http://toftie.org I'm not bossy, I'm helpful Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:43:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you ever notice that after a really hard cry, all it leaves you with is an exhausted heart and a headache from hell? Furthermore, did you also notice that no medicine in the world can take away that kind of headache? Maybe that's what someone should invent. Specifically ... http://toftie.org/2005/11/johnson-and-johnson-get-on-the-ball/ I'm a Blogsliner. Plain and simple. I'm not as savvy with the computer as people seem to think so as RSS feeds go I pick the nice cotton candy way to view my favorite sites. A couple of my favorites that I frequent are: -the obvious ... http://toftie.org/2005/11/i-love-you-robot-johnny/ As a little girl my dad was away on cruise a lot (for you non-military brats, this means he was off on the USS Enterprise for months on end, flying his A-6 on and off the ship, cruising around some ocean somewhere, with ports in exotic lands from which he ... http://toftie.org/2005/11/bright-copper-kettles-2/ I had one of my worst days yesterday. Found out I didn't get a job I have been dreaming about since May. Two close friends of mine got the job over me, which is a whole new kind of confusing: feeling of disappointment for me but happiness for ... http://toftie.org/2005/10/underwear-in-my-backpocket-sure-sign-of-the-morning-after/ Here I am in Spokane and my brand new house sits empty. I have boxes in the garage I didn't bother to unpack, but I did set up my bed so if I decide to come home some weekend I'll have a place to crash. My lovely next ... http://toftie.org/2005/10/with-this-kitchen-i-thee-wed/ Great news. I'm over in Spokane working for nine weeks, but was able to sign my papers on the house just before I left town. My friend Scott, my sister Maddy, and her co-worker Kevin all did the walkthrough on my place yesterday. If I had to ... http://toftie.org/2005/09/lizbear-is-getting-lots-of-love/ I just finished season five of Buffy and I have to say that the episode where her mother dies is the most brilliantly written and directed television I've ever seen. I cried. http://toftie.org/2005/09/buffy-thought-of-the-day-3/ You may recall that I put an offer on a house some time around the beginning of June and you may be asking if I love my new place, did i find a roommate, congratulations, or any other questions and/or platitudes you would send my way. You know what ... http://toftie.org/2005/09/killing-them-with-mind-bullets/ Remember that game? I was thinking about it the other day. Picture this sweet little seven-year-old girl with a buzz-cut sitting around with a few other seven year olds, sometimes of both genders, when an evil little smirk crosses her lips and she says, "Let's play Truth-Dare-DoubeDare-Promise-Or-Repeat." Truth be ... http://toftie.org/2005/09/truth-dare-double-dare-promise-or-repeat/ A couple weekends ago I was talking to my new hairdresser, this older straight man from Montana who once worked as a miner, and we were raving about Seattle to each other. "I love Seattle!" "Oh me too." "But people say we are a hard city to get to know. ... http://toftie.org/2005/09/seattle-is-full-of-warmth/