http://skamarakas.com/anna A day in the life of Anna Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those of you who know me may be surprised to find out that I am not an athlete.  I am not a fan of exercise, and believe that the most amount of effort that I should have to exert in a day would be the movement of my hand from ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2009/01/08/wii-fit-how-far-am-i-running Oh my gosh, don't you hate it when you open up those Christmas cards, and people have felt some obligation to send you those lengthy notes that tell you how much better their lives were this past year than your life was?  And their kids are all smarter than yours ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2009/01/08/2008-a-skamarakas-year-in-review My middle daughter is in love with the theatre, and being raised in the age of High School Musical and Camp Rock, she is especially fond of musicals.  She can sing and dance and just about recite every line in the movie version of Hairspray, so we were thrilled to ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/29/review-walnut-street-theatre-production-of-hairspray What is your reaction to gifts that you either don't want, don't need, or don't like? As a child, I had a grandmother who LOVED to buy us dresses.  Every Christmas and Easter, she would go to the Ugly Dress Shop and purchase for my sister Bean and I the most ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/27/im-taking-a-poll A very gracious reader made a comment on a previous post I made about the Carnival Vacation Club, which you can find here - http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-618 .  It reminded me that I had not taken the opportunity to update the situation with the club, or the cruise we ended up taking using ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/27/carnival-vacation-club-update And yes he is.  My husband was telling his daughters how before he met me, his existence was barely worth living, dating teenage girls at the mall, having free time out the wazoo, sleeping in when he wanted.  Poor him.  But when he told them he was dating teenage girls ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/26/im-still-cute And I'm having a bitch of a time trying to pry my husband's arse off the chair to go do some after Christmas shopping and exchanging.  I've been up since just after 5 AM, thanks to the mystery munchkin, who sneakily crawled into bed with us in the middle of ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/26/twas-the-day-after-christmas Alrighty then.  This is going to be MUCH different from years past, because I was so completely unorganized this year - I know, no difference there - and the party really didn't come off very smoothly.  Let's discuss, shall we? AnnThis is my stepmother, Ann.  She will forever be known as ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/26/2008-christmas-party-wrap-up I am heading out to the supermarket to pick up snack type food for Christmas.  It is one of the only times I can ever recall when we will be home for Christmas day - no company coming, no clothes to put on, no fancy food to put out.  The ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/24/it-is-the-day-before-the-day-that-is-christmas-day You think this is going to be a religious post, don't you?  Then you must be a visitor here, and let me introduce myself - I'm Averse to Controversy, nice to meet you. We're having our annual holiday open house tomorrow.  So far, we have about 80 people who have RSVPd, ... http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/12/21/got-jesus