Guinness factory when we were in Dublin so that I could go to Temple Bar. It was SO worth it. (It was raining men, Hallelujah!) But I heard the Guinness factory was awesome! And, let me tell you, the Guinness in Ireland is SO much better than the Guinness elsewhere. *sighs with smile as she remembers*


Ooooo!! Ooooo!! Pick me!! Pick me!! *jumps up and down*




Hey! I have that phone!

I guess you're Cancer! I'll have to read up on astrology to make any other guesses.

That would mean:

Cancers are cute. They pretend to be tough but it's all an act. They have great memories and lots of them are good at history. They love anything old, like museums, antiques and your grandmother. They are fairly secretive and hide things - food in their drawers and cupboards for instance. They stay pretty close to home, are extremely psychic, have a great sense of humour and are the world's best cooks. They collect things. Other people call this garbage but to them it's gold...you'd never find a Cancerian throwing a garage sale.

Which is really nice .... but not my sign!

I'm guessing you are a Gemini - and I already know what spirit is so I won't say. I figured it out because I figured Spirit must have the same sign as my older Sister - and she does.

BZZZZZZ. WRONG!!!

Libra?

Nope. Wow we are really good at this. This is going ALMOST as well as the quiz earlier this week. Ok I'm going to go read some descriptions.

Ok after checking out the Pisces - no way is that you - however Flames - I think you are a Virgo!

I aint no Virgo!!!

I'm an aquarius..

what does that mean?

Nope, not a Pisces. And YES!! I think Flames is a Virgo too!! But what do we know?

Hmmmmm. Let's see. This is the extent of my astrology knowledge....

• Cancerians are nurturers
• Pisces are creative
• Librans are level-headed
• Scorpios are sex-mad and A-types
• Geminis are psycho. There are two of them. And you never know which one you're going to be talking to today. Stay away from Geminis or you'll become as psychotic as they are. (Can you tell I dated a Gemini?)

Watch you be a Gemini.

lol flames. Actually once I found out Liz is an aquarian I figured out the site I was using was pretty lame - does this seem like you Liz? (different site)

Aquarians basically possess strong and attractive personalities. They fall into two principle types: one shy, sensitive, gentle and patient; the other exuberant, lively and exhibitionist, sometimes hiding the considerable depths of their character under a cloak of frivolity. Both types are strong willed and forceful in their different ways and have strong convictions, though as they seek truth above all things, they are usually honest enough to change their opinions, however firmly held, if evidence comes to light which persuades them that they have been mistaken. They have a breadth of vision that brings diverse factors into a whole, and can see both sides of an argument without shilly-shallying as to which side to take. Consequently they are unprejudiced and tolerant of other points of view. This is because they can see the validity of the argument, even if they do not accept it themselves. They obey the Quaker exhortation to "Be open to truth, from whatever source it comes," and are prepared to learn from everyone.

Use another site. That sounds like Cancer.

lol - I am a Gemini!!

Not really. I am none of the above

Well there is this about Aquarius, my other Sister is one - she thinks it's pretty accurate (she says she can only find her halloween socks - but she did remove the bells off them)

Firstly, you can't tell an Aquarian anything - they already know! In fact, they are the know-alls of the zodiac. They are original, inventive and very smart. They are very peculiar in the way they dress. Wearing footy(football) socks with a suit could be quite normal! They are nearly always late arriving anywhere because time means nothing. The telephone is their lifeline so they would rather ring their next-door neighbour than fraternise over the fence. They are so friendly even the dog down the street will find its way to the Aquarian house...and stay.

Being patient with people, make them good teachers, and are always willing to learn something new. But are they willing to go out and earn a living? Some are, many are not. These people can be extremely eccentric in the way they dress or the way they live. They make a point of being 'different' and they can usually feel very unsettled and uneasy if made to conform, even outwardly. Their restless, skeptical minds mean that they need an alternate kind of lifestyle which stretches them mentally.

feb 9th!!!! the big 35 this year!!! Aquarius!!

Wow, we are surrounded by Aquarians!!!!

Krikit, you aren't a Sagittarian are you!?

My birthday's feb 8th!!

those two descriptions I find kinda hit-or-miss...

He looks like he could be Calvin's brother!




Derek and I are planning on honeymooning in Ireland and I plan on doing the tour! Of course we have been married almost 3 years now and it doesn't look like we will be going anytime soon. Honeymoon, 25 year anniversary, what's the dif?



Crap, I forgot that you and D have the same birthday!

As a Scorpio, all I can say is that Krikit's description is half right. And I ain't telling which half!

Except for never being on time and being eccentric, that's Derek to a T. He drives me crazy because he has to be places so friggin' early. I keep telling him it's just as rude to be too early as too late but perhaps that's because I am always bloody late!

TAURUS!!!

Nada to the Taurus. sheesh. I guess everyone gets 12 guesses. lol




So you are an A-type then?

Awesome! I'm thinking I might take my hubby the next time I'm in the UK! We haven't had a honeymoon yet either. The places we've been to since we've been married don't count. I've told him only St Lucia counts. At this place.

Whoa! Must. Go. Now!

Well, after we win the lottery of course.

I hate being late!!! Maybe its a military thing!!

Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone about it. We need to keep it "... world acclaimed yet still relatively unknown".

No need to whisper, we all know now!!!!

Does anyone remember when they would have the book thing in elementary school - can't remember the name of the company that was selling the books.

Anyway you would take the catalogue home and choose books and get the money from the parents then take back your order form and a couple of weeks later the books would arrive.

I LOVED that whole process and the books, it was like the regal catalogue of the kids book world.

Some books just arrived from Amazon which made me think of it