Maybe I could try to bribe myself to work by promising myself shoes...

Sometimes that's the only reason I go to the office. Well, usually it's books. Hardcover. But still.

re: kid clothes and dirt. I used to live about two blocks from a woodsy-swampy area. I was a girly girl who wanted to wear the frilliest dresses possible, strap on a sword, and go to the swamp to hunt dragons. You know, girl stuffTM. Mom and Dad had no problem with me getting covered in mud, but they insisted I put on jeans and t-shirts first.

ChiKat, I am SO getting that shirt! In red.

Isn't it great?? I wanted to get it in red, but they don't make it big enough to fit me. Blech.

Hey! Those shirts were originally designed as a fundraiser for my library school. MJ graduated last year or two years ago.

How cool! I love those shirts!

I tried playing the Google game but kept getting interrupted (see: above t-shirt) with stoopid questions. (Not stoopid so much as they could look it up themselves.)

Question for the Nilly-minded amongst us. Remember a few weeks or so ago after Rio announced her engagement, when we were linking to pretty engagement rings? What was the website that had all those gorgeous antique rings?

The bling discussion starts here: Rio "Natter 33 1/3" Mar 11, 2005 8:40:49 pm PST, Kathy. Not sure which site you liked.

I was a girly girl who wanted to wear the frilliest dresses possible, strap on a sword, and go to the swamp to hunt dragons.

This is my niece. She climbs trees and stuff in her flower girl dress. And why shouldn't she? It's not like she'll be required to wear it ever again to some fancy occasion

Thanks, ita! It was the faycullen.com site that I was remembering. Love the Edwardian rings.

Feel free to scroll past - I know I'm boring.

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You are not boring, and the wee one is gloriously pwetty.

She has just long delicate fingers, aimee. Gorgeous!

Thank you. She's so amazing. Watching her figure things out is astounding to me. "Wait, these can go in my mouth??"