Ok, so technically here in the US I have a little less than five hours to wait but all over the world people are celebrating the NEW YEAR and I wanted to wish you all a HAPPY one! :D 2007 - it's gonna be a good year, I think! :D

Wow! Talk about strange....Yesterday I was at 48% of level 4 and today I am 6% of level 5!!!!! *happy dance* Anyway, just had to share! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Oh, BTW, the party continues! It's not the new year yet! ;) :D Jen ~Calalily~

Happy Holidays to everyone! Merry Christmas (and all the other various celebrations throughout the world) and Happy New Year! It's a very Merry Christmas for me this year - my divorce is finally FINAL!!!!!!!! Strange thing to celebrate you say? Not so, says I. It's been nearly 3 years of waiting and this morning the waiting ended. :) Now, we can all move on and I am glad, therefore I celebrate. :) And in the spirit of celebration, I'm sparing no (virtual) expense. Whatever you (virtually) wish to have, it is here at the party. Come. Join in the fun. And remember to enjoy your holidays wherever you may be. :D Jen

Hey everyone! I've discovered 2 threads on the NCIS forums that I'd like to call your attention to. 1 - the group hugs thread - need a hug? head on over and it shall be given. :) want to join the group hug? sign on up. 2 - the NCIS Genius Club - want to join? Say something funny or witty and you're in, I think. :) So, head on over and take a peek. You just might find some new friends! :D Jen

Hey everyone. I just wanted to let those who like my stories know that I have two places that I am posting to now. One is my LiveJournal and that link is here: Calalily LJ and the other is the NCIS Fiction Resource site and that link is here: Calalily FanFic Thanks for reading! :D Jen

Ok guys...we all love NCIS (those on the NCIS forums anyway) and sometimes we get inspired to take that and write stories, called Fan FICTION. The point of fan fiction (at least for me) is to take the characters and have them do things that we'd like to see but that the writers won't necessarily ever put on a script. I have written several such stories and have posted them here and on my live journal. All my stories have been based off of NCIS and it's characters and several times throughout my posting I note that I own nothing to do with the show or characters and basically it's all for entertainment purposes. I make up original characters and give them made up names and throw them in the story for good measure (because sometimes I need the federal investigators to INVESTIGATE something). Is it possible to come up with a name someone already has? Absolutely! Does it mean I know them or anything about them? No way. I just pull names out of the air and sound them out and put them together in the story. This brings me to the subject of my rant: my last story, Just to See Her. Today was an ordinary day and then I logged into my e-mail account and found I had 2 comments on my Live Journal...that has never happened before. So I click on over and read them... One is a comment from a psychic investigating the disappearance of a Cole Jackson in Texas. OK, that's plausible, I can understand where the search of the name would bring up my story. BUT, if you KNOW its fan fiction, which if he actually read the story he would know that, then why would you be wasting your time reading the story when you are supposed to be looking for a missing person??? If you are psychic, wouldn't you know that I have nothing to do with him being missing and that my story is about FICTIONAL characters and events??? And the reply to the comment was just as baffling. Yeah, we take storylines and use them in our fics...if there were no storylines, there would be no fan fictions out there... I don't mind comments people, I love them and live for them. But when they come like this, from an anonymous poster who leaves his e-mail address I must wonder: What/who is this person and are they for real? If you are willing to post your e-mail address, then why not put your name up and own your comment? But take it from me: from here on out, I will add to the disclaimer I put on stories and have them read like this -- I do not own NCIS, its characters, storylines or the actors themselves. I have nothing worth major value to sue over. All my stories are adapted from the series (because I'm using the characters) but they are FICTIONAL. Any resemblance to any person, place or thing is purely coincidental and not made to upset anyone. If you do not like this statement, please do not read my stories. Rant over. I am not implying in any way that a missing persons case is something that shouldn't be taken seriously. It should be taken very seriously and all steps to locate the person should be explored. However, if you read something that is recognized to be fiction, you do not need to share the story with the person's family. Honestly, there could be thousands of stories out there with that name. Is this person going to comment/write each of the writers who named their character this name? Jen

Ok, so this past Monday, my son turned 3 years old! I can't believe it's gone so fast! His party was the Saturday before (10-28) and it was his first BIG party with people other than immediate family there. So, kids and parents and all, we had close to 40 people in the house!!!!!! I'm not doing that next year, at least not here, lol. Two funny things happened that I have to share: 1 - in the middle of opening his presents, he tries to walk away to play with the toys he has already opened. I told him he still had more to open and just like his Poppa, he pointed his finger at me and said "No, I don't have to open ANY more." But of course he opened the rest. He just wasn't as thrilled over the clothes. 2 - Late Sunday night as we were getting ready to say his night-night prayers I looked at the clock and noticed it was officially his birthday, 12:01 Monday morning (don't look at me like that, he had a really LATE nap thanks to his Poppa letting him crawl in his lap and sleep). When I told him it was his birthday, he AGAIN pointed that finger (we're working on that) and said, "NO, no more birthday. No more party." I thought those were the funniest things! And one other thing, while he was eating his cake, he took his fork, stuck it straight in the middle of his cake and picked the whole piece up to eat it. I'll post that pic on my photobucket for y'all to see. Ok, that's it for now, lol. Long enough wasn't it??? Jen

I was just upset last night guys. I turned on my tv all prepared for a new episode and found a repeat on! Not that the repeat wasn't a good ep, just the let down from not seeing anything new. *pouts* BUT, next week is the Halloween ep, so I have that to look forward too! *grins* Just had to get that out, you know? Jen

Ok, first a little background. Every Thursday (most weeks) I bring in something baked (muffins, brownies...) for the people I work with. :) I love my job and the people here and I also love to bake so I bake to show how much I love it there. This morning, I walked in with my container of muffins to find a box sitting against my pc monitor. I looked at it, wondering who put it there. Then I wondered if it was for me or on my desk by mistake. So being the curious sort, I opened the small box to find a gift certificate to a bookstore with a note that read: "For your willingness to help and of course your baked goods!!" It was from the whole department! For me! (Yeah, slow this morning, but what else is new?) :) I was so surprised I'm still wearing the silly grin on my face anytime one of them looks at me. :D *all together with me now* Awwwwww! That was too sweet of them. I love them, love them, love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And my job too!

So, I log onto my account and look at my level and guess what? That's right, Level 3 Baby! I have arrived. *throws confetti and blows noisemakers* Party on my profile. Help yourself to the food and drinks! :D :? Now I just have to figure out how to post the pics and animations correctly. Jen *walks off doing the cha-cha*