Friends and Lovers
January 18 men and women often use friendships as a springboard to professional success, though not opportunistically. As lovers and mates, they project sophistication, which only represents one part of their personality. They make a habit of falling in love with people who don't suit them long-term.
Children and Family
People born on this date may come from an ordinary background that may not accord with their view of themselves, so it isn't uncommon for them to reinvent their past. They are concerned with giving their children all the status symbols they themselves may have wanted but could not have.
Health
Because January 18 people are concerned with the image they project, they're likely to take good care of their health. They combine a few bad habits -- smoking, fast food -- with a love of vigorous outdoor exercise. They love food and may enjoy making gourmet meals to showcase their culinary talents and nutritional sense.
Career and Finances
January 18 natives are among the most career-oriented individuals of the yearly cycle. They have amazing faith in their talent and often appear egotistical or even foolish about the way in which they visualize the wonderful things coming their way. Although realizing that making a lot of money doesn't necessarily indicate success, they are concerned with the luxuries of life.
Dreams and Goals
January 18 people live for plans. Goals are the apex of their life, and even after the goals have been reached, new goals are likely to be set. Although it may seem that they are always in the right place at the right time for success, their preparation and hard work has a lot to do with the good things that come their way.
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On my last night in AZ , the lovely and multi-talented AmyH deigned to share the secret of her world-famous napkin chicken with me.
Step one: take a large cloth napkin and lay it flat, like so:
Step two: roll it from both ends toward the middle:
Step three: pick it up and fold it in the middle:
Steps four and five: grasp firmly in left hand at the fold. With right hand, tease out the inner rolls at each of the four corners:
Step six: unfold carefully...
And... voilà!
Amy says, "I didn't say it was going to look like a LIVE chicken."
Steps four and five: grasp firmly in left hand at the fold. With right hand, tease out the inner rolls at each of the four corners:
Step six: unfold carefully...
Amy says, "I didn't say it was going to look like a LIVE chicken."
Well, I'm back from visiting the wonderful AmyH and Elvis, The Best Cat in the Whole WorldTM, in their home in Arizona.
Apart from US(eless) Air losing my luggage on the way down, it was a delectable and perfect holiday from start to finish. every day was 90 degrees and sunny and filled with fun and margaritas and great food and margaritas and museums and awe-inspiring natural monuments and margaritas.
There's almost too much to tell in one post. So while I get my thoughts together, I'll share a few pics and highlights.
The photo above was taken after a day at the spa. We got up at the crack of dawn to go horseback riding. I got a bad-tempered mare (me: "is she in heat?" them: "no, she's just a bitch all the time."). Amy got a cute cowboy to flirt with.
This is Sedona, land of the red rocks and hippie candle shops where you can get your chi realigned for only $50. We went for a hike and Amy flirted with a couple of cute guys from Chicago (notice a pattern here?).
Apart from US(eless) Air losing my luggage on the way down, it was a delectable and perfect holiday from start to finish. every day was 90 degrees and sunny and filled with fun and margaritas and great food and margaritas and museums and awe-inspiring natural monuments and margaritas.
There's almost too much to tell in one post. So while I get my thoughts together, I'll share a few pics and highlights.
The photo above was taken after a day at the spa. We got up at the crack of dawn to go horseback riding. I got a bad-tempered mare (me: "is she in heat?" them: "no, she's just a bitch all the time."). Amy got a cute cowboy to flirt with.
This is Sedona, land of the red rocks and hippie candle shops where you can get your chi realigned for only $50. We went for a hike and Amy flirted with a couple of cute guys from Chicago (notice a pattern here?).
At the Grand Canyon, majestic and rare California condors, which have recently been reintroduced into the park, flew so close to our heads you could count their feathers. They fix you with their reptilian yellow eye and say "I can haz carrion?"
More thumbnail sketches:
Most embarrassing/hysterically funny thing uttered by an American tourist:
"I wonder if it's Easter in Brazil" (overheard during lunch in Sedona. Tequila almost came snorting out of our noses.)
Runner up:
Ditzy blonde girl visiting her ASU BF sees a sign for the Arizona Republic, a local paper: "Do you think that's like Banana Republic?"
Best margarita:
OMG, they were all sooooo good. How to choose? But I'm going to have to go with the Organic Margarita at El Barrio in Phoenix. Made with agave nectar. Yum. This place also had the best guacamole I've ever had in my life, people. Chopped fresh at your table (by a hot latino waiter). With pomegranate seeds. I could have just eaten that all night.
Best random encounter:
The impossibly good looking young Danish couple who were at our B&B. We went out for dinner with them in Flagstaff. They were both tall, fit, blonde, blue-eyed doctors. She's pregnant. I started calling them The Aryans in my head. They were totally funny and cool, and really sick of French fries.
Runner-up: The woman selling elk and buffalo jerky on the side of the road outside Flagstaff. Her story: "12 years ago, I was driving up to Flagstaff with my then husband. I saw this guy selling jerky out of the back of his truck. I wanted to stop. My husband said, 'don't be crazy, you don't just buy jerky from some guy selling it on the side of the road.' Well, here I am, the husband is long gone and I'm still with the guy who was selling jerky by the side of the road."
No more sleeps!
(Except on the plane).
Bai, peeps! I'll check in from Casa Amy!
Much swellitude to follow in the next few days... maybe we'll be saddling up one of these:
Happy birthday, AmyH! It's even on a Friday!
January 18 Birthday Astrology
by Jill M. Phillips (from How Stuff Works).
With these appealing Capricorns born on January 18, the accent is on charisma. They can charm anyone and have the potential to be manipulative. Mostly, they are forthright and honest in emotional dealings with others. They need excitement and variety, constantly craving new experiences and the chance to alter their professional and personal circumstances.
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Capricorn Information You should embrace: Loyalty, fairness, tactfor January 18 You should avoid: Limitations, loneliness, struggle |
Capricorn is, of course, the sign of the Goat:
Hava a great one, AmyH!
