One of my closest mom-friends I’ve known since our sons were in pre-K. They’ve been friends ever since, and now they are both finally in the same class again.

It was just her birthday, and the Hates To Socialize With Stupid People, so Likes These Folks Spouse and I went to the friend’s house for her celebration. I brought her a copy of the Introvert and the Extrovert In Love, which I thought was funny, because she is Miss Chatty, and her husband (whom I like a whole heckuva lot, too) is Mr. Dour.

Apparently, I thought it was funnier than they did. I am so in the doghouse. He is not an introvert, it seems, just a moody Irish faux- bordering on near-alcoholic. My bad.

I shouldn’t be allowed to parties after all.

CindyS tagged me for this screenshot doo-hickey.

Here’s how you play:

A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right
side of the F12 key). Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.

B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.

I tag:
Hm. EKM, Abby, Arlene, Jennie, and Colleen.

The list of Free Viewers so far is:

iRonnie - I Set No Corner
Thess - Thesserie
Rebecca - Skippy Heart
Knoizki - A Dialogue With K
Beng - Kauderwelch
Tina- My Good Finds
Rachel - Heart of Rachel
Alice - Hello, My Name Is Alice
Julia - Julia’s Books Corner!
Darla - Nichtszusagen
Marg - Reading Adventures
Holly - What Were you Expecting?
ames - Thrifty Reader
Dev - Good Reads
CindyS - Nocturnal Wonderings
Megan - Frampton Comes Alive!

I know I don’t need to explain why I chose this picture. Plus I love that olive-y, kinda puke-y green color. And I hate a cluttered desktop, hence the minimal amount of icons (you should see the Spouse’s! Makes me shudder).

Aw! The Delightful Phone Friend not only resized the photo below (ring/”Hello?”/”One of these days I’m going to have to teach you how to size photos properly”/”but then you wouldn’t call!”), but she mentioned our amazing, FABULOUS (her word) friendship here.