Posted by Jennifer on July 7, 2000, at 21:54:45
In reply to Jennifer - Giggling, posted by Kath on July 7, 2000, at 21:21:47
Kath,
Jen, Jennifer, Jenny...who cares. Most call me Jen (I had to think about it), or Jennifer. Half the people in town call me nurse jennifer since I think at one time or another I've either taken care of or given them advice on their kids. If it's Jenny, I know it's someone who is known me a long time. In grade school there were 3 of us, so one was Jen, one Jennifer, and me...Jenny. Couldn't wait to dump it in college, but now I love it again (probably since I'm getting old). My 20 year High School reunion is next month! There is no way I'm old enough to go to that!
Once again I LOL when I caught your note. I was out this afternoon weeding my NEIGHBORS plants. On the ground getting MY nails dirty. My neighbor was laughing at me for enjoying myself as we talked, and she watched me from the lawn chair. I had already weeded my daughters little patch in the front yard. We have a small, maybe 12inch wide patch along the front of the house with a small white fence...you know, the kind of area for flowers. My kids decided that green peppers, strawberries and cilantro would be much prettier this year! They're almost ready to eat. No trees in the back yard, but most every color of roses. My yard isn't that big, and I like to have the grass area for the kids to play on.
My husband just asked me last week when I was going to write a book! I think I've collected notes on about 5 different topics. The thing is that I never have time to really "do it", plus there are so many other things I want to do. I'm determined to be fluent in spanish. Took an upper division college class...was getting real good, then didn't use it and lost it. I'm hoping as a teach my kids I'll get it back again. Also want to do my geneology. Tons of notes stuffed in drawers. Actually have one leg back to the 1600's. I told my husband that in the next year or two I want to go to Salt Lake City to the geneology library and just live there for about 2 weeks. They have a small library at one of their churches here, but it's about 30 minutes away, and I never seem to fit it in!
OK, the Florida thing is in Fort Lauderdale. My husband talked to him today and said his wife had a ton of questions....like why the hell someone would move from here...to there (hurricanes, mosquitoes, alligators and humidity I think were my terms). He agreed. Actually, I had so many questions, and had plotted out the company's stock growth, the area schooling, cost of living, everything, and this guy was a bit amazed...has to call back next week with all the answers. My dad and I chatted today. Of course he would never tell me what to do, but he did say that was just about the farthest point in the continental USA you could get from here. And I wouldn't get to see all my siblings, neices, nephews etc. Plus my grandparents are getting pretty darn old. I don't think they'll be around much longer.
My husband called me with some info on a conversion van (we've been sort of shopping for one) and told me that the license plate was cute because it started with 4LOV. He told me the entire plate number and I was astounded...he said "honey, it's just 4LOV"...and I said "no you idiot, the numbers after LOV are the month and date of our anniversary". Boy did he feel bad that he didn't catch that one! Maybe I'll be getting flowers tonight! Just kidding! Well, I'm off to pack for our trip to Big Bear this weekend. Probably won't check back until Monday. We really do sound like we have similar lives. Maybe sometime we can consider exchanging actual emails (oh..that's serious!). Have a great weekend! Jen
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