I especially love when the run AWAY from tile/vinyl and TO the carpeting to deposit their gift. *ugh*

I am glad to know that I am not the only one with perverse cats. We have so little carpet in our house. How do they do that?

It's our old, stupid cat (not her fault, DH got her after she was abandoned way, way too young) who comes running for string cheese wrappers. In days past before the kids were properly trained, she'd occasionally snag one and would spend the better part of a week trying to disgorge it. Grrr. Cats. Gotta love 'em, and stock up on enzymatic cleaning fluids.

They're working with us to take maximum advantage of our flex dollars. This year is a wash for flex because we're all getting new glasses.

Dd just got her braces off--TOTALLY worth it!

Dd just got her braces off--TOTALLY worth it!

Warmest birthday greetings to all birthday kiddos!

Grasshoppers consumed (she's not sure she'll order them again). Cookie dough made (big hit). Back from the play (meh). Friend over (yay!). My duties are done until dinner. Good birthday so far.

Diane, I hope the girls have a great birthday and enjoy their pickles. :D

!!!

News "media"...I understand.

I forgot to add that nobody was hurt. Lots of property damage though.

We *do* have a rocket launcher. :) A mini one though.

What, you don't have the whole boxed set playing constantly in the background?? ;)

tsk, tsk.

I know... I already said I was a bad mom. But I can be better....

Congratulations! :)

DH got his first tattoo last month (after coffee), of his own design: Kokopelli with a ukulele. I was at the coffee shop this morning, we (and the other adults) polished off two bottles of wine yesterday for DD's birthday party, and today just happens to be library day. Monday is pub night. :P

Happy Day to you guys!

And hot coffee. :D

But I'm glad I didn't have to drive in it. Scary stuff. Did you have to go far?

12 - Ignorance was bliss the first few miles :) Now I'm thinking rain isn't so bad.

Share?

Quiche Lorraine, of course!

Is this a trick question?

Are you craving Vegemite?

Are you craving Vegemite?

You made me shudder in a bad way. :P

That's what I read originally. I wondered why you were excited about cable. :lol:

Give us a progress report after a while, that looks so neat!

I won't have it for about a month, but will do. :)

Thanks for the reminder. I noticed I had a new credit arrive & 3 already banked. I need to spend & then cancel.

Umm...please explain the reason for canceling. What don't I know?

I only cancelled the membership subscription, not the account. Since I listen more often to podcasts than audio books, it's more cost effective to purchase the occasional book at full price.

It's the one day of the year I wish I lived in Arizona.

me too, and the blue sky too please!

Me three.

Amazon is close to convincing me that I need a panini press. I'll try to follow your example and hold firm.

I just use a cast iron bacon press and a grill pan... though if you don't have a grill pan, I can see the appeal :P

Lisa, was it a Ginsu knife set?

Amazon has been able to convince me of a great many things over the years. ;)

I don't install many games on my phone. As a consequence, the kids seem to have much better self control than I do. :P

Go into your settings and manually change the time forward three hours. Go back to candy crush. Immediately go back to settings and change the time back. The lives stay. Free refills! :)

Oh, you're bad.... :P

Ha! That didn't even enter my mind. I don't dislike hot pink because it's girlie, I dislike it because it's the only colour worse than puce. The item in question is ear buds.

At the hospital where my youngest sometimes goes for treatment, the parking level that inevitably has open spaces is painted in a shade of hot pink literally painful for me to look at.

I feel much the same way. Something about the colour makes me turn away and shield my eyes as if it's too bright to handle.

Still haven't. Two days of guests and I am falling off my feet. Hopefully I can stay awake for one at least!

Where are you in the series?

I only have one more episode to catch up!

No yoga... pub trivia. I'll fit right in. :D

It's Smitten Kitchen's recipe, and it turned out nicely. Usually what I call "garlic soup" is a quick snack of smashed cloves cooked in a bit of chicken stock and served over a bit of crumbled toast and parmesan.

We love garlic here...I'll use a bulb in stock...or in meatballs...but 44 cloves seems like quite a lot!

Not over four servings. :P Plus, it ends up quite mild in soup.

I'm good. I turned butcher and then pulled out a pasta pot. Everything fits with an inch to spare. Smells sooooo good.

Did you add chicken feet????

Didn't have any... only turkey backs. I do it the Cook's Illustrated way: saute an onion, brown the backs, then sweat them backs for a while before adding the water and a couple bay leaves. It's ready in 90 minutes, and is soooo good. Dog and cats are happy too, 'cause they get the meat.

Oh my, what a passive-aggressive post. But I'm sure you can't read this since you fixed the hole. Like this wouldn't post to the front page...

Surprise. I see you. (Though I'm not surprised that I see you.) FWIW, I blocked on poster, and not because I disagree with them.

Oops. "one"

At least it was an accident at your house. Here, I have a mind like a sieve these days. The teens find it amusing and sometimes shocking to get music suggestions from a mother who was in college during the punk scene and who later worked in advertising with music promoters during the grunge days. I suspect I may not have understood some of the lyrics at that point in time.

:D

And they'd heard it before... just hadn't paid enough attention to grab the lyrics.

Six. And a nice cabernet would always be appreciated. :)

Shoot. I've been fighting something all week, and I'm only now almost down for the count. Good thing everything's prepped and the meal's more or less on autopilot now.

Oh dear. Hopefully you won't get super sick!

I concur ;)

Wait a second... :)

I'm jumping on this bandwagon! FIELD TRIP! - destination unknown!

:D

Our new washer is coming today. Yay! But it's a small laundry room and we have to take the dryer out before the washer can be exchanged,. DH was charged with removing the door. He got to use the WD-40 AND a hammer AND a screwdriver. "His Manliness" is now off watching The Hobbit with my eldest, most likely having foraged some popcorn and a bottle of water for himself and his daughter before settling down in his seat.

OMG. He's having trouble with the dryer vent pipe and he's taken out the drill! I've sent the kids upstairs so they don't learn any new words (they're wordly enough already).

Your DH must be brother to mine, LOL

Thanks.

Ha. I kicked everyone out of the house and cracked open a Jubelale. Too light this year, girly even, but it still might do the trick. Going on a rum run later, but it was pre-planned (really) with an eye to Christmas Eve buttered rums.

It's apt in this case, unfortunately. I'm to the point of scatterbrained-ness that I find myself planing to make plans. :P

We have dozens. :) But I only have two nostrils.

And now the underwear.

(wait for it...)

"Wibble."

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