Thanks for answering my yogurt question. Sadly, it only did marginally better the second time. (I have one more option for saving it, so I'll see how that goes.) I don't think I adjusted enough for the cold, snowy weather. For some reason, parts of my batches often come out grainy. Appetizing huh! Anyway, thanks again for your help.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with HWT. I am a "rules follower" so the idea of skipping a book is hard on my little brain. It was nice to read that someone had already done what I am considering. I'll keep an eye on ds's penmanship to help me decide. Where is that crystal ball?... I really want to place my order now!

Thanks again.

Thanks so much for your post about HWT. Your post reminded me of my dh, he always seems to be able to distill things down to something wonderfully simple whereas I make everything overly complicated. Anyway - I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend.

We watched our first downloaded movie and I've gotta say, it was great. My laptop's monitor is pretty small and I don't have the recommended RAM, but it didn't matter, it played fine. The clarity of the video was incredible. You might check if your library would participate. It's called MyLibraryDV.

Dread factor... I know all about it.

Obviously, I haven't seen a lot of it, but from what I've seen it has the classic Dickens' Good and Bad characters. The bad look really bad but, because it is Dickens, I know it will turn out all right. (I told you before I'm a sucker for a happy ending.) Also, the good are just likable so I want to watch it just so I can keep up on them.

Diet-wise, do you like what you're doing? I'm trying to back into exercise - I've always been into sports but where I live now, Cheyenne, is windy and the weather is really hindering me, so I am trying to either see if I can afford to join something or find something inside my house that I like. I admire that you're exercising so well. I seem to only be able to do it if it's fun!

I found the coolest little toy. My library has enabled us to "checkout" and download movies. I just started it today with Sherlock Holmes. (The ones with Jeremy Brett, another of my favorites) I'm so happy to have access to Poirot!

Protect those knees!

Ok I'm back - taxes completed and computer revamped. (My hard drive crashed a while back and so now I am a little obsessive about performance and backing-up.)

So how are the munchkins? I also wanted to ask, what "plan" are you following for your weight loss, or is it more just patience after childbirth?

Weird switch-around at our house. My dh (Onslo) has been camped out on Sundays watching the Little Dorit series! I think it's a five-parter so we'll see if he sticks it out. I couldn't watch much of the first few episodes and now that I've seen one I'm bummed that I didn't catch it from the beginning. My poor ds is going to grow up thinking that what we're interested in is normal... he already plays cars using a British accent!

Hi,

Thanks for your messages - you weren't on ignore, my computer has been locking up a lot while we're online and so I've spent this weekend and today trying to roll it all back to a better state. I will write again the computer isn't busy updating.

Congrats on the weight loss. I couldn't tell from your message if you were pleased or not. I hope you are, that's a great (and tough) thing you're doing.

Sylvia

So, once you get the KUA set you'll be all set whenever television hits new lows! I'm thinking that you probably ought to get it sooner rather than later, before they get hard to find. I'm hoping that Onslo completes my Agatha Christie - Miss Marple set. Have you ever watched it? Even if one didn't care for mysteries, the glorious English countryside and thatched roofs are worth every moment. I often wonder, what is it about the Brits and their humor. I don't know if you feel this way, but after watching something like KUA, I see ads for American sitcoms and they look so predictable and just generally terrible that I can't bring myself to watch anything but maybe House.

BTW, love your new avatar. Hope Smarty Pants and Messy Pants are both doing great,

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Just wondering, what are your Group Picts about?

Thanks for getting back to me. I think I'll just keep working with the things I have - I'm always trying to keep things fresh for my son but, oftentimes, it seems that he really doesn't need it anyway.

Thank you again,

Sylvia