By the way - I *did* donate! Thank You for Your Donation ! Confirmation number: 315135 Name: Kate State: NJ Country: US Home Phone: n/a Work Phone: n/a E-Mail: CateNJ@aol.com Walker/Crew Member to Sponsor: Bennett, Erin Donation Level: Other: Single Payment of $30 First Payment On: 1/22/2002 Matching Company*: No Donation Type: Other Card Type: Visa Credit Card Number: haha like I would post that! Expiration Date: Holder Name: Kate Billing Address: Same as Mailing Address * If there is a matching company, the Matching Gift application should be mailed with a copy of your confirmation directly to: Avon Breast Cancer 3-Days - New York 2002, Attn:Matching Gifts 1525 Crossroads of the World, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Ok guys and gals: Time to donate. Please contribute what you can to Avon's Breast Cancer event. Erin is participating in the 3 day walk and needs to raise $1900 for this event. Click here for Erin's information.

Hey ya'll! Erin emailed me about all the problems with her site. It's up.. it's down.. it's up again... So, swing on by, check her out, and say howdy!

Personality Test I am - ESTP "The Go-Getter" "E" stands for Extroversion. Extroversion is an attitude in which interest, value and meaning are attached primarily to external objects. Inner matters are habitually not valued or are difficult for the extrovert. Extroversion is the opposite of Introversion. "S" stands for Sensation. One of Jung's four psychic functions (Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition). According to Jung, Sensation means that the internal and external world are perceived through the five senses. Sensory types focus on the present and on concrete information gained from physical senses. "T" stands for Thinking. One of Jung's four psychic functions (Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition). Thinking means logical and rational thought processes. It is the ability to make evaluations and judgements based on logical categories and ideas. The Thinking function is the opposite of the Feeling function, which is the ability to make evaluations and judgements based on values. "P" stands for Perception. The way in which raw data or information about the outer or inner world is made known to consciousness. Jung called it an "irrational" function in the sense that perception is unfiltered. People who have stronger Perception than Judgement are people for whom "the journey is more important than the destination." Perception is open-ended, a never-ending stream of insights, experiences, and possibilities. Perceptions come through the five senses (Sensation), and yet also through the unconscious (Intuition). Both are ways of taking in experiences about the outer and inner world.

Just watched Unbreakable tonight. Didn't like it...way too weird. Just plain out creepy. ::shiver:: I really like Bruce Willis and Sanuel Jackson is awesome. But - very weak in the movie...

You will marry JAMES BOND (most recently played by Pierce Brosnan) from the James Bond movies, live in many expensive penthouses filled with many girls and many martinis (shaken, not stirred), and spend your days driving explosive foreign cars and spying on villains with big egos and small brains.

What's YOUR M * A * S * H future?

Shouldn't be too hard for me to live with this... (link via Erin)

WOW! Just finished watching "Bridget Jones' Diary" - alone of course. GREAT movie. I think I am completely in love with Colin Firth :::swooning::: Hugh Grant is a pig but he has those fabulous eyes.. and of course that voice. I love good strong voices - I just melt when I hear them. Renee Zellweger looks marvelous. The best I have ever seen her - she looked gorgeous. I can't believe how Hollywood was calling her FAT for God's sake. Hasn't the freaking film industry figured out that there are a HELLUVA lot more women out there who don;t look like Lara Flynn Boyle or Calista Flockhart. Jesus - those 2 NEED a fucking sandwich. Just plain nasty looking. And YES, in case anyone out there in blog-land is wondering, I am NOT one of those barfing babes! How I managed to get through school without pulling a Columbine on a few of my fellow classmates is beyond me. All I can say is getting tortured in school made it a living hell for me. To this day, I can still remember all those awful things some of those assholes would say... Ya wanna know what the worst part is?? I look at my pics from high school.. and I looked pretty fucking good. One my my best photographs was my senior picture. I *wish* I had the balls then to tell those fools to go screw off when I had the chance.

"It's another Saturday night..... and I ain't got nobody..." That's right - I ain't got nobody - at least nobody HERE. The girls are asleep and Paul is STILL out! (Grrrrrr!) Well, I can't really bitch too much.. He was at my Mom's today since 930am, working on her Dell. It was crashing a lot and running really slo. He put on Norton's anti-virus, ran scan disk, defraged the drive, essentially cleaned it up for her. When I spoke to her today, she mentioned how much faster it was running. BUT - as he was leaving my Mom's place, his Dad calls. Seems he was having problems with HIS computer, trying to run LapLink. Sooooooooo, here it tis, 10pm and I am BLOGGING and folding laundry! Someone - please shoot me.

ARRGGHHHHHH! They broke up! I gotta go cry now ::sniff sniff::

I have been watching the old episodes of The Sopranos lately. I tuned in mid season last year, with Ralph beating the stripper to death - nice, huh? I am also addicted now to Sex and the City. John Corbett (Aidan) is a cutie ::sigh:: I have had a crush on this guy since "Northern Exposure". Now - Carrie is ripping his heart out and stomping on it with her Manolo Blahniks!

In the immortal words of Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer and Paul Leka aka Steam "Na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye" Steelers WIN! 27 - 10 Off to play the Patriots next week for the AFC championship! I am SO HAPPY! YAY YAY YAY!

Go Pittsbugh.. Go Pittsburg.. Go Pittsburg! ::::doing Happy Dance:::: 20 to ZIP!

The snow is still here! Bleeeeech! Just put "Shrek" on now - so far, it's pretty stinkin' funny. I love Smashmouth.

Snow. Such a pain in the ass. I hate it. The girls, on the other hand, were SO excited. Paul took them out before dinner and they managed to build a snowman. Paul took a picture of them. I will post it later tonight and link to it. I am still sick. Now sounding like a cross between Kathleen Turner and Harvey Firestein. Ooooh, how sexy. I am popping Robitussin Cough and Cold capsules. We managed to get to Pathmark to pick up a few things (honestly, I was going to buy stuff - no panic shopping for me). Also stopped at Blockbuster and picked up Shrek, Bridget Jones's Diary, Unbreakable, and One Night at McCools. All of which are 5 day rentals. Woohoo! Made dinner tonight.Completely wimped out by making open face turkey sandwiches with gravy, corn and tater tots. Hell - everyone ate. They were freezing from being outside. I am freezing. I hate snow.

I thought this was a pretty cool counter. There has been some discussion regarding smoking on one of my main message boards. This link was posted and I found this online quit meter These are my results as of now - Time Passed - 320 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 14 minutes, 49 seconds Cigarettes Not Smoked - 44,927 (EEEK!) That's approximately 2,246 PACKS Money Saved - $ 7,525.27 Quit smoking people. Save your life.

When I came home from the Daisy meeting, I still felt really crappy. I had my headache for about 6 hours. I ended up crashing out for a almost 2 hour nap while Paul finished up the evening routine with the girls. I woke up in time to tuck them in. My headache was gone! YAY! The weather prediction for this weekend : Tonight Mostly Clear 22°F Sat Jan 19 PM Snow 33°F 23°F Sun Jan 20 Mostly Sunny 37°F 28°F ICK - I hate snow.

Ugh. I am sick. I am getting laryngitis! Arrgghh!! ::cough cough:: I cannot get laryngitis again. I have gotten it for the past 7 years, always about this time of year. Right now, I sound like Kathleen Turner with a *little* deeper tone. Lovely. I get to be all throaty and breathless sounding and I have to waste it on getting sick. Had to hit Wal-Mart today and shop with the rest of the wackos that aren't attempting to bite people. I didn't blog much yesterday. I somehow picked up an organizational bug SOMEWHERE. I painted some moppe boxes for my kitchen from IKEA. GOD - I love that store! Gonna go shopping there next week with Mom and Olivia. I have my eye on this really nice entertainment center and possibly more moppe boxes! They do come in bunch of different configurations like this. I also cleaned out my closets and tossed out 5, yes 5 bags of clothes. I drove right over to the donation bin and dumped them ASAP! I have a Daisy meeting today too - and I don't feel like going. I am feeling grumpy and I have a headache. At least I get to play hookey for the next one on 2/1 because I will be driving up to MA for a wedding. I can't wait to sit in a car for 6 hours.. joy of joys. I have to map out my route. Not too many choices - either take 95 through Conneticut or take the 87 (NY Thruway) and turn right at MA. I will probably take 87 - I hate 95, especially in CT. There is ALWAY construction.. no matter what time of the day or night. I gotta go sit and have some coffee.. later guys!

I took the IQ test I found linked on Erin's site. Looks like my IQ went down as well. I believe I tested at 147. Now, according to this test, I am 135. From the email I received: "Our test gives you a quick and fast measurement of your abilities, and that can indicate directions for you to take. Average: 85 - 115 Above average: 116 - 125 Gifted Borderline Genius: 126 - 135 Highly gifted and appearing to be a Genius to most others: 136 - 145 Genius: 146 - 165 High Genius: 166 - 180 Highest Genius: 181 - 200 Beyond being measurable Genius: Over 200 It's the girls' fault. I now have Mommy brain ::sigh:: Hopefully, when I am 70, I will still be able to feed myself!

I visited Mom tonight. She had me do a bunch of little projects that she can't quite do so easily. Climbing up on a stool to fix some wallpaper, move stuff around. I organized and color coordinated her sweaters. She has about 60 sweaters (now neatly organized) in her new storage boxes for the top of her closet. I helped her carry some stuff down to her basement. She has a great workshop set up down there for ALL her stuff. You name a craft - she has the supplies. It's like a mini craft store! It's nice to be able to hang out with her and talk. It's so hard to do when the girls are around. We chat about all kinds of stuff, usually making ourselves cry. I am really hoping and praying this course of chemo really kicks the shit out of the lymphoma. She wants to take us all to Disney World for Christmas. When I say all of us, I mean the 4 of us, my brother, Dan (her boyfriend) and herself. Talk about a huge expense! I am of 2 minds - I really want to go. But - always a but - the girls are SO young. It would probably be a little difficult with Olivia, given the age and the food allergy issue, but I know it can be managed. Paul doesn't want to go - being stubborn. He wants to spend Christmas at home, says that the girls should spend it at home because of Santa. Whatever ::eyeroll:: I told him to take it up with my Mom. Olivia has been breaking out in hives quite a bit lately. All on the backs and sides of her legs. Poor munchkin. I think it's the cat that is the root of most of her problems. Darla is about 12 yrs old and is ... well... fiesty. No one in our extended family likes her. She yowls and hisses. Attacks feet at random. Especially WHITE feet - like bare, covered in socks or white sneakers. She is fixed and declawed. Because she is such a maniac, I am pretty damn sure no one would want to adopt her if I brought her to the animal shelter. In a nutshell - unadoptable. Someone would be electing a pope with her. Kitty Cremation. I don't want to KILL my cat. I don't want Olivia to suffer.

Making a very kid friendly dinner tonight - chicken and fries. Bleeech.