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Apparently I am The Sonnet

The Sonnet
Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLD)

Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed?
Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance.
Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so.
You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls.

ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand (DBSM), The False Messiah (DBLM), The Hornivore (RBSM), The Last Man on Earth (RBSD)
CONSIDER: The Loverboy (RGLM)

Funny. Everyone I am to avoid at all costs... yup, pretty sure I've tried dating all of you lately. I have a particular habit of falling for The False Messiah. The always just seem so great at first. oh I get it. Too good to be true. Uh-huh.

From now on I am going to use this as a screening process for all potential dates. Weird?

Entertain Me

Throwing parties is a secret favorite of mine... who am I kidding. Anyone who has known me for 5 minutes knows I love to entertain. It's in my blood. My mom's side of the family might take the gold medal for hostess with the mostest skills. I've learned from the best.

So tomorrow I am throwing a better late than never birthday party for L & L. Their b-days were in December.... Oops. But it's okay because this winter no one wanted to leave their house and venture out in the snow and ice and freezing temps unless I could promise really good things once they got here. Unless you love baked goods I doubt anything was worth coming over for.

Here we are in mid-April, as an homage to the groups mutual love for the wee little boy Chance Crawford (I don't care if he is young enough for me to have babysat at some point) I have themed the party Gossip Girl. This is also in honor of it's return next Monday, April 21. Have you all seen those promo posters?! Yowza. I've been trying my darndest to snag one for the party but can't seem to peel them off a building without ripping the thing to shreds. If anyone can snag me one by tomorrow it would be much appreciated. Gracias.

For those who don't know, recently I've found myself with more time on my hands than usual. I hate to be bored just about more than anything in the whole world so... I've been going a little nutty planning this party. Yesterday I bought fancy new cups at Crate and Barrell, I am planning on making tissue paper flowers to decorate the table, I'm putting together little goodie bags for everyone and the menu has taken me quite a bit of research time. Thank goodness the time on my hands is short term. I'd go broke from party planning.

This afternoon I made these delicious baby button cookies that are going to look darling in the new glass bowl I bought just for them.

I've also whipped up a homemade honey cinnamon frosting for the cupcakes I am making tomorrow.

Frosting is as follows:
- 1 stick of softened butter (the recipe called for unsalted but I just used regular butter and I think it tastes fine)
- 1.5 tbsp of honey
- 1/2 tbsp of cinnamon (as always, I use the good stuff from The Spice House)
- 1.25 cups of powdered sugar

I think we will also be having some type of fancy champagne cocktail (to go in the new glasses) mini-chicken pesto sandwiches, bloody mary shrimp cocktail and assorted nibbley things like nuts and dips, etc...

If you love frosting but don't have time to make cupcakes, I highly recommend that cinnamon frosting on pretzels. I may have had a few dips this afternoon.

Clearly, if anyone needs a party to be planned in the near future you know who to call.

Oh is that a ring your wearing... no you can't have my number

Dear Married Men/Guys With Girlfriends/Fiances or anyone in your life who assumes you are dating them -

Please take notice...

Do not hit on me, flirt, attempt to get my number, give me yours or even look remotely interested in talking to me. If I wanted to meet an a$$ I can do that without hurting someone else too. There are plenty of single jerks lurking around without you taken guys stomping all over their territory.

Believe me, if you stop trying to pick up chik's everyone will appreciate it. Probably your wife/girlfriend/fiance most of all.

You are ruining things for a) me and my single girlfriends who are trying to as hard as we can to not think horrible things about the male race b) your younger and more eligible counterparts who genuinely CAN talk to me in a bar but are scared off by your sleazy butt.

Thanks bunches!

xoxo,
That single girl in the bar you spent all of last Friday night talking to about your wife and 4 kids and then had the audacity to come on to.

p.s. Thanks for picking up our dinner tab! We actually didn't go home "because we are so tired." Really we went to a bar only a few blocks away to escape you and your little sidekick ; )