It's been a long two months plus since I've been active on K, and for those of you who missed @lavabunny's blogazine about me (thank you so much LB!) here's a brief rundown, and an update.

I was hit head on by a drunk driver in the beginning of August. I have been in the hospital since, spending the first two weeks in ICU, which was pure hell (no electronic gadgets allowed). Last Friday, October 2, I finally got to come home (thank God) and am recovering very well. Doctors expect me to recover 100%. I'm still amazed by that prognosis, but someone has got to be watching over me.

I would really like to thank each and every one of you who sent me wishes and prayers and an extra special thank you to those of you who kept in almost constant contact with me through it all. It made life so much more bearable, even though I may not have been in the best frame of mind at times. Thank you.

I hope to be back kaboodling soon, like I used to, but I have so much going on getting back to a normal life and I'm still under rest and recuperate instructions. But I miss you guys.

Oh, as an added bonus...I met the most wonderful guy while in the hospital. Those of you who know me are going to be pretty surprised, given my track record with guys. I had almost sworn them off for good. But the world works in mysterious ways, and he is the most wonderful and sweet person I think I have ever met. He actually cares about ME. I can't wait to go on an actual date with him. It's been a long time since I've looked forward to that.

So, that's a quick wrapup for anyone wondering what became of me. I'm still here, and hope to be more often as days progress. Thanks for caring. It means, and meant, a whole lot.

LC

So, I just returned from a business trip and I've been thinking ever since how much I enjoyed it where I was. I live in the suburbs and always have thought of myself as a country kind of girl. I don't really like cities or crowds. I don't even really like going to the mall just because of all the people. This town and this sign especially caught my attention. The sign actually made me laugh. We had to turn around and go back so I could take this picture. It was definitely small town USA, but not too small. It was really enjoyable. The people were so nice. I wouldn't want to live someplace where everyone knows everyone's business and this seemed big enough not to be that way. I just felt so comfortable and at home there.

So, what's your take? Where do you like to live / would want to live? And have you ever been somewhere where you just felt "this is it"?

~LC

Following the trend of ilykthx...
I wasn't going to do one of these because I'm a really private girl, but I know a few of my friends here are just waiting and waiting and waiting, so here goes nothing...

Personals
How tall are you?
5' 4" + -

What is your shoe size?
9 - 9-1/2

What color is your hair?
For years: Brown  Really: Dirty Blonde

What is your ethnicity?
Caucasian.

What country do you live in?
USA

Styles
What is your favorite online shopping website?
Hmm... I don't really have a favorite. I tend to wander around through a group of different places I like. NY and Company for one.
 
What would you describe your style as?
Basic...simple...plain... Look at any of my clothes lists and you'll get the picture pretty quick. Lots of solids, very little if any prints. I like to dress nice no matter what I'm doing. Lots of skirts and cute tops for the most part, jeans and tanks for casual times.

What is your favorite shoe style?
Lol...do I really need to tell you? Heels for sure. 4" + - . I love shoes and own too many. But heels make me feel so confident and the perfect pair can make any outfit look fabulous, from a dress or skirt to a pair of jeans and a tee.

Lists
Which list would you say you add to the most?
Shoes, Dresses, Food, Grilling. Sorry, I know that's 4 lists, but... :)

Which list is your personal favorite?
See above ^ . :) And right now I really like my Spring Summer 2009 list. Tons of cute wedges seem to have taken over it.

What is your one pet peeve in lists?
Finding things, on mine and others. The "Show Only" thing still doesn't work right for me. And misnamed things. And lists that go on forever. I TRY to limit mine to a few pages. After that no one sees the stuff anyway.

What do you always make sure to do with your lists?
When I add things I always take the time to make sure the title and picture and description and price match the item. And I try to convert prices into US $ if they're not. It drives me crazy when I'm looking at a pair of shoes on a list and the title says "Tops".

Favorites
What is your favorite food?
Anything grilled. I love shellfish (lobster, shrimp, crab) and ribs and a good steak. Oh, and pineapples, grilled or raw. :)  Oh, oh...and grilled asparagus. :) :) Sorry, I like good food, and I love to grill. Ugh!!! I forgot PIZZA! I <3 pizza.

What is your favorite drink?
Water, Pepsi, Margaritas, Mike's Hard Lemonade in assorted flavors, Beer. I dislike the taste of most diet sodas.

What is your favorite color?
Purple, Brown, Black, White.

What is your favorite dessert?
Cheesecake, Brownies and Ice Cream.

5 Random Facts
1. I'd still like to be a nurse or a paramedic. I wanted to be a firefighter when I was little.
2. I tend to overthink/overanalyze things.
3. I like ice hockey and the Carolina Hurricanes. I seriously think it would be so fun to be a Storm Squad girl (kind of like a cheerleader but not, for the Hurricanes)
4. I want to live in North Carolina one day.
5. I raised myself since I was 16. I'm far from perfect, but I think I did a pretty good job all in all.

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli in a Missoni bikini.

I normally don't care much about the SI swimsuit issue, but this year I think they hit it right on. A pretty girl wearing a pretty swimsuit. Why she has to be pulling it down I'm not sure, I think it would have been sexy otherwise, but...

Just wondering what your take is on this years cover?

Ok girls, now that I have your attention it's time to listen up. This isn't a The Sky Is Falling post, but I thought it important enough to be brought up here. Below is the beginning, here's a link to the whole article. I really hope people will take the time to read this. It's pretty unnerving.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/post-1.html#posts

FACEBOOK ID THEFT TARGETS 'FRIENDS'

Bryan Rutberg's daughter was among the first to notice something odd about her dad's Facebook page.
At about 8 p.m. on Jan. 21, she ran into his bedroom and asked why he'd changed his status to: “BRYAN IS IN URGENT NEED OF HELP!!!"

Rutberg initially thought little of it, and lay down for an after-dinner nap. But an hour later, when his wife woke him to ask what was wrong, he took a second look and realized his Facebook account had been hacked. Within minutes, his cell phone was ringing non-stop, with concerned friends calling to offer help. Many had received an e-mail with the story that Rutberg had been robbed at gunpoint while traveling in the United Kingdom, and needed money to get home. One even sent $1,200 to a Western Union branch in London.

The Seattle resident and Microsoft employee then spent the next 24 hours in a frantic search for a way to contact Facebook and stop the hackers. But he was locked out of his own account and locked into a Catch-22; criminals had changed his login credentials so he couldn’t access his own Facebook page. That meant he couldn't remove the dire status message. He tried to use his wife's account to put a message on his "wall" indicating he was fine, but the scammer had "de-friended," his wife, so that didn’t work. And he had no outside-of-Facebook way to contact many of his friends. Before he succeeded in getting his account deactivated, a friend’s impulsive generosity had cost him big-time, and Rutberg was left wondering how carefully Facebook protects its users from these kinds of crimes.

"It was all over by Thursday (the next day) but not without a hell of a lot of drama," Rutberg said. By then, friends had filled up his cell phone with text messages of concern, sent endless e-mails, and one even called Microsoft to warn the firm that an employee was in trouble.

Read the rest here http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/post-1.html#posts