8664 - first day of my new life in md

[scottobear]

pretty keen, thus far. woke up, watched "my big fat greek wedding" with the mrs, unloaded the van into the house, and went with the dad-in-law to replace a flat tire. (tire is a goodyear, on the love cube - may be getting replaced fro free as a defective, rather than us replacing it due to road hazard.) Larry's a really good guy, and I had a nice tim e gabbing with him on the trip to the shop.

Newt has acclimated to his surroundings quite nicely... we may introduce pye to the equation as early as monday.

later, we all hit bob evans for some sorely needed din-din, and then bhk and i split off for a litterbox / christmas light quest at wal-mart. we were halfway successful, point to sandbox for newtie.

should have the big brain set up by end of day tomorrow, so I'll do the former years bit again soon.

Comments

[helenangel.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO! I'm so excited about this new adventure in your life! =)

[fivefootmayhem.livejournal.com]

Ah... good ol' MD! Congrats on the move!! Good luck settling into the area. We're neighbors now, so if you need anything (including directions to anyplace) just give me a shout. Again, congrats and good luck!

HP here

[(Anonymous)]

As happy as a clam

Meaning

Very happy and content.

Origin

An early version is 'as happy as a clam at high water'. Clams are free from the attentions of predators at high tide. Perhaps that's a reason to consider them happy then. The earliest known citation doesn't mention water though. That's in 'Harvardiana', 1834:

"That peculiar degree of satisfaction, usually denoted by the phrase 'as happy as a clam'."

John G Saxe, the American writer best known for his poem 'The Blind Men and the Elephant', used the phrase in his 'Sonnet to a Clam', in the late 1840s:

Inglorious friend! most confident I am
Thy life is one of very little ease;
Albeit men mock thee with their similes,
And prate of being "happy as a clam!"
What though thy shell protects thy fragile head
From the sharp bailiffs of the briny sea?
Thy valves are, sure, no safety-valves to thee,
While rakes are free to desecrate thy bed,
And bear thee off, - as foemen take their spoil,
Far from thy friends and family to roam;
Forced, like a Hessian, from thy native home,
To meet destruction in a foreign broil!
Though thou art tender, yet thy humble bard
Declares, O clam! thy case is shocking hard!

The phrase originated in the US and possibly before 1834. In 1848 the Southern Literary Messenger - Richmond, Virginia expressed the opinion that the phrase "is familiar to everyone".

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

i hope we can hang out soon, too!

color her smooched!

Re: HP here

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hooray!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks! a pleasure to have such a great person as a neighbor. :)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thank you!!! so am I!

[phillykat.livejournal.com]

glad to hear you're settling in nicely.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks! it's been hard keeping up with everyone else, so far, but I should be more aware in a bit. :)