Cute hat, JZ!

I am in my jammies right now, as I took a mental health day to get some desperately needed sleep, and, starting now, to clean my frelling apartment. It's a hellhole again. All the entropy EVAR is occurring in my apartment.

I'm going to modify a Flylady technique and start in one room, set the kitchen timer for 30 minutes, and clean whatever I can in that room until the time goes off. Then maybe 5-10 minutes break. Then new room, 30 minutes, lather, rinse, repeat until apartment is clean or until I have to hop in the shower before going to a wine-tasting at 7 p.m. tonight.

And keep in mind, this is just cleaning in the sense of straightening up/putting things away/throwing out things that are already out and just lying around. This is NOT closet-cleaning, which needs to be done in a big bad ugly way.

Okay, then. Once more unto the breach....

Jilli and I have a friend who cooked for herself with breastmilk, as her son had a pretty severe reaction when she had cow's milk in her diet.

I am oddly unsquicked by that page.

Someone come stroke my temples and press a cool rag to my head. Why does my head hate me so?

Maria, if an SF visit is totally unfeasible I'd of course be happy to pick up a hat for you -- but, of course, only think how much more practical it would be for you to pick it out yourself in person, try on a couple of different colors, make a properly informed selection. So much more sensible! Really, coming to San Francisco is the most responsible thing you as a hat consumer can do.

OMG WANT!!!

The hat, not the breastmilk treats. I wonder if one of those hats would survive the shipping...probably better if I just fly to DC, pick up Maria, and continue to SF.

{{Julliana}} We got room for you here in Niles - a calm and healing place to be - but my biggest hope - is that you don't have to come.

{{nora}} {{anne}}

and

GO STEPH GO

today I haveing groceries delivered between 11 and 3. It was supposed to be a big house cleaning push. However the fog is heavy out there. andit is cold and damp. When I was walking home from the coffee shop 1) I didn't get warm 'til the last block 2) the fog is thick and low enough that my footsteps were echoing.

I could turn on the heat. But we haven't changed the filters, so I don't think it will be good for my lungs - and the last time I treid to locate the filters, I failed. and of course, that would be giving into the man who is going to charge me 70% more than last year.

Californians - acc'ding to articlas in the papers - tend to be pretty frugal with energy anyway. It is pretty wild to here them talk now about other ways to save energy.

My cat does not understand that opening the door and lettign the fog in would be bad.

Raq, sounds like a plan. We can carouse.

Alternatively, if I was to come out Dec. 8-11, I could do so for $245 roundtrip. Hmmmm. I don't want to shirk my responsibility. I should probably try a few colors on.

Really, coming to San Francisco is the most responsible thing you as a hat consumer can do.

I just got a ticket a couple of weeks ago (from BWI) for about $220 roundtrip. You almost lose money by NOT going.

~~~ma~~~ to all who need it today.

I am home with the cramps and the Major Blahs today. And so grateful I can actually work from home so I don't have to take sick time. It is so grey and miserable here. And I'm really feeling it.

On the bright side though, I got an Anne W. made Jayne hat in the mail from Beverly yesterday for my H'ween costume! Also, new boots that were my first ebay purchase, and a package from my friend in Hawaii today (which I'm not opening until I get some actual work done. It will be a nice reward.)

My cat does not understand that opening the door and lettign the fog in would be bad.

Time for your cat to watch some old John Carpenter movies.

I'll be in Las Vegas Dec 8-11...that's close to SF...(closer than Athens is, anyway)

I'm randomly catching up. I am behind because my family is driving me out if my mind.

Please send chocolate.

My mother, sister and I are supposed to go to D.C. for vacation in like two weeks. We have yet to pick a hotel or get airline tickets because every time I suggest a hotel, they either say it's too much or my sister goes off getting more suggestions from random people she sort of knows. Those suggestions all run to 1-star hotels or hotels 20 miles out of town. (We won't have a car.) I was pushing for more of a suite closer in, because there are three of us and my mother is 80. After going round and round, my mother's saying, "Well, whatever's most comfortable for you," putting me in the uncomfortable position of making her pay $50 plus more a day so I'll be "comfortable." No, she won't take a dime from me. The last trip, I picked out a cheaper room, and they whined about the sorts of things you get with a cheap hotel. I keep sending my sister information, but she can't seem to remember that you click on the frelling link in the e-mail to get the information. It's like herding cats, except less productive or entertaining.

Why am I doing this? I'm a good daughter. Or a masochist.

Anyway, vw's hair looks great.

I'm so sorry, Juliana. I hope everything works out for the best. At least you know that there are people all over the country who would be proud and happy to have you grace their cities.

Matt, quick and pain-free healing~ma to your dad.