She might be waaay behind in her email. Or, she procrastinated, and now feels like it's too late to contact you because she thinks you'll feel she's a horrible person. So she's being all avoidy and not knowing what to do....

They smoked in your FAC, Teppy? Color me surprised, because while most of my non-Baptist Christian friends drink, I can't think of any offhand that smoke. Though a lot of the Baptists, at least the rural Alabama ones, smoke.

(Me, I fit the pattern--drink, yes; smoke, no.)

Stats don't make anyone quit.

Bingo. My father tried quitting at least twice until emphysema made it stick. All the information he got from the American Lung Association ever achieved was to scare me off the idea of taking it up. Which is good for me, but it had little impact on him.

About to go to bed, but remembered a Kara funny.

We were talking about if/when we get a new house, and she said, "But we already have a house!" sounding a little upset, so I mentioned that if we got a new house, we'd have a yard to play in, and maybe we could get a puppy.

Being that our girl is fully in to the computer age, she asked me if we could look up pictures of puppies, black, white and "yellow" ones.

I found small dogs because she's afraid of dogs and I thought small would be best--a gold cockapoo, a shih tzu, a west highland white terrier and a schnauzer mix--for her to look at and she loved them all. That one is so cute! so cute! And that one too! and that one!

"Oh," she said of the shih-tzu, "That one is as cute as a button!" and then of the last one, the schnauzer, "That one is as cute as another button! like maybe a button on a coat or something!"

like maybe a button on a coat or something!"

So adorable, Deena!

OMG - too cute.

That's so hilarious and sweet, Deena!

Very cute, Deena. I can't wait for tomorrow. Also, what everyone else said about Aidan, and you, and admiration.

Perkins, I posted this in LJ, but I'ma share it here because I think it's funny. Your response to your visit to me:

Dear Diary; Am here. Tried to sleep in but got sat on by a baby with saggy, soggy diapers. Cat sat on my head. It was too cold and then too hot. The house is a disaster, but I'm trying to be polite. I've told Deena that I only bathe at religious houses for Lent. I'm not stepping foot in that bathtub. Kara talks. A lot. We went to the zoo but it was cold and rainy. It's a teeny-assed zoo, anyway. Deena tried to feed me bacon. She says she forgot. Kara tried to feed me bacon off the floor. Aidan gave me a bite of his mashed banana...that he'd just mashed...by sitting on it. In that soggy diaper. Then he kicked me. I have to go. I'm hiding from Kara. She wants to play Barbie Is A Reaver again.

Also, thanks guys. She's a funny bunny.

Okay, really going to bed now. I have company coming tomorrow! Night!