It's my 10 year blogiversary!

Y'all.  I just realized that this month marks ten years blogging on the Junket!  Wow.  These past ten years have flown and I have changed SO much. 

I've shared my life, my jobs, my job changes, going back to school, trips I've taken, food I've cooked, Gotcha Days for our fur babies, my attempts at gardening, products I love, just MY LIFE.  And I've enjoyed every minute sharing with the ones of you who read my blog.  I know you're out there.  I've had over 208,000 page views from all over the world.  I see you and I appreciate you!!  Thank you for following me and for reading about my life.

One thing I have shared a lot that I don't do so much anymore is family get togethers.  I used to love those.  I love my family and I loved getting together with them on holidays and birthdays and such.  But things have changed and I have very strained relationships with both my sister and my brother so I see my parents when I can avoid the other two.  It's really hard to avoid my brother since he and his wife LIVE with my mama and daddy because he's a drug addict who refuses to get help.  He won't work, can't pass a drug test to even get and keep a job, and the whole thing is so infuriating.  I feel like he's mooching off my folks, who pay all the bills and buy all the food.  And this is not the first time they've had to live with my parents.  It's a pattern with them.  They've allowed his drug addiction to take homes, cars, everything they have.  It is not right.  It is not what I need and expect from my brother.  He is such a disappointment to me.  He's taken money from me, groceries from me, because he LIED to my face and took advantage of my love and my obligation as "big sister".  Every single person in the family who looks the other way enables him and they disappoint me, too.  I'm the bad guy because I don't and I'm being "mean" because I refuse to condone his behavior.

I haven't seen my sister in two years.  And that one stings.  I love my sister.  She has a hateful way about her, though.  A way that cuts and bites and hurts and she said one thing too many, a nasty insult to Larry.  At my birthday party, two years ago this month.  The absolute last straw.  I've suffered years of her verbal abuse, her little digs, her smart remarks, telling me what to do, how to be, how to even raise my cat (who by the way, is ridiculously healthy and happy and sweet and friendly and social), making fun of me whenever she could.  I just took it, laughed and let it go.  The outburst to Larry (after years of constant little digs at him as well, which he took and let go), over something that was SO small and insignificant and involved ME and not her, was just the thing that changed something in me.  Like a little off switch inside.  And I've not seen her since.  Oh, we've texted a few times but could not get anything resolved.  You can't make someone apologize for doing something to you but you can refuse to subject yourself to more of it.  Forgiveness flows freely around here but I'm not stupid.  I've touched that hot stove before.

I don't know if they'll read this or not and I don't care.  I don't blog for them.  I blog for me, as an outlet to express what's going on in my life and the life I'm building with Larry, after so many years of being apart.  We deserve this life.  We waited a very long time to have it.  And we get to decide who's in it and who's not.  I don't like the term "toxic relationships" but if you find yourself in one, get out.  It's not worth the pain.  I also have a strained relationship with Larry's daughter and have not seen them in over three years.  Also, over something very selfish and nasty she said to Larry.  Larry tells me all the time to let this stuff go, that the insults were toward him and he's perfectly fine with everybody, old hippie that he is.  I just can't do it, though.  I forgive you but you need to apologize and change when you see you've hurt somebody.  I have no room in my life or heart for selfish people.  

So, there's all that.  Me at 52.  I've been through a lot the past several years and the worst time of my entire life has been with this foot of mine.  The more I endure, the more I realize that I want to surround myself with people who love me and don't play games.  The older you get, the less drama you want around you, and the only drama I want in my life is "The Young and The Restless".

My advice is if you want to blog, DO IT.  Even if no one reads it.  Do it for you.  

Again, thanks for reading my blog and I welcome each and every one of you to stay on this ride with me.  I promise it will not be boring!

And the winner is....

Ami!!

I'm going on an adventure tomorrow for my birthday so I decided to do the giveaway results today.  It's my birthday and I can do that.  :)

There were nine comments and I numbered them by date and time they were posted.

#1 was Brandy, 6/16 @ 6:36
#2 was Mama. 6/16 @ 8:43
#3 was Ami, 6/17 @ 12:10
#4 was Margie, 6/17 @ 12:45 on blog
#5 was Stacy, 6/17 @ 12:45 on Facebook
#6 was Michele, 6/17 @ 12:50
#7 was Fran, 6/17 @ 12:56
#8 was Dr. P, 6/17 @ 2:28
#9 was Mark, 6/17 @ 4:16

I used a random generator to pick the winner.

Congratulations, Ami!!

Thanks for playing, y'all!! 

A Christmas meme

The Christmas song I could listen to even in June (and do!) is A Christmas To Remember by Kenny and Dolly.  I absolutely LOVE this song!!!  My favorite line?  With a fast talkin' lover and some slooooooow burnin' wood.  :)

Hot chocolate, egg nog or mulled wine?  Egg nog!

Scarlett sho' did not deserve this boy right heah.

When do you put your Christmas decorations up?  Thanksgiving weekend, usually on Slack Friday, while I watch Gone With The Wind.  That's a new tradition I started a few years ago.  By the time the movie's over, I'm done!

What are you having for Christmas dinner?  I think we're doing something totally different this year.  Chicken wings!  Everybody is going to bring a pan of different kinds of wings and we'll have slaw and potato salad and chips and whatever else we decide to bring.  I think I'm going to do lemon pepper wings, potato salad and apple cider.

What is your favorite Christmas tradition?  Ami and me decorating Mama and Daddy's tree.  We've been doing this for many years now and I love digging through those boxes and pulling out ornaments that I remember from my childhood.

Have you ever gone Christmas caroling?  Yes, I think, a couple times.  To the nursing home when I was a kid and with the church a time or two.

When did you learn the truth about Santa?  I think I was nine.  I was on the school bus and some kids made fun of me because I had written a letter to Santa and had gotten a response and had brought it to school with me.  What did they know?  Santa IS real.  He may not be one man who travels the world delivering presents in one night but he's real all the same, his spirit of love and giving to others is kept alive by millions of mamas and daddies all over the world.  I am a Santa FOOL and always will be.  Mama and Daddy made Christmases so special and magical for us.  They had us completely tore up over Santa Claus weeks before the big night.

How do you decorate your tree?  I currently have a 7-foot faker tree that has 650 multicolored lights on it.  It's in three pieces.  I take it out of the box, connect the three pieces, fluff and plug it in.  I like character ornaments (snowmen, Santas, dolls, bears) rather than balls so most of my decorations are those.  Wooden and cloth, mainly, although I do have a hand-blown glass Winnie the Pooh.  That Tabbie Hoffman has NOT even touched.  He is doing so good with the tree!!

The best thing about Christmas is remembering what it's all about.  The birth of a very precious baby boy who was God's gift to us!  He was HERE.  He is Christmas.  

All I want for Christmas is continued good health and happiness for my family. And maybe some pajamas. :)

Things I wish I'd known as a teenaged girl

I saw this on another blog and I thought it'd be fun to do!  Never Been Kissed is one of my very favorite movies.  Bless her heart.  :)  

Here's what I wish I'd known at that age.

 
Your mama is right.  About pretty much everything.  Listen to her.  She and your daddy really DO have your very best interest at heart.

It is perfectly FINE to stay home on Friday nights and watch "Dallas".  It's also more than fine not to have dates.  Girl, God has a love planned for you that you are not going to believe.  Shoot, NOBODY is going to believe it.  I remember Larry asking me shortly after we met how I could possibly not be taken and I told him, "'Cause I've been waiting for you."

It is NOT perfectly fine, however, to wear legwarmers to school every. day.  Not even if you have them in several different colors.  Not even then.

If you want to go to the prom, GO.

Don't be so shy and scared to try new things.  You are sure going to get over this one!  And don't worry so much about not fitting in.  You're not ever going to.  But they're going to love you anyway.  Except during election years.  :)

Don't be in such a hurry to grow up!  Enjoy these years because they are fleeting and precious.  And when they're gone, you are OLD.  

I wish I could go back and just reassure myself that it really is going to be all right.  And all those things that were the absolute-end-of-the-world-oh-my-god-how-will-I-ever-survive-this really weren't and you will.

Fill in the blank Friday!

Waking up at the butt crack of dawn to go shopping is my idea of HELL.  Insanity.  A total waste of sleepy time.  Completely out of the question.  I have never, ever wanted anything that bad.  Not even $7 sheets.

If I were to go shopping today (and I made a deliberate effort to not go anywhere!), I would be on the hunt for something handmade or vintage.

Something I've been learning lately is to trust God every day, in everything.  He really knows what He's doing!

The best thing I ate yesterday was um, everything?  This was my plate.  

The BEST thing, though, was Mama's dressing.  Under the ham.  :)

I cannot start my day without my little routine!  Pee, brush my teeth, wash my face and moisturize, wash my hair and drink a glass of tea.

My nighttime attire consists of tank tops and pajama shorts when it's warm, long-sleeved tees and leggings when it's not.

I'm looking forward to Christmas!  Duh.  Four weeks!!

Happy Weekend!

What I'm loving Wednesday!

I'm loving that tomorrow is Thanksgiving!

This guy?  Not so much.

I'm loving how yummy this pumpkin roll looks!  I can't take credit for making it, though.  A sweet little Mennonite girl hooked us up at the office with cakes and sweet potatoes and dinner rolls.  AND she said she'd come back Christmas!

I'm loving the general festiveness that's going on in my kitchen today!  I AM making sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts and skillet corn to take to Mama and Daddy's tomorrow!  

I've got to get busy!!

I'm loving that we finished up Digital in class last night and when we go back next Tuesday night, we'll get right into Microprocessors!  Our last class for this semester is December 13th so we don't have long!

And I'm loving this video of President Obama (and his girls) pardoning the White House turkey.

Gobble Gobble!

Fill in the blank Friday!

A nervous habit I have is crossing and uncrossing my legs.  Oh my GOD, I have no control.  I also twirl my hair.  A lot.

Something that makes me sad is knowing the first Christmas of my life without my Maw is coming up.  :(

Today I am thankful for like every day, SO MANY THINGS!  My healthy family, my happy husband, my warm little house, my pantry full of food, every blessing the Lord has given me and continues to give me.

My favorite room in my house is my office/guest room.  I spend a lot of time in there.  It's cozy and warm, has a TV and my laptop and is close to the kitchen and bathroom.  :)

I can't stand a barking dog.  Especially at 3:00 in the morning.  Don't think I won't go out there in my 'jamas and yell at him.  I've seen me do it.

If I had an extra $100 to spend on whatever I wanted I would, well, I pretty much DO.  But to spend $$$ just for the sake of spending??  I wouldn't do that.  I guess to answer this blank, though, I'd say extra Christmas presents for my family. 

The last person I hung out with was Larry.  We had chicken tenders and ranch dressing.  :)

Happy Weekend!

Fill in the blank Friday!

My favorite new blog of the moment is Freckled Nest.  Leigh-Ann has beautiful photography, cute clothes and she drives an awesome 1974 Oldsmobile station wagon that she calls Bacon.  Ha!  She's thrifty, creative and oh so vintage.  I LOVE her blog!!

Something I'm thankful for is being able to spend today with Larry.  It's Veterans' Day and he's the bravest, sweetest, cutest veteran I know!  Spending Veterans' Day together has become a tradition for us and while it may mean more to me than it does to him, it's very important for me to let him know how very proud I am of him for yesterday, right now and tomorrow, too.

Something that made me laugh this week (besides my silly husband!) was Tuesday night after I registered for my classes next semester, I was in the student lounge and I put a quarter in the candy vending machine to get some Mike and Ikes.  The machines look like this.  You know the ones.  I put my quarter in and got ONE piece of candy.  You 'sposed to get a handful.  I got ONE MIKE.  That just struck me as hilarious and I literally busted out laughing.  I kept saying, "I got a Mike." like Charlie Brown and his trick-or-treating rocks.  Ha!

An item that is currently on my wish list is a tambourine.  :)

I'm excited about a LOT of things!!  Thanksgiving, my creative Christmas shopping, meeting Brandy and Mike, Willow and Roan next month, my interview at the base no matter the outcome, our practice moving to our brand new office, just ALL kinds of things!!  It's a very exciting time for me.  I said "creative Christmas shopping" because that's what I'm planning to do this year.  I declared this a "no-mall Christmas" last month on Facebook and got some positive feedback so I'm staging a revolution against big business this year.  Sticking it to the man by helping out the little man.  I LOVE that idea!!  I'm not saying every single gift I buy will be from small business but yeah, the majority will be.  I only have about 15 people to buy for anyway.  I've already started and where there were specific things family members wanted, I was able to buy them from individuals at Etsy and eBay!  I am SO excited about this.  Sears and Walmart DO NOT need our business.  People struggling to survive the end of the year need our business.  That's why I say we will have to be creative.  Put some thought into it, plan ahead.  It's so easy to just run to the mall and do our Christmas shopping.  That's what we always do.  I'm proposing we do things differently this year.  These are very different times we're living in right now.  Let's help each other!  Stick it to the man!!

If I were a color, I would be that beautiful blue-green color of the sea.  For obvious reasons.  :)

My favorite way to spend a chilly day is I ain't even gonna lie.  Asleep.  Under a quilt.

Happy Weekend!! 

What I'm loving Wednesday!

Today, I'm loving that the college is offering the communications classes I needed to take at NIGHT so that I can take them!!  These are the specialized classes in the electronics program I'm in and back in April, they were not going to offer them to evening students spring semester.  So I considered driving to Macon a couple nights a week to take them at the college up there and I considered quitting my job and going to school during the day but what I actually DID about it was pray.  And guess what?  He totally worked it out for me!  I'm going to get to take the classes I need to get my degree after all.  I signed up for a psychology class online, too.  I have my second co-op interview at the base next month and we'll see how that goes.  This is my second shot, everybody else in my class is going for their third.  I was robbed of my first chance last December but I'm completely fine with it now and really was then, I was just frustrated.  It's ALL going to work out the exact way it's supposed to.

Yay!!  I'm very happy in my little life right now.  

I'm also loving these cool boots that Mama and Daddy gave me as an early Christmas present!  They're super cool but they are super warm, too!!  Here they are on my feet at the movies last Saturday night when I went to see Paranormal Activity 3.  I was too cozy to be scared.  :)

Fill in the blank Friday!

My favorite thing about this week was Halloween!  It was so much fun!

Colder weather makes me lazy.  I just want to curl up with a blanket and do nothing until March.  I would have made a very good bear.

Three things that make me happy as of late are 60's and 70's music at Pandora, my coffee in the mornings and the fact that Santa is coming next month! 

If I could only wear one kind of shoe for the rest of my life, it would be Birkenstocks!

My personality type is INFP.  That is Introvert Intuitive Feeler Perceiver, which means I'm comfortable working and being alone, I trust my gut, I'm warm and friendly and I keep my options open.  Yep, that's me.

I have a serious problem resisting french fries right now.  I be lovin' me some frozen seasoned crinkle cut fries lately.  I bake them on a cookie sheet and then eat 'em with ketchup.  Yum!!  I also can't seem to stay away from Chick-fil-A's waffle fries lately neither.  

My favorite color to wear is black 'cause it's slimming (see FITB #6 above.  Ha!) and gray because Larry says he likes me in gray.  :)

Happy Weekend!

Fill in the blank Friday!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a nurse when I grew up.  Now that I’ve worked in a doctor’s office for 32 months, I know why that didn’t work out.  :)

As an adult, my dream job would be working for a company or organization that protects the environment.  I really don’t know where I’ll be in the next year or so but I do know that I want to be somewhere making something greener.

 

When I was a kid, I wanted to be just like Mary Ellen Walton.  I sure had the sassy mouth for it! 

I scored many a wax lip with this old girl.

The childhood costume that I remember most was THIS WITCH AND I ACTUALLY FOUND IT ONLINE!!!!  I remember this costume and mask SO well.  It was awesome.  HOT but awesome.

My favorite Halloween treat when I was a child was homemade Rice Krispy treats.  I’m a child of the 1970’s and we got lots of homemade stuff on Halloween.  Cookies, brownies, caramel apples, Rice Krispy treats.  You didn’t have to worry about folks putting harmful things in your candy bag. 

The time I got in the biggest trouble as a child was when me and Ricky were staying with Grandma when Ami was born and Grandma’s neighbor had a horse that got out of his pen.  We chased that horse down a very busy Highway 49 with Grandma hollerin’ at us to come back, waving her pink bedroom shoe at us from the front porch.  She tore us up when we got back and then Daddy tore us up when he came to get us.  I can’t even remember what happened to that horse.

I get daily inspiration from sweet toothless baby grins.

Happy Weekend!!

What I'm loving Wednesday!

Today I'm loving this blog post that Brandy wrote about "sticking it to the man".  It's hilarious.  Brandy mentioned some things that she and her family do to stick it to the man and I just loved it.  I just adore her. 

Just in case a hippie heart doesn't beat inside you and you have no idea what we're talking about, sticking it to the man just basically means bucking against anything that is in a position of power over you.  That could mean the electric company.  That could mean the government.

Here are some other ways you can stick it to the man.  Just do ONE.  I promise it will make you smile.

Don't buy anything new.

Don't get into debt.

Wear socks with holes.

VOTE!

Get your books from the library.

Don't pay ANY fees at your bank!  Move your money!!

Walk on the grass.

Do random acts of kindness.

Grow your own food!  And when you can't, buy local and buy in season.

Write a blog!  :)

Be socially and politically aware.  Don't be so subjective to mainstream media.  Seek out independent sources of information, listen to people from different walks of life and those whose opinions may differ from your own.

Refuse to be one of millions in that docile herd of mindless consumers who...hey, pull over!  McDonald's!!

Dance!!

Fill in the blank Friday!

Nothing says fall like pumpkins and mums on the porch.

My favorite autumn tradition is carving pumpkins, dressing up for Halloween and going to the fair.  I don't even mind raking leaves anymore.  Much. :)

My favorite fall treat is pumpkin anything (muffins, breads, coffee, bubble bath)!

Fall makes me think of what's to come.  The beginning of my favorite part of the year -- Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Autumn's free-form word association, GO!  Crunchy leaves, rosy cheeks, brown, orange, pumpkin pie!

My go-to outfit in the fall is guess??  :)  My yoga pants and a long-sleeved cotton t-shirt!  Also, my flannel jammie pants.

My favorite fall holiday is Thanksgiving.  I love, love, love Halloween and giving out candy to my little trick-or-treaters but there's just no comparison to Thanksgiving and being with my family and eating my mama's turkey and dressing.  Y'all.  If you ain't never had none of my mama's dressing, bless your heart.

Happy Fall, y'all!  Do something warm and cozy this weekend!

What I'm loving Wednesday!

I'm loving that today actually feels like fall!!  It's a brisk (and windy) 55 degrees!  The high was 62 and that was this morning.  It's 'sposed to be 37 tomorrow night!  Woo hoooo!!  I might get to wear my boots this week!  Fall is my favorite season. I wish we could stay like this until April. I hate winter.  Ugh.

I'm loving the chicken and dumplin's that I made today!  We were talking about them at work today and how gooooood they'd be in this cool weather so when I got home, I made some.  I'd never made them with store-bought dumplings before, I usually just make them the way Mama does, the dumplin's I was raised on that look kinda like this:

Mama's looks better but this was as close as I could find online.  I don't think I've ever paused long enough to get a picture of her dumplings!  Ha!

This is how mine turned out today!  Pretty dang tasty, too.

I boiled a couple of chicken breasts, shredded them and added a can of cream of chicken soup, cooked the strips in the broth with some salt and pepper and mixed it all together.  Easy squeezy!

And I'm loving Words With Friends on Facebook!  It's just a simple Scrabble game but you can play real time with your friends or just whenever you have a minute.  LOVE.  If we're friends on Facebook, let's play!

Seven random things...

 

...about ME!  My friend, Kim, nominated me for a Tell Me About Yourself blogger award 'cause she thinks my blog is great!  :)  Thanks, Kim!!  I think your blog is pretty great, too!  And funny and inspiring and just what I need to read sometimes!


To claim this award, I have to do a couple of things.  I have to tell seven totally random things about myself, pass the award on to seven other awesome bloggers and thank and link back the person who awarded me, which I think I've already done.  I hope.  :) 

So here we go!

Seven Random Things About Me

1.  I have a little scar on my right cheek that has been there since the moment I was born.  From forceps pulling me out.  I didn't want to come out.  Me and Mama had us a good thing going and I was FINE with it.

2.  I hate yogurt.  Of any kind.  I don't care if you put chocolate sprinkles on top, I can't eat it.  I know it's good for you and would be oh-so-helpful in my weight loss journey but dang, it's clabber.  Jerry Clower said so.

3.  I love to watch scary movies!  Alone.  At home.  On my sofa.  Where I can scream and sometimes let an ugly word slip and laugh and yell at the victims and if they're real stupid, tell 'em they NEED killing.  

4.  I can wire up a circuit that will light two LEDs that blink.  :)

5.  I cannot stand a ringing telephone.  Or talking on the phone.  And in my current job, I'm a receptionist.  I know.  Makes no sense.  

6.  I can type really fast.  The last time I was tested and timed, it was around 85 words per minute.  I'm pretty dang accurate, too.

7.  I almost never use my dishwasher anymore.  Unless I'm cooking a big meal for my family or something.  As much as I LOATHED washing dishes as a teenager (and that was probably because Mama MADE me), I actually prefer to hand wash my dishes now.  There's something therapeutic about having your hands down in warm, soapy water and washing dishes clean.  Just me??  :)

Okay,  I nominate these awesome bloggers to do the same!  Tell Me About Yourself!

Ami
Margie 
Brandy
Morgan 
Jenn
Amy
Shari

Southern belle secrets

These southern belle secrets are from a tumblr blog but I've been seeing them on Pinterest for months.  I cannot tell you how much I love them!!! 
Here are some of my favorites!
 

 

What I'm loving Wednesday!

I'm loving that the sun is finally going to peek out tomorrow and then step right on out and shine come Friday!  It has rained all. week. long.

I'm loving that today is my Friday!  I'm off until Monday!!

I'm loving that I'm going to the fair Friday with Ami and Brian!  It should be a gorgeous day to take pictures! 

 And pick up ducks!

This was always my favorite thing to 
play at the fair when I was little.  

No losers!  Every duck wins a prize!  Ha!  

You know I'mma pick me up a duck Friday.

 And ride sheep!

This I HAVE to see.  

They let little kids under 60 pounds 
RIDE A SHEEP.

It's called Mutton Busting.  Bwaaaah!  

See ya Friday, Mr. Ferris Wheel.

I can't wait!!

Fill in the blank Friday!

Something popular that I can't stand or don't "get" is Dancing With The Stars.  I've tried to watch it a time or two but I just wasn't impressed.  And who picks these "stars" anyway?  Bristol Palin and Nancy Grace?  Come onnnnnn...

Something unpopular that I LOVE is old country music.  I'm talkin' George and my girl, Tammy, Conway and Loretty, Patsy and I do love me some Charlie Rich.  Country music has NOT been the same since they closed the Ryman.

When I've had a bad day, I take a nap.  When I've had a good day, I take a nap.  Ha!

I would prefer a night at home in my jammies doing laundry and cleaning to going out and partying any day.  Like tonight.  :)

Something that makes me nervous is not knowing what's coming next.  I wish I could just roll with it and be open and flexible to God's plan and some days I do better than others but I want to know, I want to know, I want to KNOW.  You know??

Something worth fighting for is LOVE.  If you are so blessed to find THE ONE that God created just for you, you hold on to him (or her!) for dear life.  Do whatever you have to do to protect that relationship and grow old in that love. It may not be easy but nothing worth having is easy.  That's how you know.

When people think of me, I hope they think that I'm a good wife, daughter, sister, aunt and friend and that I have a good heart.  And that I'm funny as all get out.  :)

Happy Weekend!

What I'm loving Wednesday!

 

I'm loving my new-to-me Dolce & Gabbana 

purse that Dr. Patrenos gave me today!

 

It's such a beautiful color for fall, it's butter soft and soooo roomy!  I love how it just lays open like that.  I have room for all my stuff and then some.  It's gonna be perfect for smuggling Skittles and bottles of green tea when I go to the movies!  :)  Thanks, Dr. P!!  I promise I will take good care of it and it'll be happy with me.  <3

I'm also loving this little picture I found on Pinterest tonight.

 

Steve Jobs passed away this evening after a long battle with cancer.  My first computer, at the urging of Brian and Ami who already had one, was an iMac.  An original Bondi Blue G3 iMac that I bought in 1999.  That computer made me an Apple snob.  And that old girl will STILL fire up and pull up one page on the internet.  She just needs more memory to do more but she's still a'kickin'.  She was my only computer for six years and then Larry got me my beloved iBook for Christmas in 2005.  She's still kickin', too.  I had to buy a PC (the horror!) last year for an online class that my Mac wasn't compatible with and its desktop display right now as we speak says, "I wish I was a Mac".  RIP Steve, you old square peg in a round hole.  Thanks for helping me to be one, too.