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1. My new friend Kelly introduced me to the CDA Farmer's Market. Think chocolate/peanut butter fudge, foccacia bread, and snow peas. YUM!

2. Idaho drivers missed the "Highway Merging 101" part of driver's ed. I almost got into a wreck for the second day in a row because the ding-a-ling in front of me was doing 35 mph at the end of the on-ramp. News flash people: It's called an acceleration ramp for a reason! *rant over* *for now*

3. At my job, we have something that is called "Sterling Style". It is our particular method for capitalization, hyphens, punctuation... you name it. Oh, and it is an ever evolving thing. One of the SS rules is that we avoid hyphens like the plague. Another is that most prefixes get combined with the word. Anything non-, co-, un-... You get the picture. I got a job today where the editor had created the word cochairperson from co-chairperson. It looks funny, but them's the rules. The keyboarder left a note saying that she wanted to retain the hyphen because saying it that way made it sound as if you had a furball. My response: "KB has furball; wishes to hyphenate". I'm sure it was much funnier in my head at the time, but I get joy from the little things. (You have to, or all of the notes start sounding nasty!)

4. There is a city where it is illegal to camp on landfills. Another city still has it on the books that there are separate ballots for men/women, blacks/whites. In one city it is illegal to commit fornication in the city limits. Another city files their documents IN the city clerk. Or they did until we edited their code. Now they are filed BY her.

5. I think I'm going to write ordinances when I grow up. Some of these cities need a professional ordinance writer!

Friendships

"Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold."

I STINK at making friends. Most of the friendships I have have just happened. I cannot remember how they formed, and there is a good chance it is through no work on my end. I am somewhat shy, and have a hard time thinking of small talk. Who still talks about the weather these days, you ask? ME! When you run out of other things to talk about (such as: "Hi, how are you?" "I'm good, how are you?" "Good." *awkward silence*), the weather is always a good fallback. Anyway, all this to say, I MADE A NEW FRIEND. I'm ridiculously excited about this. I appreciate the friendships that I have formed since I have been here. AND I JUST MADE ANOTHER ONE. *Ahem* Please excuse me.

We had a fire out at the property this evening (in the fire pit) and my new friend from work and her husband came out and roasted bratwursts with us. And they brought their sweet baby Jordan and I got to hold Jordan and love on her. Ahhh. My cup runneth over.

I learned something new about making a friend tonight. If you want to spend time with someone, all you have to do is ask! Wow, that was hard. I know you are all thanking me for that insight, so, you're welcome! Now, go ask someone to spend some time with you on this long weekend. You'll be glad you did!