My Girls On Orble
Our resident Rugby Angel, Dusk Devi, did the MOSTEST post, for the new breed of women out there.
Now I'm going to do this post. A smooshy, loving, girly post.
I am ultimately, and at the core, a romance writer, after all (even if I do like to indulge in the Dark Side now and then. Hey, there's still romance over in the DS...it's just...darker).
My girls are Andrea, of Diet and Health, and the above forementioned Queen (full stop) of Rugby, Dusk Devi.
These girls (women, really, but us over 30's - and under 30's, for that matter - like to be referred to as girls; keeps us in touch still with Hello Kitty and Beverly Hills, 90210...perhaps I'm just speaking for myself here) just walked into my life, through the virtual world of Orble, and straight into my heart.
I feel like I've known these girls all my life. A.H. (Andrea; or Caramella, Caramel Shortcake...anything sweet and sticky and food-related - cause this is so her) and her Freaky Identical Me (as in me) mannerisms...
In fact, sometimes I think we're so similar, when we finally do meet (as I'm sure we will; those backyard barbies at her new place on the coast, while we drink copious amounts of champagne, are already planned), we'll be saying the exact same thing to one another.
Will be hilarious ('YOU'RE the Romance Queen'...'No, YOU are'...'No, really, YOU'RE the Romance Queen'...
Then, the drunker we get, the more Kit and Kate - our heroines - we become...A.H. neurotic, but extremely funny and sweet, and me about to punch somebody out...or go to bed with them. One or the other - as long as it's hot).
And Dusk Devi...
She truly is an Angel, radiating all kinds of light.
She's Sunshine Bear, of the Care Bears.
As to what I am in this sweet little trio...
Cherry Ripe, the girls like to call me. Sweet with a bit of bite?
Am I interpreting this right?
Or Apple Magnolia...which could really stand for the same thing.
Either way, us three have united, and give each other something new and different to what we have in our 'actual' lives.
Our little virtual friendship is beautiful.
And, after all, you can never have too many friends. In fact, I think as you get older, the friends begin to drop off, fade away, and suddenly you're left standing there, wondering what the hell happened to your social life...
Or is this just me?
With these two women in my life, however, I need never be lonely.
They are only a click away, after all.
To my girls, with love.
xooxox
Of course, there are too many wonderful people on Orble, and more I've yet to meet, to mention them all...
KylieW, George, Bryn...
Always, H.J., Ahmed...
LIlla, Karen C, Bumpkin, Milly, Katyzzz...
These are only a few of the sweets in this virtual lolly jar.
Too many that I'm sure I've overlooked (I'm sorry!) or haven't yet had the pleasure to meet.
Cheers to Orble (sorry, Caramel Shortcake)...
And here's a pink champagne toast to you all.
Now I'm going to do this post. A smooshy, loving, girly post.
I am ultimately, and at the core, a romance writer, after all (even if I do like to indulge in the Dark Side now and then. Hey, there's still romance over in the DS...it's just...darker).
My girls are Andrea, of Diet and Health, and the above forementioned Queen (full stop) of Rugby, Dusk Devi.
These girls (women, really, but us over 30's - and under 30's, for that matter - like to be referred to as girls; keeps us in touch still with Hello Kitty and Beverly Hills, 90210...perhaps I'm just speaking for myself here) just walked into my life, through the virtual world of Orble, and straight into my heart.
I feel like I've known these girls all my life. A.H. (Andrea; or Caramella, Caramel Shortcake...anything sweet and sticky and food-related - cause this is so her) and her Freaky Identical Me (as in me) mannerisms...
In fact, sometimes I think we're so similar, when we finally do meet (as I'm sure we will; those backyard barbies at her new place on the coast, while we drink copious amounts of champagne, are already planned), we'll be saying the exact same thing to one another.
Will be hilarious ('YOU'RE the Romance Queen'...'No, YOU are'...'No, really, YOU'RE the Romance Queen'...
Then, the drunker we get, the more Kit and Kate - our heroines - we become...A.H. neurotic, but extremely funny and sweet, and me about to punch somebody out...or go to bed with them. One or the other - as long as it's hot).
And Dusk Devi...
She truly is an Angel, radiating all kinds of light.
She's Sunshine Bear, of the Care Bears.
As to what I am in this sweet little trio...
Cherry Ripe, the girls like to call me. Sweet with a bit of bite?
Am I interpreting this right?
Or Apple Magnolia...which could really stand for the same thing.
Either way, us three have united, and give each other something new and different to what we have in our 'actual' lives.
Our little virtual friendship is beautiful.
And, after all, you can never have too many friends. In fact, I think as you get older, the friends begin to drop off, fade away, and suddenly you're left standing there, wondering what the hell happened to your social life...
Or is this just me?
With these two women in my life, however, I need never be lonely.
They are only a click away, after all.
To my girls, with love.
xooxox
Of course, there are too many wonderful people on Orble, and more I've yet to meet, to mention them all...
KylieW, George, Bryn...
Always, H.J., Ahmed...
LIlla, Karen C, Bumpkin, Milly, Katyzzz...
These are only a few of the sweets in this virtual lolly jar.
Too many that I'm sure I've overlooked (I'm sorry!) or haven't yet had the pleasure to meet.
Cheers to Orble (sorry, Caramel Shortcake)...
And here's a pink champagne toast to you all.
Rugby World Cup 2007
I know that I would adore you just as much and more if we had met in the physical world...You, Caramella and I have a similar attitude and outlook on life...we choose to define ourselves with joie de vivre and strength of will and humour and honesty....yeah sure, I'm sure (and I know) we've all suffered pain and hurt but who hasn't?
Life may be short but it is the longest thing we all know...why waste the length of brevity wallowing in a mire of self-pity?
(And if anyone has a problem with that, please... ask yourself why...)
Yeah okayyy...moving on...far too deep for 2:45am
We also share a love of the sparkly stuff and spiritual liquids...well...we may share but only 2 of us can imbibe it...tell the puritans to take a flying leap on Christmas day A.H....then show them the medical proof...
I so love the giggles, snorts and cackles we share...earlier on this evening/last night, 2 of my children wondered if ol' mum had finally gone off the deep end...collapsed on her desk, cackling hysterically between looking up at the monitor...
I am so happy to have met you and A.H...you truly are wonderful wonderful women...and this is just going to become one big love fest...and I like being Sunshine Bear...I'm going all gushy now...
But why I adore you so much is because I've always had and have women like you in my life...vibrant, full of life, strong, incredibly funny, supportive, predominantly optimistic, magical, brilliant...really amazing women...I feel amazing by association.
I cannot 'hang' with bitterness and victim vibe.
Maybe that's a fault...but I cannot help my chemical reaction requirements of being drawn to people who are truly one a of a kind, truly generous in all senses of the word human beings.
Like you. Like Andrea.
I had never thought it possible to forge friendships this way...in fact, I had scoffed at it...eating my words now.
I will be back K.L. my sweet...I'll probably modify the comment in the light of morn...am in the throes of The Switching Hour...don't want to scroll up...eek...I've written an epic...sorry...
Dusk
No one would miss me.
A
Motherhood
Federline,
I would miss you. As would countless others.
I love you, stupid pie.
K.
xoox
Motherhood
To DD, my girl,
To see your sweet face, and to read your sweet words, is always heartwarming.
You are a light, my light!
Love your epic reply...it is so you, and so true!
I hope I'm all those wonderful things you say I am....I know you and A.H. are, that's for sure.
You guys pull me out of any depressive 'writer' modes I might have going on.....and, yes, make me cackle, too.
You two are seriously hilarious. Back when hilarious was serious.
Anyway, lack of sleep is making me not make sense (did that make sense?)....as I'm sure you must be feeling, DD.
We are like love vampires or something....staying up late, spreading the love on Orble, when we should be sleeping.
I'll visit you girls, my girls, tonight!
With lots of Sunshiny, turquoise, caramel, apple, and pink champagne love (with all sorts of pink tones mixed in throughout),
K.L.
Rugby World Cup 2007
I don't know you. We have never 'talked' but your "I'm Kit" x3 comment made me laugh so hard I knocked my head against my desk.
So see...I can't forget you. Just 5 lines and you're already memorable to me.
DuskDevi
V8 Supercar Pitstop
(Damn, your name is getting way too long).
I'm sitting here, filled with pregnancy hormones and with tears rolling down my cheeks which don't know whether to be tears of laughter or tears of overwhelming friendship and (can I use the word) love.
Oh, you lot, get your minds out of the gutter, I don't mean it like that.
I am constantly amazed at how close I feel to you and Dusk, two wonderful women that I've never met and who I've only been 'chatting' with for a couple of months. I've done a lot of moving around in the last few years, trying to find a place to settle, a place to live that feels like home and my friendships with other 'real' women (and men) have been fleeting, there one minute, gone the next.
But I so feel that the friendship we have developed over Orble is not going to be one of those fleeting, ephemeral relationships, quickly forgotten.
I feel an affinity with both of you beautiful women, something that I can't explain, something that I don't want to try to explain, just something that I'm going to continue to enjoy and nurture.
I will raise my glass (with a splash of alcohol in it) on Christmas day and drink a toast to my treasured Orble Girls. I may even indulge in a Cherry Ripe bar and Chocolate Liquor (but don't take that the wrong way!). I will also raise a glass (or three or five) after Little Blog has finally made their way into this world, and enjoy a tipple of pink bubbles with you both. Virtually, of course.
I am really looking forward to the day that we can finally meet. Have that BBQ and copious amounts of bubbles and just totally become our alter-egos. Kit and Kate, here we come.
Now all we need is for Dusky to move to Queensland too, then we'll really be in business.
You Girls are the best things that have happened to me for a long time. You just make me feel so damn good!
Thankyou.
A.H.
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Motherhood
To my girls,
Now I'm crying. We're all crying...
And laughing! I've said it before, and I'll say it again...
You girls crack me!
DD, and how sweet you are to Federline...he's my masked friend...better not reveal his identity, or he'll kill me...
Only a true lovely soul could be nice to Federline.
And A.H...my Caramel Shortcake...
I feel exactly what you feel. It surprises me, too, how close I feel to you two...
I struggle to find that unconditional support and love from those close to me...
I guess the beauty of our friendship is that we've given it to each other, without conditions or without wanting something back...
Perhaps it's easier to bare your soul online?
No, even without that, if the 3 of us had met out in the real world, I think we would have still been the same with one another - making up sweet names for one another, complimenting each other, supporting each other...
It's all so lovely I'm going to go off and cry now!
Your long-named sis,
K.L.
Right now I'm trying to teach 30, 17 year old students while not throwing up all over them.
Life is a hangover
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Making up sweet names for each other ... do you mean like Old Fangy?
Go on ... try and get out of that one!!!
A.H.
Motherhood
Oh, A.H....or Old Fangy...or Nipping-at-heels....
You are so like me, it's somewhat scary...
I've backed myself into a corner...there is no way out.
Your forgiveness, my sweet (bitey) sis,
K.L.
V8 Supercar Pitstop
After the lovely words you said above ... even 'Old Fangy' can be forgiven, as can 'Freaky', 'Scary' and 'Nipping-at-Heels'. I sound like a horror movie version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Did I miss anything out?
From your Caramella Sis.