Miss you!!!

Wow..... I'm the first commenter... no fairweather friend here... no way baby cakes, I'm with ya for the long haul... breakin' stuff or not!

I love you Drew. Seriously. Want to come over? And also, how are you at crocheting up a new 48 inch plasma screen?

and if you could crochet up a hard drive replacement ... that would be cool too ;)

a pisces chiming in to say this organized at work thing. it's true, but there's nothing too special about it. it doesn't hump my chair, if you know what i mean.

Uhmmm electronic things tend to break around me too. In fact, I've had this lap top for 3 years now, and am ah-MAZED that it's still working. Tho, come to think of it, the hard drive did crash last year and need a colonic via an external drive...

shhhh Ah ain't gonna jinx me!

HI DREW! I'm still hooking...
will post a pic of my baby project tomorrow.

your hor-o-scopes. dead. on. as i sit in the office typing this...bleh. and the social calendar thingy? hoo-boy! babies popping out everywhere (none mine), and a bridal shower this month.
vuh-kay-shun. you should do it and make sure there's a cabana slut-man involved in bringing on the fruity drink action.
hang in there. the agony that is "the project" will be over soon - a mere dust bunny under the bed of life!

Woohoo - Horoscopes just one day after my Birthday. Best Birthday present ever! Well, right next to the cute sparkly green flip-flops I got for my Bday.

hey thanks for the horoscopes. Just send the POs over and i'll take care of 'em right away.

Man I am shining so hard at work that I am home today, with my scorpio butt checking out the seat in front of the computer... I am good at bustng things too - must be moon in cancer stuff. I should introduce you to my friend Nem. He's broken two apple powerbooks and three ipods in the last 18 months. The third ipod only lasted two hours after he busted the previous one under warrantee. Things just stop working for him. No va. The apple store near him quivers when he approaches. LOL.

I shall take it upon myself to speak for Capricorns and say, "Cappy" is fine. Really.

End of semester final project hell here, so I sympathize! It got so bad today that I had to go to Target and get a new purse. I highly recommend it.

I haven't broken anything with mine own two stubby hands YET, but just yesterday someone doing something for me busted the lower part of my skylight while I was standing there, does that count? So true re the budget. I have to get a handle on things and fast, income level has shifted (upward, thank GOD) but bills are scary big.

Hi, first time commenter...long time reader...blah, blah, blah. I am a Taurus and this morning found out that we were outbid on a house we were hoping to buy. Not stressing, not feeling bad 'cuz evidently according to my hor-o-scope, that's the way my month will be. Better luck next month maybe.

PS: I'm happy to share my Ben & Jerry's Marsha Marsha Marshmallow

Wow, I get to laze around? Lolling is in my future? That rocks, since I'm unemployed and now I can justify my supreme indifference to finding a job. I am following Aunt Purl's wisdom from the planets and stars and stuff. Thanks!

Okay so does it count as your anti-tech if my keyboard died while reading the hor-o-scopes and I snorked decaf tea out my nose and all over the the place?

Luckily I had a spare but really...shouldn't there be a warning first?

No fancy notebooks, but list #1:
To do:
1) turn 30 (no choice there aside from not living 4 more days, which is less appealing than turning 30 thankyouverymuch).
2) complain about something other than my upcoming birthday--thanks a lot for passing the saturn buck... i hope you're right about my ability to handle it better than you cancers.
3) quit my weekend smoking (which seems to be sabotaging my january-everyday-smoking-quitting).
4) congratulate someone for heading in the right direction--Congratulations, Laurie, on your divorce... if he can't "grow" with you, he doesn't deserve you.
5) appreciate the goods--good horoscope Laurie. Come to Denver on your vacation and i'll peel grapes for you and keep your wine glass full.
6) proofread my comments on crazy aunt purl and use the shift key consistently (maybe some other day).
7) ...(tbd)

A crab checking in here. Break stuff? Me? OF COURSE! We lived with my MIL for 6 months and here's the list of what broke while I was there, Kitchen faucet, bathroom faucets (both sink and tub), washing machine, and the roof. The previous two houses we lived in prior to that both garbage disposals broke. The place I'm currently in... upstairs bathroom sink, toilet, and washing machine. Did I mention all the stuff in my current residence is BRAND SPANKING NEW? Landlord wasn't happy, but fixed it. In addition, I also have a fragile objects affinity... if they want to break. Holding a glass, shatters in my hand.
Its so wonderful (HA!) to be this little crustacean!

You asked: "Oh. And um, is it just me? Or are ya;ll breaking stuff, too? With your mere magnetic presence? I'm just curious. Ahem."

Oh my sweet bejeebers yes. I keep breaking everything. Most recent was a phone that seems to work fine --- as long as I obey the restraining order it has filed against me.

Heh, thanks for the advice, CAP. I'll try to keep my panties on and carve out more time for myself. I AM getting tired of dusting the goldfish.

I just KNEW the world evolved around me! Now I have proof! Thanks Aunt Purl, but do you think you could tell the rest of my family that as well-they don't believe me! And how did you know about the notebooks? Scary...scary.....

I'm a cap and how did you know that I don't remember my dreams in the mornings???

Also, what exactly do you mean by "the logistics of life"? As I am working on the issues and stuff, I have very little time for more logistics, despite not needing overdraft protection...

xo

I am SO ready to do nothing but contemplate my navel!

Whew! I thought the evil work monkeys had flown off with you for good! Love the horoscopes. They make me laugh out loud! And you, sister, keep laughing! I love it! And from the comments it seems a million others do too. Right on...right on.

I'm a cancer and I don't feel you on the clumsy but oh I feel you on the budget. No money, no place to live... poop.

Heck, I think I could put up with some weird relationship stuff if it meant I was having a relationship. ;)

I've misplaced my panties. Guess what sign I am? (Of course this is a lie, because my panties are the size of Rhode Island. There's no way I could misplace them...although a family of ten on a camp out could use my panties as an awning to keep the sun off them.)

Hi, Laurie. Great horoscopes. As a triple Mercury (Virgo Sun, Gemini Moon and Ascendant), may I offer an observation about the current Mercury retrograde: While I am experiencing the usual smattering of misdirected faxes and emails and airline delays and that sort of thing, all in all this is a remarkably benign retrograde. Wish I could loll, got a bit too much to do for that, but I have definitely endured way more stressful retrogrades than this one. Maybe I'll get to loll in the November retrograde.

Glad to see your post! Missed you for those few days.

Another long time/first time here. I'm with Andrea -- weird relationship stuff might be tolerable if there was a relationship to get weird. Lately all my weird relationship stuff has been wacko family stuff, and I'm more than ready to leave that alone for awhile.

Glad real life didn't eat you alive, and hoping you find a nice cabana boy to help you out real soon.

thank goodness you're back. i was starting to get all dramatic.

Oh no, I am a Cancer and I AM breaking all kinds of things! Like plates and cars and dvd players (oooops!)

ok, here's a ponder for you. What does it say about the success of Cappys in, say, quitting smoking this month?

You are soooo not late! It is only the 3rd - and even landlords don't charge ya for turning in your rent checks on the 3rd!!

I totally feel for you on the techy/breaky front. I spilled tea on my work laptop a couple years ago, hadn't backed up my files, and my company ended up spending thousands to recover my data and replace the damn laptop. GUILT! (Yes, I'm a cancer)

Thanks for the hor-o-scopes! We miss you and wish you a speedy 8 more business days!! Then it is off to tropical climes and towel boy/chair humpers!

Hey! Thanks! I've been whoring myself fer sure at work...now where did I put those underpants?

heheh

hey thanks for the horoscopes. now i know why my ass has been feeling a slight chill. i'll be sure to keep the undergarments on (i hate the word panty).

So relieved to see a post from you and the horoscopes are great.

Hang in there lil Anti-Tech!!!!!

Gotta love those deadlines ( I am an AD too, got deadlines myself...feel your pain).

Hang in there sweetie, remind the powers that be that agencies across the country feed their creatives beer and pizza every evening after hours when they are under a crunch. Gotta keep those creative juices flowing if they aren't going to let you go home to recharge.

...and company sponsored chair massages by swedish massuers named Sven would not hurt either.

Just saying...

Thanks for the C.A.P. fix...I needed that!

no dusting of the goldfish for me. thanks, laurie!

Laurie! So good to know you're alive, even if you're breaking stuff. Of course, as a fellow Cancer, you've got me worried that I'll be breaking stuff soon too. Hope that's not really part of the hor-o-scope! But the whole budget thing? Damn, rub my nose in it some more! Will definitely get on that...

OMG! Do you have that hororscope, breakin' stuff, need a vacation stuff dead on. This fellow Cancer says...budget? Whaaaat? Two years of budget? My tears are ruining the just fixed keyboard.

As a Virgoan can I thank you for giving me justifcation for the fact that I am just sitting here, chilling, knitting and reading blogs :-)

My horoscope is frighteningly accurate....

That Libra thing - needing a vacation and too many social requirements to permit one - DEAD ON!

(Thank you. As an Aries I appreciate your generosity of spirit especially since Mr. X sullies the name of all Aries everywhere by being a dickwad). Also, the horoscope? So friggin' true.

Good luck on the functioning equipment front!

Ah, I needed that. Thanks

YAY! You're ALIVVVEEEEE! You're ALIVVVEEEEE! (is it weird that a complete stranger had gotten a bit worried about you?! It is, right?! (Who me? A WorryWart?! What makes you say that??! ;)))

Welcome back!

1) Yay! You're alive. You made this blogstalker's morning.

2) We Cappy Corns love you too. And no, we aren't mad at you for forgetting how to add. That's not the province of the creative types and in our rational, logical cores, we accept that. (Even if we think horoscopes are, well, you know.) ;)

3) Just keep the mantra going. "Eight more days, eight more days." Before you know it you'll be on "One more day!" And you'll be soooo relieved.

Just wanted to say that I LoveLoveLove your blog.

Oh, and that this Sag is wearing her panties, thankyouverymuch.

Cheers.

Oh. No. Mr. X is an Aries? Thanks for not holding that against us other Aries...

Sorry work is so bad right now. Hope you get overtime?

oh not! I think you just broke my Palm Pilot! No seriously, I was just reading your post and getting ready to xfer some of my camera phone pics to the Palm, and it seems to be fried!!!! doh

Woo hoo!! So glad to "hear" your voice! Missed you!

And yes, thankyouverymuch, I am organized and working hard. But I oh so want to have a vacation...when do I get to have a vacation?? (And who touched my iPaq? Cuz it is brokebrokebroke and nothing I do will bring it back.)

Also, for y'all knitters out there, my friend Kat and I got to see The Yarn Harlot speak last night at our fabulous Powell's about her book 'At Knit's End : Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much.' Love her! Got signed books and everything. We'll be sending one your way soon CAP darling!

I'm so glad you posted! I was worried that you had been eaten by your cats and that someone in the valley would have to come check on you.

BTW, have you heard "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa? My, uh, Not My Boyfriend played it for me last night, because I did something called the valley girl triathlon, but I thought of you, although you are quite a bit more fashionable than the eponymous character.

Oh, and as an aquarius, thanks for the relationship bad news. Heh. Suck. Oh well. Have a good, broken-stuff-free day!

Wow, actually a good one for us Scorps instead of the Saturn doom you sent last month. You are in my good graces again.

Wow! Hilarious and accurate for this virgo girl! We just finished building a double sided, free standing storage system for our organized, labeled storage boxes! Thank goodness you suggested a break, cause we are exhausted!

Adore this blog and can't wait to read your book (the one I am sure you will have to write, because all your readers will torment you until you eventually do)!!

In the meantime - best wishes to you, your electronics, and your budget!! (K-E)

It's great to have you back. You are so adorable, we all miss you when you go missing. I was just checking out your Prague photos; LOVE THEM!! You are so cute in all the vacation shots, looking your adorable and delighted self. Mr. X is a curious fellow...I can see all the male angst in him. Poor thing, like all men he's just so lost. Oh well, too bad for him.

Love your horroscopes!! You are so good (unlike my month sounds like it will be). That star stuff seems complicated.

And I hear ya on the whole, work work work/big project dealio. Except right now I'm all work work work/6 hundred little bullshit projects/constant family coming to visit. But I've been there before.

Cheers, good luck on the Project.
Lisa (aquarius)

I am a Gemini but I break things too... My printer is broken right now...or it's not working...same diffy... glad to see a post from you I was getting worried... howze the kitties doin'? I hope the Gemini horoscope is true I could use a good month...So far it's suckin' canal water......love you girlfriend.

Laurie you LIED TO ME! Here I sit upon my fabulous Scorpio ass having just lost out on a great new job which means I will have no employment after this month and will starve to death......sniffle

Kitten, perhaps there's room in the storage shed that me and the cats will be living in? Also, did I mention that the stars sometimes LIE like the DOGS they are?

Laurie, I swear. I never paid any attention to astrology till you started posting it here, and you're always right. You may break stuff left and right, but you can read the stars, sister! I'm a Cappy Corn, and we're moving to another state next week, so: logistics of life. No kidding. And my husband the Gemini is hereby assigned to take pictures! :)

Didn't realize that I needed an astrology report to continue knitting, but now I know. Your forecast is well taken and my (granny) panties are now firmly attached to my hips. Hope you are scheduling a vacation as I type this.

I know that this is totally off topic but I remember the Britney Spears show that was going around and remember it being commented on here and thought I would share this with Laurie, and of course, everyone else.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/britney_spears_pregnant.html

Thanks for the advice, from a Gemini who has in fact been complaining that a) summer's gone too fast and b) August is going to be crazy-hectic. I guess when looking at it from a different angle, Aug is to be filled with activity that I should cherish (huge move notwithstanding) and take fun from. THANKS!

I am so not good with managing my money! But after reading your Hor-o-scope and looking at your budget I have suddenly become inspired! I'm going to try this budget thing you speak of. Wish me luck! And I wish you continued success on your budgeting endeavors!

Breaking Things? NEVER! I did drop at least seven items at work last night. Thank god blood is sealed off in plastic vacutainers.

Then I finished off the evening by standing up and banging my head into the big light. The big light they use for surgical procedures and, in our case, in the middle of a GYN exam. um, not my own personal exam. I'm not sure if that's better or worse.