Hil! That's a cute cut! I love it. (Off to read P-C's grand finale).

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Thanks, Susan.

(Off to read P-C's grand finale).

Hee hee. An epic tale comes to a close!

Hil, that is a nice cut, for shizzy.

Kate has a new tag.

Well, I am done with my first week at school, and take over classes on MOnday! I think my mentor teacher is favorably impressed with me -- the kids are still making up their minds. Which is fine.

I had a minor brainstorm today, and I'm going to try to spark the girls interest in White Fang's "survivial of the fittest" idea by using "Mean Girls" clips to kind of illustrate the idea in girlspeak. Boys pretty much get WF and like the fights and gore and stuff, so I've been trying to think of a way to get the girls into it, too, and I like this idea.

I have to work at the theatre tonight, so no going out for me, but that's just fine. It's opening night, so we'll have beer and wine after the show, and I'm going to get a little tipsy and go home and SLEEP IN tomorrow.

Dude, I'm glad you told your parents, and go you for sticking to your guns, but on your mom's birthday? And then sulking all day on top of it? Geez Louise. Sounds like you did an excellent job of explaining it later on, though so they can actually understand, so that part rocks.

Thanks, guys.

P-C, it sounds like your parents took it pretty well, once they got past the initial surprise.

Fiestaware is my everyday stuff, in purple, sunflower, tangerine, and cobalt blue. Also some very plain white dishes. I have some fine china stored at my MiL's but I've never used it. I liked it when we picked out the pattern, so I hope I still like it when I eventually take it out of its boxes.

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I like the new cut, Hil.

Great news, Jilli!

My good china is this: [link] . In real life, it's more pastel than this. It was my grandmother's second-best and it pretty much has everything, including cream soups. My father was the only child in an entire family. Sadly, no one had any money to speak of, but they all had china and silver. We've sold some of it, but at one time, we figured we could serve a hundred people with china and silver. We also have a pretty good idea of the natural lifespan of types of china, based on what survived. Cups go first. Dinner plates go last.

Betsy, I love the Haviland.

Erin, that sounds brilliant.

Wow.

P-C, I gotta say, if you were my kid and were that self-absorbed on my birthday? I'd not only not be hugging you, I'd have gone upside your head with a very hard, very blunt object.

I mean, damn, you couldn't have waited a few hours?

By the sound of it, though, it doesn't seem like any time woud have been a "good" time.