The new phonebooks are here, the new phonebooks are here!

Yes, today is the day the new phonebooks arrived. Am I the only one who looks for my name immediately upon receiving the new books? I like to see where my name has been positioned on the page. I have a preemo spot this year--top of the page. Yes, can you believe that I'm actually at the top of one of the columns? It's a shame I no longer have that number and that's no longer my address and that's also no longer my name, but still, top of the page--gotta love it!

I also like looking for people's names from my past. Not to call them or even to visit them, but just to see if they still exist and if they're still in the area. The few I looked up must've moved on because they're not in there anymore or maybe they're like Mr and me--unlisted. Anyway, nothing like a little trip into memoryland.

It stormed to beat the band here last night. We had tornado warnings/watches, thunderstorm warnings/watches and flood warnings/watches. Me, Mr and Miss Daisy headed to the basement--wedding pictures in tow, of course. I always have to have all of my photos with me whenever I head to the basement. Whenever I see pictures and interviews of tornado, flood or fire victims, the one thing I feel the worst about is that they've lost their pictures. You can replace everything else, but not the pictures of your life so I am always sure to pack all of my photo albums--and I have A LOT--down to the basement with me whenever possible tragedy might strike. Thankfully for us last night, all of my photo albums are still in boxes down in the basement so there was a lot less to lug down there.

While we're (I'm) talking about things that I do, do you look under people's bathroom sinks or medicine cabinets when you use the bathroom at someone else's house? A few years ago this question came up in a survey that I read and I did my own informal survey of my friends and family. Turns out I was one of the only ones who looked under people's sinks. I don't look in medicine cabinets, but I'm fascinated with bathroom cabinets--what do they have, are they organized, do they have any products I'd like to use so I can ask them how they like it? Since I admitted this to many people at that time, I've had rein in my inquisitve nature because no one wanted me to use the bathroom at their house once I divulged my tendency. I'm happy to report that I can't remember the last time I looked under someone's sink, unless it was to find another roll of toilet paper, or room spray, or to see what they have...no, seriously, no looking for quite a while. I miss it, though. You get to know your friends in a whole new way that not everyone is open about at a cookout, ya know?

When this topic came up, I heard a story about someone who put marbles in their medicine cabinet so any looky-lou's would get quite a surprise when they opened the cabinet. I gotta say, this kinda scared me straight, too. I mean, after all, my noseyness might be exposed for everyone to know about and how terrible would that be?