alphabassettgirl ~ Thank you for that. I called a friend of mine who is well versed in my family's history of torture and my final last words were, 'I just feel like something irritating is going to happen.' Maybe I'm psychic.
Yeah, Boston's about as far away as one can get from Hawai'i and still be in the US. They have a way of finding me...
LSPE ~ I don't know where this history of my family members being very surface oriented came from. It's always 'Your hair is getting grey like dad's.' Or 'You're getting fat like your mother.' Or 'You're so pale now. You look haole.' They try to pull it off like they're joking but joking with knives doesn't always get the laugh response they're looking for.
In fact, two of my childhood nicknames (from realtives, mind you) was "n*gger" and "Jew nose". Yeah, warm and fuzzy, eh? My aunt always thought I got too dark in the sun and came up with the first name. My stepgrandmother came up with the other name, apparently my nose was too big for her liking. I always took the high road and smiled it off, but often I felt like mushing them in mud.
My family's quite unique. At least it seems so...
lizziebith ~ I appreciate what you posted. It made me smile. Thank you. It's one of the nicest compliments I have ever received...
G2D ~ Ahem. Let's just say 10 yrs ago coincided with when I used to rent from VideoWest... If you would keep my selection titles under your Commodore hat, I'd appreciate it.
RStar ~ What wonderful ideas. How great would it be to send my dad some hair dye or my mom some tweezers. It would be so 'Harper Valley PTA' of me to do that.
I wouldn't send my little sister anything despite her being in on the tooth fix funding scheme.
I don't know what I'll do yet. I wish I weren't going to a photo heavy wedding in several days. But we'll see.
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