Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

They're the best. I eat them until my mouth hurts.

john . . . are you on here? I just sent you my first sound art piece to listen to!

also, my husband's favorite jelly beans are the starburst ones. he will eat an entire bag in one sitting & so I'm no longer allowed to buy them for him - per his request.

Yeah, jelly bellies require too much work for me because you have to pick out the best ones. I want a candy I can go to town with.

xp ROAD TRIP @ VEGAS!!!!
I wouldn't wanna go to Vegas again (well, not without the boss's money anyway, ha), but EZ's descriptions of the surrounding areas sounded wonderful.

also, my husband's...
:-D

Hi. I will go check my e-mail!

Yeah, isn't it still kinda weird to say that?

I like jelly beans ok but my faves are Sugar Babies, which are kind of like jelly beans. They are the same size and shape.

I feel like sugar babies get their own category.

Jelly Beans are too sticky-in-the-teethy for me.

Sugar babies are TOO SWEET for lil ol' me.

I am reading this book at my desk:
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/519QNR6WNZL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

It is extremely easy to read and entertaining. I enjoyed her other book too. It's just funny though, because she's this woman in her 60's who keeps slipping into rants about Kids These Days...

I was just talking the other night about how some married guys I know say "the wife" (as in "I gotta go check up on the wife") and it strikes me as self-conscious and goofy and playful, but then other people say it and while I can tell there was originally an ironic intent, it seems to have been lost over time and they just sound like depressed middle-aged men.

I will NEVER say "Hubby"

"Hubby Leaf and I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics after work."

What about "the old ball and chain"?

(Note: Sarah wants to go to Jo-Ann Fabrics)

I go there too frequently it seems.

I was making a Jean Teasdale joke.

ha! i never even saw your comment until now!

Has anyone noticed the posters for the upcoming movie, Why Did I Get Married? I'm sensing a theme (see also: (I Think) I love my Wife).

Nick, how do you refer to me when talking to, say, folks at work? Just by name?

"that bitch I married"

I kid, of course.

I'm a bitch, I'm a mother, I'm a child, I'm a lover, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...!

Usually I just say your name, if it's someone I don't know as well I might say "my wife" but it is weird.

There should be a hipper term for "wife."

I realized that in class last week I kept referring to Leaf as "my husband" and after maybe the third time doing that, I just blurted out, "His name is Leaf & I will call him Leaf hence forth!"

ha ha

N- Wifey?

Try saying that with a straight face though.

"wifey mcdingus"

(some friends of mine use this term to refer to long-term girlfriends, usually)

Wife sounds fine to me, even if it's kinda heavy; it implies a lot, but so did you by marrying her.

wife4life

Things I don't like: "hubby", Jo-Ann Fabrics, jellybeans

xpost, ha

Call her "the Love I am betrothed to."

Or, "My Soul, My Life."

or call her sarah.

"my old lady"

You know what really wouldn't be cheesy and annoying? If married people called each other their SOUL-MATE all the time. That would be great!

How about just "mate"

ol' girl

In private Leaf & I call each other "lover" or "my sweet lover" or something equally gag-worthy.

I just discovered that the college improv group I was in has a video on YouTube, featuring current members. I feel like Jon Lovitz to their Andy Samberg.

sometimes i feel like Buster saying that, though. I know he said, "Hey Brother!" but you can see how easy it would be to substitute "Hey Lover!"

ha!

Mate sounds like a sailor... which sounds sexy.

I'll just say, Hey, Sailor.

What I mean by discovering forgotten corners of my iTunes library: I am listening to this for the first time this morning. It is remarkable.

Sylvia . . Yes Mickey . .
How do you call your lover boy . . Come here Lover Boy . . . and if he doesn't answer . . Oh lover Boy . .and if he still doesn't answer . . I simply say . .
Baby, Oh Baby, my sweet baby, your the one
Baby, Oh Baby, my sweet baby, your the one

wow. that video kinda takes me back, as they say.