I'm old and decrepit.

Feh. I’m older and decrepiter than the lot of ya. Bow before my age and decrepocity.

Owen may be just like Dad, but oh my does he look like Cashmere in the bathtub picture. Cutie Patootie.

Bitches, I went to Target and managed to find the Isaac Mizrahi tulle skirt. It rocks.

I was at Target yesterday and they had almost no skirts at all. Or dresses for that matter. It was frustrating. I did buy 4 baby t’s ($5 each) and a pair of long pants since it might get chilly someday. Also, the sequin on net alteration sounds delish.

I didn’t last until SNL. I need to finish my book before book club meeting on Thursday so I went to bed at 9:30 to get some pages in. Asleep by 9:35. I may try earlier in the day today. It used to be so easy to read for an hour or so before sleep. Now 5 minutes and crash. See above old and decrepit.

Emmett did very well on his tryouts, was flawless in the field and is not only moving up to Triple-A, he seems to be looking forward to it.

Yay! It is so difficult to watch them being stressed. Particularly when you know they are going to do great.

Also Jars! Yay for crushes!

Yay Fay! Well done my dear.

It took some effort on my part to limit my response to "No, I don't." instead of, "Listen golden boy, you are undoubtedly a legend in your own mind, but don't expect to coast through life on a little dab of native athletic ability and your long flowing locks. You ain't the second coming of Mickey Mantle by a longshot."

It's a hard line to walk to keep a kid's ego intact without dampening their enthusiasm.

To be fair, he really dealt with it well and faced down his fears and performed very well under a lot of pressure. For the tryouts you're out on a ball field with literally 14 coaches sitting there in lawn chairs, marking off your skill level from 1-9 in 12 different categories. It'd be intimidating for anybody.

My sibs and I participated in sports from an early age and I remember this stress and pressure. It's fun but it's also damn intimidating. Good for Emmett.

Also, in me-related news - I have now lost 18lb.

That's AWESOME, Fay!!!

I appear to have fallen tits over arse in crush with the bloke. That's okay, right?

Totally OK and sweet.

I am actually feeling better every day. Just some chest congestion that still needs to clear out really. And a little sinus stuff but mostly I am feeling much better.

I'm glad you're feeling better, Cass.

I've stopped going to Target since I found out about their "refuse and refer" policy towards birth control. I'm doubly pissed off about it since my local Target doesn't even have a pharmacy. And I fucking love those cheap boots.

Crap. I don't want to give up Target. It's my #1 choice for the kids clothes. I only go to Walmart if it is 3AM and I'm in urgent need of some odd thing because I hates them. I can't go to the mall because of my hatred of shopping in general. On line shopping suits me best, but some times I can't wait.

Yet I do believe in avoiding stores that have objectionable policies. Blah.

It's snowing! It's so pretty! Toto had so much fun on our morning walk.

That disappointment me about Target. I'm not quite sure what to do about that.

I may be breaking my no Walmart policy, though, and ordering Toto's Christmas picture cards through them. They're $0.33 each! Which is much cheaper than anywhere else I've found on the web. Most places are $0.50-$0.60 each at the number I'm going to buy. I'm broke. I need to go with the cheapest route.

We have flurries here, and it's dusting things here and there.

ION, I just saw a Coca Cola commercial with the CGI polar bears. They encountered a group of penguins, and there was a touching bit with a baby polar bear and a baby penguin sharing a Coke.

Unfortunately, the commercial just didn't work for me because a) I couldn't get around the fact that polar bears and penguins live on opposite ends of the planet and b) if a family of polar bears did run across a colony of penguins, they'd be eating those suckers like popcorn.

I've been seeing that ad in theatres a lot, and I have to say, Teh Cute overwhelms Teh Illogic for me, even as the back of my brain is muttering "Capitalizing on March of the Penguins much?"

I may be breaking my no Walmart policy, though, and ordering Toto's Christmas picture cards through them. They're $0.33 each! Which is much cheaper than anywhere else I've found on the web. Most places are $0.50-$0.60 each at the number I'm going to buy. I'm broke. I need to go with the cheapest route.

I broke my Wal-mart policy when they offered the Razr phone through Cingular for $68. It's a $200 phone that Christopher wanted for Christmas so I broke down and got it.

They're $0.33 each!

Oh dude, that is cheap! I went with Snapfish because they had a card I really liked, but I think I paid closer to .60 per card.

I have gone so far as to rationaize that the penguins are on vacation in the arctic when the polar bears come upon them. Because it is winter and the sky is dark, so not Antarctica.

"Things go better with Coke, but not penguins, don't eat them" - my imaginary slogan for the all important polar bear market segment.