I survived dinner with my family and amazingly so did they.

{{{vw}}} Much ~ma to you. Also, insent.

"...loved the pictures. Emma is so beautiful and petite. How lucky that she got Joe's metabolism and will grow up instead of out. You and I will envy her lots! "

That's awful. The Empress is foamy, and Emma is lucky to have both her and MM's genes.

She had her first head bump Friday. She fell out of her car seat onto the kitchen floor. Joe said it took a good 10 years off his life.

Poor MM and poor Emma.

She had her first head bump Friday. She fell out of her car seat onto the kitchen floor. Joe said it took a good 10 years off his life

The good news is that this gets easier and takes less years off your life as you go along.

I want to secure the bookshelves in the basement tv room with furniture brackets. They need to be bolted to the walls. Can I drill and bolt them to concrete wall? Three of the four walls in this room aren't finished--just painted concrete.

You can get Tapcon screws. You'll need a special drill bit that is sold with the screws. There's a section in Home Depot that has them in the hardware area with the other screws.

You can get Tapcon screws

Hee. This was the first thing that came up with Google. DH is intrigued by a trip to the home improvement store and the prospect of buying a new drill bit. That wasn't as hard as I'd imagined. And the set of brackets (which will take care of all three bookcases) is only $8 from One Step Ahead.

We have a wee baby bunny in our yard. I wrote more about it, here. [link]

I think she just called you a fat cow. Which, I am pretty sure, means you are allowed to beat her with the axe-handle of your choice without any legal ramifications.

She probably thinks she was ok because she said 'we.' She wasn't. I'm with Hec on this one.

Dan's plane has probably taken off by now.

We had a very good time together. And I confess to being somewhat onion-eyed the last half hour before he left.

Harvey liked him, and treated him to the same "if you are online, you must have a cat on either the keyboard or your lap" policy as I get from him. Sammie was a bit more cautious, but warmed up to him.

"Very good"? Sorta circumspect, ain't ya? However, if Harvey and Sammie liked him, that's a very good sign!

After my choking fit this afternoon, I have to concede that the laundry thing was, in fact, a good idea. I'm relishing the realization that every. single. piece. of clothing and linens. in my house right now? CLEAN.

I don't think that has ever happened in the history of thread.

I'm idly wondering which fresh smelling set of sheets will have the honor gracing my bed tonight. Hm. Will it be the lavendar tshirt material? Or the lovely cream with handpainted leaves on 300 count cotton? Or the (literally) 50 year old pink roses that are so soft I feel like I'm sleeping on warm whipped cream?

Tralala.

Sounds like bliss.

My t-shirt material sheets got a run, and now a big hole. I'm not sure how they got a run. I mean, it's not as if I wear spikes to bed or anything.