https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/Mindless ramblings and denials - and any good arguments I can find to dispute that I am in fact 23...hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/222596Well, if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Here goes nothin..... These are the items and sentiments I want for my 24th birthday.... 1. Canon EOS 20D digital camera kit with 8.2 megapixel, etc. (This is probably my birthday present to myself this year, as the camera costs about $1,500 depending...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/221828wow, this post now seems silly to me. I had SO MUCH FUN being 23. I think being 23 forever would be great, but I do want to get married and have kids and the way things are looking, I could be 23 for a lifetime and it might not happen... hehe... maybe I will dream about being 26. Here are my...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/123769Wow so I finally admit it--I am 23.... But it's ok because my college roommate, one of my other close friends and my boyfriend will all be 24 BEFORE ME!!!!! haha YEA! Anyway--now that I've come to accept it, I am finding that SO MANY PEOPLE I KNOW are getting married or just got engaged recently!...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/107062Cause mine is a little money-grubber.... and quite frankly, I can't afford to keep emptying my pockets -- or my bank account-- into my mechanic's moneybags... Today my baby car is at the shop (again--perhaps for the THIRD time since I've been a member on blogit....). It will be getting new brakes...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/100659If I had a permanent supply of beer, I would be set... Or if my fortune cookie's lucky numbers resulted in a winning lottery ticket... Or if my hard work at college paid off in the form of a six-figure pay check... Or if money grew on trees and I could plant a forest in my backyard and blog all...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/96495And what he told me was quite alarming...In fact, I was just blown away that he instant messaged me at all... It's been FOREVER since I spoke with him... He was my first college boyfriend, and I just graduated last May.... So wow, like 4 years have passed! What he told me --that was...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/94413After all my belly-aching and complaining, I have come to a realization... This is only the beginning. Most of my disappointment and frustration is due to my low starting wages at my very fun job. I love the marketing because I like to be creative, and create things! However, my stomach turns at...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/93458Maybe at least by then there is a chance I would be not living at home anymore... My parents make me crazy. Have any of your mom's ever pulled this one? My mom is totally guilty of it-- tonite anyway, and I know my honey's mom does it allll the time... "I can't believe you. What were you...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/91089Anyone celebrating today? Let me know! Clicks will come your way - I started the Birthday Celebration so let me know when yours is so I can click your blogs! Actually, let me know when your birthday is so I can keep a running tab on things Maybe then EVERYONE will click your blogs!https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DancesWithWords5418/90515So Friday finally came, and with it lots of rain and slippery road conditions, getting lost in rush hour traffic in downtown... NOT optimum for the awaiting date. My handsome guy had driven over an hour to meet me at the movies. We are both hockey nuts, so we went to see "MIRACLE" on its opening...